Clare. Nineteen. Doing the college thing and trying to expand my knowledge of people and why we do all the crazy shit we do.
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02
May
Lying is, almost by definition, a refusal to cooperate with others. It condenses a lack of trust and trustworthiness into a single act. It is both a failure of understanding and an unwillingness to be understood. To lie is to recoil from relationship.
Of course on a night like last night I would have dreams of waking to you as if the past seven months hadn’t happened. It’s a cruel thing how that shit can sneak up and assault you when you’re weak.
01
May
Seriously, if we believe a 14 year old is too immature to know how to take a pill, do we really think she’s adult enough to handle an unwanted pregnancy?
The truth is that the age restriction is completely arbitrary, tied only to our puritanical comfort levels. And listen, I get it; I think it’s fair to say that most people are uncomfortable with the idea of a 14 year old having sex. But here’s the thing - access to Plan B isn’t about keeping a 14 year old from having sex - by the time she gets to the pharmacy, that ship has sailed - it’s about keeping a 14 year old who has already had sex from getting pregnant. And despite what urban legend (or past embarrassing FDA memos) may tell you, making emergency contraception more available is not more likely to make young teens have sex - it will just make them less likely to end up pregnant.
We can’t let our discomfort with teen sex trump young people’s right to sexual and reproductive health and we can’t continue to let politics trump science. If we care about young women’s health and bodily autonomy and integrity, we’ll drop all age restrictions from emergency contraception. Anything less isn’t just illogical - it’s immoral.
“Hey, FDA: Drop the Plan B Age Restriction,” my latest at The Nation (via jessicavalenti)
No fucking shit. Hey, your call dummies: Do you want
a) a bunch of teenage girls taking morning after pills
or
b) a bunch of pregnant teenage girls?
Because there is no option c here.
Lightning round, bonus points to whoever can guess how many of those pregnant teenage girls will get the abortions you all dread so much…
and how many will die for not getting them…
or not getting them legally since I’m sure you’ll make that as impossible as you can for them too.
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Apr
27
Apr
She was extending a hand that I didn’t know how to take, so I broke its fingers with my silence.
(Source: hellanne)
It’s the full moon and everything is falling apart and slowly falling together and I don’t understand how things always work that way. I just want to kiss you at least ten more times before I leave this city, but I think that might be asking too much. When do I get to be greedy?
26
Apr
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