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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></description><title>Photographs and Memories</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @thestudyofmettle)</generator><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>sakura-mashiro:

Jeanne d’Arc by ~Vassantha
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2430625c91ce3003ad8ad1cbb635d85f/tumblr_mmc4uuxli91qlmqi1o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sakura-mashiro.tumblr.com/post/49698072906/jeanne-darc-by-vassantha"&gt;sakura-mashiro&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://vassantha.deviantart.com/art/Jeanne-d-Arc-251145006"&gt;Jeanne d’Arc&lt;/a&gt; by ~&lt;a href="http://vassantha.deviantart.com/"&gt;Vassantha&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50993341593</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50993341593</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:34:01 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>I finally got a date for receiving my tax refund. As I&amp;#8217;m trying to get a car, get into an...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I finally got a date for receiving my tax refund. As I&amp;#8217;m trying to get a car, get into an apartment, and start a job, ~$500 would help out a lot right now. People, especially my older brother, have been really generous, but I have still been having nightmares about not having enough money. It&amp;#8217;s not the greatest place to be in.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;ll be receiving it on Thursday, which happens to be my birthday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Happy birthday to me!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hopefully now the bad dreams will stop.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50990959629</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50990959629</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:44:57 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>anthonyholden:

Parenting is about giving.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bc28a4d95ce75035250df759c5a8565d/tumblr_mn3qv285tW1r3t765o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://anthonyholden.tumblr.com/post/50909501261/parenting-is-about-giving" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;anthonyholden&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Parenting is about giving.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50990564391</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50990564391</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:36:23 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f370bd21e885c3f87864e066cd7087a4/tumblr_mi3ahbWilJ1qe7dlao1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50988026483</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50988026483</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:38:47 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>fairytalemood:

“Rapunzel” &amp; “Sleeping Beauty” by Glenn...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/191dbd37bec02f105244db7e5868e48b/tumblr_mmh0749wao1qj5qvfo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1ddfdfbcd6c616d51fd5eb5476f3b056/tumblr_mmh0749wao1qj5qvfo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fairytalemood.tumblr.com/post/50261933311/rapunzel-sleeping-beauty-by-glenn-arthur"&gt;fairytalemood&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Rapunzel” &amp; “Sleeping Beauty” by &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/artist.glennarthurart"&gt;Glenn Arthur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50985731818</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50985731818</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 07:41:45 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>raychleadele:

theremina:

Bruno Walpoth

CAN WE ALL JUST TAKE A...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d0c10b56f8bc35828553771afcf7720d/tumblr_mn33vdWfnr1qzrdsyo2_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0216e402dd009d5b0dd7b6b85da938c2/tumblr_mn33vdWfnr1qzrdsyo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ccc8c4a8179502d6e0d72350349a0b97/tumblr_mn33vdWfnr1qzrdsyo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://raychleadele.tumblr.com/post/50896278609/theremina-bruno-walpoth-can-we-all-just-take" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;raychleadele&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theremina.tumblr.com/post/50891246561/bruno-walpoth"&gt;theremina&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.walpoth.com/"&gt;Bruno Walpoth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;CAN WE ALL JUST TAKE A SECOND TO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT HE CARVES THESE OUT OF WOOD I MEAN SERIOUSLY GO LOOK AT HIS WEBPAGE AND STARE AT THOSE PERFECT FACES MAN I THINK I MIGHT PEE MYSELF&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50983586763</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50983586763</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:43:41 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>theamericankid:

Tumblr needs more of this….whatever this is. 
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/12b9e3a105c6ee6741ee7d3984c13991/tumblr_mmuz75El4E1qcb5fko1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ba9a2f3e1e336d3dce4f44e34a37acd3/tumblr_mmuz75El4E1qcb5fko2_r1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f26551cdf62532b7650aaa401d9ba6d7/tumblr_mmuz75El4E1qcb5fko3_r1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a58f886503ee78d00d56ef536de527e7/tumblr_mmuz75El4E1qcb5fko4_r1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theamericankid.com/post/50529088111/tumblr-needs-more-of-this-whatever-this-is"&gt;theamericankid&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Tumblr needs more of this….whatever this is. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50981618498</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50981618498</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 05:45:55 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>
Tim Hawkinson - Mobius Ship (2011)
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_man1vdc7M31qe31lco1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_man1vdc7M31qe31lco2_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_man1vdc7M31qe31lco3_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acegallery.net/artistmenu.php?Artist=1"&gt;Tim Hawkinson&lt;/a&gt; -&lt;em&gt; Mobius Ship&lt;/em&gt; (2011)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50979892601</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50979892601</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:48:25 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>sharanga:

