Down with couple-talism! var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-1849163-2’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @occupyvday)http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a2d10722b54063414b45b6b360c69106/tumblr_mi74ukPtVE1qjzfl0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://annfriedman.com/post/43062138385/in-honor-of-v-day-a-personal-classic">annfriedman</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>In honor of V-Day, a personal classic.</p> </blockquote>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43326591063http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43326591063Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:24:21 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9ea3c9f827a68110adf5896ee8de49c8/tumblr_mi9nwiFdhL1r9kff8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The best one yet! #occupyvday everyday. Thanks @mayadusenbery for the pic! </p>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43148892028http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43148892028Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:50:42 -0500bell hooksoccupyvday<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e23e7092817e3907ecf5d1e5f2bb6851/tumblr_mi8soykVAz1r9kff8o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>See ya next year! </p>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43124148826http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43124148826Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:36:34 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a28d138c6b433ae71430e1f43f3f7c50/tumblr_mi8mlkyxro1rgf910o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>THE. BEST. </p>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43114651063http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43114651063Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:26:47 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a8a643c25db4f9e739cf2bc3f2ecc6c7/tumblr_mi84guawTR1r9kff8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>“Friendship is the main event.” <a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/02/live-every-day-like-its-galentines-day.html#">words of wisdom</a> on love and friendship from @annfriedman #occupyvday (and more great cards for your Galentines’)</span></p>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43091600356http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43091600356Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:51:50 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/136bf6a6ac563150152b291df04948c1/tumblr_mi7yfc74O61r9kff8o1_250.gif"/><br/><br/><p>When a couple tells you, you too will one day find “love.”</p>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43087953615http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43087953615Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:43:20 -0500““To return to love, to get the love we always wanted but never had, to have the love we want but are not prepared to give, we seek romantic relationships. We believe these relationships, more than any other, will rescue and redeem us. True love does have the power to redeem but only if we are ready for redemption. Love saves us only if we want to be saved.””<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/270045-all-about-love-new-visions-bell-hooks-love-trilogy">—bell hooks</a></em>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43084532479http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43084532479Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:34:39 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bd6c997d3fa9cebe880161370d2f470e/tumblr_mi7ybfVzYg1r9kff8o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Have fun at your V-day singles parties!! </p>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43082990831http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43082990831Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:02:24 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6d3613a197734b0f21ca3333c5dfef69/tumblr_mi7y8dJRqh1r9kff8o1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Chocolate? I want that everyday. </p>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43081893108http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43081893108Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:38:36 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b395b9001b365ac7d245534c6abd40d0/tumblr_mi7t87IbUt1r9kff8o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Heyyyyy, it’s Occupy Valentine’s Day—your annual holiday to think critically about the romantic industrial complex while being with whoever makes you feel awesome (which could just be yourself heyyyy). </p> <p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/11/valentines-day-gifs-how-you-feel-through-the-years_n_2664751.html?ir=Women">via. </a></p>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43077649574http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43077649574Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:50:31 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lydk9tGyRD1r9kff8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hey remember @zerlinamaxwell’s awesome entry to #occupyvday?!</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/16483297022/i-am-not-your-tragic-single-black-woman">occupyvday</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I am not your “tragic single black woman” narrative. Occupy Valentine’s Day! </p> </blockquote>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43030696070http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/43030696070Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:44:28 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzamjcNXrn1r9kff8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>.@jostruitt with the funneh #</span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/17513767036/i-dont-find-heteronormativity-or-consumerism">occupyvday</a><span>:</span></p> <p>I don’t find heteronormativity or consumerism attractive. But I’ll keep the chocolate. </p>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/42951605938http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/42951605938Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:25:23 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/00be94314f5b5bcdf4c4591f8774e7b3/tumblr_mhxas95FHj1qaqasro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jessicavalenti.tumblr.com/post/42612393836/shhhh-no-one-tell-fox-news-that-the-wedding-kiss">jessicavalenti</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Shhhh…no one tell Fox News that the “wedding kiss” picture they’re using to accompany <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/02/05/to-be-happy-must-admit-women-and-men-arent-equal/">a piece about traditional gender roles</a> is actually of <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/14/valentines-day-world-couples-romance-cupid-_n_1276516.html">a same sex couple</a>. (MADE MY DAY)</p> </blockquote> <p>Ah.  May. Zing. </p>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/42618081786http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/42618081786Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:45:29 -0500<p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>For almost as long as Valentine’s Day has been an insufferably sappy day celebrating romantic love, it’s also been a day for telling everyone else exactly how much you don’t love them—with a <a href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/happy-valentines-day-i-hate-you/">Vinegar Valentine</a> sent anonymously via snail mail.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><img alt="image" height="600" src="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bookworm.jpeg" width="448"/></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“You could send them to your neighbors, friends, or enemies. You could send them to your schoolteacher, your boss, or people whose advances you wanted to dismiss. You could send them to people you thought were too ugly or fat, who drank too much, or people acting above their station. There was a card for pretty much every social ailment.”  </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>See more Vinegar Valentines on Collectors Weekly.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>So there you have it: Valentine&#8217;s Day has always been horrible!</span></p></p>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/42537114050http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/42537114050Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:42:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcn5uZyGt1r9kff8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/17589012996/things-that-money-just-cant-buy-cant-buy-me">occupyvday</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Things that money just can’t buy</p> <p>(Can’t buy me)</p> </blockquote>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/42506328945http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/42506328945Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:26:27 -0500<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/17556936561/occupying-valentines-day-since-the-1900s">occupyvday</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img alt="image" height="492" src="http://images51.fotki.com/v628/photos/9/118069/8944993/suffragette-vi.jpg" width="360"/></p> <p>Suffragettes have been occupying V-Day for more than 100 years. Via <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/320842962985">eBay</a></p> </blockquote>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/42404254194http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/42404254194Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:24:48 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a43d0b520eb40206db10015ac152e315/tumblr_mhrg3hPr2L1r9kff8o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>V-day is a time to honor all kinds of love. Who you love, brah? #occupyvday (gif via <a href="http://annfriedman.com/">Ann,</a> duh). </p>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/42365439251http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/42365439251Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:45:17 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcibkRZbx1r9kff8o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The best of <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/17574887386/hey-girl-its-rachel-maddow-joins-the-movement-to">occupyvday</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><a href="http://rachelmaddowheygirl.tumblr.com/post/17560342091/occupyvday-join-the-movement-to-occupy">Hey Girl, It’s Rachel Maddow</a></em> joins the movement to Occupy Valentine’s Day.</p> <p>(Hey Girl, why spend money when we could spend time dismantling the romantic industrial complex?)</p> </blockquote>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/41870012908http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/41870012908Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:17:24 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8841ec49dda4ad654a14548f397e33c4/tumblr_mhetumhCfU1r9kff8o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Puppy Love? Yeah it looks cute, but I don’t think so!</p> <p>How will YOU Occupy Valentine’s Day this year?</p>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/41817427162http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/41817427162Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:13:34 -0500<a href="http://blogs.psychcentral.com/single-at-heart/2012/09/the-102-million-singles-march/">It's National Singles Week!</a>: <p>A NEW KIND OF VALENTINE’S DAY ONLY A WEEK? #notreally</p>http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/31810612847http://occupyvday.tumblr.com/post/31810612847Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:59:11 -0400