Rosie

odinsblog:

hijabonita:

shitrichcollegekidssay:

But…but I thought all Muslims were supposed to be barbaric sexists from the Stone Age.

Oh wait.

Love it.

"Hello? Yes, I have a special delivery for Bill Maher and any other (white) so-called ‘liberals’ who engage in transference"

kvltvr:

sheturnedaroundandwas2men:

itscolossal:

The Rose of Jericho [VIDEO] is a species of desert moss that has the amazing ability to ‘resurrect’ itself after bouts of extreme dehydration lasting months or even years. After just a few hours of exposure to moisture the plants burst to life, uncurling from a tight ball of dry leaves to a green flower-like shape. Videographer Sean Steininger shot this timelapse of several plants as he exposed them to water.

plants so next level

i have one like this in my house  :D

what people say: you can and should examine the reasons behind who you do and don't find attractive, because a lot of it is probably social conditioning and ruling out an entire class of people based on a single aspect of their identity is harmful
what people inexplicably hear: if you don't start dating everyone right now this very second you're an evil evil oppressor

It was the winter of 1932 on the wintery tundra of Saskatchewan. I had put my virginity down for only a second, but when I turned to retrieve it, it was gone. It’s been 82 years, and not a day goes by when I don’t wonder where my virginity ran off to, and how much differently my life would be if I had never lost it. Godspeed to you, virginity. Godspeed.

“

I am not the first person you loved.
You are not the first person I looked at
with a mouthful of forevers. We
have both known loss like the sharp edges
of a knife. We have both lived with lips
more scar tissue than skin. Our love came
unannounced in the middle of the night.
Our love came when we’d given up
on asking love to come. I think
that has to be part
of its miracle.

This is how we heal.
I will kiss you like forgiveness. You
will hold me like I’m hope. Our arms
will bandage and we will press promises
between us like flowers in a book.
I will write sonnets to the salt of sweat
on your skin. I will write novels to the scar
of your nose. I will write a dictionary
of all the words I have used trying
to describe the way it feels to have finally,
finally found you.

And I will not be afraid
of your scars.

I know sometimes
it’s still hard to let me see you
in all your cracked perfection,
but please know:
whether it’s the days you burn
more brilliant than the sun
or the nights you collapse into my lap
your body broken into a thousand questions,
you are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
I will love you when you are a still day.
I will love you when you are a hurricane.

”

- Clementine von Radics, Mouthful of Forevers (via homo-sapiennn)

Always, daddy

“When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn’t healthy. This meant people, jobs, my own beliefs and habits - anything that kept me small. My judgement called it disloyal. Now I see it as self-loving.”

- Kim McMillen (via auberginesheets)

this is fucking incredible

(via clittyslickers)

lesbi-vic:

♥ɷ♥

uhfriendlyblackhottie:

Holiday reminder that there literally hasn’t been a single week since the murder of Michael Brown where a police officer hasn’t murdered a black person.

uniqueuninked:

genderterrorist:

leowithani:

Shut you up real fast.

DAMN

No comeback for this one

rubyreed:

Jealous of the flawless curves and perfect proportions of plus-sized models? Don’t be — many of them wear padding for photoshoots. 

“jealousy, n.: It’s not the other person. It’s that I perceive or imagine the excitement you feel in seeing the other person.”

- David Levithan (via rrrachul)

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Queerness, to me, is about far more than homosexual attraction. It’s about a willingness to see all other taboos broken down. Sure, many of us start on this path when we first feel “same sex” or “same gender” attraction (though what is sex? And what is gender? And does anyone really have the same sex or gender as anyone else?). But queerness doesn’t stop there.

This is a somewhat controversial stance, but to me queer means something completely different than “gay” or “lesbian” or “bisexual.” A queer person is usually someone who has come to a non-binary view of gender, who recognizes the validity of all trans identities, and who, given this understanding of infinite gender possibilities, finds it hard to define their sexuality any longer in a gender-based way. Queer people understand and support non-monogamy even if they do not engage in it themselves. They can grok being asexual or aromantic. (What does sex have to do with love, or love with sex, necessarily?) A queer can view promiscuous (protected) public bathhouse sex with strangers and complete abstinence as equally healthy.

