28370
pumpkinpasties-and-jammiedodgers:
Multi-awarded actress Maggie Smith was halfway through her cancer treatment when she made Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince, starring as Professor Minerva McGonagall.
“I was hairless. I had no problem getting the wig on. I was like a boiled egg,” she said.
The chemotherapy was, she said, “something that makes you feel much worse than the cancer itself”. “You feel horribly sick. I was holding on to railings, thinking ‘I can’t do this’,” she said.
But she insisted she will “stagger through” the final Harry Potter film, The Deathly Hallows. Let’s just pause and ponder on how awesome this woman is, a true Gryffindor.
I will never not reblog this. This woman is my hero. I’ve seen what my mom went through with chemo. To go through it and still put on such a moving performance is something she should be very proud of.
So much love and respect for this woman <3 :)
(via mach712)
Yearbook Quote of the Day: Eight high school seniors with the last name Nguyen joined forces to bring us the year’s best yearbook quote:
We know what you’re thinking, and no, we’re not related!
Well played, Nguyens.
A+
(via mach712)
Wait just a damn second. So women can’t stand up for themselves as being equally as strong as men without giving up our desire to not be abused?
Color me confused. And angry.
Also, whatever happened to “no one should ever hit another person, regardless of gender.”
seriously! As an open feminist I get this question a lot and I always answer “Um, it’s kind of rude to hit ANYONE”
This isn’t about abuse. This is about the saying that men should never hit women. As in, even if they would hit a man under the same circumstances.
Yeah, if you want 100% legal equality in the eyes of the state and the public then women will have to be equal in this right too. Why is assault on a woman a heavier charge than assault on a man? Shouldn’t all assaults be regarded in the same degree? With equal rights you have to take the good as well as the bad. You can’t call for equality and expect to still be treated differently under circumstances that you want.
(Source: privilegedenyingfeministcunt)
(Source: be-strongerthanthe-pressure)
(via anotherandrewmcmahonblog)
