February 2012
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“And yet a woman’s weight is seen by American culture as an outward manifestation...”
– Everybody, Every Body: the Media’s Erasure of Fat Girls (via sparkamovement)
You’ve seen this post before, I think - only now it’s up on SPARK! Yay!
(You’ll note the original entry now links to SPARK, as it should).
(via bigfatfeminist)
quietinthecorner asked: (1/2) No, I wasn't looking for the "Scientology isn't a religion" response. Scientologists actually do operate schools, drug treatment centres, etc (just so you know). And I wasn't trying to equate birth control with health care (although I do think that it is). Christian Scientists believe that prayer is preferable to medical care. I was asking if you thought that these...
simplyorthodox asked: I know that today Lent starts for all Catholics. May God bless you during this Lent, May the Holy Spirit enlighten you and guide you always, and may God help you to fast these forty days! -Your Orthodox good friend and sister in Christ from Greece :)
+:)
thatothersmaybelovedmorethani:
soldierofthelord:
That’s my virtual ash. I’m gonna go get my real one soon. :)
3pm Mass:)
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Ash Wednesday
soldierofthelord:
Lent begins with ashes - a traditional sign of mourning, grieving, and repentance for both Jews and Christians (Is. 58:5; Mt. 11:21).
Through the early centuries of Christian history, those who committed serious sins had to do public penance, sometimes for years. Penitents were organized into an “Order of Penitents”; the process was ritualized and culminated on Holy...
quietinthecorner asked: If a Scientologist organization wanted to deny coverage for psychiatric treatments to its employees (even non-Scientologists), would that be okay with you? What if a Christian Scientist organization wanted to not provide health care coverage to its employees (even non-Christian Scientists) AT ALL? Would forcing these organizations to provide health care coverage they didn't want to provide be...
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“All creatures bear certain a resemblance to God, most especially man, created in...”
– Catechism of the Catholic Church 41 (via rainyautumntwilight)
“For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our...”
– Hebrews 4:15-16
My favourite Scripture from last week’s sermon.
(via noodlesonmyears)
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“Man is by nature and vocation a religious being. Coming from God, going toward...”
– Catechism of the Catholic Church, 44-46 (via mariellacecilia)
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“God, who “dwells in unapproachable light”, wants to communicate his own divine...”
– Catechism of the Catholic Church, 52 (via mariellacecilia)
The Sneaky Language of the Pro-Sex Work Lobby [tw... →
jamesfromta:
flowersforhamlet:
A brilliant piece from a former call-girl.
She is responding to an email she received, with someone blaming her for her awful experiences she had as a sex worker. Italicized words are from the email.
And some people … die from traffic accidents. But will we then abolish car traffic itself, just because many die each year on the streets?
I am not a car crash....
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“We in the West have a hard time believing that this is really happening, that...”
– Corban Addison, The Huffington Post (via humantrafficwatch)
“This will be the only pro sex work lobby comment that I’ll let hang around, I...”
– An extract from http://secretdiaryofadublincallgirl.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/the-sneakiness-of-the-pro-sex-work-lobby/
(If you follow that link, TW for rape and violence)
If you follow that link you can find the whole article. It is fantastic and pretty much sums up my feelings of the sex positive...
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“I’d love some of these pro sex work ‘advocates’ to give prostitution a shot, to...”
– TW: rape, abuse, violence.
This is another extract from the blog I spoke of before. Please read some of these posts. Its awful to read that this is what people are going through but education is important so we can help people in these situations and help end human trafficking.
...
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“After the unity of the human race was shattered by sin God at once sought to...”
– Catechism of the Catholic Church, 56-57 (via mariellacecilia)
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I am ALWAYS that one Catholic that forgets to...
snaps4hollywood:
Every Friday.
Every.
Single.
Friday.
Once I went out to dinner with a non-religious ex boyfriend of mine and he and his father both got meatless dishes. I got steak fajitas.
Friday during Lent.
Don’t sweat it too much, just keep trying! Sticky notes everywhere might help. :)
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“In defending the ability of human reason to know God, the Church is expressing...”
– Catechism of the Catholic Church, 39-40 (via mariellacecilia)
I want to learn foreign languages. SO BADLY.
I’m really good at it, too. Like, I can sight-translate some Latin still (even though I haven’t studied it in two years). I’m okay with Spanish.
I want to relearn Spanish and Latin first, then I want French.
I’ll start there. :)
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I challenge you,
gensigh:
to not only give up what you say you’re going to be giving up this lenten season,
but also understand why you’re doing it.
