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Rob Delaney: On Depression & Getting Help
Rob Delaney is the crassest, funniest guy I’ve ever heard discuss mental illness. He’s like hope on two legs.
This was originally posted February 26, 2010.
I deal with suicidal, unipolar depression and I take medication daily to treat it. Over the past seven years, I’ve had two episodes that were severe and during which I thought almost exclusively of suicide. I did not eat much and lost weight during…
And yet again, I wish I spoke Japanese, just to know WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON
Lights Out: BABYMETAL, an offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group Sakura Gakuin that performs a distinctly Japanese mix of schoolgirl J-pop and death metal.
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The Long Winters
Ultimatum
I can make myself into rain
You’ll feel me on your cheek
and on your sleeve
Posted October 11, 2011 at 5:24am
When people tell me with a straight face that we live in a post-gender world, I try so hard not to retreat. I try not to be silent. I try not to cry. Maybe I’ll just show them this.
wonderfully donethis is why i am a feminist
I actually cried when I watched this.
(Source: dave-bowman, via gordon-crisp)
Fifteen to eighteen percent of girls under twelve now wear mascara, eyeliner and lipstick regularly; eating disorders are up and self-esteem is down; and twenty-five percent of young American women would rather win America’s Next Top Model than the Nobel Peace Prize. Even bright, successful college women say they’d rather be hot than smart. A Miami mom just died from cosmetic surgery, leaving behind two teenagers. This keeps happening, and it breaks my heart.
Teaching girls that their appearance is the first thing you notice tells them that looks are more important than anything. It sets them up for dieting at age 5 and foundation at age 11 and boob jobs at 17 and Botox at 23. As our cultural imperative for girls to be hot 24/7 has become the new normal, American women have become increasingly unhappy. What’s missing? A life of meaning, a life of ideas and reading books and being valued for our thoughts and accomplishments.
Teaching girls that their appearance is the first thing you notice tells them that looks are more important than anything. It sets them up for dieting at age 5 and foundation at age 11 and boob jobs at 17 and Botox at 23. As our cultural imperative for girls to be hot 24/7 has become the new normal, American women have become increasingly unhappy. What’s missing? A life of meaning, a life of ideas and reading books and being valued for our thoughts and accomplishments.
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But a bird on it. Then put a cat on it. Lo, your hipster cred overfloweth.
via Klaus Haapaniemi
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