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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>It’s a little cheesy, but hopefully you’re into it.</description><title>SublimeBeeEssery's Curio Cabinet</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @sublimebeeessery)</generator><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Personal Experiences with Rape Culture: maisonmartinmargielous: there is literally nothing a man who I am not...</title><description>&lt;a href="http://rapeculturerealities.tumblr.com/post/51049938144/maisonmartinmargielous-there-is-literally"&gt;Personal Experiences with Rape Culture: maisonmartinmargielous: there is literally nothing a man who I am not...&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://maisonmartinmargielous.tumblr.com/post/51048793748/there-is-literally-nothing-a-man-who-i-am-not" target="_blank"&gt;maisonmartinmargielous&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;there is literally nothing a man who I am not attracted to in any shape or form can do to make me want him&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I hate this idea that there are tips and tricks to getting women like the fact that you have to essentially deceive and disguise yourself in order for someone…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51051647852</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51051647852</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:23:49 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>legallyunderage:

#signalbost
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/98115798b15c62a4f07c9ca0e1c9ae1c/tumblr_mn6niqkE3p1qglunxo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://legallyunderage.tumblr.com/post/51049154030/signalbost"&gt;legallyunderage&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;#signalbost&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51050940846</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51050940846</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:09:44 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f8044f3eb16b5c9e8b9d0a8a05a0f9e1/tumblr_mn6mkosa6O1qj33bmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51050607143</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51050607143</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:03:24 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>spainstateofmind:

not-here-for-it:

ladyknucklesinshape:

blacky...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0e3e024ed9d856d55c94be6d7750a001/tumblr_mfyem7UHkH1risghyo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://spainstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/50891292673/not-here-for-it-ladyknucklesinshape"&gt;spainstateofmind&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://not-here-for-it.tumblr.com/post/50789665682/ladyknucklesinshape-blackyogis-extended"&gt;not-here-for-it&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ladyknux.com/post/50426527446/blackyogis-extended-standing-leg-stretch"&gt;ladyknucklesinshape&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blackyogis.tumblr.com/post/50308585698/extended-standing-leg-stretch-utthita-hasta"&gt;blackyogis&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Extended Standing Leg Stretch &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One of the biggest myths about flexibilty I keep hearing is that one has to be skinny to be flexible…well…that’s NOT true.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I wish there were more larger folk pictures doing workouts.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/a7fb96ef04ce7637bb39919a6786f201/tumblr_inline_mn14k8PojB1qz4rgp.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;YES GOOD&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;the best reaction is being in bed with someone and they freak out because you can do stretchy sex positions while being big&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51025721075</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51025721075</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:33:05 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Okay holy SHIT that point about cruelty free.</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Okay holy SHIT that point about cruelty free.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51025105388</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51025105388</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:25:10 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>niggaimdeadass:

gatsbysfuneral:

sulitati:

La Cosecha / The...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3044c32f2306c290d872869f29744650/tumblr_mlvobs1WsI1qbko6go1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8e759aa53cf8337fe05a67970d956d30/tumblr_mlvobs1WsI1qbko6go2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4575092207a353a1aa62ca01df65ac77/tumblr_mlvobs1WsI1qbko6go3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c099ff89fec4722098b2169cf599d57c/tumblr_mlvobs1WsI1qbko6go4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://niggaimdeadass.tumblr.com/post/49019866401/gatsbysfuneral-sulitati-la-cosecha-the"&gt;niggaimdeadass&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gatsbysfuneral.tumblr.com/post/48974281834"&gt;gatsbysfuneral&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sulitati.tumblr.com/post/48947037710/la-cosecha-the-harvest-2011-every-year"&gt;sulitati&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;La Cosecha / The Harvest (2011)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Every year there are more than 400,000 American children who are torn away from their friends, schools and homes to pick the food we all eat.  Zulema, Perla and Victor labor as migrant farm workers, sacrificing their own childhoods to help their families survive.  The Harvest / La Cosecha profiles these three as they journey from the scorching heat of Texas’ onion fields to the winter snows of the Michigan apple orchards and back south to the humidity of Florida’s tomato fields to follow the harvest and provides an intimate glimpse into the lives of these children who struggle to dream while working 12 – 14 hours a day, 7 days a week to feed America.”&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;just goes to show you that not consuming animals does not mean you are supporting a system that is cruelty free &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;^^^^^^^&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;THANK YOU &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SHIT&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51024948143</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51024948143</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:23:07 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"White man will say anything. ‘Niggas, don’t write on that wall! That’s illegal!’ Then he’ll find a..."</title><description>“White man will say anything. ‘Niggas, don’t write on that wall! That’s illegal!’ Then he’ll find a mountain and put his face on it.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;p&gt;Paul Mooney (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://black-culture.tumblr.com/"&gt;black-culture&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;not to mention the mountains the white man “finds” are owned by the indigenous (Sioux) people of the Black Hills and are regarded as sacred.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;but yeah, let a negro decorate a brick wall and whitey starts whipping out his baton&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theblacksupremacist.tumblr.com/"&gt;theblacksupremacist&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51024900401</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51024900401</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:22:29 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d35503a5422e6faf4ea80fe68c6340e3/tumblr_mmo11nYzdU1qftpvxo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f4611f8657de36bbc5ebd4d6fea68cf0/tumblr_mmo11nYzdU1qftpvxo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d8f06ec6b825cf80f3b1ca89e0576f97/tumblr_mmo11nYzdU1qftpvxo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c3c491cab4818766f96409a74d51a209/tumblr_mmo11nYzdU1qftpvxo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51024835519</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51024835519</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:21:39 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>josephjoestarisagdilf:

