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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>I came up with the name before Bath and Body Works did.</description><title>JuniperBreeze</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @frosttenchi)</generator><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/</link><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4z6pa4LMZ1qiy0obo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4z6pa4LMZ1qiy0obo2_r1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/24399059969</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/24399059969</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 08:14:28 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>stevietegan:

“Out of the Game,” Rufus Wainwright
And Helena...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6KvTDeHlIfI?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://stevietegan.tumblr.com/post/21908754159/out-of-the-game-rufus-wainwright-and-helena" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;stevietegan&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Out of the Game,” Rufus Wainwright&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And Helena Bonham Carter as the sad, sad, sexy librarian. Obviously.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Love the clock in this so much.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/22149823253</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/22149823253</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:39:14 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>stevietegan:

“Out of the Game,” Rufus Wainwright
And Helena...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6KvTDeHlIfI?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://stevietegan.tumblr.com/post/21908754159/out-of-the-game-rufus-wainwright-and-helena" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;stevietegan&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Out of the Game,” Rufus Wainwright&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And Helena Bonham Carter as the sad, sad, sexy librarian. Obviously.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Love the clock in this so much.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/22148644090</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/22148644090</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:23:22 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>abaldwin360:

think-progress:

31 Republican men voted against...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33ydx0sAD1ql6jblo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://abaldwin360.tumblr.com/post/21873397853/think-progress-31-republican-men-voted-against"&gt;abaldwin360&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://think-progress.tumblr.com/post/21873109848/31-republican-men-voted-against-the-violence"&gt;think-progress&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/04/26/470585/senate-passes-violence-against-women-act/"&gt;31 Republican men voted against the Violence Against Women Act&lt;/a&gt; in the Senate today. All 5 Republican women voted for it. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Surprise. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But, there is no war on women. Right?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Right?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;*crickets*&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And 87% of Republicans in Congress voted to pass CISPA.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/21914428121</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/21914428121</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:20:18 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>megumiovvo:

bechnokid:

saiyan:


Actually, the “door” in...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2th4d5jye1qlrxk7o1_r1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2th4d5jye1qlrxk7o2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://megumiovvo.tumblr.com/post/21687365499/bechnokid-saiyan-actually-the-door-in"&gt;megumiovvo&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bechnokid.tumblr.com/post/21684111625/saiyan-actually-the-door-in-question-is"&gt;bechnokid&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://saiyan.tumblr.com/post/21647959071/actually-the-door-in-question-is-actually"&gt;saiyan&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xtizkDQ91qzaqgf.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Actually, the “door” in question is actually not a door at all!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If we turn this “door” clockwise we reveal…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xtkuyllU1qzaqgf.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;…that it is actually a door&lt;em&gt; frame&lt;/em&gt;!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is a piece of paneling from the doorframe in the First Class lounge based off a piece &lt;a href="http://titanic.gov.ns.ca/artifacts.asp?ID=7"&gt;that was actually recovered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xtnxrofs1qzaqgf.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This piece isn’t more than 3cm at maximum thickness!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In reality, if the panel in the movie was based off the actual panel, &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xtj2wxQy1qzaqgf.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;It shouldn’t have held either of them afloat!!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bless this post.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Woah…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I never saw Titanic, but I have heard these arguments, and Professor Layton makes everything better.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/21800144123</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/21800144123</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:44:48 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>I need feminism because...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://whoneedsfeminism.tumblr.com/post/21129005630/i-need-feminism-because"&gt;whoneedsfeminism&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I know when guys tell me that I’m “just like one of the guys” or “not like other girls”, they mean that as a compliment, but it is disrespectful to me, because I AM feminine in so many ways even if I also have masculine traits… and disrespectful to all women, because being feminine is not a flaw.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/21192308459</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/21192308459</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:05:01 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1k6b2prws1qewacoo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/20448645612</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/20448645612</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:13:24 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>I have discovered Pusheen. The cuteness!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvz4rnkgcm1qhy6c9o1_400.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvz4rnkgcm1qhy6c9o2_400.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvz4rnkgcm1qhy6c9o3_400.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvz4rnkgcm1qhy6c9o4_400.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvz4rnkgcm1qhy6c9o5_400.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvz4rnkgcm1qhy6c9o6_400.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have discovered Pusheen. The cuteness!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/20448277369</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/20448277369</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:06:46 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>stevietegan:

kateoplis:

