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The Love Competition: So Beautiful

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 20:45:27 +0200

The Love Competition: So Beautiful

Soirée de Poche : Feist

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 20:15:52 +0300

"Lately I’ve been thinking about who I want to love, and how I want to love, and why I want to love..."

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:03:54 +0300

“Lately I’ve been thinking about who I want to love, and how I want to love, and why I want to love the way I want to love, and what I need to learn to love that way, and who I need to become to become the kind of love I want to be…….and when I break it all down, when I whittle it into a single breath, it essentially comes out like this: Before I die, I want to be somebody’s favorite hiding place, the place they can put everything they know they need to survive, every secret, every solitude, every nervous prayer, and be absolutely certain I will keep it safe. I will keep it safe.”

- Andrea Gibson … genius (via eschew0bfuscation)

Tragic beauty!

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:07:24 +0300

Tragic beauty!

<3 <3 such a feel good tune!

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:19:46 +0300

<3 <3

such a feel good tune!

Women's Oppression in the Middle East

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 01:39:59 +0300

The world has become a patriarchal misogynistic place. In the Middle East particularly patriarchy is celebrated. Women’s oppression stems mainly from sexual oppression. There are absolutely no teachings regarding women and their sexuality in schools however as children girls are taught principles of what would make a “good girl who would later become a good wife”. Virginity is a social construct. The hymen is used in the Middle East as a tool of objectification. In the Arab world where religion is the dominant factor in governing the country people are accepted to abstain for sex until marriage. Both men and women are expected to follow that rule. I will not get into the impact of that on sex trade and sexual harassment. Girls are brought up knowing that their most prized possession is what’s between their legs. In a culture where a women’s virginity represents her family’s honor and where honor killings are common; girls are taught to never give sex. Women are taught that they don’t have a sex drive or desire and that they’re not supposed to. They are brought up thinking that if they have any physical attraction to the opposite sex then there’s something wrong with them. On the other hand though, men are expected to take sex. In Egypt men who have pre marital sex are accepted in the society; even celebrated. The men are seen as studs. Powerful. Macho. However women are taught to be timid. To be shy and quiet. To obey. Once a woman gets married she is instantly turned into their husbands’ sex slaves. They have no say in when, where and how they will have sex but it’s their duty as a wife to obey and fulfill their husband’s every need because that’s what makes a good wife. They need to endure the pain as long as the experience is pleasurable for the husband and it goes without saying that she would get absolutely no pleasure from it. This is one angle to see how virginity and lack of sexual education contributes to the rape culture. As the world is becoming a smaller place this ordinary belief is slowly changing. Men and women started having a relationship before marriage however it’s not your normal relationship. There can’t be a physical component in that relationship because then she won’t be a “good girl” and according to the boy and his family, she won’t make a good wife or mother. From here I’ve come to the conclusion that the “hymen” is a shiny wrapping paper that covers your gift with which you’re free to do whatever you want. The notion of the hymen and virginity is just another way to commodify sex. Since men aren’t expected to abstain from sex till marriage, an alternative would be finding pleasure through sex workers. In a country where prostitution is criminalized and where women are brought up to think of themselves as objects this can be quite traumatic. First of all the sex works don’t have any form of health care and don’t undergo regular checkups so the chances of STDs spreading is very high. Another thing to consider is that abuse the sex workers are subjected to. The men tend to forget the sex worker is a human and starts treating her as an object and since there is no support hotline for sex workers, they just have to put up with it all. Another thing to think about in regards to women’s oppression is that different cultural practices that are being done every day in the name of protecting women such as Female Genital Mutilation or Breast Ironing. What gets to me most about these horrific crimes is the cause they’re being committed in the name of. In the case of Breast Ironing which is quite common in Cameroon; women iron the child’s breats over and over again to prevent them from growing. That way it won’t seem like she’s matures and she won’t get sexually harassed as she lives her day to day life. With FGM which is most common in Egypt, Sudan and Somalia, girls’ genitalia are cut to reduce sexual libido and preserve her virginity for when she gets married. They cut the girls in the name of the family honor but what they fail to see is the psychological and physical damage this practice does to the child. In this time where the human rights agenda is being brought to surface; it’s time to pay attention to women’s rights. It’s time for women to speak up and start a movement to end their objectification and oppression.

Tarot Readings!!!

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:38:47 +0300

I’m learning the tarot. If you’re interested in getting a reading please send me a question and I’ll get back to you.

Blessed be.

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Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:03:40 +0300

fangirlingforeverz: prettyflyforaredspy: the-stray-liger: cudd...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:13:33 +0300

fangirlingforeverz:

prettyflyforaredspy:

the-stray-liger:

cuddlyxmedics:

sassy-tail:

holy dicks, that’s useful

For all my followers who write, this is for you :D

S-so many words O_O

omg eprf

Re-blogging because of reasons.

ahhh … the words!

