I’ve posted this before, but I just love the message, so here you go again.
#1 in my series “safety first”
have a safeword! come on, it’s fun!
I love that they also have hand signals because sometimes people become catatonic and can’t speak.
Teen Girl Petitions Seventeen Magazine to Stop Airbrushing Models | Yahoo →
[TW: discussion of eating disorders]
eleven days ago, eighth-grader Julia Blume started a petition asking Seventeen to feature one photo shoot a month where the models had not been digitally retouched. her petition at Change.org has gotten more than 27,000 signatures, and the fourteen-year-old is gaining national attention as a young activist.
you can check out (and sign) julia’s petition here.
My reason: Because I’m tired of the media not owning up to their power of influence. Showcasing doctored images that make women and girls ashamed of their bodies then claiming you empower them is a sick form of abuse.
(twenty trans women who were killed by hate crimes.) Remember our trans* sisters.
Feminism provided a way for me to understand my own life: why being free was not just a matter of living without self-imposed or social or sexual limits.
Ankh -This ankh-shaped, gold-sheathed mirror case was taken from the tomb of Tutankhamun in southern Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. The Ankh form, found in many ancient Egyptian tombs, is the Egyptian hieroglyphic character meaning “life.”
thearrogantstoner: Fashion GOD and disciples at the bar “Church” in Fenway.
The Arrogant Stoner: where high fashion meets high life
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