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I'm Kristin. I'm 23. I'm neurotic, awesome, insecure, ballsy, opinionated and loving. I have the most amazing life.

Love (in no particular order): Josh (aka sagansapien), my fur children, veggies (especially asparagus), pumpkins, sunflowers, when books are perfectly broken in, documentaries, sociology, feminism, carl sagan, weeds, chickens, my amazing, world-changing beautiful friends, futurama, human rights of all varieties, red wine, old trees and hammocks

Dislike: intolerance, injustice, hatred and condiments, particularly mayo

Posts tagged "activism"

This is a day late, but always relevant.

I want this necklace very badly. 100% of the proceeds go directly to the Joyful Heart Foundation, started by Mariska Hargitay (who I just so happen to think is super freaking awesome).

hickiesandhotpants:

youcancallmetiger:

Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, and her organization, Women on Waves, sail a ship around the world to countries where abortion is illegal. Using a hotline for communication, the activists pick up women at the port and transport them twelve miles offshore, just outside of domestic waters, where doctors on board can administer safe and legal medical abortions at sea. Their actions shock the church, infuriate the government, exhilarate the media, and provoke mass controversy and debate among the voting population, but they break no law.

They might, they hope, instead serve to save lives.

More information here

THIS IS THE COOLEST ACTIVISM EVER.

(via face-down-asgard-up)

The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.

Karl Marx

Mississippi's Prison Reform: An Example Worth Noting →

Josh and I have been watching Season 1 of National Geographic’s series, “Lockdown” (on Netflix Instant Play and totally worth watching) as of late. For both of us it has been an eye-opener as to how much our reform our criminal justice and prison systems need. This article gives me hope that this change is possible and effective.

(via lipstick-feminists)

deaddave:

We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;—
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems.

- Arthur O’Shaughnessy

(via purehemp)

I love this feminist graffiti.

to all the people who have had the courage to come out—today or any day: i support you.

A-freaking-men.

(via mockingbirdkm)

If feminists were just women bitter about men, how does that explain me? I’ve been aware of sexism in our society my whole life. I didn’t come to these conclusions because I was overly sensitive to sexism; I have never truly experienced it. But I have learnt by observation and research that there are serious, measurable inequalities in modern society that continue unchecked, unquestioned and uncorrected.

Rob Sturgeon - “Nothing But A Bunch Of Angry-For-No-Reason Lesbians.” (via theredpanda)

(via fuckyeahfeminists)

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Elie Wiesel