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My BFF Sara Gold and I outside her house in White Rock BC. 

We spent 4 days bleaching, bleaching and more bleaching her hair and then the pink-ification. And then the wool making and dying and installing. Sara dyed the wool all by herself and I installed it. (Braided it into her hair as removable extensions) 

Years ago I had this tradition of wearing white and getting pics in the cherry blossoms. I decided to revive this tradition this week at Sara’s in White Rock where the blossoms in her yard had just bloomed. I’ll post some of my old photos later on today. These were taken today, April 8 2013.

Just me hanging out in my friend Sara Gold’s back yard an hour ago.

"Disgusting. That’s how Kirsten Dunst, 30, described her infamous kiss with Brad Pitt in the 1994 film “Interview with a Vampire” in a recent interview with Bullett magazine. In fact, kissing Pitt was so vile and repulsive that the experience scarred her.
“It was just a peck. Everyone at the time was like, ‘You’re so lucky you kissed Brad Pitt,’ but I thought it was disgusting… said Dunst. At the time, not many people saw a kiss between a girl who had just hit double digits and a 31 year-old man as a big deal… Dunst’s kiss wasn’t an anomaly, but part of a disturbing trend that fetishized prepubescent girls, pitting them in roles opposite grown men. The same year that “Interview with a Vampire” was released, Dunst starred in “Little Women” where had a bizarrely romantic scene with a character played by then 20-year-old Christian Bale…. A few years later, Dunst auditioned for the role as Angela (played by Mena Suvari) in 1999’s “American Beauty” but when she learned that she would have to kiss Kevin Spacey, 25 years her senior, Dunst balked. “I was only 15 then,” she told Entertainment Weekly in 2006. “I didn’t want to kiss Kevin Spacey or be seen lying naked in those rose petals."

http://shine.yahoo.com/love-sex/child-stars-forced-to-seduce-grown-men—awful-90s-thing-220911665.html;_ylt=AjmJCfdUaFKwwBHMh4MNZyBabqU5;_ylu=X3oDMTRhdHQwdTc1BG1pdANIb21lIEZlYXR1cmVkIExpc3QgUmlnaHQEcGtnAzQ5NjljZjFkLTllZDItM2UxYy1hMjQ1LTVkMGE1M2YzODFmYQRwb3MDMgRzZWMDTWVkaWFGZWF0dXJlZExpc3QEdmVyAzVmNmI1Y2IyLTk4MGItMTFlMi1iN2ZlLTU3ZjQ2OTY4OTIwNw—;_ylg=X3oDMTFlamZvM2ZlBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDc2VjdGlvbnM-;_ylv=3 (via survivorsupport)

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survivorrat:

Abuse is not a hurdle on an obstacle course to train you to be stronger and more capable.

Abuse ruins lives and destroys people’s potential. 

Abuse is not something you just put behind you after it is over.

It changes your brain permanently. 

(via callingoutbigotry)

thisisthinprivilege:

fatbodypolitics:

unicornbl000d:

fatbodypolitics:

Before and after photos are one of those things that frustrate the hell out of me when it comes to fatness and weight loss. Seeing so many people congratulated on no longer having a “before body” is part of this frustration since we are taught to be in awe of those people who have an “after body.” Before images are always framed as being worse than the after image, in relation to weight loss it is the after image that always triumphs the before.

I don’t have a before body or even an after body; it’s a forever body. My body isn’t a failure and having an “after” image doesn’t make the before any less worthy / beautiful or as good of a body. 

You all can guess at the things I did between the before and after.

* There are numerous forms of before and after photos that don’t frame the before in a negative way but I have yet to see one with weight loss.

I’m sorry. I think that this is bullshit.

I worked my ass off to get my “after” body. I’m still chunky, and I’m okay with that. But don’t shame me for being proud of the work I put into losing weight. THIS IS THE SAME THING AS BODY SHAMING. Shaming me because I decided that I wanted to lose weight? If you are happy with the weight you’re at, then I am just as happy for you. But I lost weight the healthy way (for the most part) with exercise and healthy eating (..for the most part). Being proud of myself and losing weight does NOT make me a bad person.

So I will continue to be proud of my weight loss, and I will be proud of my “after” body.

My body. My rules. Stop policing.

Critiquing the way fat bodies are framed through before and after photos is not shaming people for the individual choices they make. This is especially true when you factor in that participating in diet culture is supported, condoned and praised by almost every social institution if you are a fat person. You would be hard pressed to find one that didn’t to be honest. Deconstructing the behaviors we participate in by how some bodies are framed as having more worth than others is how we subvert the things that oppress us.

I would also note that I said that all bodies regardless of their size have the same worth. Turning this into a conversation that reinforces the ideals of the system I am critiquing isn’t surprising since with any form of critique to that system those participating are taught to take it as a personal attack against their own choices, I can guarantee you that is not the case. If we are truthfully interested in working against oppression we need to remove ourselves from the systems of oppression we participate in and stop thinking critiques of that system are a personal attack of individual choices.

