As Faded As My Jeans: Archive

As Faded As My Jeans

January 2011

to help with the #Dear John campaign. My first twitter campaign, I’m so excited! I’m so ready. http://twitter.com/#!/faded_as_my_jns

kristenm214 replied to your post: Couch To 5K: First Try I’m starting this on Monday! I still have about 20lbs to lose from having the baby! I’m sorry I didn’t respond to this right away, I wish tumblr had a notification for this sort of thing! Are you going to listen to the podcasts I posted? I’m thinking of making my own podcasts if I can get a hold of the software for...

#DearJohn: Prep Time

rabbleprochoice: sadydoyle: Okay. So, for those unaware of context, here is what is going on. In the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” which is reprehensible on its surface, there’s a special surprise clause that seeks to limit the definition of rape and incest. In order to qualify for the exception to rape and incest cases, all rapes must be “forcible” and all incest cases must involve...

sequinedk replied to your post: thegoddessfoo replied to your post: I almost… Ten carrots a day? I like carrots, but damn. Yeah…I don’t want to turn orange. Maybe I’ll just do this with baby carrots?

thegoddessfoo replied to your post: I almost cried I love threading. My iranian friend does mine. She is amazing! The woman who did mine was pretty good. She was very efficient and we chatted about skin care tips that she learned on a visit to India. Apparently eating 10 carrots a day will help with breakouts? I had never heard that before. I hope when I go back again, she’s there.

I got my eyebrows threaded today, and OMG OW. From what I had seen when I walked past other people getting it done, it looked like one hair was pulled out at a time, like plucking, but faster. This seemed like something I could handle. But no. She pulled out like 20 hairs at once. Hairs that I have never plucked before in my life, so the root was down in there. My eyes were watering from the...

Couch To 5K: First Try

I dragged myself off the couch and away from tumblr earlier this evening to give this a try. I listened to Week 1.1 of the linked podcasts (I had forgotten how much I liked that Danity Kane song!) and overall, I did pretty well. It was challenging, but I pushed through and kept going. I had to stop halfway through because I had forgotten to stretch before I went, so my shins felt like they were...

sequinedk replied to your photo:I never understand why they have to talk about how… Also, one of his friends probably has, at one time or another, at least thought of sexually assaulting someone. I’m sure he knows someone that tried to hook up with the super drunk girl at a party. This was one of my first thoughts too, I’m not even going to lie. When one in four women are raped or...

“Women don’t get raped because they were drinking or took drugs. Women do not get...”

– Jessica Valenti (via sillysocialisthippie) I hate that this has to be explained. I really, really do. For some reason, on college campuses, this fact is taken for granted. Everyone adopts the “there’s nothing we can do about it” mentality and just tells the girls to be careful. The same men that...

Immediate Thoughts On Oscar Nominations

theladylaurasaurus: itsonreserve: lazybookreviews: Fuck you, Hailee Steinfeld was the LEAD in ‘True Grit.’ Jeff Bridges was IN HER EMPLOY. Patriarchy! But I’m not actually pissed, because now she doesn’t have to duke it out with Natalie Portman, and will probably win for being awesomer than Fake Boston Accents. Seriously. She has 40% more time in that movie than anyone. True Bullshit...

I’m considering getting my eyebrows threaded at one of those kiosks at the mall. I’ve never had anyone but me (and my sister) touch them, and I’m convinced that I’ve been doing them wrong this entire time. But then I’m scared. What if they mess them up and I have to draw them on for months afterward? What if there’s a freak accident and I lose one completely?! ...

“Meanwhile, Roethlisberger’s lawyer is telling journalists, “Ben has never...”

– —When sports culture meets rape culture - Kate Harding Trigger warning for being way too fucking real. (via stfusexists)

I have never run (unless I was being chased) in my entire life. I was always the person in junior high who took 15 minutes to do the mile because I walked the whole way. Running for fun has always seemed at best, very unpleasant and/or completely insane the rest of the time. But lately, totally out of the blue, I have felt the urge to just run. I want to feel my feet pounding over the pavement....

Dude the best way to introduce yourself would be...

cynicalpink: glossylalia: beezusishere: Like andothercuriosities said. I will totally do it when I get home but for now, you guys do it! Reblog and tell me about yourselves through three gifs! And one for luck… I think these cover it Here’s mine!

