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"I am a lesbian woman of Color whose children eat regularly because I work in a university. If their..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:55:48 +1000

“I am a lesbian woman of Color whose children eat regularly because I work in a university. If their full bellies make me fail to recognize my commonality with a woman of Color whose children do not eat because she cannot find work, or who has no children because her insides are rotted from home abortions and sterilization; if I fail to recognize the lesbian who chooses not to have children, the woman who remains closeted because her homophobic community is her only life support, the woman who chooses silence instead of another death, the woman who is terrified lest my anger trigger the explosion of hers; if I fail to recognize them as other faces of myself, then I am contributing not only to each of their oppressions but also to my own, and the anger which stands between us, then must be used for clarity and mutual empowerment, not for evasion by guilt or for further separation.”

- Audre Lorde, “The Uses of Anger,” Sister Outsider, p. 123 (via afrolez)

thekhooll: How Do I Land? “Skywriting is crazy. We’re forcing...

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:56:02 +1000

thekhooll:

How Do I Land?
“Skywriting is crazy. We’re forcing clouds to say things. That’s inherently funny. How great would it be to look up one day and there’s a message in the sky, for no other reason other than itself. It’s not trying to sell you anything, it’s not trying to tell you something. It’s just there.”

Los Angeles-based comedian Kurt Braunohler crowdsourced funds on Kickstarter to “hire a man in a plane to write stupid things with clouds in the sky.” On March 23rd, a professional skywriter wrote out the words “How Do I Land?” in the skies above Los Angeles.

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Thu, 16 May 2013 18:28:01 +1000

"DiCaprio and Mulligan, meanwhile, don’t seem like star-crossed lovers so much as a delusional man in..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:55:43 +1000

“DiCaprio and Mulligan, meanwhile, don’t seem like star-crossed lovers so much as a delusional man in love with a bauble of a woman. Maybe that’s intentional?”

-
People Magazine’s review on ‘The Great Gatsby’

(via brucewaynes)

READ A BOOK

(via lexcanroar)

Ohmyfuckinggod

HE’LL TAKE HIS OSCAR NOW

(via lyndez)

"How we feel about ‘the nature of existence’ is largely determined by what we have to do in the next..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:51:07 +1000

“How we feel about ‘the nature of existence’ is largely determined by what we have to do in the next few hours.”

- Alain de Botton (via kcnightfire)

hollywoodlady: Lana Turner

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:09:40 +1000

hollywoodlady:

Lana Turner

sulliv-n: Floral beards. That’s what I like to see.

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:18:42 +1000

sulliv-n:

Floral beards.

That’s what I like to see.

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Tue, 14 May 2013 01:51:01 +1000

"In the 101 top-grossing family films…from 1990 to 2004, of the over 4,000 characters in these films,..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:09:29 +1000

“In the 101 top-grossing family films…from 1990 to 2004, of the over 4,000 characters in these films, 75% overall were male, 83% of characters in crowds were male, 83% of narrators were male, and 72% of speaking were male. When the American Psychological Association commented on this research, they said, ‘This gross under-representation of women or girls in films with family-friendly content reflects a missed opportunity to present a broad spectrum of girls and women in roles that are non-sexualised.’”

- Natasha Walter, Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism, pages 69-70, 2010. (via bitemebeautiful)

Bringing this back as people have started reblogging this again and EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW THIS.

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"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:18:31 +1000

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”

- John Lennon (via kcnightfire)

instagram: Celebrating Mother’s Day with @Sueshine Years after...

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:27:58 +1000

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instagram:

Celebrating Mother’s Day with @Sueshine

Years after her adoption from a South Korean orphanage, Instagrammer Sue (@sueshine) discovered she had the autoimmune disease known as Lupus. The affliction practically destroyed her kidneys at a young age and years later when she discovered she was pregnant, both she and her husband knew they had a challenging road ahead of them. Her daughter, Sammy Lu, was born weighing less than 3 pounds, but Sue recalls that their struggle to bring Sammy into the world “was beautiful because my husband, my baby and I all fought together like warriors on a battlefield that refused to give up on each other. She was itty bitty but she was a fighter.” Sue’s condition improved after a kidney donation from her husband, who was miraculously a perfect donor match.

