today my niece told me that she isn’t pretty because she’s dark skinned
her older sister is light skinned
her younger sister is light skinned
she’s 6, a middle child, feeling over looked and under loved
she has equated her lack of attention to
her being dark skinned
my heart hurts so much
because she’s 6
and already believes that she isn’t good enough
or worthy of love and attention
because of her skin
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“A 4.0 means im four shades lighter because apparently intelligence is a white trait, at least that’s what i’ve gathered. This one girl asked me “Why would i use big words, so i can sound like you?” you know what i sound like, like iv’e read a book before! according to my people, I act smart so I…
Obit of the Day: International Women’s Day 2013
In honor of International Women’s Day here are some of the amazing women I’ve had the honor of featuring on Obit of the Day over the past year.
Patty Andrews - The last surviving member of The Andrews Sisters
Fontella Bass - Singer/songwriter of hit “Rescue Me”
Brig. General Margaret Brewer - 1st woman general in the U.S. Marine Corps
Rose Church - The first nurse ever hired by NASA
Ann Curtis - 1949 Olympic gold medalist and Sullivan Award winner
“Pepper” Paire Davis - Ten-year veteran of the AAGPBL and consultant for the film A League of Their Own
Leila Denmark - The oldest practicing physician in the world
Bonnie Franklin - Star of the 1970s sitcom One Day at a Time
Lena Frost - Royal Navy’s “guinea pig”
Keiko Fukuda - First woman judoka to reach the level of 9th dan
Beate Sirota Gordon - Co-authored Japan’s post WWII constitution
Maria Santos Gorrostieta - Mexican mayor who survived two assassination attempts before succumbing to a third
Edith Houghton - One of the last “Bloomer Girls” who played professional baseball and the first female scout in MLB history
Evelyn Bryan Johnson - Most flight hours by any woman in history
Moscelyne Larkin - Founder of the Tulsa Ballet
Jean Gerard Leigh - A vital part of one of the greatest military hoaxes of World War II
Daurene Lewis - Canada’s First Black Woman Mayor
Brig. General Ditta McCarthy - First woman general in the Australian army
Colonel Leontone “Lee” Meyer - One of the oldest living Marine Corps veterans
Elaine Moir - “The Waif Smuggler”
Rita Levi-Montalcini - The oldest living Nobel Prize winner
Mary Ann Morrow - First woman to serve as Illinois Chief Justice
Dr. Helen Nash - The first African American physician at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Dawn Clark Netsch - First woman to run for governor in Illinois
Gloria Pall - Played “Voluptua” a TV host considered too sexy for 1954 standards.
Sally Ride - The first female astronaut in U.S. history
Dodi Robb - “The Queen of Canadian Children’s Television”
Doris Sams - Threw one of only four perfect games in AAGPBL history.
Barbara Ann Scott - Canada’s first, and only, woman to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating
Donna Summer - Five-time Grammy Award-winner
Elaine Swain - Organizer of Australia’s flight attendant union
Willa Ward - Original member of the Famous Ward Singers, an influential gospel group
And if you aren’t already you need to follow Cool Chicks From History
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This is the most powerful thing I’ve ever seen on tumblr.
^amen
wow
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So my school has this thing called the “Condom Fairy”. You just go to the Student Health website and state your preferences. You can choose male and/or female condoms and weather or not you want lube. Then a few days later an envelope appears in your mailbox free of charge! Also with that cool little note about consent.
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You know what? No. No, I do not think that girl is as beautiful as the woman on the right. And before you social justice bloggers come stampeding into my askbox, wondering how I could be such a heartless, bitch- hear me out.
The girl on the left isn’t beautiful. The girl on the left does not have flawless skin, or blonde hair, or baby-blue eyes or a pair of double-d’s. What she is, however, is sick. And telling her that she’s beautiful as an attempt to comfort her? Is just plain cruel.
You’re telling her that she’s only redeemable when she’s beautiful. You don’t give a damn about her illness, no. You just want to sleep at night, thinking what a great person you are for lying to a little girl. Do you think that girl believes she is truly, in the eyes of society, beautiful? She doesn’t. And I dare someone to look me in the eyes and say she’s wrong. We all know she’s not beautiful, but we tell her otherwise, tell ourselves otherwise because we feel guilty and we think that, by “saving” this poor, ill child with false claims of beauty, we are better people because of it.
That girl is beautiful because she is fighting. She’s beautiful because she isn’t beautiful, not in all the physical ways we obsess over. She’s beautiful because of her personality- and that is why her’s is a life worth living.
Not because some stranger on the internet lied, and told her she’s “beautiful”.
Someone Finally Said It ^
THANK YOU.
amen on that comment!
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