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“One of my best friends is getting engaged, and I think she’s making a mistake.  I brought it up the other night.  We were both a little drunk.  And she didn’t get angry, but she told our other friends that I seemed disappointed in her.  Maybe I overstepped my bounds.  I’ve asked myself if I’m just jealous.  Or if I’m trying to bring us back to the place we were: two roommates, watching movies, exploring New York.  But I really think my only concern is her happiness.  I just don’t think her fiancé ‘gets’ her.  He’s a really nice guy.  He’s not asking her to change or anything.  She’s just not herself when she’s around him.  She always seems like she’s about to say one thing, then she’ll pause, and say something else.  Like she’s searching for the words that will make her who she needs to be for the relationship to work.”

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You know when you're not into something personally but you love someone so much...

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Conservatives are pissed. Beyoncé must’ve done something right.

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You don't have to, she's immortal! ❤️👽

I'D DIE FOR YOU DANA SCULLY

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1998  ll  2016

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Young women are feminists – but that doesn’t mean they’ll vote Hillary Clinton

American female millennials were criticized by Madeleine Albright and Gloria Steinem for not caring enough about feminism or for Hillary Clinton. But surveys show just how unrelated those two concerns are. Read our report on what the data reveals about female progressive voters (both young and old) and watch our interviews with women in New Hampshire.

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My friend Sadiyya looking ethereal af getting ready for a wedding 😍🙏🏽

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White feminism ™

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i really like looking at google image searches for “firemen rescuing cats” or something because you get super cute pictures like

AND THEN THERE’S THIS ONE

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ALRIGHT AMERICANS TODAY WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A THING.

How to make sure our pal Bernie Sanders wins the primaries so he can be our president: 

1. First of all, what are primaries? 

Well friends, it’s a preliminary election that decides the presidential candidates for each political party. If Bernie loses the primaries, he will NOT be able to become our next president. So for that reason it’s INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT that we all get our butts to those polls when the time comes. Here are the known or expected dates for the 2016 Democratic Party Primaries:

February

Monday, February 1: Iowa

Tuesday, February 9: New Hampshire

Saturday, February 20: Nevada

Saturday, February 27: South Carolina

March

Tuesday, March 1: Alabama; Arkansas; Colorado; Georgia; Massachusetts; Minnesota; North Carolina; Oklahoma; Tennessee; Texas; Vermont; Virginia

Saturday, March 5: Louisiana; Nebraska; Kansas

Tuesday, March 8: Mississippi; Michigan

Tuesday, March 15: Florida; Illinois; Missouri; Ohio

Tuesday, March 22: Arizona; Utah

Saturday, March 26: Alaska caucuses; Hawaii; Washington

April

Tuesday, April 5: Wisconsin

Tuesday, April 19: New York

Tuesday, April 26: Maryland; Connecticut; Delaware; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island

May

Tuesday, May 3: Indiana

Tuesday, May 10: West Virginia

Tuesday, May 17: Kentucky; Oregon

June

Sunday, June 5: Puerto Rico

Tuesday, June 7: California; Montana; New Jersey; New Mexico; South Dakota

Tuesday, June 14: Washington, DC

2. Okay cool, now I know when I need to vote!

But do you know in some states you can ONLY vote for Bernie if you are a registered Democrat?

STATES THAT ARE OPEN PRIMARIES (you do NOT need to be a registered Democrat to vote for Bernie):

Alabama

Michigan

North Dakota

Arkansas

Minnesota

Vermont

Georgia

Missouri

Wisconsin

Hawaii

Montana

STATES THAT ARE CLOSED PRIMARIES (you MUST be a registered Democrat to vote for Bernie):

Delaware

Maine

New York

Florida

Nevada

Pennsylvania

Kansas

New Jersey

Wyoming

Kentucky

New Mexico

STATES THAT ARE TOP-TWO PRIMARIES (you vote on candidates regardless of their party affiliation so you do NOT need to be a registered Democrat to vote for Bernie):

California

Nebraska

Louisiana

Washington

STATES THAT ARE HYBRID PRIMARIES (these vary between open and closed, and often depend on the current party, so if you live in one of these states you WILL need to find out the protocol for the 2016 presidential primaries):

Alaska

Maryland

Rhode Island

Arizona

Massachusetts

South Carolina

Colorado

Mississippi

South Dakota

Connecticut

New Hampshire

Tennessee

Idaho

North Carolina

Texas

Illinois

Ohio

Utah

Indiana

Oklahoma

Virginia

Iowa

Oregon

West Virginia

3. Okay, so how do I register to vote/as a Democrat?

Worried because your state has closed primaries or you’ve never used your constitutional rights to vote before and you think registering will be a terrible, vigorous, process?

DON’T WORRY FRIENDS.

Registering to vote is so easy, let me walk you through it.

Here is an online form you can mail in (available in multiple languages) that also gives you step by step instructions depending on your state. If you live in New Hampshire, North Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands, unfortunately you can NOT use this method.

For any state, you can check the following places to register in person:

State or local voter registration and/or election offices

The department of motor vehicles

Public assistance agencies

Armed services recruitment centers

State-funded programs that serve people with disabilities

Any public facility that a state has designated as a voter registration agency

Here is another link of states where you can register online, if you’re an anxious nugget like me.

EACH STATE HAS A SPECIFIC DEADLINE TO REGISTER IN TIME FOR PRIMARIES. IF YOU NEED TO REGISTER, MAKE SURE YOU FIND OUT WHEN THAT IS AND REGISTER BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.

If you do end up having to register in person, do not be afraid friends! You are doing a very important and brave thing.

4. Alright, so I know when I have to vote, I am registered to vote, and if my state has closed primaries, I registered as a Democrat! I’m done now, right?

Nope, there’s one last thing! If you’re like me and unable to get to a voting poll, whether or not it’s due to school, work, your health, or being out of your state/country, you need to fill out an ABSENTEE BALLOT FORM!

This link contains not only the absentee ballot forms of every state, but some even have more voter registration forms as well!

DON’T FORGET. DEADLINES EXIST.

Write it in your planner, your calendar. Post it on your ceiling. Write it in ketchup on your burger. Tattoo it to your arm. Whatever helps!

AND PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, WHATEVER YOU DO:

Do not brush this off. Do not assume, well I’m just one person, what is one vote going to do? Bernie can win without little old me.

That’s wrong. You and your vote is so incredibly important. Bernie cannot win without you. Without us.

So please. Read this. Spread this. Register. Get ready to vote. Bernie promises to do his best to better America. Let’s do our best to get him there.

#Bernie2016

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