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An Open Letter to Sam Pepper

Hi Sam!

Thanks for taking the time to read this letter.  As fellow YouTubers, we have much respect for others who put so much hard work into building their channel.  It’s not easy, and you should be proud!  That said, we’ve noticed that in your success, there has been a lack of respect in return…namely, for women and girls.

You may have noticed that your latest video “Fake Hand Ass Pinch Prank” has garnered considerable negative attention.  In this video, you sexually violate a number of unsuspecting women on the street, many of whom are visibly confused and upset at being touched by you without permission.  One woman even says “I don’t like that!” while you proceed to laugh and touch her more.  In “How to Make Out with Strangers”, made a year ago, you pressure women on camera to make out with you - again, many of whom are visibly uncool with it.  Confused and caught off guard, they painfully follow through with your requests, clearly uncomfortable.  In “How to Pick Up Girls with a Lasso”, you physically restrain women on the street with lassos - many of whom look alarmed to be restrained by a stranger.

You’d probably be alarmed too, wouldn’t you?  Imagine someone on the street comes up and rubs their hand on your bottom, or a girl walks up to you with a camera and forces her mouth onto yours while you’re trying to figure out what’s going on.  Imagine walking down the alley alone, when a guy much larger than you physically restrains you with rope and pulls you toward him.  You probably wouldn’t like it, right?

People don’t like to be violated and they don’t like to see their friends and girlfriends be violated either (hence the group of men that tried to beat you up in the lasso video).  And yet, history suggests that perhaps you find this humorous.  It is very disturbing that we live in a world where the violation of women and girls’ bodies is not only funny, but profitable, and can garner considerable notoriety and views on YouTube.

We are deeply disturbed by this trend and would like to ask you, from one creator to another, to please stop.  Please stop violating women and making them uncomfortable on the street for views.  Please stop physically restraining them and pressuring them to be sexual when they are uncomfortable.  Please show some respect for women’s right to their own bodies.  While it may seem like harmless fun, a simple prank, or a “social experiment”, these videos encourage millions of young men and women to see this violation as a normal way to interact with women.  1 in 6 young women (real life ones, just like the ones in your video) are sexually assaulted, and sadly, videos like these will only further increase those numbers.

We realize that people make mistakes, and that sometimes it’s hard to see the ripple effect of one’s actions.  We really hope that you will take a step back and consider the power you have to be someone who makes the world a better place.  It’s not too late to make a change!  We invite you to join us in ending widespread bodily violation that takes place in so many forms all around in the world.

Thanks so much.

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11 Year Olds

I’m sick of it. My younger sister, I love her to death. She’s funny, she’s weird, she’s just unique in general. She’s a great artist and I wish I could be like her, to be honest. My parents have judged her though. An awful lot. They’ve done a lot of fucked up judging. Awhile back, she had started self harming. Everyone found out, everyone gave her “comfort”. They asked her, why in the world had she started doing that? She replied some dumb excuse and everyone bought it. Except me. I knew the truth. She’s probably the last of the punk type generation, if you know what I mean. She often feels like a castaway. She listens to Twenty One Pilots, Fall Out Boy -OLD FOB-, Paramore, 5SOS -Does this count? I’m not sure-, Blink 182, and Hey Violet. Everyone thinks she’s an improper girl. What the actual fuck? An improper girl? So, now THEY want to be SEXIST?! They want to give her a fucking book about being a proper lady? Damn, can’t they just let her be her? Even if plays baseball, basketball, or is the leader of her track team, why is she an improper girl? She’s got -erm, awkward moment here- breasts, a vagina, and goes through her monthly. Let me be serious here, let’s be so serious here, Miley Cyrus, Iggy Azalea, and Niki Minaj are the real improper girls. Don’t they have any decency? They are literally talking about how girls are fuck toys for guys. My mom, she thinks Twenty One Pilots is a horrible band. That they talk about dying. And I guess, she’s sort of right. They’re telling you to find the right path though, not to make rash decisions. Even if they are a punk rock band, if they’re keeping her alive, why can’t she Fucking listen to them. I don’t know what this helps, but maybe it will tell you not to treat girls or kids like shit.

