north dakota, “quentin tarantino”
i see you walking and you’re talking and you’re coming my way / i’ve never seen a pretty thing like you by my side / why don’t you come over and say hi to me / let ‘em see a pretty thing like you by my side
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ashrussell: north dakota, “quentin tarantino” i see you walking...
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lavastormsw: spun-foonerisms: carry-on-my-wayward-butt: mildly...
my favourite picture on tumblr ever
I AM LAUGHING SO HARD BECAUSE I THOUGHT OF 22 AND I SAID “TOOTY TWO” OUT LOUD AT 4AM OH GOD
THREETY THREE THOUG H
FORTY FOUR TH-
wait
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w100k: Fall background () http://flic.kr/p/gMDzKr
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headlikeanorange: Rufous hummingbird vs. calliope hummingbird...
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thedailytwerk: Pale Blue Eyes - The Velvet Underground
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pdvmorris: …..oh where is my Tardis…need to catch this show!
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This is adorable and slightly creepy.
This is adorable and slightly creepy.
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jeffbuckleyforever: Happy 47th Birthday Jeff BuckleyNovember...
Happy 47th Birthday Jeff Buckley
November 17, 1966 - May 29, 1997Today we celebrate a life whose music continues to be the rhythm that flows through our very being, the graceful voice in our soul. We love you Jeff, always and forever.
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newmuseum: ni-dieu-ni-maitre-91: Performance art In 1971,...
Performance art
In 1971, young American artist Chris Burden stood still while a friend aimed a rifle and shot him in the arm. The performance was caught on video. It was a violent time, with war in Vietnam and riots in US cities. Burden wore a T-shirt and jeans and, after being shot, clutched his arm, looking stunned even though he planned it all. He recovered and went on to have himself nailed to a Volkswagen.
“Chris Burden: Extreme Measures" is on view through January 12, 2013.
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tymethiefslongerthoughts: viciousjolras: anysortofcertainty: o...
The Purity Myth.
If you’re a female this should concern and frighten you in a big way.
jesus christ.
If you’re a human being in general this should concern and frighten you in a big way.
Vile.
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fatchance: Hampton Place, Portsmouth, Virginia.
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Went to the source page and music started playing automatically,...
Went to the source page and music started playing automatically, therefore this post is false.
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"Some of the dangers of glorifying obesity may include: - Young girls might not fear getting fat..."
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- The amazing Lesley Kinzel
http://www.xojane.com/issues/the-problem-with-glorifying-obesity (via heyfatchick)
Some of the dangers of glorifying obesity may include:
- Young girls might not fear getting fat more than they fear nuclear war, losing their parents, or cancer.
- Fat people might no longer be at an increased risk of having their illnesses (including cancers) misdiagnosed or diagnosed late, by doctors working in a medical community in which disdain for fat bodies is rampant, or given the wrong dosages of medicine — both of which can cost millions in unnecessary tests and prolonged treatment.
- Eating disorders — which admittedly are not exclusively about weight but which are cultivated by a culture that identifies fatness as a failure of control — might no longer be a central feature in the lives of 10 million Americans.
- We might not have a weight loss industry that generated $60 billion in revenue in the United States last year, mostly by making women feel like crap about themselves.
- Fat people might not have to worry about whether seats on airplanes or in restaurants or basically anywhere they go can physically accommodate them.
- Dudes might not yell at me in parking lots.
- Fat people everywhere might develop a powerful self-respect, and demand respect from others, and might be less likely to suffer bullying and shaming in silence.
- Fat people might not be so handy for scapegoating, schadenfreude and cheap laughs, or as a means by which others can feel superior.
- People of all sizes might feel better about themselves, because no one would be wasting energy and focus worrying about what would happen to them, how their life would be ruined, if they became fat.
- The amazing Lesley Kinzel
http://www.xojane.com/issues/the-problem-with-glorifying-obesity (via heyfatchick)
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wineofwizardry: The Book of Wonders of the Age
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"Oprah is no longer a person with her own (carefully crafted) public image. She’s no longer a person..."
