Consider it thrown down.

"My one great talent lies in making those who wrong me suffer horribly."
- Archilochus, 7th century BC

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sarazucker:

suede - beautiful ones
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“You want less of me, mister? Let me shove these five extra pounds of human meat in your face. I’ll smother you with it. You want less of me? Tough. Because everywhere you turn you’re going to see more and more of me, more of us, unstoppable bitches, coming for your jobs and your sexual freedoms and everything stripped from us for so long. Like it or not, you’re going to meet us. In the flesh.” Inspirational stuff from Penny Red.

“You want less of me, mister? Let me shove these five extra pounds of human meat in your face. I’ll smother you with it. You want less of me? Tough. Because everywhere you turn you’re going to see more and more of me, more of us, unstoppable bitches, coming for your jobs and your sexual freedoms and everything stripped from us for so long. Like it or not, you’re going to meet us. In the flesh.”

Inspirational stuff from Penny Red.


“I probably need a lover. I vacillate. I masturbate. Mostly, I masticate.”
— Chelsea G. Summers
Sexual assault bingo - ‘Each square represents a different example of blaming the victim or justifying rape. Hypothetically, next time rape is mentioned and Mr. or Miss. Patriarchy throws out “It was two in the morning. What were you doing out?” or “This is going to destroy his [the perp’s] family, you understand” pull out your bingo card and go to town.’ via Antigone Magazine

Sexual assault bingo - ‘Each square represents a different example of blaming the victim or justifying rape. Hypothetically, next time rape is mentioned and Mr. or Miss. Patriarchy throws out “It was two in the morning. What were you doing out?” or “This is going to destroy his [the perp’s] family, you understand” pull out your bingo card and go to town.’

via Antigone Magazine


Thea Gilmore - Dance in New York

‘I want to run, run, run so far from here

Till the streets of Manhattan just tear this waster apart.

I don’t wanna talk, I wanna dance in New York.’

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snickerdoodle: lovepuppy: ellebelle:whateverlolawants: “There’s a lot of mythology about what women want more: a good guy or a bad guy. The secret is knowing when to dabble in each. If you’re too straitlaced, you’re dull. And if you’re truly bad, you’re probably self-absorbed. What everyone really needs is to be loved, and a good guy is more likely to offer you that.” - Penn Badgley (Instyle) Smart. Hot. *sigh* Ogle. Enjoy. Have a good weekend : )

snickerdoodle:

lovepuppy:

ellebelle:whateverlolawants:

“There’s a lot of mythology about what women want more: a good guy or a bad guy. The secret is knowing when to dabble in each. If you’re too straitlaced, you’re dull. And if you’re truly bad, you’re probably self-absorbed. What everyone really needs is to be loved, and a good guy is more likely to offer you that.”

- Penn Badgley

(Instyle)

Smart. Hot. *sigh*

Ogle. Enjoy. Have a good weekend : )


“Last month, the Fawcett Society published a report, Routes to Power, which found that throughout all levels of employment, ethnic minority women are under-represented. Those between the ages of 16 and 24 are twice as likely to be unemployed as their white female peers, while Pakistani female graduates are more than four times as likely to be unemployed. Where one in 20 white women have had to take a job below their qualification level, for women from ethnic minorities that figure is an astounding one in five. And despite high academic achievements, they face more discrimination - including lower pay and poorer prospects - and are likely to be found in a narrow range of low-paying industries, such as health, retail and social care.”
— From here

National Orgasm Day

butterflyeffect:

… is July 31st, folks.

Pencil, no wait… ENGRAVE it somewhere.

For women: Take the 2008 Orgasm Survey. It could make a difference…

“25 percent of women always climax during sex with a partner. The rest of us either hit — or miss — depending on the night, or never orgasm during intercourse at all. Compared to men — more than 90 percent of men get off 100 percent of the time. The clitoris has the indispensable function of promoting sexual excitement, which induces the female to have intercourse and become pregnant. But the actual incidence of the reflex of orgasm has never been tied to successful reproduction. Translation: Because women can and do get pregnant without climaxing, scientists can’t figure out why we orgasm at all.”
—

Anatomy of an Orgasm, Women’s Health

This article is worth the read and basically says that even if orgasms are pointless in terms of sustaining the species, they still feel pretty damn good, and here is how they work… It’s totally fascinating.

(via whateverlolawants)

The Top 10 Health Benefits of Kissing...

pinkhotel:

(via libbylovesnyc)

…have been documented in medical studies offering amazing advantages for a long and healthy life.

  1. Those who kiss their partner goodbye each morning live five years longer than those who don’t.
  2. Kissing is great for self-esteem. It makes you feel appreciated and helps your state of mind.
  3. Kissing burns calories, 2-3 calories a minute and can double your metabolic rate. Research claims that three passionate kisses a day (at least lasting 20 seconds each) will cause you to loose an entire extra pound! It’s time to start that kissing diet!
  4. Kissing is a known stress-reliever. Passionate kissing relieves tension, reduces negative energy and produces a sense of well being, lowering your cortisol ‘stress’ hormone.
  5. Kissing uses 30 facial muscles and it helps keep the facial muscles tight, preventing baggy cheeks! The tension in the muscles caused by a passionate kiss helps smooth the skin and increases the circulation.
  6. Kissing is good for the heart, as it creates an adrenaline which causes your heart to pump more blood around your body. Frequent kissing has scientifically been proven to stabilize cardiovascular activity, decrease blood pressure and cholesterol.
  7. Those who kiss quite frequently are less likely to suffer from stomach, bladder and blood infections.
  8. During a kiss, natural antibiotics are secreted in the saliva. Also, the saliva contains a type of anesthetic that helps relieve pain.
  9. Kissing reduces anxiety and stops the ‘noise’ in your mind. It increases the levels of oxytocin, an extremely calming hormone that produces a feeling of peace.
  10. The endorphins produced by kissing are 200 times more powerful than morphine.

    (via livemint.com)