[We should not be putting civil rights issues to a popular vote, to be subject to the sentiments, to the passions of the day. No minority should have their rights subject to the passions and the sentiments of the majority.]
Newark Mayor Cory Booker Responds to a Question about the NJ Marriage Equality Referendum
Booker 2016
See, this is how you talk about it.
You DON’T say “marriage equality is JUST LIKE the separate but equal stuff POC dealt with, come on folks, this is civil rights all over again, gay is the new black!”
You say, “this is a civil rights issue, and it should be a given, not something voted for; this is a minority.”
I want Cory Booker to be the second African American guy to become President, after we get a few African American women in there.
THIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Actually, i love it when someone can make me cry. Humiliation play is one of *those* kinks - it tends to elicit a reaction of “wait, what?” among even more open-minded and kinkier individuals. But sometimes I need to fall apart so I can put myself back together again, stronger and fuller.
It’s official. I have found the best thing on the internet.
i have been so productive lately that i’m starting to wonder what’s wrong with me.
no, seriously.
maybe it’s the nice weather?
I’ve been trying to put words to this for quite some time, and then of course my intelligent and well-spoken beau swoops in with geniuswords to make it all sound real.
We were talking about his insecurities surrounding me beginning to date S (which is going wonderfully, by the way!), and after a lot of really great dialogue, he said some things that really stuck out to me:
“Actually, it really does the opposite of make me insecure. It’s an ego boost, really. What it says to me is that even though you’re dating him, it hasn’t changed your desire to be with me. The fact that you want to be with me despite seeing other people says that there are things about our relationship you can’t get anywhere else. It means you find things about me irreplaceable, things that you don’t have in another relationship, and that preserves the value of our relationship. If your interest in Person A doesn’t diminish once you start dating Person B, it means that Person A is special enough and irreplaceable enough to keep around, no matter who else is a part of your life.”
There you have it. My gentleman suitor and his geniuswords.
I wish more people felt this way. Jealousy tends to be instinctive, unfortunately.
“Many women find it erotic when you describe the changes in her genitals as she becomes aroused. Use pretty language like, “I can see your lips turning dusky pink with a deeper lavender edging them like a beautiful butterfly.” This verbal approval engenders confidence and helps her get more turned on.”
~ Revive Her Drive (via theconcupiscentconcubine)
Okay, sure. But can be please acknowledge the fact that some of us are quite happy to use words that don’t involve… butterflies? I’d like my bedroom talk to be a great deal filthier and R-rated than this. And that’s cool too.
I’m no bachelorette, yet many of these apply to my gf so I hope she sees this =Pgetthefuckdownjulesverneishere:
Dying. Accurate as fuck.
Im not even a bachelorette. But this sums up me pretty damn well. Wow. Scary.
Bloody hell. Accurate. XD
The accuracy is frightening.
I’m scared, stop describing me, Internet
- I don’t need to be home alone to pee with the door open; it’s always open.
- I don’t need to be bored to think about sex, pfft.
- I don’t need any stinkin’ ideas.
- Anything laundry related is not relevant. Stinky clothes are ewww.
- I wouldn’t have to use my bra as pockets if my pants had pockets, particularly pockets i could actually FIT THINGS INTO.
From a very young age we’re basically taught to think of racism and “anything bad” isms as something “very bad people [consciously] do.” We are always taught to identify with the good guys and wonder what the bad guys were thinking. We then have a lot of trouble actually identifying evil thoughts within ourselves, because we don’t see ourselves as being “evil people.”
But part of truly understanding the horror of many acts in history is understanding that the people who made them happen were not particularly evil- the people that followed weren’t particularly evil. That evil often happens in little steps, tiny jokes and references and cultural nuances until something snaps and the whole thing snowballs into chaos and upheaval. Evil as it occurs when groups of people are denied rights or killed or discriminated against or whatever isn’t necessarily the result of an evil thought, but rather the result of a lack of conscious thoughts fighting evil.
feministdisney (via stay-in-skull)
no snowflake ever feels responsible for the avalanche
(via oogishkamaanisee)
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Your religious Views?
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I've become a hardcore athiest lately, waving my logic boner in everybody's face.
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Have you ever self-harmed? Why?
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Yes, actually. I went through a period where I'd get uncontrollably emotional, and suffer through intense bouts of self-loathing as a result; I'd slap, hit, and pinch myself.
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Relationship with your father?
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Usually rocky but good. I'm not sure right now, it's sort of awkward.
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Relationship with your mother?
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Better on the surface but possibly more superficial.
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Who is your most loved person?
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I refuse to answer a question that carries on the belief that love is finite. I can love more than one person if I want to.
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Have you ever been bullied?
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Yep. High school, yay! (Not.)
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What is your sexuality?
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...That's gonna take more than a one-liner. Free-wheeling, voracious, curious. Heteroflexible? I like looking at women, for certain. I'm more attracted to people and personalities than any particular gender. I'm polyamorous and kinky. In particular I identify as submissive and something of a masochist, and we'll leave it at that for the time being (although ask if you want more details).
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Who makes you the happiest?
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Willy Wonka. Both of my boyfriends make me happy in different ways. And so do my cats. And me!
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What is the most heroic thing you've ever done?
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In what way? The *bravest* thing I've done, was, I think, getting an abortion. That was for me.
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What calms you down when you're upset?
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Cuddling, physical reassurance. Art in various forms, if I'm by myself.
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Have you ever fallen in love?
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Numerous times.
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Had your heart broken?
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Scuffed up a bit, maybe.
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Have you been betrayed in the past? How?
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Not really? Although I do feel as though my parents have betrayed me in certain ways.
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Who do you miss the most?
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My grandfather.
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Have you ever attempted suicide?
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Not as of yet.
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Share a secret?
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I got to touch a starfish :3
