June 2012
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On this day, 180 years ago, a group of passionate,...
So yeah, it’s Barricade Day. I wanted to do something to honor the occasion besides listen to the French recording and cry. I don’t write fanfiction or make art, and my blog is primarily not Les Miserables, so I didn’t want to spam my oblivious followers. Consider this a diary entry.
Um, I’m kind of at a loss for what to say, other than that these Amis, although their real...
“Citizens, in the future there shall be neither darkness nor thunderbolts,...”
– Enjolras, Les Miserables (via jessie24601)
Ils sont partis la fleur au fusil Faire une barricade qui n’aura duré qu’une nuit Ils sont tombés morts sur le pavé Ces enfants qu’une mère embrassait Avant qu’ils s’endorment Ces héros d’un peuple sans uniforme
The have left the flower by the rifle
To make a barricade which will only last a night
They fell dead on the cobblestones
These children who embarrassed a mother
Before they went...
“You don’t have to be pretty. You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked “female”.” -Erin from A Dress A Day
This really...
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What is your middle name? Paige. As in, Samantha Paige Bell.
What are you passionate about? Um, France, marriage equality/womens’ rights, reading, and I think that’s really it.
Zebra or leopard print? Neither. Tacky.
Silver or gold? Gold.
Top three places to visit: Provence, France; Reykjavik, Iceland; and… hmm. Maybe someplace in the hills of the Irish countryside? But...
amourstatique:
In French, you don’t really say “I miss you.” You say “Tu me manques.”, which is closer to “you are missing from me.”
I love that. “You are missing from me.” You are a part of me, you are essential to my being. You are like a limb, or an organ, or blood. I cannot function without you.
One of the many reasons I am in love with this language over any other: everything is more...
May 2012
Update: 11 year old trans girl lost appeal →
msamberhazard:
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transawareness:
The above article is an update. Her mother went to appeal to keep her out of the psychiatric ward and lost. She will be institutionalized because of her expression of her gender. She will be held until she conforms to male gender and then released to foster care, not her mother who was supporting her.
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