Lavender Menace

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"Black lesbian relationships pose little threat to ‘self-defined’ Black men and women secure in their sexualities. But loving relationships among Black women do pose a tremendous threat to systems of intersecting oppressions. How dare these women love one another in a context that deems Black women as a collectivity so unlovable and devalued?"
Patricia Hill Collins (via staying-true)

(via notesonascandal)

— 23 hours ago with 225 notes
#patricia hill collins 
jesterthings:

A glass-winged butterfly. 
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“Found primarily in Central America (Mexico through Panama), the glasswinged butterfly’s name in Spanish is Espejitos which translates as little mirrors. In certain lights, the translucent wing parts have a glossy, almost reflective quality to them that makes their Spanish name effectively accurate.”

jesterthings:

A glass-winged butterfly. 

Source

Found primarily in Central America (Mexico through Panama), the glasswinged butterfly’s name in Spanish is Espejitos which translates as little mirrors. In certain lights, the translucent wing parts have a glossy, almost reflective quality to them that makes their Spanish name effectively accurate.”

— 4 days ago with 2 notes
#entomology  #butterflies 
"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear."
C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
— 1 week ago with 7 notes
#grief  #bereavement  #c.s lewis 

I’ve been listening to a lot of 1960s girl pop today. This is one of my favorites. 

(Source: Spotify)

— 1 week ago
#lesley gore 
janehu:

Can we take a moment and appreciate Michel Foucault’s hair? (As pointed out by Lindsey, “it never occurred to me that foucault once, you know, had hair. but he did. my world. rocked.”)

janehu:

Can we take a moment and appreciate Michel Foucault’s hair? (As pointed out by Lindsey, “it never occurred to me that foucault once, you know, had hair. but he did. my world. rocked.”)

— 1 week ago with 114 notes
#Foucault  #theory  #queer theory 
Should We Dump the DSM: An Interview With Gary Greenberg →

— 1 week ago
#mental health 
See The Fascinating Evolution of Cover Art From 12 Legendary Queer Books →

— 1 week ago with 1 note
#lesbian  #lesbian literature 

Song of the moment 

(Source: Spotify)

— 1 week ago with 1 note
#Fever Ray  #Electronica 

borgevino:

[screams into the void] YOU CAN LIKE A CHARACTER AS A CHARACTER WITHOUT LIKING THEM AS A PERSON [rides off into sunset on whale]

(via brienneofkobol)

— 2 weeks ago with 1749 notes
There’s always one. 

There’s always one. 

— 2 weeks ago with 4 notes
#photos  #tulips  #flowers 
"Male writers may suffer strains on their single-minded dedication to their art for reasons of class or race or nationality, but so far no male writer is likely to be asked to sit on a panel addressing itself to the special problems of a male writer, or be expected to support another writer simply because he happens to be a man. Such things are asked of women writers all the time, and it makes them jumpy."
Margaret Atwood (via feministquotes)
— 2 weeks ago with 47 notes
#margaret atwood  #feminist literature 
"No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them"
Assata Shakur (via feministquotes)

(Source: twitter.com, via feministquotes)

— 2 weeks ago with 13489 notes
#Assata Shakur