Yes.
What a great Gatsby
My Tumblr Eat Up treats arrived over the weekend and they are amazing! The boy and I had quite a go at them before I was able to get a picture taken.
Oatmeal Butterscotch Bars and No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Oat Balls. I love oats!
Thank you so much Tracey!
Gorgeous.
Elizabeth Banks in a Peter Pilotto Fall 2012 dress.
That girl has been killing it all year.
"No, you can’t deny women their basic rights and pretend it’s about your ‘religious freedom.’ If you don’t like birth control, don’t use it. Religious freedom doesn’t mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs."
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President Barack Obama
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Ah Chicago O’Hare, we meet again.
I think this just goes to show that prejudice, bigotry and hate are learned responses.
Americans can learn that patriotism is not just defending your country, but also defending the rights of your fellow citizens, your fellow tax payers, your neighbours, your neighbour’s relatives and all the people who will ever be part of your life. People can learn that faith in God shouldn’t be what destroys another person’s faith in humanity.
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I Hate Hate
There is a post I wrote last August that I have never gotten around to posting. My family and I were exposed to an incredibly hateful, nasty woman who directed her vehement intolerance towards people she had never met before. I’ve never posted it, mainly because it was such an upsetting moment. It felt good to write every little detail out, but I never felt the need to share it. To give this woman’s hatred any more power to upset myself and those I love.
The thing is, I believe in the goodness of people. I am not a member of an organized religion, but I have faith. My faith is in humanity. In the goodness of people. That when it comes down to it, people are good and caring, and that life is beautiful because of this.
Over the past 24 hours my faith has been tested. Hard. And I’m really struggling. I have cried multiple times. Cried because I couldn’t send my sister an excited midnight text telling her that Colorado was finally going to recognize her relationship. Cried after reading the disgusting, ignorant, vile comments of individuals following the events that took place in North Carolina and Colorado last night. Cried that if my boyfriend and I decided that our love was strong enough we could get married, but for so many people I love and care about, this sign of commitment and the rights that it affords are denied them.
There are many positives in this disgusting battle to hold on to. I will never stop fighting for equality to be given. I will continue to believe in the goodness of people and remain positive in the face of negativity. But sometimes it is hard to be okay with only minor victories. I am sick of watching people I love be exposed to and live with others vile, ignorant hatred.
While reading through the post today I was reignited with the same hatred that bigoted woman spewed at us almost a year ago. I am still mad about it, but I have decided to delete the post and be done with. I do want to share the last two paragraphs. It’s the part I just can’t seem to process. It’s the part that has made me so sad and mad and disappointed all day today.
Thanks for listening.
The game ended. The wretched woman and her crew quickly existed and we just sat. To wait. To stop ourselves from ever needing to deal with this wretched woman and her hate ever again. A couple of the people around us that heard what happened apologized for this lady’s words to my sister and her girlfriend. They wanted us to know that it was not cool what she said and to remind them that there are good and tolerant people in the world who don’t care who you love and choose to be with.
While filled with this all consuming hatred for this woman I knew that I needed to remind my sister of the loving family she had around her that was willing to fight for her honor. To remind her of the love her family has for her and her girlfriend. To remind her of all the people, strangers, around us that were shocked by the woman’s wretched words and to lend their support. The thing is, I shouldn’t have to remind her. She shouldn’t have to ever feel the hatred people express in regards to her life and her relationship. She shouldn’t have to be exposed to the bigoted hatred of others. We shouldn’t. But unfortunately we have to.
“What is in question is not time,” he said, “but courage.”
-Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver
This is my favorite song off their most recent album. So many repeats.
Tonight it’s making me feel all sorts of feelings.
Emmylou - First Aid Kit
"But here’s the thing about rights. They’re not actually supposed to be voted on. That’s why they’re called rights. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States."
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Cc: North Carolina
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Here here.
I am mad. Really fucking mad.
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