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My name is Jillian.
I like to write novels, break binaries, and philosophize about everything.
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have likely never felt the flood of relief that there is a WORD FOR WHAT YOU ARE after spending years wondering if you were broken, what was wrong with you, feeling ridiculously isolated and having other people complain about things you can’t change about yourself. If there’s a…
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On my post about toothbrushes, Jami asked about my choice of toothpaste. It’s a good question, since most toothpaste is either packaged in plastic or full of ingredients I don’t particularly want in my mouth. I haven’t used toothpaste for a couple of years now, preferring to brush with just water. I do, however, have… http://dlvr.it/1bJTsp
Hogwarts Houses Hijabi-fied.
This is all kinds of awesome.
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In many of my social circles, saying “I’m not a feminist” is roughly equivalent to saying “I am Satan”. If you aren’t a feminist, you must be a sexist, which is the lowest form of scum, and your arguments are no longer valid. To avoid causing this ad hominem reaction and having my arguments ignored,… http://dlvr.it/1Y8WGq
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I don’t like this expression “First World problems.” It is false and it is condescending. Yes, Nigerians struggle with floods or infant mortality. But these same Nigerians also deal with mundane and seemingly luxurious hassles. Connectivity issues on your BlackBerry, cost of car repair, how to sync your iPad, what brand of noodles to buy: Third World problems. All the silly stuff of life doesn’t disappear just because you’re black and live in a poorer country. People in the richer nations need a more robust sense of the lives being lived in the darker nations. Here’s a First World problem: the inability to see that others are as fully complex and as keen on technology and pleasure as you are.
— “What’s Wrong with First World Problems” (via grrrlstudies)
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Once upon a time, I experienced love at first sight, except it wasn’t romantic love and we couldn’t actually see each other because we met online. I am drawn to people who are good at spelling and use punctuation in instant messages; it’s the internet equivalent of a great smile. And if that great internet… http://dlvr.it/1T1fXY
‘Fat’ is usually the first insult a girl throws at another girl when she wants to hurt her.
I mean, is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat’ worse than ‘vindictive’, ‘jealous’, ‘shallow’, ‘vain’, ‘boring’ or ‘cruel’? Not to me; but then, you might retort, what do I know about the pressure to be skinny? I’m not in the business of being judged on my looks, what with being a writer and earning my living by using my brain…
I went to the British Book Awards that evening. After the award ceremony I bumped into a woman I hadn’t seen for nearly three years. The first thing she said to me? ‘You’ve lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw you!’
‘Well,’ I said, slightly nonplussed, ‘the last time you saw me I’d just had a baby.’
What I felt like saying was, ‘I’ve produced my third child and my sixth novel since I last saw you. Aren’t either of those things more important, more interesting, than my size?’ But no – my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book: finally, something to celebrate!
I’d rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny – a thousand things, before ‘thin’. And frankly, I’d rather they didn’t give a gust of stinking chihuahua flatulence whether the woman standing next to them has fleshier knees than they do. Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons.
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