Actual conversations with my 2 year old daughter, as re-enacted by me and another full grown man - Episode 1. (by ConvosWith2YrOld)
Yep. That’s about right.
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janet. was released 20 years ago today.
I bought this album…on cassette…when it came out. I’m old.
must. reblog. infinitely.
Likey!
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We were discussing homosexuality because of an allusion to it in the book we were reading, and several boys made comments such as, “That’s disgusting.” We got into the debate and eventually a boy admitted that he was terrified/disgusted when he was once sharing a taxi and the other male passenger made a pass at him. The lightbulb went off. “Oh,” I said. “I get it. See, you are afraid, because for the first time in your life you have found yourself a victim of unwanted sexual advances by someone who has the physical ability to use force against you.” The boy nodded and shuddered visibly.“But,” I continued. “As a woman, you learn to live with that from the time you are fourteen, and it never stops. We live with that fear every day of our lives. Every man walking through the parking garage the same time you are is either just a harmless stranger or a potential rapist. Every time.” The girls in the room nodded, agreeing. The boys seemed genuinely shocked. “So think about that the next time you hit on a girl. Maybe, like you in the taxi, she doesn’t actually want you to.
Homophobia: The fear that another man will treat you like you treat women. Andrew Sullivan.
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Yup.
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Personal Canon: “How Crayons Are Made”
On Episode 8 of the 11th season of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Mister Rogers showed us a film that has always stuck with me—and which has stuck with many of you, too—about how crayons are made. Mister Rogers’ show was always so calm and informative and direct that it pulled you right into it, and that power has not lessened decades later. This segment has, for whatever reason, fascinated many of us ever since we first saw it. I have never been in a conversation about Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood where this segment didn’t get brought up in the first five minutes.
You can watch the six minute segment here on PBS.com.
I absolutely remember watching this when it aired… It’s stuck with me ever since, too…
T was given this book, which I’m now realizing was based on the film.
Yes!
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Sex+: onefitmodel: Marriage is not about religion.Atheists marry.Marriage is...
Marriage is not about religion.
Atheists marry.
Marriage is not about procreation.
The infertile marry.
Marriage is not about finance.
It can weave poverty.
Marriage is about love.
That’s it.
And that’s beautiful.baw :3 this is sweet. but…marriage is about more than…
Yup.
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Never take your rights, or your education, for granted. Happy International Women’s Day.
I’m crying now.
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oh my god yes. finally I have the words for everyone who has ever accused me of being a ‘man hater’ or told me that men can’t be feminists.
Love this!
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I’ve told the kids in the ghettos that violence won’t solve their problems, but then they ask me, and rightly so; “Why does the government use massive doses of violence to bring about the change it wants in the world?” After this I knew that I could no longer speak against the violence in the ghettos without also speaking against the violence of my government
Powerful.
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