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#this man writes pulitzer prize winning books people

Wed, 30 May 2012 09:52:39 -0400

#this man writes pulitzer prize winning books people

There is a cute baby and a puppy that looks like a baby polar...

Fri, 25 May 2012 23:36:52 -0400

There is a cute baby and a puppy that looks like a baby polar bear. Combining those things in the same video is just asking for my brain to explode from the cuteness.

lacigreen:

Thu, 24 May 2012 22:26:38 -0400

lacigreen:

Photo

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:22:54 -0400

lacigreen: from this cute ass video

Sun, 20 May 2012 14:37:20 -0400

lacigreen:

from this cute ass video

"No, you can’t deny women their basic rights and pretend it’s about your ‘religious freedom.’ If you..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 20:38:14 -0400

“No, you can’t deny women their basic rights and pretend it’s about your ‘religious freedom.’ If you don’t like birth control, don’t use it. Religious freedom doesn’t mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.”

- President Barack Obama

(via barackobama)

impassionable: thenerdmom: For @kyliecbutler /dead So....

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:34:06 -0400

impassionable:

thenerdmom:

For @kyliecbutler

/dead

So. Adorable.

Truth. Never stop crying during Disney and Pixar movies.

Wed, 16 May 2012 01:29:00 -0400

Truth. Never stop crying during Disney and Pixar movies.

"In Kansas, your local neighborhood drug store pharmacist can now refuse to fill your doctor-issued..."

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:20:48 -0400

“

In Kansas, your local neighborhood drug store pharmacist can now refuse to fill your doctor-issued contraception prescription, or any drug he or she thinks might be used to terminate a pregnancy, or be used in conjunction with pregnancy termination, all on the grounds of “religious liberty” and “conscience protection.” Not only that, but anyone who ”reasonably believes” a drug prescription they are filling or “reasonably believes” an action they are taking — say, administering a drug — might result in the termination of a pregnancy is allowed to refuse under Republican Governor Sam Brownback‘s new law.

The so-called “Health Care Rights of Conscience Act,” which curiously exists in several states under the same name (perhaps an ALEC creation?), applies to pharmacists and even nurses and doctors — anyone who is related to the process of pregnancy termination. The drugs could include both abortion-inducing medications, and even emergency contraception like the so-called “morning-after pill,” but also could include drugs used for life-saving reasons — the pharmacist would only have to trust their gut, not the doctor’s orders.

”

- In Kansas, Your Pharmacist Can Now Refuse To Fill Your Contraception Prescription (via pantslessprogressive)

Part of being a counselor is advocating and educating people,...

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:17:07 -0400

Part of being a counselor is advocating and educating people, which includes de-mystifying and removing the stigma surrounding mental illnesses. It pains me how much stigma mental illnesses gets while medical illnesses get respect.

Now if only other people would understand that gay marriage is...

Tue, 15 May 2012 23:15:31 -0400

Now if only other people would understand that gay marriage is not going to affect or influence their marriage and anything associated with it. Grrrrr.

Hank Green explains everything in a better way (short and...

Sun, 13 May 2012 19:39:02 -0400

Hank Green explains everything in a better way (short and succinct) than I ever can.

edwardspoonhands: loveincolororg: PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF...

Fri, 11 May 2012 23:42:43 -0400

edwardspoonhands:

loveincolororg:

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF GAYS DESTROYING THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY.

But if gays are allowed to marry, my wife will notice that I don’t try to stay in shape as hard Neil Patrick Harris does!!!

As a person who has studied the human lifespan as an undergrad and as a future mental health counselor, I can safely say that as long as a child has his/her needs met and has parents (whatever their orientation) that support him/her with love and warmth — the kid will turn out to be just fine. It’s not whether the child has gay or straight parents, it’s more of if both parents are present and supporting in their child’s life.

I rather have children be adopted by parents who will love them (gay, straight, or whatever) than have those children remain in foster homes and get lost in the system.