What a lot of these responses boil down to is people don’t want to be made aware of the systems of oppression they participate in. They want people who are oppressed to stay silent and not speak out against them.

^Everything Amanda said. Also:

I’m seeing a lot of people append “-shaming” to activities and characteristics that are highly valued by mainstream culture whenever they see any critique of the social dynamic that conveys the privileges they guard and treasure. And it’s total bullshit.

Critiquing thin privilege is not thin-shaming. The vast majority of those who claim it is prize their thin privilege and will fight to retain it, even at the cost of a system that oppresses, hurts, and kills fat people.

Critiquing sexist beauty standards and objectification is not shaming people who participate in them. The vast majority of those who claim it is prize the rewards conveyed by beauty privilege and don’t want to have to think more deeply about how the beauty culture that grants them privileges might disprivilege others. 

Critiquing diet culture is not shaming dieters. The only people who claim it is are people who want to believe their ‘hard work’ in achieving some level of thin privilege has some kind of real moral value, akin to learning a new skill, producing a work of art, completing a work of charity, earning a degree, etc.

This whole “$PRIVILEGE_X-shaming!” movement is little more than a manifestation of privilege denial. 

And can I just note it’s hilarious and typical of the diet-culture mindset that a dieter made Amanda’s awesome post — about how her fat ‘before’ body is her ‘after’ body — about them, with this dieter wringing their hands over how subverting the power of the before and after photo will divest them of their dieter privilege?

News to dieters: You’ve been lied to. You never had a ‘before’ body, and you don’t have an ‘after’ body. Sorry you’re pissed that some of us aren’t going to buy into the mythology of ‘after’ bodies being magically better than all the fatty ‘befores.’

And I’m not going to shed a single fucking tear over the fact that you can’t see how demanding we preserve your before/after weight loss mythology is inherently oppressive. 

-ArteToLife

thisisthinprivilege:

fatbodypolitics:

unicornbl000d:

fatbodypolitics:

Before and after photos are one of those things that frustrate the hell out of me when it comes to fatness and weight loss. Seeing so many people congratulated on no longer having a “before body” is part of this frustration since we are taught to be in awe of those people who have an “after body.” Before images are always framed as being worse than the after image, in relation to weight loss it is the after image that always triumphs the before.

I don’t have a before body or even an after body; it’s a forever body. My body isn’t a failure and having an “after” image doesn’t make the before any less worthy / beautiful or as good of a body. 

You all can guess at the things I did between the before and after.

* There are numerous forms of before and after photos that don’t frame the before in a negative way but I have yet to see one with weight loss.

I’m sorry. I think that this is bullshit.

I worked my ass off to get my “after” body. I’m still chunky, and I’m okay with that. But don’t shame me for being proud of the work I put into losing weight. THIS IS THE SAME THING AS BODY SHAMING. Shaming me because I decided that I wanted to lose weight? If you are happy with the weight you’re at, then I am just as happy for you. But I lost weight the healthy way (for the most part) with exercise and healthy eating (..for the most part). Being proud of myself and losing weight does NOT make me a bad person.

So I will continue to be proud of my weight loss, and I will be proud of my “after” body.

My body. My rules. Stop policing.

Critiquing the way fat bodies are framed through before and after photos is not shaming people for the individual choices they make. This is especially true when you factor in that participating in diet culture is supported, condoned and praised by almost every social institution if you are a fat person. You would be hard pressed to find one that didn’t to be honest. Deconstructing the behaviors we participate in by how some bodies are framed as having more worth than others is how we subvert the things that oppress us.

I would also note that I said that all bodies regardless of their size have the same worth. Turning this into a conversation that reinforces the ideals of the system I am critiquing isn’t surprising since with any form of critique to that system those participating are taught to take it as a personal attack against their own choices, I can guarantee you that is not the case. If we are truthfully interested in working against oppression we need to remove ourselves from the systems of oppression we participate in and stop thinking critiques of that system are a personal attack of individual choices.

What a lot of these responses boil down to is people don’t want to be made aware of the systems of oppression they participate in. They want people who are oppressed to stay silent and not speak out against them.

^Everything Amanda said. Also:

I’m seeing a lot of people append “-shaming” to activities and characteristics that are highly valued by mainstream culture whenever they see any critique of the social dynamic that conveys the privileges they guard and treasure. And it’s total bullshit.

Critiquing thin privilege is not thin-shaming. The vast majority of those who claim it is prize their thin privilege and will fight to retain it, even at the cost of a system that oppresses, hurts, and kills fat people.

Critiquing sexist beauty standards and objectification is not shaming people who participate in them. The vast majority of those who claim it is prize the rewards conveyed by beauty privilege and don’t want to have to think more deeply about how the beauty culture that grants them privileges might disprivilege others. 

