drshebloggo:
DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN
- a character who is physically strong
- a character who is mentally strong
- a character who is emotionally strong
ABSOLUTELY MEANS
- a character who makes her own choices, even if they’re mistakes
- a character whose point of view is explored at least briefly
- a character who is the hero of her own story whether she knows it or not
And that’s just a strong character, really.
i.e. strong in the literary/media analysis sense. because WHEN WE’RE LOOKING AT CHARACTERS, WE CARE ABOUT THEIR COMPLEXITY , FLAWS, AND EMOTIONAL LIVES, NOT THEIR BICEPS.
(via dt-rex)
ehehehiddleston:
I swear to god if I read another fic that completely decimates the epic bro-love story that is scott and stiles I am going to tear this internet apart
(Source: iamckellen, via breenwolf)
"You are terrifying and strange and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love."
— Warsan Shire (via deviantfemme)
(Source: oh-girl-among-the-roses, via deviantfemme)
"the fact that “love your body” rhetoric shifts the responsibility for body acceptance over to the individual, and away from communities, institutions, and power, is also problematic. individuals who do not love their bodies, who find their bodies difficult to love, are seen as being part of the problem. the underlying assumption is that if we all loved our bodies just as they are, our fat-shaming, beauty-policing culture would be different. if we don’t love our bodies, we are, in effect, perpetuating normative (read: impossible) beauty standards. if we don’t love our individual bodies, we are at fault for collectively continuing the oppressive and misogynistic culture. if you don’t love your body, you’re not trying hard enough to love it. in this framework, your body is still the paramount focus, and one way or another, you’re failing. it’s too close to the usual body-shaming, self-policing crap, albeit with a few quasi-feminist twists, for comfort."
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look at the medusa straight on.: on “loving your body” (via sugaryumyum)
I may have reblogged this already but whatevs. This is why I totally failed with my “Life to to short to spend it hating your body” poster messaging. Live and learn and fail harder.
(via redefiningbodyimage)
(via theboyprincessdiaries)
