“And I’d choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I’d find you and I’d choose you.”
— the chaos of stars (via thereasonsiwakeupinthemorning)
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Just a few of the stories my great aunt told me about women in the 60s:
1) A woman she worked with at the hospital who had a baby with one of the ambulance drivers. When work found out they fired her (he kept his job). She tried to self-abort with a knitting needle.
2) The sister of one of her neighbours who wasn’t able to rent a room because she was a ‘fallen woman’.
3) A girl who got sent to a convent house and scrubbed floors until the day she gave birth. Her baby was given up for adoption without her consent.
4) Girls who had babies with priests.
5) Women who were on their fifth, sixth, seventh child, who had been pregnant for the best part of a decade, begging for sterilisation because their husbands wouldn’t wear a condom.
Banning abortion has never ever stopped it from happening. It’s just meant more stigma, more prejudice, more risks and more deaths.
In 1962, my mother was going thru a divorce, got pregnant and knew this fact would be used to deny her divorce (they used to do that, in case you didn’t know).
My mother was given a “shot”; she lived 3 blocks from the doctor. He never told her what it was, likely an “overdose” of progesterone, which is how they used to “induce menstruation” in a hurry (i.e. abortion off the books). She was about 7-8 weeks by her estimation. He said, GO STRAIGHT HOME, go to bed and stay there. She walked fast, but nearly collapsed at the curb and my grandmother went out to guide her into the house. She went to bed, stayed there and bled steadily and heavily for 3-4 days. She said it was like being very very sick, headaches, nausea, vomiting… and then, gone.
She never let me forget this and took me to my first NARAL meeting when I was 15 yrs old. And here I am today, in my 50s–and I still remember my grandmother’s scary account; my mother swaying, literally, at the curb, and nearly falling, under the strength of that one shot.
How did she get the doctor to do it? She told him, “If you don’t, I will do it myself”–and if you knew my mother, you knew she meant it. She would have. After all, lots of women she knew had.
This is what they want to take us all back to, the fucking middle ages. Please remember.
The cost of denying women abortions is women’s lives. Nothing “Pro life” about it.
Masterlist
I’ll update it as I keep writing! ♡
Sketches and Coffee (Steve Rogers x Reader College!AU)
Summary: Steve is an art student observing your dance rehearsals for his sketches.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
French Girl (Steve Rogers x Reader College!AU)*
*Sequel for Sketches and Coffee!
Summary: Steve draws you like a french girl.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
I Wish (You Were Mine) (Steve Rogers x Mutant!Reader)
Summary: “Yeah but you know…” You shrugged playfully, a shy smile gracing your lips. “Now I can say I got saved by Captain America.”
He let out a hearty laugh and that was it.
You had a high school kinda crush on Captain freaking America.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
New York Baby (Steve Rogers x Sokovian!Reader)
Summary: Steve fights for a living. So he’s most definitely fighting to have you back.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Worth The Wait (Skinny!Steve Rogers x Reader Modern!AU)
Summary:
“So my friends dared me to ask a random person out on a date and the person I asked actually said yes wth do I do?!” AU
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Keep You Here (Skinny!40s! Steve Rogers x Reader)
Summary:
“No, I mean if you don’t mind I could draw you?”
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Home (Steve Rogers x Reader)
Summary: So she is a little box full of surprises. He isn’t expecting the lightness, the freedom, the spontaneity. Rare traits in the life he leads, as a super soldier, as Captain America. But exactly what he needs.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Sunday Kind of Love (Skinny!40s! Steve Rogers x Reader)
Summary: He comes in and sit in the closest table to the stage. Just to watch you sing.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
98 Kisses (Steve Rogers x Reader)
Summary: Steve’s girlfriend promises to fulfill one of her birthday’s tradition with him. One kiss for each one of his years.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Vintage Bars and Ballrooms (Steve Rogers x Reader Modern!AU)
Summary: Tony tries to hook his assistant with his ‘muscly virgin’ friend, Steve. But she just can’t take this also muscly guy she met in a vintage bar in Brooklyn out of her mind.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
The Convenient Accident (Steve Rogers x Reader)
Summary:
You’re having a relaxing night back at home with a bubble bath, wine, candles and good music to keep you company. That changes when you decide to send a sexy picture to your asshole of ex-boyfriend and when that picture ends up in someone’s phone. More like Captain America’s phone.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Be Patient (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: Be patient and let me grow into your arms.
