hello, meglet.

Refusing to have a political conversation about climate change now is akin to the insistence that the aftermath of a mass shooting is somehow an improper moment to talk about America’s gun laws.

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—	Amy Davidson on the political response to Hurricane Sandy: http://nyr.kr/Sk1WOM (via newyorker)

It’s a way of life to be always texting and when you looks at these texts it really is thoughts in formation. I do studies where I just sit for hours and hours at red lights watching people unable to tolerate being alone. Its as though being along has become a problem that needs to be solved and then technology presents itself as a solution to this problem…Being alone is not a problem that needs to be solved. The capacity for solitude is a very important human skill.

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—	Sherry Turkle on texting and the inability to be alone (via nprfreshair)

In media reports on women’s issues—abortion, birth control, Planned Parenthood—men are quoted around five times more than women, a new study shows »

Sad…and yet not shocking.

nprfreshair:

How Common Is Your Birthday?

(via @stiles)

watsonlove:

These might be some of the last photos we see of all three of them together for a long while ~ thanks for making my childhood magical.

AAAHH! This makes me want to cry.

kari-shma:

Belle (by whisker snaps photo)

AH. Want.

This is a stunningly beautiful, heart-wrenching story.

The most frightening stat: 50 years ago, there were 450,000 lions in the wild. Today, there are as few as 20,000.

Here’s how you can help.

OH on the train

A girl, about eight years old is sitting on her sister’s lap, who is not much older. She gets up, saying “Your thighs are hard, that’s a good thing.” To which her sister replies in a dismayed voice, “No they’re not. They’re squishy.”

This made me really sad, that girls of this age are saying/thinking things like this. But how do we stop it?

aplacetolovedogs:

Atreja:

i’m totally in love with this little guy, his name is Pepe and it’s a eight week old Chug, half Chihuahua, half Pug. Nice, huh? His breast is white and in this pic he’s sitting in my boyfriend’s hood! He’s soooo small, he could sleep in my shoes….

Original Article

I need this little guy in my Tumblr feed in order to live.

So they wanna cut everything from family care to prenatal care to child nutrition. It’s like the Republican Congress is saying ‘You can’t prevent an unwanted child; you can’t get care if you do get pregnant; and we won’t give you any help feeding the kid after it’s born. But that two minutes when that skull is crowning? Your baby is the most precious thing on Earth.’

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JON STEWART, on the GOP’s wholesale attack on women, women’s health programs, reproductive rights and, again, women, on The Daily Show (via inothernews)

This has been my issue with the pro-life movement for years. They’ve never been very “pro” when it comes to the actual “life” part. They shouldn’t be legislating women’s bodies regardless (so big government of them) but a little consistency on the viewpoint doesn’t seem like too much to ask.

(via tktc)

Agreed. I’m never able to properly verbalize how I feel about this…and here it is.