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so i was talking to my sister about going to summer in the city as part of my big overseas summer trip this year and we were talking about who it would be nice meet and what we would say and we were talking about hank and i was thinking of those video montages i’ve seen over the years, where there’s a big crowd saying ‘good morning john’ and i said to my sister ‘i want to say “good morning john”’ and that’s when it hit me and i started crying.

this trip is huge for me and so many fantastic things just happen to be working out and coinciding, being able to meet hank is just one piece -  i just happen to be going to ireland for the summer for so many days and then oxford for so many days and sitc happens to fall on the last days when i’m in england and hank green just happens to be attending this year. a canadian meeting an american at a british gathering.

i’ve been watching vlogbrothers since accio deathly hallows, when i was in grade ten, hank and john were hugely important for me all throughout high school and helped me accept and forge my own identity. i’ve only ever known them through my computer screen, which is odd and fascinating in itself, but to be able to actually meet one of the brothers face to face and say thank-you is going to be a really important moment for me. i did not cry when i did the same thing with neil gaiman (granted, i did cry immediately after…) but i am concerned that i may cry when meeting hank. i will try to play it cool.

AND

it hasn’t even sunk in yet that i’ll be able to meet to meet tom milsom, who i am just as excited about intellectually (i am using that right?) but it hasn’t sunk in yet emotionally, that’s a whole’ nother post.

enough rambling, time to work on a packing list. almost at the three week mark!

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A catcall is entirely about reminding you that you are not yours. The purity myth is entirely about reminding you that you are not yours. The fetishization of female purity in a world where catcalls are an acceptable form of communication telegraphs one thing very clearly:

“Women, stop sexualizing yourselves—that’s our job, and you’re taking all the fun out of it.”

The sexualization of women is only appealing if it’s nonconsensual. Otherwise it’s “sluttiness,” and sluttiness is agency and agency is threatening.

Female ‘Purity’ is Bullshit”, by Lindy West 

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liamdryden:

wtfmorringhan reblogged this from you and added:

it’s ok to not like things, but don’t be a dick about it.

It’s ok to not like the glamorisation of socially debilitating mental disorders as “lol socially awkardz comedy lolol” but don’t be a dick about it guys

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