There’s no place like…Treebones Resort, USA.
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8db18b2944e032593cb5f362070df002/tumblr_mmid7cSc801spoxq8o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/eb92271336f54ea40275acdad74f29b1/tumblr_mmid7cSc801spoxq8o3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/893f73e695fb9609c18b0a5a399e77fa/tumblr_mmid7cSc801spoxq8o2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sharanga.tumblr.com/post/49980172441/theres-no-place-like-treebones-resort-usa"&gt;sharanga&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There’s no place like…Treebones Resort, USA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50978362477</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50978362477</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 03:50:58 -0500</pubDate><category>places to go</category></item><item><title>
Fire Dancing (by Tristan Savatier)
Since we able to control...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8d50d22d9e0d4b8c31f1c71817b61026/tumblr_mjperug2lP1rv33k2o2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6f9b8d84c520e7b51f96c4cf9da29775/tumblr_mjperug2lP1rv33k2o3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b012ed84c6be6b541d6ce30407a53b19/tumblr_mjperug2lP1rv33k2o4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3441ed83047cf3f642208d03121a395c/tumblr_mjperug2lP1rv33k2o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fire Dancing&lt;/strong&gt; (by &lt;a href="http://www.loupiote.com/"&gt;Tristan Savatier&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Since we able to control fire,&lt;a href="http://illusion.scene360.com/art/40867/fire-dancing/#.UUMgaReLBi0"&gt;ceremonial dances&lt;/a&gt; with flames has always been a part of old cultures in Samoa,Mexico,New Zealand and elsewhere. But now a days, you will rarely see someone doing a warrior dance around you, however the art form has continued to evolve and it’s been beautifully captured with today’s cameras.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50976748825</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50976748825</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:53:15 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>
LUCIUS IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh60fk517t1qzjl7so1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;big&gt;LUCIUS IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50974866612</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50974866612</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:55:48 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a2021ccc4f146a39deaed546806a87b4/tumblr_mn1y9gJslt1rr0xmro1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50972482003</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50972482003</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:57:59 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>&amp;#8220;Who here has had their feelings personally victimized by Supernatural?&amp;#8221;
</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Who here has had their feelings personally victimized by Supernatural?&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/75dbfc6dc5ff8e7a79464a0dc899a170/tumblr_inline_mn4w0xiRpC1qz4rgp.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50971951996</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50971951996</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:46:00 -0500</pubDate><category>supernatural</category><category>not my gif</category><category>mean girls</category><category>spn</category></item><item><title>struckbythewishingspell:

#i have a spiritual connection w this...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9aem43NNe1qmemweo1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9aem43NNe1qmemweo2_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9aem43NNe1qmemweo3_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9aem43NNe1qmemweo4_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9aem43NNe1qmemweo8_r1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9aem43NNe1qmemweo9_r1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://struckbythewishingspell.tumblr.com/post/36003640893/i-have-a-spiritual-connection-w-this-gifset"&gt;struckbythewishingspell&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tag" href="http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/i-have-a-spiritual-connection-w-this-gifset"&gt;#i have a spiritual connection w this gifset&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50965980460</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50965980460</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:03:22 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"Immature people falling in love destroy each other’s freedom, create a bondage, make a prison...."</title><description>“Immature people falling in love destroy each other’s freedom, create a bondage, make a prison. Mature persons in love help each other to be free; they help each other to destroy all sorts of bondages. And when love flows with freedom there is beauty. When love flows with dependence there is ugliness.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
A mature person does not fall in love, he or she rises in love. Only immature people fall; they stumble and fall down in love. Somehow they were managing and standing. Now they cannot manage and they cannot stand. They were always ready to fall on the ground and to creep. They don’t have the backbone, the spine; they don’t have the integrity to stand alone.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
A mature person has the integrity to stand alone. And when a mature person gives love, he or she gives without any strings attached to it. When two mature persons are in love, one of the great paradoxes of life happens, one of the most beautiful phenomena: they are together and yet tremendously alone. They are together so much that they are almost one. Two mature persons in love help each other to become more free. There is no politics involved, no diplomacy, no effort to dominate. Only freedom and love.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Osho (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://electrichoney.tumblr.com/"&gt;electrichoney&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50961742713</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50961742713</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 22:05:27 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fb88a82c4fd3ba27ccd73ed2664f0b02/tumblr_mn00xdB3tT1s9bnj6o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/96e0652287d795eacdeac036fd27d96b/tumblr_mn00xdB3tT1s9bnj6o2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/19aa4747b837a3d2861d2a9df5d98ff4/tumblr_mn00xdB3tT1s9bnj6o3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bba752bfd5edad6a5a5ab95cd8af731d/tumblr_mn00xdB3tT1s9bnj6o4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3882e624a8dce23357d22e917ffbe753/tumblr_mn00xdB3tT1s9bnj6o5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/70ba2b360b08bddeed0e298e6143bf42/tumblr_mn00xdB3tT1s9bnj6o6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6398a4118f79b28928c8ee19ae4331b4/tumblr_mn00xdB3tT1s9bnj6o7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f1c099aed526ed732c80f5d050f32f80/tumblr_mn00xdB3tT1s9bnj6o8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b5fd6e964d2b25808335a72d4a154799/tumblr_mn00xdB3tT1s9bnj6o9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/878d024f57ab3e9458f0fdb05d1cc562/tumblr_mn00xdB3tT1s9bnj6o10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50956974147</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50956974147</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 21:08:15 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>dreamcosplays:

Mary and Bert by ~LadyGiselle
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1bc061cbc9b04744c261fa7fcfb4d9d8/tumblr_ml6yjd4AVR1qls2b7o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dreamcosplays.tumblr.com/post/48221551419/mary-and-bert-by-ladygiselle"&gt;dreamcosplays&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ladygiselle.deviantart.com/art/Mary-and-Bert-354875893"&gt;Mary and Bert&lt;/a&gt; by ~&lt;a href="http://ladygiselle.deviantart.com/"&gt;LadyGiselle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50952113375</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50952113375</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 20:09:59 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>lesmisblog:

Ramin Karimloo’s dimples appreciation post
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b66834186b312113da34fc7988be67aa/tumblr_mmzytvIvTu1soxjgpo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0b2beb91fceb685d2032dd45a83b43af/tumblr_mmzytvIvTu1soxjgpo2_250.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/297c493cc9b681fde348214f54fd0cd6/tumblr_mmzytvIvTu1soxjgpo3_250.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/84a0cd76537dd7b939c1090506f008b2/tumblr_mmzytvIvTu1soxjgpo4_250.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lesmisblog.tumblr.com/post/50727988867/ramin-karimloos-dimples-appreciation-post"&gt;lesmisblog&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ramin Karimloo’s dimples appreciation post&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50947548790</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50947548790</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:12:27 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"I don’t want to be a feminist anymore. Like a five-year-old, I want to close my eyes, stick my..."</title><description>“&lt;p&gt;I don’t want to be a feminist anymore. Like a five-year-old, I want to close my eyes, stick my fingers in my ears, stomp my feet on the floor and scream “No! No, you cannot make me, I won’t, leave me alone!”  I am, simply put, too tired. So very, very tired.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am tired of fighting with my friends. I am tired of arguing that someone groping and slapping my butt isn’t “what I have to expect”, just because I’m at a bar, and the one attacking my butt has a drink in the other hand. I am tired of hearing “boys will be boys” and “when you’re dressed like that …” and “that’s just what guys do”. I am tired of trying to drown those sentiments in loud, repetitive no’s, screamed over and over again,  till my throat is sore and my voice weak – just to hear them repeated, as soon as exhaustion threatens to silence me.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am tired of being afraid. I am tired of seeing someone writing something offensive, sexist, racist, ageist, ableist, somewhere online. I am tired of seeing those writings getting likes and lol’s, and SO TRUE’s.  I am tired of being consumed by confusion and anger, typing, typing, typing and typing a seemingly endless response, including research, links and statistics, and then hesitate clicking “submit”. I am tired of knowing that I hesitate because I am afraid of the flood of responses that will come. I am tired of knowing that I will be bombarded with lighten up’s, stop whining’s and get a sense of humor’s for so long, that I will start to wonder if I am indeed wound up too tight, a nagger and humorless. I am tired of the fact that I’m afraid of being called a cunt, even though I don’t find genitalia insulting or demeaning.&lt;/p&gt;”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.feministing.com/2012/02/15/i-dont-want-to-be-a-feminist-anymore/" title="I don't want to be a feminist anymore."&gt;I don’t want to be a feminist anymore.&lt;/a&gt; (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gingerrqueer.tumblr.com/"&gt;gingerrqueer&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Read the rest of this article - it’s perfect.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://provoice.tumblr.com/"&gt;provoice&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50943159050</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50943159050</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:14:54 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>itsgrrrlgerm:

Cats in sunglasses. </title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8b4ade9c36e424471fcb88c069b96057/tumblr_mn2kcmIN8S1qchtpbo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5c5288092690238e02703dc6374213b2/tumblr_mn2kcmIN8S1qchtpbo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/98360e6291f6401d7b37a6338db0f785/tumblr_mn2kcmIN8S1qchtpbo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a0989b7e924f9d9847c7aad6ed94bef7/tumblr_mn2kcmIN8S1qchtpbo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5db8e2c5ea31fa34959b82fe069fbae1/tumblr_mn2kcmIN8S1qchtpbo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b38128726780bda5f646136f3d296078/tumblr_mn2kcmIN8S1qchtpbo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://itsgrrrlgerm.tumblr.com/post/50862650513/cats-in-sunglasses" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;itsgrrrlgerm&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cats in sunglasses. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50938733951</link><guid>http://thestudyofmettle.tumblr.com/post/50938733951</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:17:32 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
