The Alpha Female

"As a Muslim, I’m sick of people asking me how I feel about 9/11. What do you want me to say,..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:08:58 -0400

“

As a Muslim, I’m sick of people asking me how I feel about 9/11. What do you want me to say, seriously?

Do you want me to say, “It was a great plan, mwahahaha!” before I fly off on a magic carpet?

I was born and raised in this country and was just as shocked as everyone else to learn there were people on this earth so vile as to commit such a horrific attack - or to even think about doing it.

But I didn’t do it. Neither did 99.999999999 percent of the roughly 1.5 billion people in the world who also call themselves Muslims. So why should I or any other Muslim apologize for what happened?

Nickleback is planning on releasing another album. Should I ask white people to apologize for that?

”

- Aman Ali (via coffeeurlgirl)

White ink tattoos are the fucking best.

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:35:05 -0400

necromancier:

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sarajanecap:

craper:

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gettingahealthybody: Doutzen Kroes | Terry Richardson for...

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:25:58 -0400

gettingahealthybody:

Doutzen Kroes | Terry Richardson for H&M.

I love doutzen! She looks stunning in the white get up!

gettingahealthybody: Do something new and challenging. Step out...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:17:49 -0400

gettingahealthybody:

Do something new and challenging. Step out of your comfort zone.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 17:09:11 -0400

glamour: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley reveals her “power color.”...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:51:50 -0400

glamour:

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley reveals her “power color.” What’s yours?

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Wed, 22 May 2013 13:43:29 -0400

the-absolute-funniest-posts: anacondom: this is sucriya. she...

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:17:44 -0400

the-absolute-funniest-posts:

anacondom:

this is sucriya. she accessorizes her catholic school uniform with a different scarf every day, which every teacher writes her up for. when my principal walked up to her and pointed to her scarf and said “what’s this?” she said

“sister, that’s fashion”

and just walked away

battleoflissa: Elk Island II by *sugarfixstudio

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:09:07 -0400

battleoflissa:

Elk Island II by *sugarfixstudio

"My name is Courtney Love. Six years ago on April 7th, my husband, Kurt Cobain, shot himself to..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:01:52 -0400

“

My name is Courtney Love. Six years ago on April 7th, my husband, Kurt Cobain, shot himself to death.

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary emotion. If you have ever lived with anybody with depression, you know how they suffer. But you should also know that there is help. Depression is treatable. So it is one of the greatest tragedies on earth that of the thirty-two thousand gun deaths every year in America, seventeen thousand are those who killed themselves. Over twelve hundred kids - three children a day - die from self-inflicted gun wounds. Three children will shoot themselves in this country before the sun goes down. In a moment of desperation and chaos, life is ended because the gun was handy and near, and probably unregistered.

There are those who say, “Oh, please have a gun for protection,” but I know better. Suicide is five times more likely in a house with a gun, than in a house without one. Ask any mother who finds her child’s body in the bedroom, or who hears a shot in the basement, and rushes down to see her daughter lying on the floor, if guns are really good protection. Ask a child like my little girl, Frances, who will never have her father hold her hand as she walks to school, or teach her to play guitar. Ask her if it’s good protection.

I tried to explain to my child that her father is dead, and that hundreds of other children’s fathers are dead because we have no way of protecting people from their darkest moments. Because we have nihilistic, barbaric gun laws in this country.

And that’s why I am here. If we register guns, if we license gun owners, if we check for criminal records and for mental illness, then we will make it harder for people to buy guns, and then we will save countless lives.

I know if Kurt could see his daughter today, he’d be so glad that he was alive. He’d be so glad to be here walking in the Lincoln Memorial, or buying her an ice cream. I miss my friend. My daughter misses her father.

Thousands and thousands of children thought that his choice was an option for them. An option made so easy. He was a really great boy and a beautiful songwriter. But he also became a symbol for a tragic death — a tragic means of death by gunshot wounds that he would never, ever have wanted to be. Here is how he died: An acquaintance of my husband with a long criminal record, and a record of mental illness, walked into a pawnshop. It took him about five minutes to purchase a shotgun. He handed it to Kurt on April 6th, and on April 7th he was found dead. That’s how easy it is.

Thank you.