Two years later, it was confirmed that Sammy was autistic, but this was a hurdle Sue could overcome. “Raising an autistic child has pushed me to be creative and create a creative environment for Sammy. The scenes I capture are a combination of Sammy’s imagination and mine. It’s a peek into our Never Never Land; the place where silly, exciting and impossible things can happen.”

Sue shares photos of Sammy’s world on Instagram. Her photos capture the moments of calm, joy and wonder Sammy experiences as she interacts with the whimsical scenes that Sue carefully crafts with love.“It’s given me a place to show my life and most importantly Sammy’s life. Now it’s evolved into wanting to show a side of autism that is real and beautiful. That my daughter is more than a cute face, she has depth, hopes and struggles. To think that Sammy has strangers cheering her on, enjoying the small glimpses into her life and wanting the very best for her future is a wonderful thing that has come from the Instagram community.”

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Mon, 13 May 2013 16:37:12 +1000

hollywoodlady: Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:46:29 +1000

hollywoodlady:

Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher

not-claudius: suicideisnotanoption4u: 8-years ago, CHP Officer...

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:55:42 +1000

not-claudius:

suicideisnotanoption4u:

8-years ago, CHP Officer Kevin Briggs talked this young man out of jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.

That young man’s name is Kevin Berthia.
Today he is 30 years old and married with 2 children.
This week he presented Officer Briggs with an award on behalf of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

The story of how Officer Briggs talked Kevin down is remarkable.

As you can see in the picture, Kevin is literally one step away from jumping to his death. But for more than hour, the officer listened to Kevin pour his heart out about his troubles and told him, “I know you think things are bad, but they can get better.”

Kevin says, “Officer Briggs never made me feel guilty for the situation I was in. He made feel like, I understand why you are here, but there are alternatives”

Kevin is just one of countless lives Briggs has saved over his 23 year career.

Briggs, who was promoted to Sergeant five years ago, is humble about what he does. He says, ”they make the decision, when they step back over that rail it takes a tremendous amount of courage”

I salute Sergeant Briggs!
Photo: The San Francisco Chronicle, John Storey

This is what the police were meant to do.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHARINE HEPBURN | May 12, 1907 - June 29,...

Mon, 13 May 2013 01:51:06 +1000

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHARINE HEPBURN | May 12, 1907 - June 29, 2003

With me, it’s up every day at five. Big breakfast. I get it myself. Fruit, eggs, bacon, chicken livers, toast, marmalade, coffee. On a tray. Carry it back to bed. Lovely the silence of the early hours. Do all my studying and thinking as I eat and drink. The sun rises. You seldom see it. But light comes. Misty. Slowly clearing. Light rains. Heavenly climate for a freckled skin. Then a cold bath or shower. A bike ride if I’m read early—before the car gets there. Go to work around seven.

jazofagrabah: w-for-wumbo: niggas-: playerprophet: ohneooo: ...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:09:22 +1000

jazofagrabah:

w-for-wumbo:

niggas-:

playerprophet:

ohneooo:

beast-of-joy:

“The concept is simple. Take a blank sheet with nothing but the basic outline of a pinup girl and illustrate a unique scene around her.”

holy FUCK.

I’ll probably always reblog this cuz it’s just mind-blowing, holy cow

O holy crap

milkymoon: Private Moon By Leonid Tishkov and Boris...

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:37:21 +1000

milkymoon:

Private Moon

By Leonid Tishkov and Boris Bendikov

One of my favourite photo series of all time.

"If there is a God, He will have to beg my forgiveness."

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:46:33 +1000

““If there is a God, He will have to beg my forgiveness.””

- A phrase that was carved on the walls of a concentration camp cell during WWII by a Jewish prisoner. (via madsdittmann)

hollywoodlady: Shirley Maclaine and her two 1/2 year old...

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:56:01 +1000

hollywoodlady:

Shirley Maclaine and her two 1/2 year old daughter Sachi Parker as they make faces during a photo shoot, January 1959. Photo Allan Grant

inessentialhouses: Happy 114th Birthday, Fred Astaire(May 10,...

Sat, 11 May 2013 03:42:13 +1000

inessentialhouses:

Happy 114th Birthday, Fred Astaire
(May 10, 1899 - June 22, 1987)

“Fred knew the value of a song and his heart was in it before his feet took over.”
- Irving Berlin