January 2012
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“Give a man a fire and he’s warm for the day, but set fire to him and...”
– Terry Pratchett
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Dear any girl who tries to change her boyfriend's...
Fuck you.
No, seriously, fuck you. If your boyfriend told you what to wear, you’d be all up in this grill bitching and whining about feminism (which you don’t know the first thing about, by the by) and how you feel you’re being ~controlled and how you ~won’t change yourself to fit anyone else’s ~unrealistic standards of beauty and that you were ~born this way and all...
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I think what a lot of people fail to understand about being a teenager is that it’s supposed to suck sometimes. We’re supposed to get dumped and get caught sneaking out of the house at four in the morning and stay awake crying when it feels like nothing’s ever going to get better. We’re supposed to hear the words to our favourite songs and feel like we’re the only...
punkrockmermaid asked: OVERSHARE TIME FOR ALL OF TUMBLR : Your NY post reminded me of when me and TLOML went to Vegas and got a suite on the 28th floor of The Flamingo, and we made love on every single piece of furniture and against every window, which were wall to floor windows that overlooked the strip and the whole of Vegas. It was really incredible, it's one of my favourite memories ever. <3 Hooray.
aroundyourneck replied to your post: I’m a white girl and I used to love wearing bindis when I was really little, I thought (and still do think) that they are beautiful. I was a kooky little kid and never did it to be “trendy”. I don’t see how wearing and appreciating something worn by another culture (especially at a young age like that) is cultural appropriation if you’re not doing it to be...
Dear everyone who has written in my ask regarding...
No.
You’re all missing the point and I am sorry but I am not in the mood to deal with why you are all individually missing the point, instead I am going to make a blanket statement telling you NO. I apologise, this is very rude and childish behaviour on my behalf, but it’s about 600 degrees and my head hurts and I don’t want to talk about it any more.
A lot of you are now...
wesmonster asked: I do not believe a dominant culture or group can be appropriated. That's just not even something I'm aware of. Abrahamic theism is well-represented everywhere; I imagine that someone in a religious minority group, such as an atheist or buddhist, can certainly pick up a cross if they want to. Abrahamic theism is so "everyone must love us" anyway so why would they be fussed...
w0rmsearth asked: i think i probably have culture and religion mixed up, i thought hindu was a religion. also i never say it was okay because i googled it, and i do recognise that i have appropriated a cultural tradition: "...i'm not denying that they're appropriated".
Anonymous asked: Why won't uq let you do the journalism/arts dual? I know tons of people doing it.
w0rmsearth asked: i realise that, but there's a difference between being catholic and my atheist sister owning a glow-in-the-dark crucifix. my ears are stretched, and i recall you saying something about wanting to stretch your own a few days ago, but i really do like how they look and that's a choice i made before i even knew what the term "white privilege" meant. i'm not denying that...
Anonymous asked: ok so what about getting tattoos and piercings and other body mods.. is that cultural appropriation? white people didn't do it first. it was a tribal thing. and white people have taken it all over. white people get tribal like tattoos and scarifications and stretch different piercings.
w0rmsearth asked: exactly what @childrensublime said. of course bindis outside of a hindu context are culturally appropriated, it's the same as buying a maneki neko because they are so ~*kawaii*~. it's the same as going to diva and buying a big bunch of rosary beads because "that's what the trend is". it's the same as stretching your ears because they "look cool"! i think...
If you HAD to pick one of the Sex and the City...
childrensublime asked: Speaking as someone who has Indian roots, yes I do consider it cultural appropriation. I won't lie though, I think they do look fab on SOME white girls, but most of the time they look stupid and just piss me off. Same with all these new t-shirts and necklaces, whatever with Hindu (or any other religion's) gods on them. Even though I'm firmly anti-theist, using elements of religions...
Anonymous asked: I'm a white girl and I used to love wearing bindis when I was really little, I thought (and still do think) that they are beautiful. I was a kooky little kid and never did it to be "trendy". I don't see how wearing and appreciating something worn by another culture (especially at a young age like that) is cultural appropriation if you're not doing it to be trendy.
7075-4130 asked: Opinion on rats/mice as pets?
betterset asked: Does your manfriendthing read this blog?
Anonymous asked: Opinion on white tumblr girls that wear bindis?
Anonymous asked: Is there a gay you in an alternate universe? Because if there is, I want to go there.
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battery-operated-toy asked: ohhhh miss daisy, you are an intelligent, kooky, little ball of amusing magic aren't you! ♥
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Anonymous asked: you're beautiful inside & out and i love your tattoos!
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twomickjaggersandcheapwhiz asked: Your really pretty and i love the picture with sprinkles all over your face,I do that too hehee,Beautiful blog by the way :) xx
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lilniggamonster asked: I honestly think you should be an author one day. I don't know if you have any interest in that, but seriously everything you write is so nice. Even when you write about things I don't necessarily agree with, the way you write makes me see it in a new perspective. I like your rambles, your random thoughts on things, and everything else. And I can't genuinely say that for most...
Anonymous asked: If you were a journalist who was given the opportunity to write an article (based on any world issue etc of your choosing) that would be read by a billion people, what would you choose to write about?
Anonymous asked: why are you so bitchy lately?
Anonymous asked: Is that your way of telling us you got a UTI?
Anonymous asked: what's the most unusual/weirdest thing you have done sexually?
Anonymous asked: Are you scared of getting old?
Anonymous asked: I’ve felt how you feel on numerous occasions. Not unwanted, but definitely not appreciated. My advice, say it to him. What have you got to lose? One of two things may happen. One, he'll come to his senses and realise he’s being a douche and try and correct it. Or two, he’ll freak out, call you needy, blah blah at which point, you’ll know he’s not worth. Where has...
Anonymous asked: have you ever had sex with a girl?
Someone should really come over and cook me pasta...
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Anonymous asked: i'm a girl that's always identified as straight, always dated guys, always been attracted to guys. the only girl-on-girl stuff i've ever been involved with is some drunken kissing. sometimes i feel like i could really enjoy sex with a girl though. i don't really have a desire to be in a relationship with a girl, but sometimes i kinda fantasize about a one night stand or...
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youseemenow asked: Prolly you get this all the time but I love your nose (not in a creepy way) x
Occasionally, I really miss my dad, and send him nine-page long emails. I hope he appreciates my ramblings on possibly double majoring in history and how awesome manfriendthing is and how annoying floods are and the KISS mug I got today…
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Anonymous asked: what do you think of these bands : Rage Against the Machine, Buzzcocks, Beatles, The Libertines,Sex Pistols and The Strokes. These are like my favourite bands, just wanna know do we have same passions in the field of music! Btw, could you link your favourite blogs, it would be interesting to know. Happy tuesday, bella!
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Anonymous asked: What books about punk rock would you recommend as your favorite reads?
Anonymous asked: What will you be studying and at what university, may I ask? :)
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Anonymous asked: Do you worry about how the whole weekly switching between Byron and Brisbane thing is going to affect how you integrate socially at university?
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Something about the quote,
Please don’t make me fall for you, if you don’t intend on catching me.
really bugs me.
I’ve had a lot of people ‘fall for me’ in the past, whom I have had absolutely no romantic feelings for, did not lead on in any way, blah blah - I didn’t make them fall for me, they just did. Similarly, I have developed feelings for people who...