MILK + HONEY

modernette:

Decided to chop all my hair off!

Decided to chop all my hair off!

“ Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society’s definition of acceptable women; those of us who have been forged in the crucibles of difference—those of us who are poor, who are lesbians, who are Black, who are older—know that survival is not an academic skill. It is learning how to stand alone, unpopular and sometimes reviled, and how to make common cause with those others identified as outside the structures in order to define and seek a world in which we can all flourish. It is learning how to take our differences and make them strengths. For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change

— Audre Lorde (via ellielamothe)

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umagat:

Doesn’t matter where you’re from, please re-blog & spread this!

All the info is in the picture above. Pray that he finds his way back home safe please, wherever he is.

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“ Although most boys figure out how to bring themselves to orgasm by age thirteen, half of girls don’t have their first orgasms until their late teens, twenties, or beyond. Teenage girls widely agree that they get the message loud and clear that masturbation is something boys do, but girls don’t, can’t, or shouldn’t. The cultural focus on intercourse tells young women to expect they’ll begin to experience sexual pleasure once they have sex with a man (whether or not they’re even interested in sex with men). Nearly all teen boys, on the other hand, experience sexual pleasure long before they get their hands—or other body parts—into a partner’s pants. Despite the massive advances in women’s equality, young women’s sexuality is stuck in a surprising paradox. Young women are sold provocative clothes but aren’t taught where to find their own clitoris. Many girls give their boyfriends oral sex, but are too uncomfortable with their own bodies to allow the guys to return the favor. It’s still a radical act to say that women need and deserve access to information about their own sexual pleasure—not just about the risks and negative consequences of sex.

— Dorian Solot, I Love Female Orgasm: An Extraordinary Orgasm Guide. (via lusciouschaos)

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stickyembraces:

The Adventures of Marx and Engels, #8

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petitessedespassions:

I have your disease in me now.

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trxfreely:

http://gothamist.com/2012/01/18/amazing_photos_of_1980s_new_york_ci.php#photo-2

I’ve been photographing the streets and subways of New York for the past 30 years. When young people today look at my shots from the 1980’s,…

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“ You can bury what you like, but if it’s still alive when you bury it, don’t hope for a quiet life.

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Jeanette Winterson (via thechocolatebrigade

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alchymista:

The Straw That Can Save Lives

Danish water purification company Vestergaard Frandsen’s latest development could very possibly save millions of lives of those who struggle to find and produce clean water.

Their invention is the LifeStraw, a low-tech, low-hassle personal water filter that enables the user to simply stick one end into a water source of questionable cleanliness, such as a river, and suck. Several layers within the straw manage to filter out 99% of bacteria and viruses. Previously, people of areas with little clean water would be forced to boil water to ensure its safety, using up other resources in the process. With this invention, little maintenance would be required, and it could last for a year or two.

In addition to the personal filter, the company has developed a LifeStraw Family, which uses gravity rather than suction to filter water. By hanging this up in their homes and filling it with water, families would be able to open the bottom for clean, safe water.

These products do, however, have their limitations. While 99% of pathogens are removed, the filter is unable to prevent Giardia Lamblia from entering the filtered water, as this particular parasite is too small for the filters. The company is diligently working on a solution to this problem. Another potential problem is availability, since Vestergaard Frandsen is a small, struggling company that cannot quite afford to give out too many handouts.

Hopefully these problems can be overcome, as this product, in its current state, and especially once perfected, has the potential for aiding many who need it most.

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last night i dreamt that somebody loved me (Taken with GifBoom)

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all glammed up and nowhere to go. teal smokey-eye and nude lips.

» ɐuıɥɔɐɯxɐd: A HISTORY OF THE WORLD, by Newt Gingrich

paxmachina:

K street where historians live, work and play.

0 AD: Birth of Jesus. A pretty good guy, but no Newt Gingrich.

476 AD: Rome falls. Newt Gingrich could have averted this.

1215: The English wisely take Newt Gingrich’s suggestion to write the Magna Carta.

1492: Newt suggests, winking,…

(Source: Washington Post)

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y0uthwar:

Wu-Tang Clan - Bring Da Ruckus

only every time.

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Pulp tickets

are sold out. My life is ruined. That is all.

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Will you marry me???

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