Genre: Romance/fluff, Angst, Hurt/comfort
Rating: T
Just So You Know (Bucky Barnes x Reader)*
*Written as a prequel to All My Lows but can be read separately!
Summary: Mornings with you are Bucky’s favorites.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
All My Lows (Bucky Barnes x Pregnant!Reader)
Summary: Bucky has another nightmare and ends up hurting you. What happens next?
Genre: Romance/fluff, Angst, Hurt/comfort
Rating: T
The Bet (Bucky Barnes x Stark!Reader)
Summary: “Pin me down onto the mat for 15 seconds and you get whatever you want from me.” Bucky said and bit down his lower lip to hold back a grin as he continued. “If it’s the other way around, I get whatever I want from you.”
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Loved (Bucky Barnes x Avenger!Reader)
Summary: Bucky’s journey until he can accept himself again.
Genre: Romance/fluff, Hurt/comfort
Rating: T
Bucky Barnes’ Infinite Playlist (Bucky Barnes x Avenger!Reader)*
*Hold ties with Loved!
Summary:
Bucky would make sure remember every single one of her songs.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Second Chances (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: Does Bucky believe in his second chance?
Genre: Romance/fluff, Hurt/comfort
Rating: T
Not a Bad Thing (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: Bucky wants a kid while you…don’t.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Pictures Of You (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary:
Bucky couldn’t help but feel like there was something missing, someone missing.
Genre: Romance/fluff, Angst
Rating: T
Memories Of You (Bucky Barnes x Reader)*
*Sequel for Pictures Of You!
Summary: He just didn’t want to mourn another lost memory.
Genre: Romance/fluff, Angst
Rating: T
Liar, Liar (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: Making-out without touching. Who wins?
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Skin Deep (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary:
Bucky just wanted to help. Like you helped him.
Genre: Romance/fluff, Hurt/comfort
Rating: T
Partners (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: Bucky feels vulnerable and impotent when he finds out her life had been just as hard as his and yet– she smiles brighter than Stark’s stupid customized fireworks. She’s everything that he isn’t and everything he wants to be.
Genre: Romance/fluff, Hurt/comfort
Rating: T
Matchmaker (Bucky Barnes x Male!Reader)
Summary: Natasha sets you up on a blind date with Bucky.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Only Forever (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: 13 days with Bucky Barnes.
Genre: Romance/fluff, Hurt/comfort
Rating: T
Life As We Know It (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: When he wakes up in the middle of the night, tear stained cheeks, heavy chest and frantic heartbeats, Bucky goes out. And meets you in the way.
Genre:
Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Homecoming (40s!Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: Bucky is back home after the war.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Rainy Zurich (Bucky Barnes x Stark!Reader)
Summary: Five times Bucky finds solace in his room and one time he doesn’t.
Genre: Romance/fluff, Hurt/comfort
Rating: T
Birthday Candles (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: Bucky celebrates his 99th birthday!
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Two Sides (Bucky Barnes x Reader)*
*Written as a prequel to The Apartment Chronicles but can be read separately!
Summary: Every war and battle has more than one point of view. The one they’re in is no exception to the rule.
Genre: Romance/fluff, Hurt/comfort
Rating: T
The Apartment Chronicles (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: Bucky’s little place in Romania holds a lot of stories.
Genre: Romance/fluff, Hurt/comfort
Rating: T
Loyalty and Hope (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: You both complete each other in every way possible.
