uh huh
When a woman enjoys her sexuality without hurting anyone else, but someone finds out about it, the response is to insult her, shame her, bring her down and make sure she never does it again. But the response to rape, and “jokes” about rape, which trivialize and normalize violent, traumatic and sometimes life-threatening acts against women is—somehow—to laugh?
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“Kat,” Slut-Shaming vs. Rape Jokes (via reelaroundthefountain) The world makes no sense. (via she-hulk-smash) |
The I-75 Project by Norm Magnusson
The goal of the project is to place a historical marker at each of the 50 rest stops along the 1775 mile long Interstate 75 that begins in Sault St. Marie, Michigan.
Your muscles have a certain memory about them, that’s why we can tie our shoes or play piano without looking. But then you spend a long enough time with someone and your bodies memorize each other, you know; The warmth of your back, the pace of your heart beat, your tickly eyelashes and the way your fingers would curl in sequence when I used to play with your palm. Another person is like moving to a country where you don’t know the language. It’s a scary thing.
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