The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
— Alvin Toffler, Future Shock (via bookmania)(via ajarfullofdreams)
Wouldn’t it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy?
This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth.
Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out.
(Source: wisdomorganic, via buryyourselfinwords)
I will remember your small room, the feel of you, the light in the window, your records, your books, our morning coffee, our noons, our nights, our bodies spilled together, sleeping, the tiny flowing currents, immediate and forever, your leg my leg, your arm my arm, your smile and the warmth of you who made me laugh again.
— Charles Bukowski (via lavandula)(Source: loveisabigfunnyword, via closer-to-the-sunn)
Because equality is not a concept. It’s not something we should be striving for. It’s a necessity. Equality is like gravity, we need it to stand on this earth as men and women and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition it is life out of balance and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman that is confronted with it. We NEED equality. Kinda now.
— Joss Whedon when asked why he writes strong female characters. (via itscandidlycara)(via newwavefeminism)
The claim that sex workers “sell our bodies” is not only logically absurd (I was a prostitute for years, but my body is still right here with me), but totally sexist because it is based on the notion that a woman’s sexuality is her entire worth. The belief behind this expression is that since a woman has nothing of value to offer except her sexuality, if she “sells” that she has “sold herself” and there is nothing left. The fact that anti-sex worker activists use this expression so often says a lot about them.
—Maggie McNeal Commenting on Chicago Tribune article (via thefumoblu)
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