"There is a dangerous myth going around this country that sexism doesn’t exist anymore, that we have gotten past it and that “alarmist” feminists are an outdated nuisance. Warnings like, “Oh, watch out—Here comes the feminazi!” abound in our culture, as if for a woman, entitling yourself to an opinion puts you on par with followers of the Third Reich."

Margaret Cho, “Bitchfest” (via heroes-or-victims)

"And I have a lot of self-esteem, which is amazing, because I’m probably somebody who wouldn’t necessarily have a lot of self esteem as I am considered a minority and if you are a woman, if you are a person of color, if you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, if you are a person of size, if you are person of intelligence, if you are a person of integrity, then you are considered a minority in this world. And it’s going to be really hard to find messages of self-love and support anywhere. Especially women’s and gay men’s culture. It’s all about how you have to look a certain way, or else you’re worthless. You know, when you look in the mirror and think, ‘Ugh, I’m so ugly, I’m so fat, I’m so old.’ Don’t you know that’s not your authentic self? But that is billions upon billions of dollars of advertising. Magazines, movies, billboards, all geared to make you feel shitty about yourself, so that you will take your hard earned money and spend it at the mall on some turn-around crème that doesn’t turn around shit. If you don’t have self-esteem, you will hesitate before you do anything in your life. You will hesitate to go for the job you want to go for. You will hesitate to ask for a raise. You will hesitate to call yourself an American. You will hesitate to report a rape. You will hesitate to defend yourself when you are discriminated against because of your race, your sexuality, your size, your gender. You will hesitate to vote; you will hesitate to dream. For us to have self-esteem is truly an act of revolution, and our revolution is long overdue."

Margaret Cho, Notorious C.H.O. (via james-the-white-rabbit)

"If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet…maybe we could understand something."

Federico Fellini

"I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life, is to end up with people who make you feel all alone."

Robin Williams  (via rachaellovesunicorns)

(Source: saddest-summer)

"The real destroyer of our inner peace is fear."

The Dalai Lama

"If you’re going to make the wrong decision, make it for a good reason."

Unknown (via thesecretdiaryofjake)

"Find me now. Before someone else does."

Haruki Murakami, 1Q84  (via loveyourchaos)

(Source: quote-book)

"Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it"

Unknown  (via sirmitchell)

"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any."

Alice Walker

(via spareunderthemat)

"Admit it. You aren’t like them. You’re not even close. You may occasionally dress yourself up as one of them, watch the same mindless television shows as they do, maybe even eat the same fast food sometimes. But it seems that the more you try to fit in, the more you feel like an outsider, watching the “normal people” as they go about their automatic existences. For every time you say club passwords like “Have a nice day” and “Weather’s awful today, eh?”, you yearn inside to say forbidden things like “Tell me something that makes you cry” or “What do you think deja vu is for?”. Face it, you even want to talk to that girl in the elevator. But what if that girl in the elevator (and the balding man who walks past your cubicle at work) are thinking the same thing? Who knows what you might learn from taking a chance on conversation with a stranger? Everyone carries a piece of the puzzle. Nobody comes into your life by mere coincidence. Trust your instincts. Do the unexpected. Find the others…"

Timothy Leary   (via hippierev0luti0n)

(Source: pass-the-acid)