rilakkumao:

jenngofett:

theinvisiblemus...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fbddd86f72849ddeb3b04d5d22f369fd/tumblr_ml7virBdrD1qexvcfo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/669b3dc50a8978c926ceb97838fd0439/tumblr_ml7virBdrD1qexvcfo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Creeper Juice w/Creeper Ice Cubes&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/20ba30e70fbb6f2fcae6f77d6c6c7a8a/tumblr_ml7virBdrD1qexvcfo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5706211932156367c92644507e790c27/tumblr_ml7virBdrD1qexvcfo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/be818dec40b6ba0f2ac540e1ba23b7ed/tumblr_ml7virBdrD1qexvcfo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9d98c7e8aada294d7fcb6b99266787e3/tumblr_ml7virBdrD1qexvcfo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1052731e1923c7b87da3aea41c93767a/tumblr_ml7virBdrD1qexvcfo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0eece33fc70391cffb8029223653cc52/tumblr_ml7virBdrD1qexvcfo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://josephjoestarisagdilf.tumblr.com/post/47914253112"&gt;josephjoestarisagdilf&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rilakkumao.tumblr.com/post/47908216207/jenngofett-theinvisiblemuse-just-had-a"&gt;rilakkumao&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jenngofett.tumblr.com/post/47908134767"&gt;jenngofett&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theinvisiblemuse.tumblr.com/post/47903967799/just-had-a-minecraft-themed-birthday-party-for-my"&gt;theinvisiblemuse&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Just had a Minecraft themed Birthday Party for my son today. Here’s a few pics. Part 1: Food Station&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;MY GOD.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;omg i should do this for my brother, he’d love it so  much&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I DESIRE THIS IDGAF IF IM TURNING 21&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;27th birthday idea spotted&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51024753830</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51024753830</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:20:37 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>wearyruler:

thekingdomofben:

I don’t claim to understand girls but I’m fairly sure they’re all up...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wearyruler.tumblr.com/post/47993003338/thekingdomofben-i-dont-claim-to-understand"&gt;wearyruler&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thekingdomofben.tumblr.com/post/47991034658/i-dont-claim-to-understand-girls-but-im-fairly"&gt;thekingdomofben&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don’t claim to understand girls but I’m fairly sure they’re all up to something and need to be stopped&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is the Republican party platform.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;qft&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51024664449</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51024664449</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:19:28 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"Masses of people think that feminism is always and only about women seeking to be equal to men. And..."</title><description>“Masses of people think that feminism is always and only about women seeking to be equal to men. And a huge majority of these folks think feminism is anti-male. Their misunderstanding of feminist politics reflects the reality that most folks learn about feminism from patriarchal mass media.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;bell hooks (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ceedling.tumblr.com/"&gt;ceedling&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51024551204</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51024551204</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:18:01 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Women of color all over the world: We need feminism because we are told our naturally dark skin is unattractive and it needs to be lighter in order to have better economic opportunities, become more appealing to men (of all races), and treated with more respect by society.&#13;</title><description>Women of color all over the world: We need feminism because we are told our naturally dark skin is unattractive and it needs to be lighter in order to have better economic opportunities, become more appealing to men (of all races), and treated with more respect by society.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
White women: OMG how is that a feminist issue?? We are called pale if we don't tan. It's totes the same thing.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
WOC: Really?!?!</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51024422075</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51024422075</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:16:22 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>#transmisogyny</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sportsworu.tumblr.com/post/50997223653"&gt;sportsworu&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;dont fucking include roseanne barr in photosets of “strong woman quotes” she believes trans* women are pedophiles simply because they want to be able to use womens restrooms a woman who attacks other women does not deserve praise or idolization&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51010240013</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51010240013</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:13:07 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8884b4ecce961b5f04db1313256b811f/tumblr_mkanu8sgXh1rsyqf9o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51010128158</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51010128158</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:11:37 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>samorchard:

