February 2012
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January 2012
10 posts
The Real Reason Why Women Go On Cleanses - The... →
thefrisky:
What motivates women to do a juice cleanse? Is it that the people who tout its benefits are all glowy and impossibly attractive? Is it that cleansing is a productive way to “detox”? Or is it that you want an easy way to lose weight? Well, technically, yes.
But at the root of it all, no. Let’s get real here, folks: The real reason why ladies take on a juice cleanse is to be able to...
An Open Letter To Thinspiration Blogs →
thefrisky:
Dear Thinspiration Blogs,
At first I didn’t really understand you. I mean, I’d heard of the “pro-ana” blogs that lurked in dark corners of the internet, encouraging starvation and promoting anorexia. But thinspiration blogs are more mainstream. You show up on the Pinterest homepage in the form of…
“I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer
Moving on has made me a new, better person. I am... →
Can we please stop talking about Karen Santorum's... →
jessicavalenti:
Here’s the thing. I get why people want to talk about whether or not Rick Santorum’s wife had an abortion in her second trimester of pregnancy. Santorum is anti-choice like a motherfucker - he’s not just anti-abortion, he’s anti-birth control. So I really do understand the desire to call him out…
“Most good things happen without a plan: friendships, falling in love, finding a...”
– » How to Have the Best Year of Your Life (without Setting a Single Goal) :zenhabits (via bijan)
TRUTH.
(via happyhumanramblings)
This is absolutely relevant right now.
(via pamilya)
“… it’s a place people go without intention. Those millions of people spending...”
– There’s More to it than Customer Service | Blog @ Percolate (via thisistheverge)
HMM…
December 2011
8 posts
“As time goes on, you’ll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn’t, doesn’t....”
– Haruki Murakami, Dance, Dance, Dance (via rerylikes
)
this is important. →
“This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to divide. You can...”
– Relevant magazine
(via Diana)
13 days till 30…
(via lizlemon)
“Trying to keep my head above water.”
November 2011
5 posts
“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t...”
– Gilda Radner (via kari-shma)
“‘Cause there’s beauty in the breakdown.”
– Let Go- Frou Frou (via quote-book)
October 2011
19 posts
“You spent years studying for a test, only to find out the exam was canceled. It...”
– The Things You No Longer Need to Remember on falling in and (inevitably) out of love.
“Downtown L.A., the birthplace of Los Angeles, is home to a bustling business...”
– anonymous (via thaithai)
I love my city.
Letters
paintedfictions:
(Written for my Letter as Literature class, the assignment was to create an epistolary situation from the text italicized.)
It has been six months since she disappeared. Richard’s trembling hands sets back down the fat, heart shaped perfume bottle on the corner of the bathroom counter, which smells faintly of pink lipped flowers and soft silk slips, and holds his breath—for a...
you can have it your way.
candylands:
but don’t get crazy.
Real life.
“Live with intention.
Walk to the edge.
Listen Hard.
Practice wellness.
Play...”
– Mary Anne Radmacher (via justbesplendid)
“I hate being sick!!!! :(”
“It is also a stunning reality that even those who have unlimited access to the...”
– Julie Fleshman of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network on Steve Job’s battle with Pancreatic Cancer.
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“Weeks passed, and the little Rabbit grew very old and shabby, but the Boy loved...”
– The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco (via lostinthesounds)
5 tags
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply,...”
– Pablo Neruda (via misswallflower)
“Let us be women who Love.
Let us be women willing to lay down our sword words,...”
– By Idelette McVicker (via itsnotthatserious)
6 tags
September 2011
20 posts
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candylands:
sashayshante:
Maroon 5 feat....
“I’m about to lose my shit. AHHHHH!”
“I can’t even begin to say how beyond excited I am. Also, is this real??...”
As IF I needed anymore convincing that Attack! is...
The SF office really pulled through.
Thankful.