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kristenzzz: sharing is caring <3

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:23:30 -0400

sharing is caring <3

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Fri, 24 May 2013 01:32:42 -0400

corrino: The legendary Udumbara flower, described in...

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:32:13 -0400

corrino:

The legendary Udumbara flower, described in Buddhist sutras, was spotted blooming in a La Puente, Calif., backyard by a Buddhist follower at the end of October. The tiny white blossom is said to appear only about every 3,000 years, heralding the appearance of a holy person on earth.

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Fri, 24 May 2013 01:27:24 -0400

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Fri, 24 May 2013 01:27:12 -0400

loveyourchaos: Toxic (Britney Spears Cover) /// Yael Naïm

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:26:48 -0400

loveyourchaos:

Toxic (Britney Spears Cover) /// Yael Naïm

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Tue, 21 May 2013 23:39:32 -0400

George Takei, You rule.

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:48:09 -0400

George Takei,

You rule.

astronomy-to-zoology: A ‘birdseye’ view of a Northern Goshawk...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:13:00 -0400

astronomy-to-zoology:

A ‘birdseye’ view of a Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) maneuvering through a forest.

watch the rest here!

chemicalbride: toke-s: this is crazzzy this is it this is the...

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:08:07 -0400

chemicalbride:

toke-s:

this is crazzzy

this is it this is the gif i’ve been waiting my whole life to see i can die happy now

charlottegreen: i’m so in love with this. i can’t even. ah. my...

Tue, 07 May 2013 22:49:00 -0400

charlottegreen:

i’m so in love with this. i can’t even. ah. my favourite feeling in the world is putting your head beneath the water and entering an entirely different place, so peaceful, so quiet. what i miss more than anything when i’m living away from the ocean is being able to duck under and leave all my worries on the surface.

vurtual: Chamonix (by ((((JP)))))

Tue, 07 May 2013 22:48:59 -0400

vurtual:

Chamonix (by ((((JP)))))

single female bagel: Oliver Bendorf, "Catch a Body"

Mon, 06 May 2013 02:57:44 -0400

single female bagel: Oliver Bendorf, "Catch a Body":

poem-locker:

Salinger, I’m sorry, but “Don’t ever tell
anybody anything” is a string of words
I would like to wrap up in canvas and sink
to the bottom of the Hudson, or extract
by laser from the ribcage of all of us
who ever believed it, who felt afraid
to miss someone, to be the last one
standing. “Tell everyone everything” is
not exactly right, but I do believe that if
your mother looks radiant in violet
you should tell her, or when a juvenile
sparrow thrashes its wings in dustpiles
and reminds you of a lover’s eyelashes,
you should say so. We are islands all of us,
but we are also boats, our secrets flares,
pyrotechnic devices by which we signal
there’s someone in here we’re still alive!
So maybe it’s, “don’t be afraid.” We can
rewrite Icarus, flame-resistant feathers,
wax that won’t melt, I mean it, I’ll draw up
a prototype right now, that burning ball
of orange won’t stop us, it’ll be everything
we dream the morning after, even if we fall
into the sea—we are boats, remember?
We are pirates. We move in nautical miles.
Each other’s anchors, each other’s buoys,
the rocket’s red, already the world entire.

"If owning a gun and knowing how to use it worked, the military would be the safest place for a..."

Mon, 06 May 2013 02:55:34 -0400

“If owning a gun and knowing how to use it worked, the military would be the safest place for a woman. It’s not.

If women covering up their bodies worked, Afghanistan would have a lower rate of sexual assault than Polynesia. It doesn’t.

If not drinking alcohol worked, children would not be raped. They are.

If your advice to a woman to avoid rape is to be the most modestly dressed, soberest and first to go home, you may as well add “so the rapist will choose someone else”.

If your response to hearing a woman has been raped is “she didn’t have to go to that bar/nightclub/party” you are saying that you want bars, nightclubs and parties to have no women in them. Unless you want the women to show up, but wear kaftans and drink orange juice. Good luck selling either of those options to your friends.

Or you could just be honest and say that you don’t want less rape, you want (even) less prosecution of rapists.”

- A Short Post on Rape Prevention (via ceedling)

another reminder.

Mon, 06 May 2013 02:52:25 -0400

the world is heavy
but your bones
(just a cubic inch)
can hold 19,000 lbs

ounce for ounce
they are stronger than steel

atom for atom
you are more precious than diamond

and stars have died
so that you may live

you need to remember these things
when you say that you are weak
and worthless

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Mon, 06 May 2013 02:50:22 -0400

aseaofquotes: Toni Morrison, Tar Baby

Mon, 06 May 2013 02:50:05 -0400

aseaofquotes:

Toni Morrison, Tar Baby

benskid: Know where you stand.

Mon, 06 May 2013 02:47:25 -0400

benskid:

Know where you stand.

vurtual: Shades of Morning, California (by Joe Azure)

Sun, 05 May 2013 00:35:32 -0400

vurtual:

Shades of Morning, California (by Joe Azure)

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Sun, 05 May 2013 00:33:21 -0400