Queers understand that people have different relationships to their bodies. We get what it means to be stone. We know what body dysphoria is about. We understand that not everyone likes to get touched the same way or to get touched at all. We realize that people with disabilities may have different sexual needs, and that people with survivor histories often have sexual triggers. We can negotiate safe and creative ways to be intimate with people with HIV/AIDs and other STIs.

Queers understand the range of power and sensation and the diversity of sexual dynamics. We are tops and bottoms, doms and subs, sadists and masochists and sadomasochists, versatiles and switches. We know what we like and don’t like in bed.

We embrace a wide range of relationship types. We can be partners, lovers, friends with benefits, platonic sweethearts, chosen family. We can have very different dynamics with different people, often all at once. We don’t expect one person to be able to fulfill all our diverse needs, fantasies and ideals indefinitely.

Because our views on relationships, sex, gender, love, bodies, and family are so unconventional, we are of necessity anti-assimilationist. Because under the kyriarchy we suffer, and watch the people we love suffering, we are political. Because we want to survive, we fight. We only want the freedom to be ourselves, love ourselves, love each other, and live together. Because we are routinely denied that, we are pissed.

Queer doesn’t mean “don’t label me,” it means “I am naming myself.” It means “ask me more questions if you curious” and in the same breath means “fuck off.”

At least, that is what it means to me.

”

- tranarchism- ‘what queerness means to me.’ (via queeradish)

I’m queer as in fuck you

(via turquoiseheart)

astronomicalwonders:

The Veil Nebula - Sharpless 103

Located 1,500 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust known as the Veil Nebula. The Veil Nebula is the visible portion of a massive supernova that erupted around 7,000 years ago to form what is now known as the Cygnus Loop. The Veil Nebula has a diameter of 100 light-years which appears to be 6 times the diameter of the full moon in the night sky. Due to the scale of the Veil, astronomers often segment the nebula into western (Caldwell 34), eastern (Caldwell 33) and northern portions. This particular images shows the western portion of the nebula with NGC 6960 (the Witches Broom), NGC 6979 (Pickering’s Triangle), and other significant cataloged objects.

Credit: NASA/Digital Sky Survey

mosskitten:

I don’t want happy weddings I don’t want companies sticking little rainbows on stuff I don’t want allies flooding the streets at Pride for ‘support’

I want homes and clothes and hormones and medical care and education and legal protection and access to shared history and community and safety and respect for ALL my LGBT+ siblings. 

i-effed-it-all-up:

some people feel pressured by labels, and therefor don’t like to label their sexuality

some people find comfort in labels, and labeling their sexuality has given them a feeling of belonging

both are completely fine

i’m not sure why some people still can’t comprehend this

stellachuuuuu:

Drag Batgirl.
Made by @dangrrrdoll
Hip bag by #DarkCharmer
Designers @babsdraws @cameronmstewart #brendenfletcher
Photographer @annagram22 

#cosplay #dccomics #batgirl #sequin #drag #disco #sparkle

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Tilda Swinton By Tim Walker

Ever wanted to wrap your gifts in fabric, furoshiki-style, but ended up in a botched effort of flapping ends that looks like you dragged the gift through the laundry basket on the way to the tree? Well, those days are over, cos here’s a very simple step-by-step to help you wrap envelope-style, using our Rough Diamond print, in sunny sky blue. Give it a try and get the double benefit of an elegant-looking gift AND gift wrap that doesn’t get thrown away afterwards.

There are step-by-step word instructions below, but these pics are pretty clear. Happy wrapping!

Step 1: Place your fabric printed side down at a 45 degree angle to the square.

Step 2: Place your gift at the bottom of the fabric.

Step 3: Fold the bottom corner upwards, tucking the fabric underneath the gift to secure it..

Step 4: Continue to fold and tuck towards the top of the fabric square.

Step 5: Fold the right hand corner across the gift towards the centre.

Step 6: Do the same with the left corner.

Step 7: Tuck the corner in neatly.

Step 8: Fold the gift over, towards the top point, as illustrated.

Step 9 & 10: Fold the flap over and secure with a pin.

In a poetic twist of fate, end-of-life paintbrushes are whittled down and sculpted into artwork by San Francisco-based artist Rebecca Szeto. Tools that were once used to create artwork, now bear the face of female portraits largely inspired by women of the Renaissance period and other female figures of art history. …

“The slow and repetitive nature of whittling becomes a meditative activity,” says Szeto, referring to her ongoing series of Paintbrush Portraits.

Read (and see) more here.