Critiquing diet culture is not shaming dieters. The only people who claim it is are people who want to believe their ‘hard work’ in achieving some level of thin privilege has some kind of real moral value, akin to learning a new skill, producing a work of art, completing a work of charity, earning a degree, etc.

This whole “$PRIVILEGE_X-shaming!” movement is little more than a manifestation of privilege denial. 

And can I just note it’s hilarious and typical of the diet-culture mindset that a dieter made Amanda’s awesome post — about how her fat ‘before’ body is her ‘after’ body — about them, with this dieter wringing their hands over how subverting the power of the before and after photo will divest them of their dieter privilege?

News to dieters: You’ve been lied to. You never had a ‘before’ body, and you don’t have an ‘after’ body. Sorry you’re pissed that some of us aren’t going to buy into the mythology of ‘after’ bodies being magically better than all the fatty ‘befores.’

And I’m not going to shed a single fucking tear over the fact that you can’t see how demanding we preserve your before/after weight loss mythology is inherently oppressive. 

-ArteToLife

This one is for Sara cuz she likes LASERS! (by blissaru)

RAVE—AID Farshad’s underground 40th b day rave @ Open Studios March 30 2013 part 2 (by blissaru)

There’s a wolf in the bed!

greeneyedfaggot:

feelin’ fabbb

gooooood LAWD you are one good looking HUM0N!!!!!! I love your shirt!  What I can see of it, it looks epic. haahaaa

Thank you sooo much for adding me back! :D  I’m really flattered. It’s always super nice to have such handsome lads to oggle on my dashboard. muaaa haaa ha haaa

I’m taking a trip to Vancouver BC for 10 days to hang with my homies and do a buncha medical crap so I’ll be updating lots with rad pics of my adventures and won’t be so boring. haha. I leave in 8 hours. I should try to get some sleep. (yea right I can never sleep before a trip)

I REALLLLY love your lavender hair!  I stay with my bff when I am in town and she really wants lavender and pink hair so I’m gonna do my best. 

I’ll show her yours. She’s a bit nervous to take the plunge. Her hair has been natural for years. You werk yours so well I bet it’ll give her courage to see how gorgeous your hair is. 

Have a radtastic day!!

Pinch Brian’s butt for me!!  LOL

Was that going too far?  :D  

revolutionarygaymagazine:

1. Raja: This queen won the third season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and rightfully so. Her statuesque “stomp the runway” and eclectic looks made her a front runner every time on her season. Never willing to conform and never giving a fuck about what people have to say, Raja has proven she is a force…

YUP YUP

boygrimlark:

that-stupid-tardis-sound:

i-hate-myself-so-much-i-am-numb:

that-stupid-tardis-sound:

my uncle is a priest and he’s staying over for a couple days how the fuck am i supposed to watch supernatural and read fanfiction with his righteousness here

Sacrifice him to Satan

no he’s making mac and cheese for dinner
maybe tomorrow 

I admire your ability to keep your priorities straight.

ell o ellllll

(via macabremissus)

thelostsunprincess:

What I do want to tell you is that you need to stop using the “wives, sisters, daughters” argument when you are talking to people defending the Steubenville rapists. Or any rapists. Or anyone who commits any kind of crime, violent or otherwise, against a woman.

In case you’re unfamiliar with this line of rhetoric, it’s the one that goes like this:

You should stop defending the rapists and start caring about the victim. Imagine if she was your sister, or your daughter, or your wife. Imagine how badly you would feel if this happened to a woman that you cared about.

Framing the issue this way for rape apologists can seem useful. I totally get that. It feels like you’re humanizing the victim and making the event more relatable, more sympathetic to the person you’re arguing with.

You know what, though? Saying these things is not helpful; in fact, it’s not even helping to humanize the victim. What you are actually doing is perpetuating rape culture by advancing the idea that a woman is only valuable in so much as she is loved or valued by a man.

The Steubenville rape victim was certainly someone’s daughter. She may have been someone’s sister. Someday she might even be someone’s wife. But these are not the reasons why raping her was wrong. This rape, and any rape, was wrong because women are people. Women are people, rape is wrong, and no one should ever be raped. End of story.

The “wives, sisters, daughters” line of argument comes up all the fucking time. President Obama even used it in his State of the Union address this year, saying,

“We know our economy is stronger when our wives, mothers, and daughters can live their lives free from discrimination in the workplace, and free from the fear of domestic violence.”

This device, which Obama has used on more than one occasion, is reductive as hell. It defines women by their relationships to other people, rather than as people themselves. It says that women are only important when they are married to, have given birth to, or have been fathered by other people. It says that women are only important because of who they belong to.

Women are not possessions.

Women are people.

I seriously cannot believe that I have to say this in 2013.

I only posted a small piece of the article but its brilliant. Please go read the rest of it. The “lets protect women because they are our mothers, sisters, and wives” crap needs to go.

(Source: lipsredasroses, via rapeculturerealities)