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fuckyeahlaughters: panasonicyouth: the best photoset in the...

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:52:22 -0400

fuckyeahlaughters:

panasonicyouth:

the best photoset in the history of tumblr

a true work of art

frame this in a museum

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Tue, 14 May 2013 16:41:35 -0400

norsegays: astrolope: People being angry about ~dem gays~ on...

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:47:38 -0400

norsegays:

astrolope:

People being angry about ~dem gays~ on Target’s Facebook.

I just want to give my two cents on this and tell you a story.

A couple weeks ago, I was hired at Target. I have a job at Target. Not a big deal right?

It is a big deal because i’m a transman.

It doesn’t take a genius to conclude that it’s hard for me, my brothers, and sisters to get a job. There are legal restraints regarding the job and if you don’t pass, it’s hard to be taken seriously at a job interview.

Right on the application, it asks what your preferred name is. It also asks if there is anything that target should know. I put the fact that I am a transman, expecting not to get a call because usually when you put that down, people will throw out the application. I got TWO interviews.

At the interview, they asked me about it. I told them I am on hormones and they told me that they didn’t care. Not in the sense that they don’t emotionally care, but that it didn’t matter. I was male and that’s all that mattered. They also told me that they give sex same couples benefits in states that do not recognize them as a married couple.

At my job orientation, I was not misgendered once. Even my supervisors who weren’t sure of my gender avoided pronoun use, which I found only happens when you’ve had pronoun training. They gave me a name tag with my preferred name and didn’t ask questions. I felt safe and respected, which is huge for a trans* person.

TLDR: Target is amazing not just for the LGB, but also the T. Shop there for the rest of your life.

fuckyeahvikingsandcelts: The ShieldmaidenA shieldmaiden was a...

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:44:07 -0400

fuckyeahvikingsandcelts:

The Shieldmaiden

A shieldmaiden was a woman who had chosen to fight as a warrior in Scandinavian folklore and mythology. They are often mentioned in sagas such as Hervarar saga and in Gesta Danorum. Shieldmaidens also appear in stories of other Germanic nations: Goths, Cimbri, and Marcomanni.

The mythical Valkyries may have been based on the shieldmaidens.

Historical accounts

There are few historical attestations that Viking Age women took part in warfare, but the Byzantine historian Johannes Skylitzes records that women fought in battle when Sviatoslav I of Kiev attacked the Byzantines in Bulgaria in 971. When the Varangians had suffered a devastating defeat, the victors were stunned at discovering armed women among the fallen warriors.

When Leif Ericson’s pregnant half-sister Freydís Eiríksdóttir was in Vinland, she is reported to have taken up a sword, and, bare-breasted, scared away the attacking Native Americans. The fight is recounted in the Greenland saga, though Freydís is not explicitly referred to as a shield maiden in the text.

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nosdrinker: i’ve never been happier in my entire life

Sun, 12 May 2013 02:46:29 -0400

nosdrinker:

i’ve never been happier in my entire life

justsayn0-kids: summer (◕‿◕✿) shaving (◕︵◕) bathing...

Sun, 12 May 2013 02:40:38 -0400

justsayn0-kids:

summer (◕‿◕✿)

shaving (◕︵◕)

bathing suits (◕‿◕✿)

shaving (◕︵◕)

dresses (◕‿◕✿)

shaving (◕︵◕)

shorts (◕‿◕✿)

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tank tops (◕‿◕✿)

shaving (◕︵◕)

skirts (◕‿◕✿)

shaving (◕︵◕)

summer (◕‿◕✿)

SHAVING (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

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somelaceandpaperflowers: getawildlife: Harvest Mouse on...

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:24 -0400

somelaceandpaperflowers:

getawildlife:

Harvest Mouse on Berries (by Daniel Trim)

i love how his little tail curls so cute

ewok-gia: Alternative Limb Project

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:48:04 -0400

ewok-gia:

Alternative Limb Project

razorshapes: Dukno Yoon Wings Movement and interactive...

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:56:00 -0400

razorshapes:

Dukno Yoon

Wings

Movement and interactive relationship with the body has been the most important element throughout my body of work. However through these works, I also started to explore the mechanical structure as a form. Mechanical structure becomes the most enjoyable form to me as it becomes complex yet remains simple and coherent. The contrast between metal structural form and natural feather, together with the repetitive and whimsical movements of fragile wings, provokes the imagination and evolves the intimate relationship between work and viewer/wearer. Although the recent series, segmented wings have been focused on the formal challenge to engineer an intricate movement that simulates bird wings, these works are intended to be a series of poems in which I develope my own formal language, interpret the nature of wings, create various structural forms with movements, and share the metaphor, imagination, humor, with viewer/wearer.

visceraldump: Yum.

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:54:40 -0400

visceraldump:

Yum.

apatheticghost: my dad just yelled “IT SOUNDS LIKE YOURE MAKING OUT WITH SOMEONE YOU BETTER NOT...

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:51:03 -0400

apatheticghost:

my dad just yelled “IT SOUNDS LIKE YOURE MAKING OUT WITH SOMEONE YOU BETTER NOT HAVE A BOY IN THERE”

lickypickystickyme: If grandmothers around the world had a...

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:49:57 -0400

lickypickystickyme:

If grandmothers around the world had a rallying cry, it would probably sound something like “You need to eat!”

Photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s grandmother said something similar to him before one of his many globetrotting work trips. To ensure he had at least one good meal, she prepared for him a dish of ravioli before he departed on one of his adventures.

“In that occasion I said to my grandma ‘You know, Grandma, there are many other grandmas around the world and most of them are really good cooks,” Galimberti wrote via email. “I’m going to meet them and ask them to cook for me so I can show you that you don’t have to be worried for me and the food that I will eat!’ This is the way my project was born!”

The project, “Delicatessen With Love”, took Galimberti to 58 countries where he photographed grandmothers with both the ingredients and finished signature dishes.

He acted as photographer and stylist during each shoot with the grandmothers, taking a portrait of both the women and the food they made for him.

From top to bottom:

Inara Runtule, 68, Kekava, Latvia. Silke (herring with potatoes and cottage cheese).

Grace Estibero, 82, Mumbai, India. Chicken vindaloo.

Susann Soresen, 81, Homer, Alaska. Moose steak.

Serette Charles, 63, Saint-Jean du Sud, Haiti. Lambi in creole sauce.

The photographer’s grandmother Marisa Batini, 80, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Swiss chard and ricotta Ravioli with meat sauce.

Normita Sambu Arap, 65, Oltepessi (Masaai Mara), Kenya. Mboga and orgali (white corn polenta with vegetables and goat).

Julia Enaigua, 71, La Paz, Bolivia. Queso Humacha (vegetables and fresh cheese soup).

Fifi Makhmer, 62, Cairo, Egypt. Kuoshry (pasta, rice and legumes pie).

Isolina Perez De Vargas, 83, Mendoza, Argentina. Asado criollo (mixed meats barbecue).

Bisrat Melake, 60, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Enjera with curry and vegetables.

[ I was going to post a long rant about some arrogant yoga girl who insists people are ignorant for using olive oil to cook and should not eat fish or drink milk or eat cheese because of all sorts of problematic food issues, instead I said, let me focus on those who celebrate food. If you still want to see the link of the article she was waving on her Facebook, there you go. Privileged white people…ugh]

sandomness: Series of Game of Thrones-styled house sigils...

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:46:03 -0400

sandomness:

Series of Game of Thrones-styled house sigils created by illustrator H. Caldwell Tanner featuring famous websites and their imagined mottos.

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