it’s honestly so depressing when people make the ~haha well I bet you only have missionary sex in the dark at 8pm~ ‘argument’ against anyone who criticises bdsm or kink communities, and we’re supposed to view that suggestion as a hilarious extreme. We’ve reached a point where girls are literally being told (by ‘feminists’, no less!) that there’s something embarrassing, uncool, even shameful about having or wanting sex that doesn’t involve pain and degradation, and that attitude has somehow actually come to be seen as progressive for women.

Detail from marble floor, Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, Italy, 17th century   

Preferred pronouns?

dont talk about me

Almost Touching. 

Death head, All Saints church, Winkleigh, Devon.

Jan De Vliegher (Belgian, b. 1964), Garden 6, 2014. Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

Sarah Weddington was 27 when she argued Roe v. Wade  — the youngest person ever to win in the Supreme Court. Today is the 45th anniversary of the landmark case that legalized abortion in the U.S. Young people have the power to change the world. 

there are so many funny mogai identities but “demiromantic” is severely underrated as one of the funniest

waiting for the day when saying “this certain aspect of how our culture approaches sex was really harmful to my psychological development as a child and i would like to see it change for the sake of children growing up today and in the future” is not met by a large part of the left with accusations of rhetorical pearl-clutching or reactionary appeals to eliminate degenerate perverts or whatever. a day which will never come. but still i wait...

i have never felt as mature as when i finally understood (through therapy) and internalized (through emotional work) that you cannot connect and communicate with some people no matter how kind, compassionate, understanding, articulate, eloquent, or smart you are, and that sometimes a person not listening to you does not reflect on your communication skills or ability to connect or straight up intelligence. in a way, it’s letting go of the belief that you have the power to make people understand you. communication is a two-way street, and needs two willing participants. some people are just walls, and it has been unbelievably helpful for my mental and emotional health to let it slide and know that it does not affect me or my self worth. 

Lucy Liu on the set of Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)

way too many people say “gender is fluid” when they mean to say “people are allowed to dress and act outside of their prescribed sex roles”

offense fully intended but way too many people on this site think activism starts and ends with watching the right media and liking the right characters