I haven't finished a book in forever.

This happens a lot, and I'm not exactly sure why. It's really annoying, and for some reason I feel the need to be an adept reader at all times. Like it's a requirement for me to be a decent, well-versed, intelligent person.

And every once in awhile, I have this phase that lasts or a month or two where I can hardly get through any kind of literature. I only read at school after I finish my assignments--which are times when I basically have nothing else to do and there's no other choice.

So yeah. I'm kind of guilty about the whole thing, 'cuz reading is a huge part of my personality. Wow, I'm whining something terrible right now. Sorry.

Well, I haven't posted in forever, but whatever. Up there is the book I'm trying to finish. I'm way more than halfway through, I just can't get all the way through...

It's Kind Of A Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

(SPOILER ALERT) Okay, this book seriously has promise. The main character seems like a normal teenager to me, unlike Augustus Waters with all his super deep speeches, with real emotions and feelings. He's not perfect. And just like Augustus, he's about to die as well. Why aren't the girls fangirling over HIM? He's way more realistic.

His friends on the other hand, are shallow and lack depth! It's almost as if they have no emotion whatsoever. They're the stereotypical stoners and they aren't unique at ALL!

I've been reading this book for forever and I still can't finish it. Most of the characters are shallow. The writing style is boring and repetitive. But at the same time, it has the potential to be something great. Well. We'll have to see about that. 

OH CRAP I JUST REMEMBERED I HAVE HOMEWORK. CRAP.

Today was great!

If you read my last entry, you'd know that I've been pretty distressed when it comes to my grades and school and reading. I've been slumping lately, fully engulfing myself in the art of writing, and today, I think, I was right on track!
In language arts, the test I assumed I would fail turned out to be very, very, easy. I breezed right through it with only one or two difficulties. Hooray!
In math and science I actually understood what was going on. And then in Social Studies we did a test that was fairly easy and also my crush was being really nice to me!!
So me and my crush went to the library together since we finished our assignments early, and we played around most of the time, but I actually got a book. It's called "It's Kind Of A Funny Story" and based off of the 19 pages I've read so far, I think it's actually going to be great. I can't wait to keep reading.
I just completed my homework, ON TIME, and I'm in a pretty good mood. Except for the fact that I ate WAY too much today and I feel really gross. Thanks for reading, thanks, thanks, thanks!

Totally obsessed with writing!

Oh my God! I literally have not posted here in forever! I'm really sorry. I hope you'll still read! Anyways, I'd like to give a big round of applause to Chloe Gadsby-Jones, my new biggest role model, because she is absolutely amazing! Whoo hoo! 
Anyways, because of Chloe I've joined NaNoWriMo, and I can't wait until November because she's basically got me obsessed with writing for the past few months. I'm going to a writing summer camp. I've submitted to lots of magazines, recently. Basically I'm really enjoying myself because I love putting words onto paper and creating characters. Heck, I just love creating things in general, as long as it makes at least one person smile.
So yeah, in other news I got into this super advanced school and I'm really excited about it. Les Miserables was amazing, and I found my 5th grade teacher. And at the moment I'm kind of in an education stump. I've stopped caring about my tests but then getting really pissed at myself for getting a bad grade. And I can't find a good book to read. The only thing I'm interested in is the Social Studies Textbook!

And THAT'S only because I don't want to get a bad grade but then I do! I don't know what's happening! Oh, crap. This entry is going off topic. I'm really sorry, but I should be studying. At least I talked about literature...kind of. Bye, my 11 readers!

Rape Culture

(Holy crap! I'm sorry, 11 readers~!! I haven't written here in forever. Mostly because I've slacked on my book reading. I'm really sorry about that. I recently finished a book called 'Wasteland' by Francesca Lia Block. I didn't write a review, but I did add my rating of 2 stars. Regardless, here is the goodreads book link. Click here. )

Okay. So, if you've been keeping up with my posts, and you read the first one, you'd know I'm a huge feminist. Yeah. A 12 year old feminist. How common is that? Anyways, here are some things that really bother me.

