“She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
—Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell (via franstar)
June 2013
Feminist Disney: (tw: rape culture) nothing original will be said right now, but... →
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(tw: rape culture)
nothing original will be said right now, but ugh
Sometimes I just never want to have conversations with most men about being afraid of sexual assault or rape because they literally don’t get it (anyone can be a victim, but they rarely are subject to the same culture of…
“Every year white people add 100 years to how long ago slavery was. I’ve heard educated white people say, ‘slavery was 400 years ago.’ No it very wasn’t. It was 140 years ago…that’s two 70-year-old ladies living and dying back to back. That’s how recently you could buy a guy.”
—Louis C.K. (via 30thcenturyboy)
it’s kinda messed up that winnie the pooh and jack the ripper both have the same middle name
“You’re a son of a bitch, you know that? She bought her first new car and you hit her with a drunk driver. What, was that supposed to be funny? “You can’t conceive, nor can I, the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God,” says Graham Greene. I don’t know whose ass he was kissin’ there, ‘cause I think you’re just vindictive. What was Josh Lyman, a warning shot? That was my son. What did I ever do to yours but praise his glory and praise his name? There’s a tropical storm that’s gaining speed and power. They say we haven’t had a storm this bad since you took out that Tender ship of mine in the North Atlantic last year. Sixty-eight crew. You know what a Tender ship? Fixes the other ships. It doesn’t even carry guns, it just goes around, fixes the other ships and delivers the mail. That’s all it can do. Yes, I lied. It was a sin. I’ve committed many sins. Have I dispelased you, you feckless thug? 3.8 million new jobs, that wasn’t good? Bailed out Mexico, increased foreign trade, thirty million new acres of land for conservation, put Mendoza on the bench, we’re not fighting a war, I’ve raised three children… that’s not enough to buy me out of the dog house? (Translation of what Bartlet said in Latin): Am I really to believe that these are the acts of a loving God? A just God? A wise God? To hell with your punishments. I was your servant here on Earth. And I spread your word and I did your work. To hell with your punishments. To hell with you. You get Hoynes!”
—President Jed Barltet, “The West Wing” Episode “Two Cathedrals” (via imnotthereasonthatyoureinsane)
- Cat:
- Me: are you mcgonagall
- Cat:
