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yourendorphine:

homophobic participating countries who didn’t show the gay kiss on eurovision must pay a fine because eurovision must be shown from beginning to end without cutting anything out and they are banned from eurovision for the next three years

i am crying right now i love you europe

(via wabbitwanderer95)

A woman’s worst nightmare? That’s pretty easy. Novelist Margaret Atwood writes that when she asked a male friend why men feel threatened by women, he answered, “They are afraid women will laugh at them.” When she asked a group of women why they feel threatened by men, they said, “We’re afraid of being killed.

Mary Dickson

[CW: discussion of rape culture and violence]

This reminds me of an article about online (heterosexual) dating that I read a while ago. It listed men’s and women’s worst fears about meeting someone from online. The highest ranked fear that men had was that their date would be fat, whereas the highest ranked fear that women had was that their date would turn out to be violent and kill them. 

I think that says a lot. 

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Its interesting also that these fears sit subconsciously until woman are asked to exams their responses to men. We women will operate with this fear in mind, the way we protect ourselves, make sure our friends know where we are when we go on a date, words that we use while interacting with men, all in hopes they will not kill us, but simultaneously love us. 

I think bell hooks made a point about this in her series on love. Something along the lines of how can women hope to love and receive love from men when at the foundation of our relationships there is this strong fear of men. You can’t build true trust when your foundation is crumbling under you. 

(READ MORE for multiple other additions; added for length control; DEFINITELY worth reading —aforaffort)

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geekandsundry:

J.K. Rowling’s spreadsheet plan for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

supaslim:

steamedcrab:

so i was watching the news and this 2nd grader wrote this to the president, vice president, and a congressman. biden was the only one to respond yet. LITERALLY.

may I present to you Mr. Vice President Bro Biden

Love this!

(via wabbitwanderer95)

So much to love about this :D 

thehawkeyeinitiative:

I recently received an email from an anonymous fan sharing how she pulled a Hawkeye Initiative themed prank on her CEO to illustrate a problem with some artwork.
My personal compliments to her and her accomplice on a mission well done; they perfectly took the concept of The Hawkeye Initiative one…

This is brilliant and so true. I know loads of men who are only too happy to call out other people on their sexist bullshit. Bravo! 

rochelledancel:

I was pleasantly surprised to receive this message via my website on this interview I gave to ABM Fans, the main fansite of award-winning web series, Anyone But Me. I contacted the sender of this message to ask for permission to post it, so here it is…

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I am always super touched when…

The motto I have penned on my knuckles is that this is the best world we have — because it’s the only world we have. It’s the simplest math ever. However many terrible, rankling, peeve-inducing things may occur, there are always libraries. And rain-falling-on-sea. And the moon. And love. There is always something to look back on, with satisfaction, or forward to, with joy.
Moranthology, Caitlin Moran (via authorstalker)

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thefrogman:

That’s rough, buddy.