you didn’t deserve to be treated that way. remember that.

capostrophe:

nerdycurvyboundandflirty:

polks:

aratoamin:

IMPORTANT

This month marks 3 years away from an abusive situation i was in for 11 years. Don’t do that to yourself. You deserve better.

So many folks know they don’t want to be abused but don’t know what healthy is. Here go, babies.

I want something more like this next time.

And a reminder that this is important for romantic AND non-romantic relationships. You can be abused by your friends, but you absolutely shouldn’t be.

Don’t ever hesitate. Reblog this. TUMBLR RULE. When you see it, REBLOG IT.

The original post only has US helplines. I’ve added UK helplines underneath. It would be great if people could add numbers from everywhere in the world.

Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696

Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433

LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255

Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386

Sexuality Support: 1-800-246-7743

Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438

Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673
Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272

Runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000

Exhale: After Abortion Hotline/Pro-Voice: 1-866-4394253

Child Abuse: 1-800-422-4453
UK Helplines:

Samaritans (for any problem): 08457909090 e-mail jo@samaritans.org

Childline (for anyone under 18 with any problem): 08001111

Mind infoline (mental health information): 0300 123 3393 e-mail: info@mind.org.uk

Mind legal advice (for people who need mental-health related legal advice): 0300 466 6463 legal@mind.org.uk

b-eat eating disorder support: 0845 634 14 14 (only open Mon-Fri 10.30am-8.30pm and Saturday 1pm-4.30pm) e-mail: help@b-eat.co.uk

b-eat youthline (for under 25’s with eating disorders): 08456347650 (open Mon-Fri 4.30pm – 8.30pm, Saturday 1pm-4.30pm)

Cruse Bereavement Care: 08444779400 e-mail: helpline@cruse.org.uk

Frank (information and advice on drugs): 0800776600

Drinkline: 0800 9178282

Rape Crisis England & Wales: 0808 802 9999 1(open 2 – 2.30pm 7 – 9.30pm) e-mail info@rapecrisis.org.uk

Rape Crisis Scotland: 08088 01 03 02 every day, 6pm to midnight

India Self Harm Hotline: 00 08001006614

India Suicide Helpline: 022-27546669

Kids Help Phone (Canada): 1-800-668-6868, Free and available 24/7

Good2Talk (Canada): 1-866-925-5454, For post-secondary students, free and anonmyous

suicide hotlines;

Argentina: 54-0223-493-0430

Australia: 13-11-14

Austria: 01-713-3374

Barbados: 429-9999

Belgium: 106

Botswana: 391-1270

Brazil: 21-233-9191
China: 852-2382-0000

(Hong Kong: 2389-2222)

Costa Rica: 606-253-5439

Croatia: 01-4833-888

Cyprus: 357-77-77-72-67

Czech Republic: 222-580-697, 476-701-908

Denmark: 70-201-201

Egypt: 762-1602

Estonia: 6-558-088

Finland: 040-5032199

France: 01-45-39-4000

Germany: 0800-181-0721

Greece: 1018

Guatemala: 502-234-1239

Holland: 0900-0767

Honduras: 504-237-3623

Hungary: 06-80-820-111

Iceland: 44-0-8457-90-90-90
Israel: 09-8892333

Italy: 06-705-4444

Japan: 3-5286-9090

Latvia: 6722-2922, 2772-2292

Malaysia: 03-756-8144

(Singapore: 1-800-221-4444)

Malta: 179

Mexico: 525-510-2550

Netherlands: 0900-0767

New Zealand: 4-473-9739

New Guinea: 675-326-0011

Nicaragua: 505-268-6171

Norway: 47-815-33-300

Philippines: 02-896-9191

Poland: 52-70-000

Portugal: 239-72-10-10

Russia: 8-20-222-82-10

Spain: 91-459-00-50

South Africa: 0861-322-322

South Korea: 2-715-8600

Sweden: 031-711-2400

Switzerland: 143

Taiwan: 0800-788-995

Thailand: 02-249-9977

Trinidad and Tobago: 868-645-2800

Ukraine: 0487-327715

Post and Ante-natal Depression Association PANDA – Australia: 1300 726 306

National Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Helpline (Australia): 1800 200 526

Sane Australia (helpline for people with mental illness) Australia: 1800 18 7263

Kids Helpline (Australia) – confidential telephone and online counselling for young people aged 5-25: 1800 55 1800 http://www.kidshelp.com.au