Two orphaned baby burrowing owls,...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1clvpnGiQ1qzprlbo1_r1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://stevietegan.tumblr.com/post/19835038768/kateoplis-two-orphaned-baby-burrowing-owls" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;stevietegan&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kateoplis.tumblr.com/post/19787794914/two-orphaned-baby-burrowing-owls-nicknamed"&gt;kateoplis&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;Two orphaned baby burrowing owls, nicknamed Linford and Christie, have moved into the home of their keeper Jimmy Robinson. The owlets were hatched in an incubator at Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire, and are now being hand-reared by Jimmy. The native American birds, which get their name from living in small burrows in the wild, can find plenty of nooks and crannys about his flat to hide. Tea cups and bookcases are a particular favourite, says Jimmy, but it’s good to see them developing their natural behaviour and they always seem to find me at meal times. &lt;/span&gt;Photo: Pete Willows/BNPS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The cutest.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/19873590861</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/19873590861</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:25:58 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"The only copy protection I need is the fact that tomorrow’s comic doesn’t exist yet and my brain’s..."</title><description>“The only copy protection I need is the fact that tomorrow’s comic doesn’t exist yet and my brain’s the only place that bakes that cookie.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/#!/rstevens"&gt;RStevens&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dieselsweeties/diesel-sweeties-ebook-stravaganza-3000"&gt;on Kickstarter&lt;/a&gt; explaining why he’s releasing his forthcoming &lt;a href="http://www.dieselsweeties.com/"&gt;Diesel Sweeties&lt;/a&gt; ebook DRM-free. (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.dianakimball.com/"&gt;dianakimball&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It’s true. Also, I really like cookies.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am all for protecting copyright, but that means the Creator has control. FreEbooks FTW!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/17686260850</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/17686260850</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:16:22 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw7ytsfiTL1r8pfb8o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/15649057644</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/15649057644</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:01:28 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Will Smith created everything</title><description>&lt;p&gt;To be perfectly honest, I only recognize a few of these dance moves. And I think he&amp;#8217;s mocking Carlton in the first one.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wowfunniestposts.tumblr.com/post/12973616108/will-smith-created-everything"&gt;wowfunniestposts&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Cat Daddy:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo3nxdDaJL1qf2lpz.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Shuffle:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo3ny2jeYd1qf2lpz.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Single Ladies Dance:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo3omkdO3W1qf2lpz.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Stanky Leg:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo3osiRVN61qf2lpz.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Cyclone:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo3owg2PwL1qf2lpz.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Dougie:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo3p3nzuxI1qf2lpz.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/13090645565</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/13090645565</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:30:48 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Clearly, Carol.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnl86pcXwp1qca48mo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Clearly,&lt;/em&gt; Carol.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/7072758410</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/7072758410</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:20:49 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Reblogged relationship snippet</title><description>&lt;a href="http://hitnrunheretic.tumblr.com/post/6736608206"&gt;Reblogged relationship snippet&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;I have never seen 500 Days of Summer, but I heard about it, and though similar things. Spoilers follow.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://szmoon.net/post/6737315228"&gt;szmoon&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://hitnrunheretic.tumblr.com/post/6736608206"&gt;hitnrunheretic&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Excuse me? I’m sorry but do you want to explain to me &lt;em&gt;how &lt;/em&gt;exactly Summer is a bitch?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is it because she made it clear from the start what she wanted from  the relationship and what she was willing to give and then didn’t change  her mind? (P.S. Tom agreed that he was fine with not being serious &lt;em&gt;even though he clearly wasn’t fine with it&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is she a bitch because she broke up with a guy when she was no longer  happy in the relationship and didn’t want to make herself miserable by  sticking around.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Or is it because she &lt;em&gt;didn’t &lt;/em&gt;fall madly in love with Tom?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Because you know when someone has feelings for you you are obligated  to return those feelings. And even if you don’t feel the same way you  should ignore how you feel and cater to the other person’s feelings and  needs because heaven forbid you ~break their heart~ by &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; being in love with them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Because you know everyone can just control how and when and &lt;em&gt;if &lt;/em&gt;they fall in love. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;God damnit&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/6786037964</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/6786037964</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:26:49 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln6q42nvYO1qca48mo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/6786004479</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/6786004479</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:24:03 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>So much old sci-fi</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I agree with Charles L. Fontenay in his story &amp;#8220;The Gift Bearer,&amp;#8221; by disagreeing strongly with his character Montcalm. Silly man.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/6646249635</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/6646249635</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:53:52 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Tardis Dress Get!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://douxmerise.tumblr.com/post/6530815930"&gt;Tardis Dress Get!&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://douxmerise.tumblr.com/post/6530815930"&gt;douxmerise&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Finished the TARDIS dress!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/6530908780</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/6530908780</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:39:16 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Arctic Fox squishable IRL, photo by *woxys</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lji0o7U1jt1qca48mo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Arctic Fox squishable IRL, photo by *woxys&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/4529394268</link><guid>http://juniperbreeze.com/post/4529394268</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:31:19 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>ladyscouts:

The “Sometimes Just Being a Woman is Really Hard”...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgprrn74461qeotllo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ladyscouts.tumblr.com/post/3327738094"&gt;ladyscouts&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The “Sometimes Just Being a Woman is Really Hard” Badge&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Ed. Note: This badge is a break from our normal schedule of jokes, jokes, and more dumb jokes. It’s a serious response to the extremely troubling political and social climate, to a world that is becoming more and more hostile to women everywhere. Next time, there will be a badge about tampons or roller derby, but today we’re all pretty focused on this.) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am having some trouble being a lady right now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With the crazy bills in South Dakota (and many other states, South Dakota is by no means a fluke), a bill put forth to redefine the meaning of rape, the news that &lt;a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41598622/ns/us_news-life/"&gt;The Pentagon ignores the complaints of rape victims&lt;/a&gt;, the heartbreaking story of Lara Logan’s attack (and the &lt;a href="http://www.judithmatloff.com/correspondentsandsexualabuse.pdf"&gt;alarming number of female journalists who are sexually assaulted&lt;/a&gt;), the fact that only six percent of rapists will see the inside of a jail cell while 25 percent of women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime, and just the general business of getting through life and work when people occasionally see you as an unequal based solely on your gender has my lady soul feeling just a little bit crushed right now. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Normally events like the ones we’re witnessing in Congress only serve to reignite my passion in working for women. I feel a need to protect the rights and privileges my foremothers fought and died to give me. I feel the responsibility to ensure that my (hypothetical) daughters are privy to the same rights afforded to me. Normally I speak at rallies and let comments by counter-protesters that I “gave up my right to privacy when I let a man ‘enter’ me” just roll off my back. Normally I don’t let the opposition see that they are getting to me. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But lately I’ve started to feel something I hate admitting to: I feel vulnerable.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And how can you feel anything but vulnerable when we are witnessing a &lt;a href="http://jezebel.com/#!5761229/fighting-back-in-the-house-republicans-war-on-choice"&gt;war on women&lt;/a&gt; so bad it’s unlike anything our generation has ever seen. People sent to protect and serve our best interests, our Congressmen, are engaged in a planned and strategic attack on our rights that is so dirty I cringe at the very thought. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And so I feel vulnerable. And I start to think about all the ways in which I protect myself each and every day. I protect myself from getting pregnant. I protect myself by carrying pepper spray and never walking in bad neighborhoods alone at night. I protect myself by being cautious about telling people where I live. I protect myself by working for women’s rights. As a lady, you always have to find some way to protect yourself, because, frankly, you are always under attack. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This isn’t meant to sound defeatist — by no means am I going to lay my armor down. I wouldn’t trade being a woman for anything in the world. If only because quality female friendships make up for all of the other shz we have to deal with each and every day. If only because there is a shared understanding of what it takes to be a woman and a legacy of womanhood that we need to keep alive. No, despite all of the crap we deal with based solely on our reproductive organs, I wouldn’t give up being a lady.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, Lady Scouts, I know this is a break from the normal banter (I’ll write a badge about killing spiders soon, I promise), but I want to award you with a badge for being a lady. And dealing with the things a lady has to deal with. Because sometimes that’s the hardest task of all. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Submitted by &lt;a href="http://joyengel.tumblr.com"&gt;Joy Engel&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
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