• Woman: I'm smart
• Patriarchy: Well you're probably ugly then
• Woman: I'm creative
• Patriarchy: You mean unattractive right?
• Woman: I have all these incredible accomplishments
• Patriarchy: Yeah but look how ugly you looked doing them
• Woman: I have value
• Patriarchy: Not if you're ugly lol
• Woman: I'm conventionally-attractive & posted self-photos on my blog
• Patriarchy: I'm so sick of these empty-headed chicks only caring about their looks. Just because you are attractive and get attention from men doesn't mean you are special or deserve respect. Why don't you read a book or do something productive with your life you dumb slut

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Jean Michel Basqiuat (Painting above)

The responsibilities of being labeled great amongst your peers or for your generation can come as a burden that weakens most to new vices that bring about demise.

Keep your camp sharp and your surroundings familiar. Over confidence is your biggest enemy…

• The original post only has US helplines. I've added UK helplines underneath. It would be great if people could add numbers from everywhere in the world.
• Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696
• Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433
• LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255
• Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386
• Sexuality Support: 1-800-246-7743
• Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438
• Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673
• Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272
• Runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000
• Exhale: After Abortion Hotline/Pro-Voice: 1-866-4394253
• Child Abuse: 1-800-422-4453
• UK Helplines:
• Samaritans (for any problem): 08457909090 e-mail jo@samaritans.org
• Childline (for anyone under 18 with any problem): 08001111
• Mind infoline (mental health information): 0300 123 3393 e-mail: info@mind.org.uk
• Mind legal advice (for people who need mental-health related legal advice): 0300 466 6463 legal@mind.org.uk
• b-eat eating disorder support: 0845 634 14 14 (only open Mon-Fri 10.30am-8.30pm and Saturday 1pm-4.30pm) e-mail: help@b-eat.co.uk
• b-eat youthline (for under 25's with eating disorders): 08456347650 (open Mon-Fri 4.30pm - 8.30pm, Saturday 1pm-4.30pm)
• Cruse Bereavement Care: 08444779400 e-mail: helpline@cruse.org.uk
• Frank (information and advice on drugs): 0800776600
• Drinkline: 0800 9178282
• Rape Crisis England & Wales: 0808 802 9999 1(open 2 - 2.30pm 7 - 9.30pm) e-mail info@rapecrisis.org.uk
• Rape Crisis Scotland: 08088 01 03 02 every day, 6pm to midnight
• Some Italian numbers, I'm sorry they're not all.
• Telefono Amico (for support in case of depression, solitude, all kind of emotional needs): 199 284 284 (every day, 10am - 24pm)
• Telefono Azzurro (for kids and teenagers): 1 96 96 (24h a day, 365 days a year); 114 (for immediate danger, 24h every day)
• Antiviolenza Donne (for women victims of any sort of violence): 1522 (24h every day)
• Alcolisti Anonimi (Alcoholics anonymous): 06 66.36.620

• Them: Marriage should be between a man and a woman.
• Me: Why?
• Them: Because it's bad for the children. They need a mother and a father.
• Me: So you're saying that single and widowed people shouldn't be allowed to adopt or keep their children?
• Them: Well... no... but... it's bad for children to be raised in a home with same-sex parents.
• Me: Actually, the American Academy of Pediatrics says that children raised in same-sex households fair just as well as those in opposite-sex households.
• Them: Um... Well it's not fair for the Federal Government to dictate a Pro-Gay Agenda to the entire country.
• Me: But it's okay for the Federal Government to dictate an anti-Gay Agenda to the entire country...
• Them: But Same-sex Marriage will ruin the sanctity of Marriage!
• Me: So you're all for making divorce illegal, then, since you love marriage so much?
• Them: Well, no... but repealing DoMA will force churches to marry gay couples even though it's against their religion.
• Me: DoMA refers to legal marriages. It has no effect on your Homophobic Religion.
• Them: But Gay Marriage is wrong.
• Me: According to whom?
• Them: Jesus.
• Me: Jesus never said anything about Homosexuality at all.
• Them: Well the Bible then.
• Me: That's Unconstitutional.
• Them: The Founding Fathers didn't have gay people. They would oppose Gay Marriage.
• Me: The Founding Fathers wouldn't approve of mixing Religion with Law.
• Them: Well...
• Them: ...
• Them: ...
• Them: Gay people are gross.
• Me: There it is.