Genre: Romance/fluff, Hurt/comfort
Rating: T
Of Pictures And Videos (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: Bucky gradually grows fond of three things; himself, social media and…his fellow teammate.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Of Games and Memes (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: In which Bucky creates a private Facebook account, enjoys fatherhood, discovers Pokemon Go and makes a meme out of Steve.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Benefits (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: Having Bucky Barnes as a friend brings all kinds of benefits.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: M
Thousands (Bucky Barnes x Reader Soulmate!AU)
Summary: When Bucky is old enough to really understand what a soulmate is, he’s consequently old enough to do the math for it and he’s expecting everything but that. He’s got 36.858 days until he can meet his.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Russian Muses (Bucky Barnes x Reader Art School!AU)
Summary: Bucky ‘helped’ around the school, you got that part pretty much figured out. He just didn’t help in the way you had previously thought.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Countdown (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: Placing bets with Bucky is a dangerous thing…but it often ends in pleasure so you don’t complain much.
Genre: Smut
Rating: E
Beautiful Escape (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: Bucky’s secret is no longer a secret.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Victim of Love (Bucky Barnes x POC!Reader)
Summary:
In which Bucky and his beautiful black girlfriend don’t back out against racist asses.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Touch (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: Maybe waking up from nightmares and dreams isn’t so bad. Or so Bucky thinks.
Genre: Smut
Rating: E
Fall To Winter (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: Maybe Bucky is just starting believe he’s very much loved despite everything he’s done.
Genre: Romance/fluff, Hurt/comfort
Rating: T
Tastes Like Love (Bucky Barnes x Reader)
Summary: Three different sweet treats for a very sweet day.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Futile Devices (Tony Stark x Reader)
Summary: You get rescued from a HYDRA base by Tony.
Genre: Romance/fluff, Hurt/comfort
Rating: T
5 Stages (Matt Murdock x Reader)
Summary: The 5 stages of falling in love with Matt Murdock.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Heartbeats (Matt Murdock x Reader)
Summary: How does Matt tell you that you’re pregnant?
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Kiss Land (Matt Murdock x Reader)
Summary: Matt Murdock was an insanely great kisser. And he absolutely loved to put his lips to use.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Coming Down (Matt Murdock x Reader)
Summary: Based off Halsey’s ‘Coming Down’.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Hollow Promises (Matt Murdock x Reader)
Summary: Matt finds and loses a life he’s never had. A life he doesn’t even feel like deserving sometimes.
Genre: Angst
Rating: T
God or Goddess? (Loki x Stark!Reader)
Summary: You’re pregnant with the God of Mischief’s baby. How are you going to tell your older brother?
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Find You (Clint Barton x Archer!Reader)
Summary: You saved Clint during a HYDRA attack. And now he just needs to know who you are.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Karaoke Night (Clint Barton x Reader)
Summary: It’s karaoke night for Clint Barton!
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
You and Me (Clint Barton x Doctor!Reader)
Summary: The both of you were the perfect match for a disaster.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
The Five Days (Clint Barton x Agent!Reader)
Summary: Five days where Clint Barton tried to spoil you. Tried.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Sleepy Speedy (Pietro Maximoff x Avenger!Reader)
Summary: 5 times Pietro sleeps against you and 1 time you sleep against him.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Much Better (Pietro Maximoff x Avenger!Reader)
Summary: Late night talks with Pietro.
Genre: Romance/fluff, Hurt/comfort
Rating: T
Lost Stars (Ben Solo/Kylo Ren x Reader)
Summary: 4 times the stars meant something good in Ben’s life. And 2 times they didn’t.
Genre: Romance/fluff, Angst
Rating: T
Lucky Strike (Poe Dameron x Reader Modern!AU)
Summary: Your excitement to meet the company’s most requested pilot was nearly zero. Little did you know you were going to swallow your words.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T
Winner’s Luck (Tom Hiddleston x Actress!Reader)
Summary: Tom is called onstage to receive an award from you, the presenter. A congratulations cheek kiss turns out to be something else.
Genre: Romance/fluff
Rating: T