“

Oh—you wouldn’t date a girl who’s ever been a stripper?
In that case, I wouldn’t date a guy who’s ever been to a strip club.

Oh—you wouldn’t date a girl who’s ever done porn?
In that case, I wouldn’t date a guy who’s ever watched porn.

You’re the reason we exist.
You’re the demand to our supply.
If you disdain sex workers, don’t you dare consume our labor.

As they say in the industry, “People jack off with the left hand and point with the right.”

”

-

Lux ATL (via stripperina)

No I fucking LOVE this.

(via beachbunnyescort)

Exactly

allthingshyper:

gehayi:

hiddlesbatchlove:

forever-falling-forward:

platredeparis:

bnycolew:

mannysiege:

Progress

What

Imma just let this sit here

MOTHA FUCKIN SCIENCE

sources:

Engagdget

DailyTech

CBS

They turned RNA into an anti-virus program. That is amazing.

Let me restate this in case it didn’t sink in the first time

Researchers physically DELETED ALL TRACES of the HIV virus from a human cell.

ALL OF IT.

IF YOU ARE NOT EXCITED ABOUT THAT I DON’T THINK YOU KNOW WHAT HIV IS

prismatic-bell:

barafurbear:

anotheralexandros:

tommytv:

nychealth:

Let’s stop HIV in New York City

• If you are HIV-negative, PEP and PrEP can help you stay that way.
• If you are HIV-positive, PEP and PrEP can help protect your partners.

 

Daily PrEP

PrEP is a daily pill that can help keep you HIV-negative as long as you take it every day.

• Ask your doctor if PrEP (Pre-exposure Prophylaxis) may be right for you.
• Condoms give you additional protection against HIV, other sexually transmitted infections, and unintended pregnancy.

 

Emergency PEP

If you are HIV-negative and think you were exposed to HIV, immediately go to a clinic or emergency room and ask for PEP (Post-exposure  Prophylaxis).

• PEP can stop HIV if started within 36 hours of exposure.
• You continue taking PEP for 28 days.

Many insurance plans including Medicaid cover PEP and PrEP. Assistance may be available if you are uninsured. Visit NYC Health’s website to find out where to get PrEP or PEP in New York City.

This is such a giant step that barely any people know about it seems, so amazing to see progress in the treatment of HIV

I honestly thought this might be exaggeration but the CDC says that PrEP is 92% effective. Damn. Damn.

reblogging because this deserves waaaay more attention D:

A friendly note that a lot of the gay community is currently slut-shaming men who use PrEP, so SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR ITS USE!!

frankensteinfanclub:

GO OFF

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners. I wish someone had told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase; they quit. Most people I know who do interest, creative, work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know that it’s normal and the important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you finish one piece. It’s only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take a while. It’s normal to take awhile. You just gotta fight your way through.”

- Ira Glass (via bluishtigerrs)

exgynocraticgrrl:

Teaching to Transgress Today: Theory & Practice In & Outside the Classroom
with bell hooks

ilovecoffeeandcats:

allofthemath:

So calming

If you have anxiety trying taking deep breaths in sync with this. It’s very relaxing. 

THIS!

I know a child was shot. I know he was unarmed. I know his family and now the nation is screaming for justice. That is important but it is only a small fraction of the conversation that everyone should be having.

“Women are socialized to make men feel good. We’re socialized to “let you down easy.” We’re not socialized to say a clear and direct “no.” We’re socialized to speak in hints and boost egos and let people save face. People who don’t respect the social contract (rapists, predators, assholes, pickup artists) are good at taking advantage of this. “No” is something we have to learn. “No” is something we have to earn. In fact, I’d argue that the ability to just say “no” to something, without further comment, apology, explanation, guilt, or thinking about it is one of the great rites of passage in growing up, and when you start saying it and saying it regularly the world often pushes back. And calls you names.”

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The art of “no.” « CaptainAwkward.com (via professorpinka)

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micdotcom:

Potent minimalist art sends a strong message about police and vigilante brutality in America

Journalist and artist Shirin Barghi has created a gripping, thought-provoking series of graphics that not only examines racial prejudice in today’s America, but also captures the sense of humanity that often gets lost in news coverage. Titled “Last Words,” the graphics illustrate the last recorded words by Brown and other young black people — Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant and others — who have been killed by police in recent years.

Let us not forget their voices