“America is afraid of its past. Whether it’s how it treated Native Americans,...”

– Elon James White (via meloukhia)

“Pointing out that men are privileged in no way denies that bad things happen to...”

– Barry Deutsch- The Male Privilege Checklist (via reelaroundthefountain)

“A survey of girls in Zimbabwean junior schools in 2000 reported by Amnesty...”

– The Equality Illusion, Kat Banyard (via petitefeministe) In South Africa a girl actually has a higher chance of being raped than of learning to read. In South Africa a girl actually has a higher chance of being raped than of learning to read. Now bleat that feminism is no longer relevant. Go on....

Thanks to all who replied about Jez accounts! I’m sure me not remembering what I changed my password to after the whole security breach is not helping me at all. *sigh*

Can't log in to my Jezebel account

Has anyone else had this problem? Is there anyone I can email?

“If feminism is a movement to end sexist oppression, and depriving females of...”

– bell hooks (via bibliofeminista)

“Today marks the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that...”

– President Obama’s statement on Roe v. Wade (via bibliofeminista)

greycozyhouse: “I am a lady. As such, ANY decision I make, relating to my body, is controversial! For example: Always wanting to give consent to sex! Controversial. Having sex! Controversial. Having a baby or NOT having a baby: SO controversial, JEEZ. It’s amazing they even let me get dressed in the morning without a qualified male consultant. But Roe v. Wade reminds me that there were...

“If a movie has only white characters, it is presumed to be marked in the...”

– bell hooks, Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope truth is often fucked. :/ (via adailyriot) Replace, “White” with “men” and “black” with “women” and this still stands to be true. (via dr-grumbles)

Falling pregnant →

feministlibrarian: “Apparently, in Memphis, high school girls are falling like birds from the Arkansas sky. Falling pregnant, that is. Which is something I was not previously aware you could do. But apparently you can and they are. All by themselves, from the look of it. You can google this news story all day and not find a single one that mentions the boys (men?) who are participating in the...

iwillnotshavemyvagina asked: Hey, I was on your tumblr and noticed a jif of Kelly and Antoin Dodson being used offensively and thought I would share:
Rape Culture USA: How race, class, misogyny and homophobia intersected in the Kelly and Antoine Dodson story

iwillnotshavemyvagina asked: Hey, I was on your tumblr and noticed a jif of Kelly and Antoin Dodson being used offensively and thought I would share:
Rape Culture USA: How race, class, misogyny and homophobia intersected in the Kelly and Antoine Dodson story

libraryland: “Yes, yes,” said the Beast, “my heart is good, but still I am a monster.” “Among mankind,” says Beauty, “there are many that deserve that name more than you, and I prefer you, just as you are, to those, who, under a human form, hide a treacherous, corrupt, and ungrateful heart.” — Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, Beauty and the Beast

I haven’t had a drop of Coke (or Dr.Pepper) in 4 days with no problems, and I’m finally now starting to get a withdrawal headache. The good news is that I’m finally starting to not even want one when I go to eat lunch or dinner. I hope I can keep that up!

“I can remember speaking to a 12-year-old boy, a football player, and I asked...”

– Shakesville: “My liberation as a man is tied to your liberation as a woman.” (via bibliofeminista) This makes my heart hurt.

Following Jezzies on tumblr

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I am a feminist.

beezusishere: parapluiesrouges: “[feminism n (1895) 1 : the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes 2 : organized activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests — feminist n or adj — feministic adj] Above, the dictionary definition of feminism — the entire dictionary definition of feminism. It is quite straightforward and concise. If you believe in,...

Let's Get This Straight →

robot-heart-politics: azspot: There is, demonstrably, no leftist equivalent to Sarah Palin, former veep candidate and presumed future presidential candidate, who uses gun imagery (rifle sights) and language (“Don’t Retreat, RELOAD”) to exhort her followers to action. There is no leftist equivalent to the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), a group which was created from the mailing list...

Reblog this post?

jezrollcall: Okay, last publicizing effort for this afternoon: If you’re following the Rollcall, take a moment to reblog this and spread the word, please? We have 50 Jez/Tumblr users listed already, and the blog has been up less than 24 hours. I posted last night on the social, and today on groupthink. Now it’s your turn! The Great Jezebel/Tumblr Rollcall For those who read this as a reblog,...