I can explain myself: If you want to be safe, walk in the middle of the street. I’m not joking. You’ve been told to look both ways before crossing the street, and the sidewalk is your friend, right? Wrong. I’ve spent years walking sidewalks at night. I’ve looked around me when it was dark, when there were men following me, creeping out of alleyways, attempting to goad me into speaking to them and shouting obscenities at me when I wouldn’t, and I suddenly realised that the only place left to go was the middle of street. But why would I risk it? Because the odds are in my favour. In the States, someone is killed in a car accident on average every 12.5 minutes, while someone is raped on average every 2.5 minutes. Even when factoring in that, one, I am generously including ALL car-related accidents and not just those involving accidents, and two, that the vast majorities of rapes still go unreported […] And, thus, this is now the way I live my life: out in the open, in the middle of everything, because the middle of the street is actually the safest place to walk.
– Emilie Autumn, The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls (via brawlyparton) Via Random Acts of ToastSo there’s a read aloud function on my Kindle, so I thought it would be funny to turn it on and hear this in its robotic voice.
I was wrong.
It wasn’t funny.
It was hilarious.
JUST CLICK PLAY OK.
And I hope my laughter isn’t too loud.
Can’t… breathe… omg.
(Source: merrytheknight)
This is the newest target of One Million Moms, the anti-gay mathematically challenged group, who claim JCPenney is taking sides in their “culture war.”
JCPenney, the group notes, has blocked emails from the One Million Moms server, so anti-gay supporters are urged to yell at local store managers.
It’s so cool that JCPenney is resisting One Million Moms. :)
I feel sorry for One Million Moms. It must be so exhausting being offended by everything all the time.
Seriously, these people are just so freaking stupid that its painful. These women are the reason why so many gay teenagers are afraid to talk to their parents. You’re always supposed to be able to talk to your Mom. She’s supposed to love you unconditionally, no matter what you do with your life. That’s what a MOM is. These people are sullying the term.They should change their names to “The One Million Women Who Popped Out A Couple of Kids, Which Is Apparently Their Greatest Accomplishment To Date Because They Don’t Want To Be Identified As Women Anymore”
/rant over
It’s okay, One Million Moms. I’m not going to be a Mom, I’m going to be a Mum.
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Seriously, though, this is stupid. >.>
BUT JESSE WILLIAMS IS LITERALLY HOTNESS PERSONIFIED??? UGH I QUIT
um, but he’s so hot tho WHY NOT OMG
HE IS THE MOST DELICIOUS MIXED MAN I’VE EVER SEEN. And besides I always pictured Finnick being black anyways.
Why are people so racist? :/
writing process:
- idea
- excitement
- outlining
- staring at a blank page for two weeks
- writing
- banging your head against the wall repeatedly while trying to remember why you ever thought this was a good idea
- more writing
- replacing initial excitement with tender fondness
- more writing
- figuring out what to tell and what to leave out
- “how do I put the words in exactly the right order to make them beautiful”
- staring into a bottomless pit of despair
- letting it go and let others read it
Oh, so true.
About me
I'm Emy, and I'm a creative writing student at the University of Winchester.I'm not really sure what I'm doing, so I'll probably just end up reblogging things I find funny, drawing WIPS and sims 3 screenshots. Yay for me. :D
