I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees,
The grass, and the waters, the birds and the bees.
I speak for all those who themselves cannot speak,
The timid, the quiet, the mellow and meek.

Nature does not, as far as I know,
Care one little tuppence ’bout how humans grow.
But some humans do, and silly they be,
For labeling others as “he”, “it”, or “she”.

This movie, I see, was made by you folk
I wish I could say it was all just a joke.
I’m saddened to see my likeness portrayed
By those silly humans with morals mislaid.

I speak for the trees, now I speak for myself,
This is not who I am! This is not my true self!
I care for you all, not genders, but hearts!
I love you for more than the sum of your parts!

And now I must go, by pants or by dress
I hope, like the Once-ler, you realize… Unless.

The Lorax, it seems, commenting on this post about the new movie. (via nothingbutsurrender)

Relevant quote from the post: “The Lorax, obnoxiously voiced by Danny DeVito (the very opposite in personality from the gentle wisdom The Lorax should represent) points at another character and asks incredulously “That’s a woman?!”

Yes, a beloved character from my childhood. One of the most noble, kind, just, wise and empathic characters in children’s literature, who always represented defending the defenseless, standing up for the vulnerable, and encouraging social awareness has here been re-imagined as a snarky, cruel, insensitive, cissexist, gender-policing asshole, who mocks variance in gender presentation, and tramples over the defenseless and vulnerable in the name of maintaining cisnormativity (and making the producers a few extra dollars selling Happy Meals).

I wonder how many trees died printing the scripts.”

DDD:

This poem is a beautiful response to such ugliness!

(via mswyrr)

“unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot nothing’s going to get better, it’s not.”

i have this quote tattooed on my rib to seed energy in dreaming and building. 

(via myownbody)

3 months ago on February 08, 2012 at 02:13am
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