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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:31:14 -0400

TW: rape

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:30:29 -0400

notwiththoseshoesonboi:

crackerhell:

People are out there crowdfunding $16000 to write a book on how to rape a woman.

But people are busy stalking me when all I’m doing is asking to be left the fuck alone and they cannot even do that.

HOLD UP WHAT ABOUT THAT FIRST PART?!?!?

Oh, you mean the part about the Kickstarter being started to fund a book on how to rape women? Yeah, that’s a thing.

Good job internet.

I AM SO DONE WITH HUMANITY. As if there aren’t enough privileged, misogynistic, fucked up potential rapists out there… let’s fund a book that will allow for more. GOOD JOB.

WANT

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:36:49 -0400

WANT

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:42:04 -0400

Everyone has their vices; mine happen to be diet coke and those ambiguously straight girls who want...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:19:54 -0400

Everyone has their vices; mine happen to be diet coke and those ambiguously straight girls who want to sleep with a girl.

psalm55: Sharon Van Etten- We Are FIne

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:16:31 -0400

psalm55:

Sharon Van Etten- We Are FIne

chelseawaves: The beautiful creature that is, Jenny...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:58 -0400

chelseawaves:

The beautiful creature that is, Jenny Lewis.

It’s been a year since I’ve seen her perform. This needs to be rectified immediately.

"I was in love, with love. To love! To surrender absolutely, to prostrate oneself before the divine..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:01:44 -0400

“I was in love, with love. To love! To surrender absolutely, to prostrate oneself before the divine image, to die a thousand imaginary deaths, to annihilate every trace of self, to find the whole universe embodied and enshrined in the living image of another!”

- Henry Miller, SEXUS

Lewis Literary Lyric Moment #5

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:49:42 -0400

“most of your pain is self chosen” - Khalil Gibran
Lewis: “you say I choose sadness, that it never once has chosen me.”

awanderinggnome: FeministTaylorSwift is my new favorite Twitter...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:26:31 -0400

awanderinggnome:

FeministTaylorSwift is my new favorite Twitter feed.

(Tweet reads: “She’s better known for the things that she does on the mattress / But any man doing the same things would be admired / Whoa”)

"Love one another, “But let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens..."

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:16:40 -0400

“Love one another, “But let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.””

- Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet (via ashleyasti)

"Because when something happens, she’s the person I want to tell. The most basic indicator of love."

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:05:41 -0400

“Because when something happens, she’s the person I want to tell. The most basic indicator of love.”

- David Levithan, Every Day (via creatingaquietmind)

You only ever touch me in the darkOnly if we’re drinking can you...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:00:58 -0400

You only ever touch me in the dark
Only if we’re drinking can you see my spark
And only in the evening that you give yourself to me
Cause the night is your woman, and she’ll set you free

I’ve heard this song before, but today I really HEARD it, you know?

What are you three least favorite songs that you love but you have never listened to?

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:10:52 -0400

This is a tough one, not because I can’t determine who my best loved least favorite artists are, but because it makes about as much sense as you, Joseph.

I have a face.

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:06:00 -0400

I have a face.

Jenny Owen Youngs made me realize I’m gay and also started a string of attraction to...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:18:35 -0400

Jenny Owen Youngs made me realize I’m gay and also started a string of attraction to Sagittarian girls. #thesearemyconfessions

"Had I told the sea What I felt for you, It would have left its shores, Its shells, Its fish, And..."

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:16:31 -0400

“Had I told the sea
What I felt for you,
It would have left its shores,
Its shells,
Its fish,
And followed me.”

- Nizar Qabbani, In The Summer (via doll-intestines)

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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:03:26 -0400

jennyowenyoungs: everyoneisgay: Dear friend, I’m writing to...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:41:08 -0400

jennyowenyoungs:

everyoneisgay:

Dear friend,

I’m writing to tell you, among other things, that I am super gay. This may or may not come as a surprise to you. If it does: Surprise! If it does not: You were right all along! Either way: Hooray!

I didn’t want to come out. I don’t want coming out to be a thing that anyone has to do.

A short list of things I’d rather be doing than “thinking about being gay” includes (but is not limited to) writing a song, reading a book, climbing a tree, dancing a jig, and watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the zillionth time. Don’t get me wrong - I think it is in the best interest of everyone to strive for a greater understanding of the self. I just wish that being gay (or transgender, or asexual, or fill-in-the-blank here) was as unremarkable to the masses as being left-handed or blonde.

In a perfect world, nobody would have to experience any of the negative side-effects of figuring out that you’re gay, which can include feeling confused, shameful, afraid, lost, or alone. In a perfect world, everyone could just like who they like, and get on with it.

Spoiler alert: We do not live in a perfect world.

I began to realize that I was interested in girls in junior high. At first, it made me uncomfortable. I grew up in a fairly rural, conservative town. I knew exactly one kid who was out at school, and he was harassed on a daily basis. I had always sort of liked feeling different from most of the kids at school – you know, poetry over football and whatnot. But I didn’t want to be THAT different.

My feelings were further complicated by my religious upbringing. My family attended a born-again style church which taught (as many churches do) that homosexuality is a sin. The price of that sin, should you find yourself unable to turn away from it, was to burn in a pit of fiery torment for all eternity. I was an impressionable kid, and hell was advertised to me as very real - and very likely, if I didn’t watch my step. I internalized these ideas as a child and as I grew, they grew with me.

But other growth was happening simultaneously. Over time I got more comfortable with myself, lost a few friends, and made some new ones.When I began my journey as a musician, I decided that I didn’t want to publicly address my sexuality. I didn’t think it was a big deal, or relevant to my job in any way. I also worried that the first word people would associate with me was going to be “gay” instead of “musician.” I didn’t want a non-musical part of myself overshadowing the musical part. Plus I figured it wasn’t anybody’s business.

I still maintain that it is not anybody’s business. I don’t think anyone should have to feel an obligation to come out. I don’t think that outing people is cool. I think every person has the right to privacy, and should be able to share themselves with their friends, their family, and the world at their own pace, in their own time. However, I’ve come to realize in recent months that a big part of my desire to hide this aspect of myself was rooted in those dusty old feelings: that there is something wrong, something bad, something less-than about being gay.

It brings me no pleasure to admit to you that I have felt these feelings. I want to appear strong, because I feel strong now. But at the same time I know it is important - perhaps even the whole point of writing this thing - to make myself vulnerable. Because I know that there are human beings out in the world who understand these feelings but cannot give them a name. I want to tell you that it’s okay to feel messed up. Feeling messed up is a part of life, but it is not the only part. And the only way out of that feeling is through.

This summer I am going to marry my fiancé. Her name is Kristin Russo and she is one half of the team behind EveryoneIsGay.com. Having a firsthand view of the work that she and Dannielle do has been inspiring, and has also made me think more critically about my decision. What kind of a message does it send to a teenager when I avoid a question about my sexuality? Whatever the answer, I’m confident that it is no longer a message I am comfortable sending.

I think it is damaging and isolating for young people to look out into the world and not see a representation of their experience. To encounter others who are like you is to know that you are not alone. Even if you never meet them in real life, these representatives help to contextualize you – they are proof that you are part of something.

You are not an anomaly. You are not a mistake.

I am thankful that in recent years, it has become a bit more common for people from all walks of life to step forward and identify themselves as human beings who also happen to be gay. I am proud to offer my voice to that expanding chorus.

Love,

Jenny

Oh hey. I wrote this thing about my life.

I literally could’ve written this. Except the being engaged to Kristin Russo part…. unfortunately.