“Oprah is no longer a person with her own (carefully crafted) public image. She’s no longer a person whose humanity we have to recognize, let alone respect. In Noland’s rendering, Oprah is merely a ‘placeholder’ – a blank canvas that other women can project their issues onto. These dresses and shirts literally use black women’s bodies – each one styled as Oprah’s ‘body’ – as masks or shields for the wearer’s own body. Noland invites women (and men) to camouflage their own weight/body image issues by donning an “Oprah” suit. Presumably, wearing these imagined renderings of Oprah’s nude body allows a woman to draw attention away from her own body and its flaws. People can project all of their insecurities onto naked Oprah, and thus feel better about themselves. It’s all eerily reminiscent of the character Buffalo Bill in ‘The Silence of the Lambs,’ who was driven to fashion himself a ‘girl suit’ out of women’s skin. It boggles the mind that anyone could possibly think using someone else’s image in this manner is not only acceptable, but ‘art.’”
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Carolyn Edgar
This is a quote from her essay Naked Screaming Oprah Dress Treats Black Women’s Bodies As Placeholders on Salon. Worth a read in entirety. I am fucking disgusted by yet another loathsome White woman using Black women’s bodies to garner attention and controversy and as way to distract from her own utter mediocrity and irrelevance. The lack of compassion that White women have for Black women is palpable. The hatred is visible. Well…it always has been.
All of these “Mistress Epps.” All of these…
Beyond the obvious history of Black women’s bodies and lives being exploited for White women’s amusement, profit and Schadenfreude is the current issue of the way that White women cannot think up a thing unless it harms Black women. They cannot feel empowered unless we are harmed.
Also, let’s review a few things. Oprah was sexually abused as a child. Oprah has had body issues that has caused her a great deal of pain in her life and pain that contrary to popular belief cannot be erased just because she is wealthy. So her specifically being chosen for this dress is beyond White supremacy, racism, misogynoir and hatred. It is abuse specifically for Oprah.
I am fucking disgusted by this artist, anyone like her and White supremacy itself. Instead of these White women perpetuating misogynoir and then asking "why are you offended," why not ask "why do I have daily stunts and attacks against Black women just to make my utter uselessness as a human being relevant?"
And no “unique” White woman; as I mentioned on the ignorant ass Lily Allen video, I don’t give a fuck if you are “different.” You STILL benefit from White supremacy and the repercussions for being held accountable for it and being considered “all like that” is NOTHING compared to what Black people face when being considered “all like that.”
(via gradientlair)
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brilliantbotany: Mosses are bryophytes, which reproduce by...
Mosses are bryophytes, which reproduce by cycling through gametophyte and sporophyte stages, rather than producing flowers and seeds. They are also non-vascular, which means that they don’t have the roots and tubing to move water like vascular plants. Instead, they absorb water through their leaves.
Photo by brilliantbotany.
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How to Become an Expert Knitter
How to Become an Expert Knitter:
This FULL TEXT, FULLY ILLUSTRATED original Studio Knits knitting book is presented for your reading pleasure, free of charge!
Please take your time reading. There are over 38,000 words and 300+ custom knitted illustrations adding up to the equivalent of more than 190 letter-sized pages contained within.
I need to read this
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grrspit: note-a-bear: mrsrony: veganpunx: ourspecial: flavor...
NASA astronaut Leland D Melvin with his dogs Jake and Scout
Fuck. All. Other. Photos.
Whoa. I just did a little research on this guy. Fact: he played in the NFL in the 80s, became an aerospace research engineer immediately thereafter, and then went into fucking space 20 years later. Where’s that sports movie, Hollywood?
This guy wins life.
I want this movie. Make it now.
Yes
wait, I don’t think the version I reblogged had that information.
This dude…is he Falcon?Those dogs are so happy!
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fuckyeahmineralogy: Adamite; Durango, Mexico
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thefrogman: [video] [h/t: rraaaarrl]
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