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20 Things People With A Positive Body Image Know →
fuckyeahselfcare:
kimosabe:
WE SHOULD REMEMBER THIS MORE OFTEN:
approachingsignificance:
That it’s important to take good care of your body.
That our body does a lot for us, even though we’ve bashed it over and over and over.
That exercise is meant to be enjoyed, so you only practice the physical activities that are fun and truly make you feel good.
That you’ll still have days where...
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“We’re not going to repeal or weaken the law, acquiescing to liberal elites’ and...”
– Mike Hubbard, Speaker of the House (Alabama), rejecting any thought of reforming Alabama’s harsh laws on immigration status. (via politicalprof)
Sigh.
(via motherjones)
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Food Stamp Etiquette: Human Kindness
tangledupinlace:
by DRESDEN on NOVEMBER 9, 2011
This is now officially the first month in two years that my family has not been depending on food stamps to feed ourselves. The moment that I realized that I no longer qualified for these benefits was incredibly triumphant for me. Within the same moment of celebrating I also felt so incredibly thankful. I have no idea how my family would have...
jagged incisor: One teachers approach to... →
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got…
My dearest Tessla, who is a teacher, does this kind of stuff because it’s just part of being a...
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thestoutorialist:
How is this racist. I’m so confused. Plus calling him a racist piece of shit isn’t going to help your case much, I think. I don’t even know, so I’m going to crawl in my cave now and shut up. Good day
Why is blackface offensive? Welp. The history of blackface is white people painting their faces with grease paint/burned cork/etc. to look black. Then they would “act black”...
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Balance and Composure "Headdress/Tomahawks"...
nosleeprecords:
Pre-order these now right here. Design by the amazing Dave Quiggle.
xxx Chris No Sleep
What the fuck B&C? Seriously? Ya’ll being racist. Now I’m really glad you’re not playing the Burlington show cause I’d want to enjoy the music but be ticked off with ya’ll. And clearly I’ll never be buying a shirt.
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“The idea that perhaps the way women are portrayed in fandom is aleetle sexist is...”
– Nerds and Male Privilege | Paging Dr. NerdLove (via fridayfelts)
Totally accurate. Also, replace fandom/geekdom with hardcore/punk/straight edge and it’s dead on.
Joe Arpaio and MCSO "Murdered" Ernest "Marty"... →
unaguerrasinfondo:
Marty Atencio, in a photo released by his family…
A distraught Mike Atencio, on his way to the hospital to watch his brother Ernest “Marty” Atencio die, told me today that he and his family believe his brother was “murdered” by Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s thugs in the Fourth Avenue Jail.
“The sheriff’s office murdered my brother,” said Atencio, acting as spokesman for his...
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mrdthgrvs:
kevindogwesley:
For anyone interested in black metal imagery: snow and the mountains and the outdoors and the cold are not enjoyable things to actually live in.
see also: syracuse
And Vermont. People I know who live in the mountains are like, well it snowed and now I can’t leave my house for three days, hope I have enough food and the pipes don’t freeze! Snow boots...
Unfollow Monday: "Animals Talking In All Caps"
garlandgrey:
[Trigger warning: This blog post describes graphic imagery, touches on reproductive coercion, and includes a dude being really cruel and ignorant about trigger warnings and anxiety.]
Last night the Tumblr account “Animals Talking in All Caps” posted a graphic image of a man being mauled by a bear, accompanied by text that made it seem as it the man had been injured in a protest....
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Hey, my two weeks of wonderful is starting right...
The Bride is coming to visit and play dress-up with me, I get to take her across the border with me (“You should come visit, I’ll take you to a different country,” never gets old), the shop is holding their annual customer appreciation/food bank drive holiday party, hopefully I’ll sneak in a new tattoo before we leave, and then we’ll be blowing down the highway, back...
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“No words, no ceremony can provide full tribute for the sacrifices that have...”
– Defense Secretary Leon Panetta • U.S. Officially Ends Iraq War (via nationaljournal) In the end, was it worth it? (via shortformblog)