Calliopesays - Jordan (maybe)

seeing a mutual like one of your posts like, "i knew you'd like that, you slut"

remember in School of Rock where the black girl was afraid to say she wanted to be a singer because she was fat and didn’t want to get laughed at but Dewey was all “who gives a shit, I’m fat too and so is aretha franklin but we’re still valuable and we rock” and then the girl felt better without having to be told that beauty comes in all sizes or some other bullshit. thats the kind of body positivity I’m looking for. tell these babies that they’re worth a damn without tying it to any other arbitrary ideals

Growth is admitting I too possess toxic qualities & carry unhealed traumas I need to work on

link to the org

— Susan Sontag, from “Death Kit,” (1967) (via lunamonchtuna)

S&M Sniper magazine issues (1999-2002) artist: Ohnishi Yousuke

Drew Barrymore by Mario Sorrenti (1996)

The thing is, until you get past the mindset of "justice=punishment" you will never be able to create lasting change. We have actual proof that punitive justice creates more crime and makes criminals more violent. We have actual proof that rehabilitation reduces crime and recidivism. But some of y'all are so stuck on this idea that the wrongdoer must be punished for justice to be done that you will choose sating your need for revenge over actually moving toward a better world every time. And that's sad!