It’s absolutely beautiful, worth everything.
this.
personal pet peeve of tumblr...
when people (for lack of a better term) pimp their blogs.
I am not a huge fan of people being all “OMG LOOK AT THIS THING I DID! IT’S SO AMAZING LOOK AT IT!” when it’s outside of Tumblr.
It’s like… I’ll hear your song when I get to it on my dash if I ever get to it.
I will read your post when I get to it.
Sometimes I don’t make it all the way...
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lindseyintheskywithdiamonds:
if my mom’s still asleep: shh don’t make noise she’s asleep if my dad’s still asleep: shh don’t make noise he’s asleep if my brother’s still asleep: shh don’t make noise he’s asleep if i’m still asleep: i need to vacuum for 3 hours and use the blender
thisthisthisthisthisthisthisthisthisthisthisthis
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my incoherent ramble of some of the reasons why I...
Spoiler alert: Edward gets the girl. He almost kills her several times in the process, too. He leaves for her protection, and she goes into a comatose state of depression. If this story is, at best, a cautionary tale, then it shouldn’t be propogated as an amazing love story. Bella is a bland character with no personality and Edward is a creepy stalker and the whole plot has more holes than...
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“Always use the word ‘Sand’ or ‘Darkness’ or ‘Whispers’ in your title. Subtitles...”
– How to Write about the Middle East is such a brilliant, hilarious read that it passes off as a good, fine beating-of-the-ass for “opinion makers” like Thomas Friedman and Co. This part is even better:
In your text, treat the Middle East as if it were one country, and constantly refer to it as...
"NO ONE CAN CALL ME RACIST BECAUSE I LOVE ALL...
sanityscraps:
scarlettbrohansson:
sanityscraps:
sword-meets-rose:
scarlettbrohansson:
sword-meets-rose:
scarlettbrohansson:
REAL QUOTE. REAL, 100% SERIOUS QUOTE BY A PERSON WHO WASN’T KIDDING.
MY DAD HAPPENED. THAT PERSON WAS MY DAD. HALF OF MY GENETIC INFORMATION CAME FROM HIM AND HE SAID THIS. HOW.
Your dad? laksjfdlkasjdlf
MY DAD. He hates gay people, too. Little...
vermont-fields asked: Sexual acts need not have inherent consequences due to technology, just as cancer need not inevitably lead to early death due to technology. The point of medicine is often to make one's body function better, but it can also be to improve quality of life for people. And a sex life free of unwanted pregnancies due to medicine improves the quality of life for couples, so that's a good...
vermont-fields asked: Who are you supporting for president? And why do you think Obama's compromise is still an attack on religious freedom? There are limits on all freedoms, one such limit should be that women should never be denied basic medical coverage, which includes contraception, because of a religious reason (in my opinion).
"NO ONE CAN CALL ME RACIST BECAUSE I LOVE ALL...
scarlettbrohansson:
sword-meets-rose:
scarlettbrohansson:
REAL QUOTE. REAL, 100% SERIOUS QUOTE BY A PERSON WHO WASN’T KIDDING.
MY DAD HAPPENED. THAT PERSON WAS MY DAD. HALF OF MY GENETIC INFORMATION CAME FROM HIM AND HE SAID THIS. HOW.
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Unacceptable: Organizations Reject the... →
badwolfcomplex:
This so-called “accommodation” changes nothing of moral substance and fails to remove the assault on religious liberty and the rights of conscience which gave rise to the controversy. It is certainly no compromise. The reason for the original bipartisan uproar was the administration’s insistence that religious employers, be they institutions or individuals, provide insurance...
"NO ONE CAN CALL ME RACIST BECAUSE I LOVE ALL...
scarlettbrohansson:
REAL QUOTE. REAL, 100% SERIOUS QUOTE BY A PERSON WHO WASN’T KIDDING.
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Fat Tuesday.
badwolfcomplex:
mystagogy:
lovelyloretta:
I don’t really understand the concept of overindulging in everything you’re not supposed to have during Lent.
As my priest always says, whatever you’re doing for Lent should not be something that you plan on going back to once Easter is here. You should do something that will affect your life forever after. As an adult, you shouldn’t give up candy...
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When it comes to life issues, it is more than just...
thatothersmaybelovedmorethani:
[TW: abortion, suicide, language]
It’s more than just abortion. It’s more than just euthanasia, physician assisted suicide, suicide, eugenics, etc.
It’s about the culture we live in. JP II said in his encyclical on life that there is a culture of life and a culture of death.
A culture is an unstated yet still known rules of the way we act = we’re accustomed to...
I have to weigh in tomorrow...
Three cups of green tea should help :D
