September 2012
“‘…..this is not to say that every single white American consciously oppresses...”
– Stokely Carmichael & Charles V. Hamilton.
Excerpt from ‘Black Power : The Politics of Liberation in America’
(via icecreamritual)
“I sit here
drunk now.
I am
a series of
small victories
and large defeats...”
– Charles Bukowski (via loveyourchaos)
August 2012
“Femininity is depicted as weakness, the sapping of strength, yet masculinity is...”
– Gwen Sharp in Policing Mascuility in Slim Jim’s “Spice Loss” Ads (via biraciallyinsensitive)
Boom.
(via loveyourchaos)
“Quitting is not giving up, it’s choosing to focus your attention on something...”
– Osayi Osar-Emokpae, Impossible Is Stupid (via brokenmachine)
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via mynameismystery)
“It’s unbelievable how you can affect someone else so deeply and never know.”
– Susane Colasanti (via funeral)
“..Take away the gaze of the white male. Once you take that out, the whole world...”
– Toni Morrison (via blua)
“I had my father get sick when I was 22. And I was poor, alright. And my father...”
– Chris Rock [video]
People don’t seem to understand that there is a discrepancy in the quality of care among poor, middle-class, and wealthy people, NO MATTER HOW DEBILITATING THEIR RESPECTIVE DISEASES MAY BE.
(via blua)
“Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves...”
– Tori Amos (via daniellekiemel) (via rowan-willow) (via notforlittlegirls) (via luciferscradle) (via eletheowl)
“I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that that makes...”
– Sister Joan Chittister, Catholic Nun (via timehasflewn)
holy shit i love this quote
(via glitter-femin1sts)
“The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.”
– Peggy O’Mara (via fishy)
“The good times and the bad times both will pass. It will pass. It will get...”
– John Green (via loveyourchaos)
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”
– Kurt Cobain (via imfantasyparade)
“So often we try to make other people feel better by minimizing their pain, by...”
– John Green (via loveyourchaos)
“We need to acknowledge that we cannot know what it’s like to be an oppressed...”
– White Feminists: It’s Time to Put Up or Shut Up on Race (via waschbar)
This might be the greatest thing I ever read…
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This is important.
(via yourveryfleshshallbeagreatpoem)
“Some say that such a girl is not ready for a relationship with a man. But to...”
– The Sister - Miranda July (via tastyfuck)
“Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.”
– Charlaine Harris (via kari-shma)
“I won’t treat you like you’re typical.”
– Tegan and Sara (via wrists)
“I am a lover without a lover. I am lovely and lonely and I belong deeply to...”
– Warsan Shire (via loveyourchaos)
“Most of the bad guys in the real world don’t know that they are bad guys. You...”
– Jim Butcher (via blua)
“Find a woman who makes you feel more alive. She won’t make life perfect but...”
– Gayle G. Roper (via loveyourchaos)
“Each person comes into this world with a specific destiny - he has something to...”
– Osho (via thoughtsdetained)
“I’m not looking for someone to save me. Life rafts might keep you afloat but...”
– Andrea Gibson (via loveyourchaos)
“The day I understood everything, was the day I stopped trying to figure...”
– C. JoyBell C. (via brokenmachine)
When friends from out of town try Ted Drewes for...
whathighschoolshouldwecallme:
“Listen closely: the only time it’s too late to change yourself is when you’re...”
– Unknown (via onlinecounsellingcollege)
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain...”
– Victor Hugo (via grace-notes)
“Nobody can save you but yourself — and you’re worth saving.”
– Charles Bukowski (via loveyourchaos)
COUNSELLING BLOG: How to Deal with Disappointment →
onlinecounsellingcollege:
1. Accept the reality of what has happened.
2. Accept and experience the full negative emotional impact. For example, it’s likely to damage your self-confidence and undermine your self-esteem. You are also likely to experience loss.
3. Talk about it with people who understand and care. This…