Side note: Their twins are so precious!

religiousragings: elasticitymudflap: ericaisawesome56: farfrom...

Wed, 09 May 2012 21:57:52 -0400

religiousragings:

elasticitymudflap:

ericaisawesome56:

farfromgotham:

Fun fact time: many of my old acquaintances still make joking comments whenever they see me wearing pink, because as a child (and honestly pretty much right up to high school) I would refuse to associate with any pink objects.

It wasn’t because I didn’t like pink, it was because since I appeared female I was supposed to/ it was immediately assumed that I did and therefore it pissed me the ever-loving fuck off. I was ashamed to like it, which is terrible because pink is an awesome color. But when you shove it down young girls throats it gets really old, really fast.

Give the child the fucking rainbow, and if they pick pink, it’s not because they are female and/or effeminate, it’s because they like the color pink.

THIS.

Gosh this

It’s kind of amazing as I consider myself an open minded, fuck-the-rules type of guy, but I, too, seem to be culturally brainwashed to be a male who never uses the color pink. It’s one of those, “there are some things that as a man you just don’t do” type of things.

I suppose that if it were a more important issue I would make a conscious effort to change it internally, but with all the things on my plate and with all the things currently wrong with the world, sexual bias against the color pink does not loom very large on my radar right now. ~ Steve

lacigreen: lmao holy accuracy. just nix the gender...

Tue, 08 May 2012 01:16:20 -0400

lacigreen:

lmao holy accuracy. just nix the gender pronouns.

I am very guilty of this. Sorry, sweetie.

Photo

Mon, 07 May 2012 13:21:40 -0400

fishingboatproceeds: Still true.

Thu, 03 May 2012 12:18:00 -0400

fishingboatproceeds:

Still true.

missnikki365: The Gospel as brought to you by...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:05:21 -0400

missnikki365:

The Gospel as brought to you by Tumblr!!

TRUTH!

kinkyturtle: katnips: hermione-katniss: strivingtobehealthy: ...

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:20:19 -0400

kinkyturtle:

katnips:

hermione-katniss:

strivingtobehealthy:

helpmehealthy:

I think the main, horrifying thing about these airbrushed pictures being distributed, is there has been a lot of media hype calling this beautiful girl fat. It’s like, the media refuses to let her be proud of her body. They’ve even changed her face shape, making her almost unrecognisable. We always rant about how airbrushed photos affect us, but imagine how they must affect the people being airbrushed. Imagine feeling super confident and good about yourself after a photo shoot, and then seeing the end result and realising you weren’t good enough for the magazine. It must be crushing.

I remember, when my friend was practising photo shopping, she took a photo of my face and airbrushed it without my permission or even warning me. Personally, I found the un-airbrushed photo of myself more attractive, since it looked like me, but the airbrushed version was so disheartening. She’d changed the shape of my nose, elongated my face and taken out the scars by my eyes and the scar on my chest from my operation. She only did it as light hearted practice for her art exam, but it crushed me. She didn’t realise, and perhaps the photo-editors don’t realise, that by airbrushing out all the little imperfections on my face she made me feel like I wasn’t good enough. The little scars and freckles and the bump in my nose were all things that made me, me, and she took them away.

Similarly, by changing Jennifer Lawrence’s body, they’re telling her that no matter how successful she is, no matter how talented she is, she will not be good enough because of the things about her that make her who she is.

And I just find that sad.

Couldn’t have said it better.

Bless this post!

hold on - they actually airbrushed her? seriously? are you kidding me? jennifer has a body that the majority of women would DIE for. why should she have to fit a damn mould? i swear, the media makes me sick.

This is just fucking sad. Because…God, she’s lovely—she’s got firm, strong-looking arms and thighs, a round, full face. She looks healthy. But apparently the title of The Hunger Games got taken a little too literally and she can’t be attractive unless she looks like she’s starving.

52hearts: give me the look

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:35:00 -0400

52hearts:

give me the look