allofmyfoolishways:

magistrate-of-mediocrity:

hulklinging:

jammespotter:

yeah the boy scouts allowing trans boys in is great! but don’t forget that girl scouts have allowed (and encouraged!) trans girls joining since forever and that girl scouts was created in DIRECT opposition to boy scouts as a liberal and feminist organization to symbolize a big fuck you to the gross, conservative misogynist organization that boy scouts was (and continue to be)

I do like that they’re finally changing, but fuck yeah to Girl Scouts for being awesome all the time and probably helping force the Boy Scouts’ hand, honestly.

The founder of Girl Scouts of America, Juliette Gordon Lowe, was a product of the Post Civil War South and admitted to being racist. But she wasn’t okay with it. She continued to force herself to confront her racism with an eye of self-criticism and to act contrary to her learned behavior. One time there was a parade where the local Girl Scouts were invited to march. At the time segregation was the norm and when the black Girl Scouts asked to participate the white troop leaders objected. They took their argument all the way to Juliette Gordon Lowe, expecting her to back them up, but Juliette Gordon Lowe supported the black Scouts and said that every girl, regardless of their race or ethnicity, should be allowed and encouraged to participate.

Juliette Gordon Lowe wasn’t perfect, but she always tried to better herself. She wanted the organization to do the same.

Now that’s how you do it. Self awareness, and holding yourself accountable. Damn.