A dark day in US History - from Justice Sotomayor's dissenting opinion: "The Court’s willingness to do so here does irrevocable damage to the Equal Protection Clause and invites legislatures to engage in discrimination by hiding blatant sex classifications in plain sight. It also authorizes, without second thought, untold harm to transgender children and the parents and families who love them. Because there is no constitutional justification for that result, I dissent." source
Tumblr user soliddarrity:
Not to reinvent the wheel over here but humanity is sooo right about tea. It really is the perfect finnicky little thing to do. You can use it as an excuse to get up and transition to the next thing for yourself or with others; you can use tea as the centerpiece for socializing; you can use it as a meditative device or a comfort ritual or as medicine or to soothe pain or to set intentions or go to bed or to wake up. And most tea is pretty inexpensive, healthy and sometimes you can just harvest the ingredients yourself. And there's a set amount of time it takes to heat up the water and prepare your cup and let it steep, which is all part of a ritual that makes it fast but not instantaneous which is. Good. source
Not to reinvent the wheel over here but humanity is sooo right about tea. It really is the perfect finnicky little thing to do. You can use it as an excuse to get up and transition to the next thing for yourself or with others; you can use tea as the centerpiece for socializing; you can use it as a meditative device or a comfort ritual or as medicine or to soothe pain or to set intentions or go to bed or to wake up. And most tea is pretty inexpensive, healthy and sometimes you can just harvest the ingredients yourself. And there's a set amount of time it takes to heat up the water and prepare your cup and let it steep, which is all part of a ritual that makes it fast but not instantaneous which is. Good. source
Twitter user Caroline (@carolinekwan):
we fight for the rights of immigrants not because they are "hard working" (which places their value in the labor they provide) but because they are human beings who deserve to be treated with dignity source
we fight for the rights of immigrants not because they are "hard working" (which places their value in the labor they provide) but because they are human beings who deserve to be treated with dignity source
Transcript: "Jay Hulme
"That's the thing about being trans.
"Now that I've transitioned I'm so comfortable and settled and just... Warm and calm in myself, its unbelievable.
"But the world outside turned into a firey mess, and my relationships with others became a fucking warzone.
"Trans people aren't sad because we're trans.
"We're sad because people hate us, and attack us, and work to undermine the joy and peace we've found in ourselves and our lives and our honesty." source
"That's the thing about being trans.
"Now that I've transitioned I'm so comfortable and settled and just... Warm and calm in myself, its unbelievable.
"But the world outside turned into a firey mess, and my relationships with others became a fucking warzone.
"Trans people aren't sad because we're trans.
"We're sad because people hate us, and attack us, and work to undermine the joy and peace we've found in ourselves and our lives and our honesty." source