May 2012
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May 1st
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“You won’t allow me to go to school. I won’t become a doctor. Remember this:...”
– Poem written by an 11 year old Afghan girl  This poem was recorded in a NYT magazine article about female underground poetry groups in Afghanistan. An amazing article about the ways in which women are using a traditional two line poetry form to express their resistance to male oppression, their...
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May 1st
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April 2012
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“Normally, in anything I do, I’m fairly miserable. I do it, and I get grumpy...”
– Neil Gaiman (via cottonbutts)
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“Look how your children grow up. Taught from their earliest infancy to curb their...”
– Voltairine de Cleyre (via petitefeministe) The best part of this essay is when she advocates for children to be brought up with no gender-role stereotyping, and gets in some not-so-subtle digs at heterocentricism and heterosexism in the process. Did I mention this was written over a hundred years...
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“I think that all writing is useful for honing writing skills. I think you get...”
– Neil Gaiman on fanfiction (via wibblywobblyotp) BECAUSE THIS. (via mycroftsmindtardis) Neil Gaiman. Just wrote Smeagol/Gollum slash. Your argument is invalid. (via roane72)
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