Things That Are From Other Things

The truth is, marriages are intensely personal and they are defined not by courts or by voters, but by the people who live inside of them. That’s traditional marriage; people making a private, daily, lifelong commitment. We can’t make gay marriage illegal because gay marriage is already happening. It has been happening for as long as human beings have been pledging themselves to each other.

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John Green

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that night when you kissed me i left a poem in your mouth
you can hear some of the lines every time you breathe out
and it’s not the best thing i’ve ever written
i’m still working on my rhythm
my tongue gets tied sometimes
my throat gets dry
my hands start trembling honestly
the only thing i’ve mastered is how to write a really good ending
but i’m getting pretty tired of finish lines
so this morning i bought a needle and thread
and started stitching you a sunrise

—Andrea Gibson, “Yarn” (via agradschoolbreakup)

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We grow up being told that anger is bad. Good girls do not express their anger, good girls play nice, they accommodate, they please. It is time we start looking at anger differently. Why are we so bent on suppressing this anger when for so many, it is the only emotion left in the face of injustice? Why should young women appear compliant and docile when they are obviously being subjected to violence or inequity? Why shouldn’t anger be a legitimate drive for our politics? Change will not come because we ask for permission, change will happen because we leave no other alternative.

—Flavia Dzodan, “Show them how to resist: Connecting girls, inspiring futures” at Tiger Beatdown  (via bruisingbrunette)

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