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Christina, 22, born in Montreal, QC but living in Portugal, studying biochemistry in university. ENFP and a Taurus, for what it's worth.
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There’s a loneliness that only exists in one’s mind. The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (via mastequila)

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He broke my heart. You merely broke my life.
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (via proustitute)
I got a Kindle for my bday. It’s beautiful. I’m reading Fifty Shades of Grey on it
don’t judge me
I’m reading for the lulz

I got a Kindle for my bday. It’s beautiful. I’m reading Fifty Shades of Grey on it

don’t judge me

I’m reading for the lulz

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uninhibitedandunrepentant:

[Trigger warning]

This is a book about rape.

The end.

I heard it was horridly offensive. Any followers read it?

I’m going to read it as soon as I get my Kindle next Monday and mock/rant the shit out of it

No fisting, you say. Anything else you object to?” he asks softly.
I swallow.
“Anal intercourse doesn’t exactly float my boat.”
“I’ll agree to the fisting, but I’d really like to claim your ass, Anastasia. But we’ll wait for that. Besides, it’s not something we can dive into,” he smirks at me. “Your ass will need training.”
“Training?” I whisper.
“Oh yes. It’ll need careful preparation.

Fifty Shades of Grey, p. 186.

just some normal talk with my normal boyfriend. the ole’ ball and chain as they say! talking about fisting and claiming people’s assholes. normal couple stuff.

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One day I’ll get around to doing this…

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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

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Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

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Those books are really worth reading. They completely changed the way I saw myself and the world. 

So, I decided to make this montage and suggest them to you guys.

Surprisingly, I’ve only read The Bell Jar (for school) and the Feminine Mystique. The others remain on my ever-growing list of “books I should really some day”.

I’ve read all of these :D

As much as I love the Beauty Myth and the Second Sex, this is so second wave, white and heterosexual. Where’s bell hooks, Chandra Mohanty, Trinh T. Minh Ha, Audre Lourde, Judith Butler, Eve Sedgwick, Judith Halberstam, Elizabeth Grosz etc.?

Indeed! Let’s not forget about class, either. It would be nice to see some working class queer ladies on this list. Dorothy Allison comes to mind. Her Skin: Talking About Sex, Class and Literature is great.

my first thought was “ha! i’ve read all of these!” and then “boo! these are so second wave!” i totally second all of the additions to the list, with my own life-changing books:

looking white people in the eye - sherene razack

killing rage: ending racism - bell hooks

feminist theory: from margin to centre - bell hooks

real indians and others: mixed-blood urban native peoples and indigenous nationhood - bonita lawrence

turbo chiks: talking young feminisms - alyson mitchell, laura rundell and lara karaian

exalted subjects: studies in the making of race and nation in canada - by sunera thobani

and tons more. those are just the ones that come to mind right now. my feminism doesn’t exist without these books. reblog and add your own!

read 2/6!

Love, love, love this typeface. I need to get my hands on the first edition with Victoria Lucas as the author

Love, love, love this typeface. I need to get my hands on the first edition with Victoria Lucas as the author

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