Lifeline (Australia) – crisis support, suicide prevention and mental health support: 13 11 14

Sexual Assault Helpline (Australia): 1800 010 120

The only time I’ll ever make this request: Could everyone please reblog this?

dreamybrowngirl:

A lot of Black people are hurting right now. As important as it is that we talk about what’s happened in Charleston, I know how easy it is to get overwhelmed, especially when this happens to us over and over again. If your dashboard is like mine, it’s saturated with updates and commentary, and while it’s great that the information is getting out there, if you’re in need of a momentary break to regroup, I have an emergency happiness tag for such a time as this called My Favorite Things. It’s filled with humor, happiness and joy and I’ll be adding more content to it today to buff it up a bit. Please feel free to access it whenever you like.

I’d appreciate it if y’all could reblog this–and before anyone asks, no, you don’t have to be Black–so it can reach as many people as possible, and if you have a happiness tag, include a link to it in your reblog.

This is an emotionally trying time for a lot of us, and I know I’m not the only one who could use some positivity right about now.

If I may advise

desperately-seeking-something:

There is an aspect of literary criticism known as “death of the author”. It means, basicaly, that once the book (or movie, etc.) is out in the world, then what the author has to say, or would have to say, on the subject is irrelevant.

This is freedom of thought, and for an individual to step up on his or her soapbox and proclaim loudly (or by hiding behind an anon) that you are interpreting it wrong is tantamount to them attempting to slave your mind to their way of thinking.

Tolkien, himself, subscribed to “death of the author”:

“I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history – true or feigned– with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author.“ – J.R.R. Tolkien

So, in claiming that Tolkien “did not intend for it to be seen/interpreted that way” is very much spitting on his words and beliefs in a misguided attempt to try and make your own point.

Death Of The Author at Wikipedia

Death Of The Author at TV Tropes

oreides:

the funny thing abt being homeless is that you can have an income, score temp jobs, make money and still be stuck as fuck in homelessness. its hard to rent an apartment or get consistent income (or a job with health benefits) when you have spotty, erratic work history and big gaping…

rikkannon:

dear anti-racist white allies, stop othering yourself from white people. stop pretending you aren’t “that” white person. you are that white person. most likely, the majority of your friends are white. most likely, you appropriate aave. most likely, you still accidentally drop the n-word when singing along to the latest radio hiphop hit. most likely, you will get just the slightest bit uncomfortable around men of color at night. most likely, you have said something in the past month that relies on a racial stereotype. most likely, your attraction to poc has shades of exotification. most likely, your interest in poc cultures can border on cultural appropriation.

i know because those are all things i occasionally find myself guilty of, and it’s not okay.

stop forgetting that a huge part of being an ally is identifying what you do wrong, checking your privilege, and trying your hardest to overcome it so as not to perpetuate those harmful behaviors. being an ally is not about getting social justice points. being an ally is not about a warm fuzzy feeling for helping those less privileged than you. being an an ally is not about being superior to people in your privilege group. being an ally is about helping destroy the privilege you live in and it is just as internal as it is external.

When people with privilege hear that they have privilege, what they hear is not, “Our society is structured so that your life is more valued than others.” They hear, “Everything, no matter what, will be handed to you. You have done nothing to achieve what you have.” That’s not strictly true, and hardly anyone who points out another’s privilege is making that accusation. There are privileged people who work very hard. The privilege they experience is the absence of barriers that exist for other people.

No One Cares If You Never Apologize for Your White Male Privilege
(via deliciouskaek)

We have learned from intersectionality that people can be oppressed along more than one axis, such as women of color or trans people of color. But intersectionality also means that people can be both oppressed and oppressors at the same time, along different axes. For example, a white woman has white privilege but may be disadvantaged by her gender. A poor white man may be white and male, but he may be disadvantaged by his class status. An overweight middle class white man may face fat phobia. The word cannot neatly be divided into oppressors and the oppressed.
If we want to dismantle certain structures of oppression (say, gender), we need to not reinforce other structures of oppression in the process (say, appearance, or class). We need to take down all the structures of oppression, whether based on gender, race, class, sexual orientation, gender preference, or appearance.

Reinforcing Other Axes of Oppression Isn’t “Punching Up” (via socio-logic)