“From what I can tell, morality is a word. Nothing more. There are the things people do when others are watching and the things we do when they aren’t.”
— Stephanie Kuehn, Charm & Strange
(via books-n-quotes)
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“The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”
— Maya Angelou
(via yesdarlingido)
You know, there are a lot of lonely people in this world.
And not lonely because they are pathetic. Lonely because they feel something that maybe no one around them understands. Or lonely because they have desires that many people lead them to believe are things they should be ashamed of. Or lonely because the people who they spend their lives with, and who should love them most, barely acknowledge them or give them any real attention. It’s sad. And in a lot of ways their need, and we all have that need regardless of how happy we are, to make a connection with other people is truly touching.
Part of what I loved about tumblr was the idea that no matter where you came from, someone would pull up a chair, listen to you, try to understand you, and ultimately say “It’s cool. You are safe here. You’re weird and I love it” There were only two Golden rules to receive this acceptance, safety, and love; NO minors and NO hate.
And I think this is what is at the root of why I am so pissed off at Tumblr for banning adult content. Not because I can’t see someone giving a hummer on the site, I can find that in 2 seconds on the web if I want to. I’m pissed because Tumblr decided to say to a lot of people “Well, you really aren’t safe. It’s not cool. Your kind of weird is something we don’t love.” And that is some real dog shit as far as I am concerned.