Reblog if you’re Michael Clifford af

“Look, real life stinks sometimes, okay? I’m not gonna lie. But there’s a better way to get through it then denial, and that’s with help from people who care about you. That’s how we’ve gotten through it our whole lives!”

Spread this like wildfire.  

do u ever do something mildly impolite like not give a nice goodbye or not hold a door and spend the rest of the day thinking about it

Sensations that I love

Pulling a big heavy blanket over my body

Stepping on a crunchy fallen leaf

Breathing in the steam from a cup of green tea

Running my hand through freshly washed hair

Smelling the inside of an old book

Holding someone’s hand in public

Biting into a really crisp red grape

Hearing rain pattering against a window pane

Rainy days ☔️

That is the question

Cozy Autumn Outfits

Aaron Carpenter appreciation post, since I barely ever see any posts of him on my dashboard

The best things in life never last

Hey, do me a favor and walk up to the next person you see and tell them they’re ugly. Tell them straight out. Point out all their flaws. Make them feel like shit. Go on go do it.

KEVIN SMITH: It costs nothing to encourage an artist

This is 19 year old Marie Fowler. Her cancer just returned, and has been declared terminal. She’s already in Hospice Care. Her final wish is to meet Kellin Quinn from Sleeping With Sirens. Please, make it happen. Spread the word. This girl deserves it.

Tony Stark and Bruce Banner (x)

Well if this isn’t just the cutest

~Peter

sprEAD THIS LIKE WILDFIRE

Just a blurb about the Kylie Jenner Challenge

Let’s get some completely INSANE concept art up in this blog. If you have any insane concept art or self draw ideas, please send them to me!

PLEASE READ AND REBLOG!!!!!

Put your car keys beside your bed at night. Tell your spouse, your children, your neighbors, your parents, your Dr’s office, the check-out girl at the market, everyone you run across. Put your car keys beside your bed at night. If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies. This tip came from a neighborhood watch coordinator. Next time you come home for the night and you start to put your keys away, think of this: It’s a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Test it. It will go off from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the key fob chain. It works if you park in your driveway or garage. If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break into your house, odds are the burglar/rapist won’t stick around. After a few seconds, all the neighbors will be looking out their windows to see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won’t want that. And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car in a parking lot. The alarm can work the same way there. This is something that should really be shared with everyone. Maybe it could save a life or a sexual abuse crime.

I was chatting with a donor before I drew his blood, and he was a dentist. when I actually drew him, there was just a little squirt of blood and it surprised him

I looked him in they eye and told him “you’re bleeding because you don’t floss”

and he went dead silent

HOW MANY MORE LIVES ARE WE GOING TO LOSE BEFORE BASIC HUMANITY COMES BEFORE ANY OPINION OR RELIGION 

I have stretch marks.

Reblog if you do too. Just to prove that it is more normal than what people actually think.

Notes to Thirteen Year Old Girls

When your best friend tells you all she had for breakfast Was a packet of Splenda and a Diet Coke, And she tells you that she’ll stop after she loses five more pounds, Do not believe her. Tell her mother. It does not matter how angry your friend gets. The pain of that will always be preferable to the pain Of seeing your best friend in four years Weighing as much as she does now Half-dead in the hospital.

When your father sneaks into your bed in the dead of the night, And he tells you that this is how fathers love their daughters, Do not believe him. Tell your English teacher. She will have read millions of stories of girls like you. There is a one in six chance that she will be a girl like you. There is a five in six chance that she will know what to say to you. There is a six in six chance that she will help you.

When your veins whisper to you in the moonlight And say that there are so many nightmares inside you That could be free If you would just open your arms, Do not believe them. Tell your school’s guidance counselor, No matter how scared you are Because whispers are liars, And opening your arms will only open the passage For more nightmares to climb in.

And when the therapists say that you are better, Totally better, And you don’t need to worry about the sadness again, Do not believe them. Always be cautious, because sadness has a way Of sneaking up on you When you’re not looking. Be careful. Be careful.