Quixote's Last Ride: Archive

June 2013

11 posts

The Body Is Not An Apology: Snakeskin: Shedding the Shame of Weight Gain → thebodyisnotanapology.tumblr.com

Snakeskin: Shedding the Shame of Weight Gain by Katie Manthey, Content Intern

Here is what goes through my mind when I get dressed in the morning:

Who will see me?What did they see me where already this week?How will my body have to move?What is the temperature going to be? Do I have …

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“The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.” —Juliette Lewis (via e-ntre)

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Stop telling women that we should find ourselves beautiful and that we should love ourselves when you are standing right there, judging us on how our knees look in short skirts and how prominent our boobs are in a sweater and how much makeup we are or are not wearing.

Instead of us working harder on “love your body” and “find your inner beauty”, the rest of the world should be working harder on “stop telling women their bodies are a shameful place to live but that if they’re strong enough, they will learn to embrace that shame.”

This is my body. It’s not “beautiful”. I don’t “love it”. I don’t have to. I don’t have to have any strong feelings about my body. And whatever feelings I do have are not somehow invalid if they’re not glowing reviews.

” —

Elyse Mofo, “Don’t Tell Me to Love My Body” (via verticillium)

This shit needs to be said more often.

(via alisonboag)

YES YES YES YES

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Jun 1, 2013

Purgatory This Is Your Life

Listen to: Purgatory by This Is Your Life