spam your dashboard with pictures of people that look like you. track tags for what you’re struggling with: “fat acceptance”, “natural hair”, “freckles”, “transgender”, “body hair”, etc. follow people who post about your specific concerns. make your own FUCKYEAH tumblr.
even if it’s uncomfortable at first, the more exposure you have to it, the less insecure you’ll be about it. eventually you will OWN it & start living in a happy self-love bubble. then, when confronted with backwards ignorant bullshit from other people, you’ll be laughing in their faces, not crying at home.
this might be old news to some, but i know a lot more people that could benefit from this. i think of tumblr as a customized magazine full of shit you’re selling to yourself – just make sure you’ve got the right message.
Month: February 2012
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[Image: a camera phone photo of Alex in a dressing room mirror wearing a purple cardigan buttoned over a light green top, a cream colored skirt with brown and yellow embellishments at the hem, black stockings, and black boots.]
Hey, I got to do a Fashion February today! Camera phone is the only camera I own at the moment, and I happened to go to a local Kohl’s that’s closing to look through their clearance, so I got a nice full-body shot of this outfit in the dressing room mirror. (Also pictured: a top I got for $5 on its hanger. :D)
I don’t wear this skirt nearly as often as I should.
Cardigan: Merona (Target)
Top: Avenue
Skirt: Merona (Target)
Stockings: Hips and Curves
Boots: Payless
Will also be the subject of a future OOTD illustration! ^_^
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[Image: A screenshot of a stock photo website with the sample photo of, and size information for, “Cyber woman with a corn,” a white-skinned person wearing a silver visor and holding an ear of corn near their face.]
Cyber woman with a corn.Â
I want this in print form
This is my new favorite after “Women Laughing Alone With Salad”
This is relevant to my interests.
Daywalking
Today I had my first daytime shift in over a year.
Oh hi there, Cashier Back. It’s been awhile.
But all in all… it’s pretty much like they say; you never forget how to ride a bicycle.
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[Image: A photo of Rachel Maddow with the text: Hey Girl, the Dow Jones may fluctuate, but my jonesin’ for you will always stay steady.]
I blush every time one of these comes on my dash.
It’s possible to enjoy things, while still recognizing their problems
It’s possible to enjoy things, while still recognizing their problems
There seems to be this pervasive notion that being a fan means you’re not allowed to critique the things you love.  I don’t understand… if you love something, wouldn’t you want it to be the best it can be? That includes recognizing things that could be improved upon.
It’s also possible to enjoy something you totally hate.  Like… I loathe Ke$ha, everything she stands for and sings about, but… I secretly dance her to her music sometimes.  It makes me feel dirty*,  but it’s got a good beat for shaking your caboose. Â
* Not in Ke$ha’s “I just crawled out of a dumpster” glam kind of dirty, but the “All the perfumes of Arabia could not wash the stench of this shame off my hands” kind.
I think a lot of consumers of media need to understand this. Maybe it’s from growing up in a feminist family, maybe it’s for other reasons, but developing a critical eye and applying it to just about everything I lay my eyes upon has been part of how I interact with fiction and media for so long, I can’t imagine not doing it. Just blindly drifting along with the ebbing and tides of a fandom is a notion that’s incredibly foreign to me.
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[Image: A black and white photo of Rachel Maddow wearing a white blazer and dark jeans with the text: Hey Girl. I’ll fight to keep their laws off your body. My hands, however, are a different story.]
HEY GIRL RACHEL MADDOW.
Because Ryan Gosling doesn’t float everyone’s boat. /swoon
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[Image: A painting of Sailor Saturn against a crystallized mirror/mosiac background of purple and green hues.]
Sailor Saturn by ~k-BOSE
Found the artist’s DA! It’s polite to credit the artists with a link when you post their work. :)
Your last comic cracked me up. :) My car freezes on the inside too. It’s terrible. Especially when you’re driving.
Thanks!
I have never had actual frost form inside while driving, that seems terrifying. But the inside window does fog up a lot when I enter the car, especially if I’ve just showered and I’m a big hot humid mass of flesh entering the freezing car.