toodrunktofindaurl:

No matter how you were born, no matter who you are, love always win. [x]

rejectedprincesses:

Happy International Working Women’s Day! How are you celebrating it?

The holiday, commonly referred to as International Women’s Day for reasons that shall soon become apparent, was originally a day of activism and political agitation. Started by working-class socialists, the holiday changed form as it took root worldwide. In some countries, notably the USSR, it became a non-working federal holiday. In other countries, it shifted into a mix of Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day, where men relayed their appreciation for the women around them with gifts. Nowadays it often takes the form of parades and pictures passed around online.

Part of the shift has to do with the push to make the holiday reach a wider audience. As often happened with the women’s suffrage movement (especially in the US), this happened by focusing on more generalized women’s rights issues that privileged women could get behind. As emphasis moved away from the struggles of the working class and other downtrodden segments of society, the word “working” was stripped from the title, and the day’s association with its socialist roots downplayed as much as possible.

But let us not forget. Recognition and awareness of women’s issues is of course important - but this holiday was originally meant as a call to action, a day to organize and to work, in addition to celebrating.

If that strikes a chord with you, consider looking into local women’s organizations, or even larger ones such as NOW (http://now.org/).

mingdoyle:

My commie pinko screed.

expressions-of-nature:

by Andrei Yershov

micdotcom:

Watch: Comedian Adam Conover just obliterated every stereotype about millennials in one presentation.

mymodernmet:

Edible Flower Petals Are Preserved in These Unique Lollipops

wickedkhaleesi:

spacevinci:

fuckyeahsexpositivity:

peppermintfeminist:

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agnellina:

grantaire-put-that-bottle-down:

hey there LGBTQ kids who are also Christian/Jewish! If you feel like you’re disobeying God, questioning your faith, or feel wrong and dirty for loving who you love, there’s this fantastic site I found today called hoperemains that accurately and thoroughly combs through scripture and its (many) mistranslations, validates your orientation, and basically let’s you know that you’re not pissing off God. It’s insanely thorough and after reading through every page on the entire site it’s super helpful. Go check it out!

No no no! Jewish LGBTQ kinderlach! Go to Keshet! 

hoperemains is completely from a Christian perspective, and not pluralistic or interfaith at all.

If you reblogged the first post from me please reblog this amendment so the Jewish peeps can access this resource too! 

Trans Jewish kids, you can go to TransTorah as well!

Muslim LGBTQ kids, you can go to iamnotharaam! It’s run by a mod squad of different genders and orientations, and they take submissions from everybody!

–BB

MAY ANYONE WHO REBLOGS THIS BE ELEVATED TO THE EQUIVALENT OF SAINTHOOD IN THEIR RELIGION BLESS ALL OF YOU OH MY GOD.

REBLOGGING THIS AGAIN BECAUSE IT’S SO FREAKING IMPORTANT TO ME AND ALL MY FOLLOWERS TO READ THAT DEAL WITH GRIEF AND GUILT WHILE BEING LGBTQ AND RELIGIOUS

floweralia:

Flower-love. Blog.

hplyrikz:

I can relate to this