”

- Courtney Love at the Million Mom March (via v-endetagainst)

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Wed, 22 May 2013 06:52:11 -0400

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Wed, 22 May 2013 05:43:10 -0400

"Think how utterly, evilly selfish it is to have a child. Think of it! “Oh, honey, wouldn’t a baby..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:34:39 -0400

“Think how utterly, evilly selfish it is to have a child. Think of it! “Oh, honey, wouldn’t a baby just be splendid? With its little hands, and its little feet and its little arms and legs and face and smile. Oh, we have to have one.” Great, and once it’s done, here is another little human to have to grow and learn what a sick collection of animals it is into which he’s been born; who has to learn the pointlessness of the asinine cycle of human life; the pain and unhappiness that accompany; the stupidity of the majority; the outrage of old age and death; the unfair circumstances of competition amongst organisms; the injustice of suffering, the absurdity of doctrines and ideologies; the cold blade of war; the inner demons of hunger, desire, self-loathing; who will be taught to hate and feel shame and fear and remorse, regret, guilt; who will one day suck from nonexistence another little conscious body to continue the hideous lineage of incessant dark-humor; and who will one day die, wrapped in a urine-stained, hospital-issued death-shroud, plugged into beeping, blipping machines, fed through dripping bags armed with needles and at the mercy of smart-ass little nurses, who know not yet that they, too, will be faced with this end. What more horrific and vile an act than that of having a child? There can be none. Torture is not worse, murder is not worse, nor rape or anything else, because it is birth that precludes them all. Were it not for birth, none of these other atrocities would have even a chance to be performed. It is the miracle of birth and life that drowns the light of the world, and it is that selfish obeyance of desire that is hung over the heads of all parents in the look of disgust on their disaffected teenager’s face. How can one repay an infinite offense?””

- Shane Smith (via substantia-nigra)
Couldn’t have put it better myself

aliciaaadanielle: dearscarlet: Dear Scarlet, About a month ago...

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:26:15 -0400

aliciaaadanielle:

dearscarlet:

Dear Scarlet,
About a month ago you asked if you could have a “circle mohawk” again. I told you to think about it because you’ve been growing your hair out for so long and I didn’t want you to regret it. On Sunday night I told you I had a hair appointment with Allison the next day. You asked if you could get your hair cut like that again, but you were laying down for bed and not supposed to be talking so I ignored you. The next day you asked twice, so I finally said I didn’t care and that you look beautiful whatever you decide. The last time your hair was like this you weren’t in school yet, I was so nervous about kids being cruel. I walked you to school on Tuesday morning and stayed awhile to make sure everything was going to go smoothly, which it did. When I picked you up you said, “Olivia liked my hair. She said she didn’t want her hair like this, but she liked mine like this. And we’re still friends. That’ just like how I don’t want to have purple hair like Allison, but I love Allison’s purple hair. You don’t have to have all the same stuff as your friends.” Wise beyond your years, baby child. I’m so proud of you and how you have the courage to be exactly who you want to be, despite any other outside influences. While we’re on the topic of gender, when I was at parent teacher conferences a few months ago a mom of this little boy approached me. She told me how he wanted to paint his nails and go to school. She let him. When he came home he said, “Scarlet loved my nails, Mom!” I’ve never been so proud.

THESE ALWAYS MAKE ME CRY

"Faith makes a virtue out of not thinking."

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:17:40 -0400

“Faith makes a virtue out of not thinking.”

- Bill Maher (via substantia-nigra)

morningmode: ECLECTIC ISSUE #1 The newest issue hits stands...

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:09:12 -0400

morningmode:

ECLECTIC ISSUE #1

The newest issue hits stands with six covers.

First one, model Ava Smith covers Tush Magazine, photographed by Markus Jans.

date 21.05.13 time 07:30

"‎Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music...."

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:51:43 -0400

“‎Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music. Solitude, quality solitude, is an assertion of self-worth, because only in the stillness can we hear the truth of our own unique voices.”

- Pearl Cleage (via dreamongood)

windowsmediaplaya: milktree: you can pretend like I dont exist but I still made you whimper like a...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:44:03 -0400

windowsmediaplaya:

milktree:

you can pretend like I dont exist but I still made you whimper like a little bitch when you were about to cum

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Tue, 21 May 2013 21:30:19 -0400

"Love is the answer, but while you’re waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions."

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:34:53 -0400

“Love is the answer, but while you’re waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.”

- Woody Allen (via substantia-nigra)