I've been feeling feisty and feminist-y today and I found this wonderful quote on my new obsession tumblr that I want to share with everyone.

You Don’t Have to Be Pretty. You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you ( Read more... )

I’ve been re-reading New Moon and was struck by the following passage which I read late last night. I’ve never been that impressed with Meyer’s writing skills (in fact she’s been downright awful at times which I will blog about another time) but this passage really struck me with its simplicity and conveyance of emotion.

I was all ready to post the ( Read more... )