There’s not a lot in this world that feels as good as touching your roots. Montana, you’re so good to me ❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/BsYqQi8lR0Q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1etzb689e5f9d

“Look, let me put it this way: with me, you’re number one and there isn’t even a number two.”

— Charles Bukowski

“Waldo found himself and went to the dark side“ https://www.instagram.com/p/BrjZFhFFznv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11b3w8cfboqt7

all these pop songs about “doing work” and “work work work” make me feel like i’m in some heavy-handed YA dystopian novel where the evil capitalist overlords keep the proletariat in line with brainwashing/propaganda in song form

“Your face makes my cervix gritty.”

Hey, U.S. Tumblrs. Your country needs you. 

In just about six weeks, on November 6, you will have the privilege of exercising your right to vote in the midterm elections. You, the people, will determine one-third of all U.S. senators and all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. And we want you to feel empowered as hell as you make it happen.

But you can only make a difference if you’re registered to vote.

National Voter Registration Day is on September 26. 

Take a few minutes right now and visit NVRD (@nationalvoterregistrationday) to register anytime between now and then. Don’t forget: if you’ve recently changed your name or moved across state lines, you need to update your registration. Have questions? @plannedparenthood wants to help! This Monday, September 24, they will be answering your questions about voting. Go ahead and head over to their ask box now. 

What else can you do?

Stay informed. Over the next six weeks, right up until election day, we’re going to highlight and partner up with a number of organizations that can help you stay educated about issues that matter most. We’ll put a spotlight on some of our old favorites for educational resources, like @everytown for sensible gun laws and Fight for the Future (@fight4future) for net neutrality. You can also look forward to hearing more from:

Women — There are more women running for office in 2018 than there has ever been in U.S. history. Huffington Post and and MAKERS (@makerswomen) will be interviewing some of these incumbents and newcomers.

Headcount — Headcount (@thefutureisvoting) stages voter registration drives at concerts and runs programs that translate the power of music into real action. Their goal? Change the culture of voting to turn every election—local, state, and federal—into an event worth celebrating. It shouldn’t feel like a chore. 

When We All Vote — @whenweallvote is a new national, nonpartisan, not-for-profit that promises to spark new conversation around the responsibilities we all share in shaping the promise of our democracy.  Namely, the responsibility of registering and voting. 

#VoteTogether — #VoteTogether offers grants of $2,500 to local organizers to hold and promote nonpartisan block parties near polling places. This year Tumblr will be the financial sponsor and partner of two #VoteTogether events.

10/25 — Black Girls Vote + Tumblr present: #VoteTogether in Baltimore. BGV focuses on organizing Black women across the country to participate in local, state and national elections. Tumblr will be supporting BGV for an all-day event led by 50 of their student leaders from Morgan State University.  We will then lead a march to the polls followed by a #VoteTogether block party with announcements of scholarships for some of the incredible students.

10/27 —  Equity Alliance + Tumblr present: #VoteTogether in Nashville. This year will be Equity Alliance’s third #VotingIsLit celebration. EA is planning on hosting a Halloween-themed and family friendly event in the Antioch neighborhood of Nashville, and we want to see you there. The spookiest costume? A person who forgot to register to vote by September 26, National Voter Registration Day.

Be on the lookout for more information on these events in the coming weeks! We want you there.

Phew. That was a lot. We know. But this is important stuff. The past few years may have felt particularly exhausting to you. You’re not alone. Take care of yourselves however you can, and remember that you and your vote matter. Let your voice be heard.

And one more time, for good measure: 

National Voter Registration Day is on September 26.

Art by Creatr @libbyvanderploeg​

This is so good.

In honor of 19-year-old Simone Biles being named Woman Of The Year by ESPN. 

She won a record four gold medals at the Olympics. She’s untouchable!

Congratulations!

me watching monsters inc as a kid: how did it take so long for anyone to figure out that human child laughter not only produced energy like screams, but was more effective, and that children aren’t actually dangerous at all?

me watching monsters inc now: monsters incorporated, a multi-billion dollar corporate giant, stood to make extra profits off a scream shortage because low supply with high demand makes it possible to charge a fortune for a necessary commodity and everyone has no choice but to pay the high prices because they can’t go without electricity. Therefore Monsters Inc, as well as any other major powers that may have existed at the start of the era of using scream energy, fabricated the idea that only screams could generate sustainable energy sources in order to create artificial scarcity, because laugh energy was far easier to obtain and far more efficient, and therefore stood to lower the value of energy due to surplus. They also fabricated the idea that human children were toxic, in order to a) make other monsters too afraid to go near them to do research and possibly discover the secret of laugh energy, and b) to make monsters so afraid of going near them that there is a shortage of scarers, making it harder for rival companies to rise up and create competition. Even in the monster world, capitalism is based on lies, greed and cruelty, and even monster companies have no qualms about using and abusing children to maximize profits.

Omfg.

“I’d like to destroy you a few times in bed.”

— Ernest Hemingway

Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad 

1. Mai 2018 (at Görlitzer Park)

Straya and I had way too much fun this weekend towin dat ass in a circle (circle), sitting on faces, and looking out for DANGER all weekend at SUFF (Summer Ultimate Frisbee Frisbee) in the back of my el camino. (at Müggelsee)

Plant the seeds and they will grow 🌱 Yesterday’s @cubeoftruth with a group of students from Quebec. I think I got the wheels turning for some of these kids. Their teacher was eager to do her own research in order to use animal exploitation as a discussion topic in the classroom. The butterfly effect from conversations like this can be huge. #vegan #activism #animalrights #animalliberation #compassion #love #kindness #nomoreexcuses #endanimalcruelty #bekind #bekindtoeverykind (at Brandenburger Tor)