May 2013
2 tags
“Women are afraid of meeting a serial killer. Men are afraid of meeting someone...”
–
When Strangers Click, a 2011 documentary about online dating.
It reminds me of that famous Margaret Atwood quote: “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” It also reminds me of something written by one of the mods of Sex Worker Problems: “Misandry...
1 tag
“At night I dream that you and I are two plants
that grew together, roots...”
– Pablo Neruda, Rain (Rapa Nui)
1 tag
lotus-eyes:
When the men leave me, they leave me in a beautiful place. It is always late summer. When I think of them now, I think of the place. And being happy alone afterwards. This time it’s Clinton, New York. I swim in the public pool at six when the other people have gone home. The sky is grey, the air hot. I walk back across the mown lawn loving the smell and the houses so...
2 tags
“As a trans woman, not many things give me a headache the way the entire concept...”
– Meyllen Djneres (via muffinsandcouture)
The moral of “passing” discussions always seems to be:
If you get bashed it will be your fault.
(via charthebutcher)
1 tag
“No one in my family, not one of my friends or classmates realized that I was...”
– Haruki Murakami, Sleep (via chagrinblanc)
1 tag
“I am the most tired woman in the world. I am tired when I get up. Life requires...”
– Anaïs Nin (via delicateswans)
1 tag
“Chaos is not when I think of you incessantly or when I have trouble moving...”
– Katherine Mansfield, from The Scrapbook Of Katherine Mansfield (via itsherfactory)
1 tag
“Take a day to heal from the lies you’ve told yourself and the ones that have...”
– Maya Angelou (via creatingaquietmind)
3 tags
“A catcall is entirely about reminding you that you are not yours. The purity...”
– “Female ‘Purity’ is Bullshit”, by Lindy West (via ceedling)
1 tag
“It wasn’t my day. My week. My month. My year. My life. God damn it.”
– Charles Bukowski, Pulp (via 50-5lbs)
1 tag
i never really liked
my name
much
until i found out
what it tastes like
when you sigh it
into my
mouth
1 tag