<3

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:30:54 +0300

Tarot In The Life: Majors As 3 Sections & 7 Columns

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:41:45 +0300

Tarot In The Life: Majors As 3 Sections & 7 Columns:

tarotlife:

I am more and more fascinated by the major arcana being three sections. Some readers split it into two sections at the Wheel of Fortune, makes sense, 10 often signals a new beginning. It would be a natural “turning” point. However, the journey the Fool takes (yes, something else I believe, the…

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Tue, 29 May 2012 02:46:37 +0300

"We can achieve whatever we set out to achieve. The reason why we think we can’t achieve a goal is..."

Sun, 27 May 2012 01:41:13 +0300

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We can achieve whatever we set out to achieve. The reason why we think we can’t achieve a goal is because it takes a hell of a lot more time than expected, it never happens the way we think it’ll happen, and we gotta ask others for help.

We’re all in this together—celebrating together, crying together, locking arms and holding hands during protests together, shouting in the streets together, changing the world together. Don’t ever be afraid to reach out to others for help. Always with solidarity.

”

- M. Osborn (via affairofthepoisons)

fuckyeahitchywitch: One of the many factors that separate...

Sun, 27 May 2012 00:25:10 +0300

fuckyeahitchywitch:

One of the many factors that separate amateur tarot students from the more serious tarot reader/scholar is the use of dignities (the relationship of cards in a tarot spread) and correspondences (relationships of tarot cards to other disciplines). Elizabeth Hazel’s Tarot Decoded does an excellent job of marrying the tarot with astrology primarily, but also discusses numerological influences of the cards as well.

Itchy Witch: Simple Breath and Muscles Meditation.

Sun, 27 May 2012 00:15:10 +0300

Itchy Witch: Simple Breath and Muscles Meditation.:

fuckyeahitchywitch:

When you are ready to call it a night get into bed make yourself comfortable and begin to meditate, a simple breath and muscles meditation should work fine for this.

Breath:-
Breath in and hold it for a count of 5 then slowly breath out (don’t over breath out you don’t want to force your…

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Thu, 17 May 2012 00:48:20 +0300

Effects of Rape

Sun, 13 May 2012 10:42:07 +0300

tiffbrookover:

3 times more likely to suffer from depression.

6 times more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

13 times more likely to abuse alcohol.

26 times more likely to abuse drugs.

4 times more likely to contemplate suicide.

97% of the rapists never spend one day in jail.

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Book Recommendations?

Fri, 11 May 2012 01:44:00 +0300

I’ve decided to read 70 books before the end of 2012. Please send me your book recommendations or just the name of the book you’re currently reading.

“Charlie… have you ever kissed a girl?” I shook my head no. It was so...

Wed, 09 May 2012 00:03:45 +0300

“Charlie… have you ever kissed a girl?”

I shook my head no. It was so quiet.

“Not even when you were little?”

I shook my head no again. And she looked very sad.

She told me about the first time she was kissed. She told me that it was with one of her dad’s friends. She was seven. And she told nobody about it except for Mary Elizabeth and then Patrick a year ago. And she started to cry. And she said something I will never forget. Ever.

“I know that you know I like Craig. And I know that I told you not to think of me that way. And I know that we can’t be together like that. But I want you to forget off those things for a minute. Okay?”

“Okay”

“I want to make sure that the first person you kiss loves you. Okay?”

“Okay.”

She was crying harder now. And I was, too, because when I hear something like that I just can’t help it.

“I just want to make sure of that. Okay?”

“Okay.”

And she kissed me. It was the kind of kiss that I could never tell me friends about out loud. It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.

are you planning to go see 'the beatles: the lost concert' film?

Thu, 03 May 2012 15:39:16 +0300

WITHOUT A DOUBT!!!

ambushed thoughts

The Love Competition: So Beautiful

Soirée de Poche : Feist

"Lately I’ve been thinking about who I want to love, and how I want to love, and why I want to love..."

Tragic beauty!

<3 <3 such a feel good tune!

Women's Oppression in the Middle East

Tarot Readings!!!

Photo

fangirlingforeverz: prettyflyforaredspy: the-stray-liger: cudd...

<3

Tarot In The Life: Majors As 3 Sections & 7 Columns

Photo

"We can achieve whatever we set out to achieve. The reason why we think we can’t achieve a goal is..."

fuckyeahitchywitch: One of the many factors that separate...

Itchy Witch: Simple Breath and Muscles Meditation.

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Effects of Rape

3 times more likely to suffer from depression.

Book Recommendations?

“Charlie… have you ever kissed a girl?” I shook my head no. It was so...

are you planning to go see 'the beatles: the lost concert' film?