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Did you know that way back when, at the invention of trains, men thought women were too fragile to be on a train because they thought that the uterus would fly out of the body? Is that not the craziest thing you've ever heard? I cannot believe that men are always so blind to women's issues and the way that women's bodies work. I am always going to think that it isn't good for men to make decisions about women's bodies and women's health care. 

There are some things that I don't think should be available, like constant access to abortions. I don't really agree with abortions when they are not for medical issues or mental health issues or abuse cases. I do think that women should absolutely always have access to birth control, mammograms and regular check ups. I just don't like the idea that men get to decide what women do with their bodies...

catch you later,

Karleigh

“I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.” // Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

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It's midterm season, also known as the worse time of the school year aside from finals. Midterms suck because you don't want to take them seriously because you have a lot of time -- or so you think -- until the end of school and you can not do so well on them and still come out with an A. Well, you are right and wrong. 

Like you can do crap on those tests and it possibly won't kill your GPA, but you are going to come out of the midterms one of two ways: you'll feel inspired to do better for the rest of the semester or you will feel like you can't possibly bring up your grade and you know, academic forgiveness seems like a pretty good idea. 

So, as midterms are here, please take the time to study and treat them like they should be treated. If you have a good grade at midterms, you'll definitely feel better about maybe making good grades at the end of the semester. Good luck!

catch you later,

Karleigh

And when I wake up, you are still with me. // Psalms 139:18

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Do you remember A Goofy Movie? Please go watch this song from it and then educate yourself on this cinematic masterpiece.

catch you later,

Karleigh

"She looked right through me, and who can blame her? I need a new me, plus some positive proof that I'm not just a goof." // Max

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catch you later,

Karleigh

"Be a good person, but don’t waste time proving it." // unknown

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Some days you don't feel that awesome, but you have to remember that everyday you are working on becoming a better you. It's okay to have bad days, as long as you remember to enjoy the good things on the bad days.

catch you later,

Karleigh

"I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy." // Sylvia Plath

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I drove home today and am enjoying some time with my mom. We can talk tomorrow.

catch you later,

Karleigh

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself: ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." // Eleanor Roosevelt

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I'm so excited that it is finally October! We had cooler weather today and the leaves are turning and falling and everything outside screams autumn. I love it! There is something really beautiful about the way that the world changes overnight. You could go to sleep on a hot night in September and wake up to a cool, brisk October morning. One minute the leaves are no where on the ground and then a heavy wind sweeps through and you can't even find the sidewalk. And like the weather changes in a second, so do we. We are constantly growing and learning and evolving. Like the trees, we may shed the dead parts of ourselves and leave them behind to be buried into the dirt. We may go to bed a mess of worries and fear and wake up to the thrill of a new day of just being here, of just being alive. As the seasons change, so do we and I think that is never a bad thing.

catch you later,

Karleigh

"Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, we have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!" // Humbert Wolfe