Victim blaming: The belief that when a girl is raped (or even a guy) it is her/his fault. People usually say 'she was asking for it' because she was wearing revealing clothes or 'sexy' things.
Why is this wrong? OH MY GOD. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH VICTIM BLAMING. A  girl should be able to wear anything she wants without the fear of being raped. She should be able to go out NAKED without the fear of being raped. It is never the victim's fault. It's the rapist's. ALWAYS.

Rape jokes: The most common ones are 'rape face' and 'rape memes.' (As if memes weren't terrible enough!) People talk about rape as if it's funny, something that happens so often that you can make it into a joke. 
Why is this wrong? BECAUSE RAPE IS DISGUSTING AND WRONG! YOU SHOULD NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BE MAKING JOKES ABOUT IT! I SWEAR TO GOD!

Now, I'm just going to share something that happened at my school. Last year, when I was going somewhere else, a teacher sexually abused his students. He was fired of course. Thank you.
But my crazy Christian, judgmental, rude enemy in the Bible Study Group (Read first post of this blog) was friends with the girl who was raped by that atrocity of a teacher..and her father told her he couldn't talk to her anymore because she was 'unpure!'
FIRST, IT WASN'T HER FAULT SHE WAS RAPED. 
SECOND, NOTHING IS WRONG WITH LOSING YOUR VIRGINITY. IN SHORT, VIRGINITY IS A STUPID TERM.
THIRD, THEY SHOULDN'T BE SHUNNING HER. THEY SHOULDN'T BE WASHING THEIR HANDS OF HER. THEY SHOULD BE SUPPORTING HER. THEY SHOULD BE STANDING UP AGAINST RAPE CULTURE AND BLAMING THE RAPIST.

GOD, I HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS SOCIETY. I JUST..UGH!!! 

My Book Came In The Mail Today!! (Totally Spaced Out)

(Okay, review for the worst book in the world, So Super Starry, right here. )

Anyways, do you remember when I wrote the other day about how we should support self-published authors and buy their books? Well I bought one off of Amazon by Chloe-Gadsby Jones (Read that blog post if you don't know what I'm talking about.) and I got it today.

See, when I say the envelope in the mailbox I was really excited, cause I was really looking forward to reading it. I was expecting a chapter book about an inch thick..but it was really just the width  and height of a magazine, very glossy, and half a centimeter thick. Which, in my opinion, is pretty cool.

I'm about half-way through it already, and the story's okay, but not my absolute favorite. Kind of dull, predictable, but I do like the style. The style is what matters the most to me.

Bye bye, my 11 readers!

Reasons Feminism is Relevant.

(Review on The Lightning Thief right here. )

So, as the title said, here are my reasons that feminism is still relevant. I'm doing this because one of my 2 best friends, Jacey, told me we were already equal as women. Ha! I think not.

1) There is yet to be a female president.
2) If a boy wears a skirt or some other 'girl' item of clothing, he's shunned because only a girl is supposed to wear them. But if a girl wears guy clothes nobody says anything because it's okay to be a boy.
3) If a woman is raped and is wearing "revealing" clothes, she's blamed for it. No, it's never the victim's fault. It's the rapists fault. 
4) If a girl does the nasty with a lot of boys, she's called a slut. If a guy does that, he's congratulated.
5) When pro-lifers forbid their daughter from getting an abortion, they're actually putting more quality on the fetus's life than hers. Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.
6) Female politicians are constantly asked who is going to take care of their children at home.
7) Every adult Halloween costume designed for men is fun and covers up every body part. The ones designed for women are revealing and lacy, as if she's made for pleasing the men.
8) Women have a wage gap because they're expected to leave work and have children.
9) In the boys' section at any department store, the graphic t-shirts have things about adventure and video games printed on them. In the girls' everything is pink and have things like "drama queen" printed all over them.
10) It's still considered strange for a man to vacuum or take care of children.
11) Breasts are sexualized.
12) For a man to buy something, it's got to have "for men" printed on it.
13) Peta advertisements.
14) "A Man and his Truck" advertisements.

There are many more, but that's all I have time for. I hoped some of you conservatives learned something.