Ellie McE

22 Apr

‘If I don’t want it — power — then
it won’t hurt when I can’t have it.’
But you can have it. Don’t you feel it?
Some repressed ambition stirring
nauseously inside you. The piece
of Eve’s apple that won’t digest.
The slow monstering of you
when you have to remind
yourself to smile and be nice.
The tiger hinging on its hind legs.
Don’t be grateful. Be ungrateful.
Be on your last nerve. Get ready.

— Mindy Nettifee, from “For Young Women Who Don’t Consider Themselves Feminists” (via talwaar)

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Today, in a fit of anger over the rejection of the gun safety bill, I went to the senate’s website to find out if my senators had been part of the block that stopped it. One of my senators, Sen. Mark Kirk (R-ILL), was listed as a “nay” on one of the ammendments voted on today. Incensed, I decided to make my voice heard, and wrote him an extremely strongly worded letter. After sending, I realized that all the other “nay” votes on this particular gun bill ammendment were by democrats. It dawned on me that I was, in fact, looking at the wrong ammendment entirely.

Turns out Sentor Kirk was one of THREE republicans to dissent from the party and stand up to NRA lobbyists and actually vote to pass the ammendment to expand background checks. This shows a laudible act of bipartisanship and good sense. So, throughly embarrassed, I sent this correction to my previous message.

While I don’t recommend messing up which way your Senator voted, I do stand by contacting your senators about the issues you care about.

ALL PEOPLE SHOULD ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN DEMOCRACY, EVEN IDIOTS LIKE ME.

17 Apr

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11 Apr

cathycatherine:

sick of boys not understanding us so i made a helpful guide :) xx

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6 Apr

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2 Apr

si-dramatic:

“You’d think the US government had bigger priorities than treating honors students like criminals, yet here we are”

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31 Mar

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31 Mar

aint-got-nothin-at-all:

always

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29 Mar

while we’re at it, veronica mars, constant badass

29 Mar

Obviously, I’m rewatching Veronica Mars and among the many wonderful moments this is one of my favorite. (Spoiler alert) Here she is, trapped in a refrigerator by psychopath/scum of the earth Aaron Echolls, and as he goads her into trying to reveal where the damning sex tapes are, she lays a quip like this on him. And even better, it’s clearly true, that being trapped in a small space, about to be set on fire, feels safer than having to escape. What a great line.