I did a comic about marriage...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/27548af868fda85015d55b803e6e9889/tumblr_mmpx24UWqQ1qblox7o2_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://samorchard.tumblr.com/post/50318030382/i-did-a-comic-about-marriage-equality"&gt;samorchard&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I did a comic about marriage equality…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Original: &lt;a href="http://www.roostertailscomic.com/?p=1588"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roostertailscomic.com/?p=1588"&gt;http://www.roostertailscomic.com/?p=1588&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51009944211</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/51009944211</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:09:09 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>: The Obamas Double Teamed That Ass</title><description>&lt;a href="http://sonofbaldwin.tumblr.com/post/50932707103/the-obamas-double-teamed-that-ass"&gt;: The Obamas Double Teamed That Ass&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sonofbaldwin.tumblr.com/post/50932707103/the-obamas-double-teamed-that-ass"&gt;sonofbaldwin&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" height="353" id="irc_mi" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md5847njFv1qbvrizo1_500.png" width="500"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The First Lady and the President of the United States have officially told all the Negroes that they are not here for your lazy, hoop-dreaming, rapper-fantasizing, video-game-addicted, blame-it-on-the-white-man, media-whorish asses. They are over your excuses and they don’t want to hear it…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/50938281070</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/50938281070</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:11:41 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Postcards from Space: Why Do Men Keep Putting Me in the Girlfriend-Zone?</title><description>&lt;a href="http://postcardsfromspace.tumblr.com/post/50864684957/why-do-men-keep-putting-me-in-the-girlfriend-zone"&gt;Postcards from Space: Why Do Men Keep Putting Me in the Girlfriend-Zone?&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://literaryreference.tumblr.com/post/50677204942/why-do-men-keep-putting-me-in-the-girlfriend-zone"&gt;literaryreference&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You know how it is, right, ladies? You know a guy for a while. You hang out with him. You do fun things with him—play video games, watch movies, go hiking, go to concerts. You invite him to your parties. You listen to his problems. You do all this because you think he…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/50921000925</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/50921000925</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:18:42 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>dearscarlet:

Dear Scarlet,
I remember sitting in that tiny...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e6fca54bf7da5e3a08dc31630f2a55bd/tumblr_mmuk0abctY1qzdf50o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dearscarlet.tumblr.com/post/50500855328/dear-scarlet-i-remember-sitting-in-that-tiny"&gt;dearscarlet&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dear Scarlet,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I remember sitting in that tiny apartment in a creaky wooden chair that your dad and I painted red and black one afternoon. I remember spreading newspaper all over our kitchen floor and doodling little stick people in love and apples with paint on our chairs. We were kids in a clubhouse, babies. The chair was janky and I was rocking in it back and forth, scanning wikipedia. There was snow outside and I was listening to The Beatles on youtube before there were ads. I was maybe 2 or 3 weeks pregnant. I found out so early. I simply felt plural. Your presence was so strong, even then. I had no idea if you were a boy or a girl, except that I did. Scarlet. The minute we said it out loud there was no argument. It’s just who you were. Wikipedia told me that it was the official color of flames and blood. I thought of passion.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I had one wish for you, it’s the same one I have today. I want you to live passionately. I want you to find something specific that you care about and run with it, to change people with it. To affect and be affected. That’s all I’ve ever wanted for you. In a way, I feel that you’ve gotten a running start. You already do it. You have this actually unbelievable charisma. I have no idea where you come from. Light and life beams out of you like some sort of natural force. You’re amazing. I know that I’m biased, but I do believe that to be true either way. You’re special. Your presence is strong, specific.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I know exactly the way you looked when they first put you on my chest. I don’t mean how you looked &lt;em&gt;to&lt;/em&gt; me, I mean how you looked&lt;em&gt;at&lt;/em&gt; me, the energy you were putting out. There’s a light in those eyes, it was there then and it’s still there today… even after everything we’ve put you through. I don’t have a lot of constant things in my life. My life has always been a revolving door of people, not many constants. That’s why I do things like get emotionally attached to shoes and get sad when I break a nail that’s been around for awhile. I don’t like it when things go away, when eras end. But that energy is constant.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Maybe that’s why joint custody is such a hard thing for me. You are my baby. I grew you. I’ve nurtured you since that day you first looked up at us. It’s funny, you think that I would have looked down at you like &lt;em&gt;“I got you.”&lt;/em&gt; And, I do. Until the day you die, &lt;strong&gt;I got you&lt;/strong&gt;. But when I think back on that moment, that is not what I remember. I remember you looking up at me like, “Hi. I exist. I’m real and I’m here and I got &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;.” That’s not fair. It’s not fair to put that kind of pressure on a child. I am not your responsibility. I don’t think I consciously do it. But it’s your spirit, you look out for people. You always have. Your middle name is Aurora after the northern lights. It’s so appropriate. You are passionate intriguing light. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Scarlet Aurora, I am so proud of the human you decide to be everyday. Raising you has been the greatest privilege of my life. I’m proud of your courage and ambition, the way you cope and take care of the people around you. I love your absolutely contagious happiness. My brain never could have wrapped myself around the brilliant human you’d become back when you were just a name. You are so much more than that.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think that’s why when I see little things that you bring home from school with those letters sprawled across them, S C A R L E T, my heart flutters a little. Scarlet Aurora. That’s who you were before you even were at all. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/50604486860</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/50604486860</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:05:15 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>dearscarlet:

Dear Scarlet, About a month ago you asked if you...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f8b172ec4adfb0fc96dfa9e1637b91c8/tumblr_mmuikwqRP01qzdf50o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/172272b04a3c753d8e427145bd19fef1/tumblr_mmuikwqRP01qzdf50o2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dearscarlet.tumblr.com/post/50499385611/dear-scarlet-about-a-month-ago-you-asked-if-you"&gt;dearscarlet&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Dear Scarlet, &lt;br/&gt;About a month ago you asked if you could have a &lt;a href="http://dearscarlet.tumblr.com/post/15802484606/dear-scarlet-you-wanted-a-mohawk-we-let-you-get"&gt;“circle mohawk”&lt;/a&gt; again. I told you to think about it because you’ve been growing your hair out for so long and I didn’t want you to regret it. On Sunday night I told you I had a hair appointment with Allison the next day. You asked if you could get your hair cut like that again, but you were laying down for bed and not supposed to be talking so I ignored you. The next day you asked twice, so I finally said I didn’t care and that you look beautiful whatever you decide. The last time your hair was like this you weren’t in school yet, I was so nervous about kids being cruel. I walked you to school on Tuesday morning and stayed awhile to make sure everything was going to go smoothly, which it did. When I picked you up you said, &lt;em&gt;“Olivia liked my hair. She said she didn’t want her hair like this, but she liked mine like this. And we’re still friends. That’ just like how I don’t want to have purple hair like Allison, but I love Allison’s purple hair. You don’t have to have all the same stuff as your friends.”&lt;/em&gt; Wise beyond your years, baby child. I’m so proud of you and how you have the courage to be exactly who you want to be, despite any other outside influences. While we’re on the topic of gender, when I was at parent teacher conferences a few months ago a mom of this little boy approached me. She told me how he wanted to paint his nails and go to school. She let him. When he came home he said, “Scarlet loved my nails, Mom!” I’ve never been so proud. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;holyshit holyshit holyshit the quotes from the kids are so hope-inducing =D =D =D&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/50604206254</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/50604206254</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:01:29 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>catsquatch:

spooky shorts weather

They all look so sad. Sad...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8e93ee693321e5cb3226868352559240/tumblr_mmuye7NZN61qk5ycko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://catsquatch.tumblr.com/post/50519444208/spooky-shorts-weather"&gt;catsquatch&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;spooky shorts weather&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;They all look so sad. Sad Spooky Shorts Season =’(&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/50604080380</link><guid>http://sublimebeeessery.tumblr.com/post/50604080380</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:59:48 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
