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"The wind is rising; we must try to live." - Paul Valéry

[extraloved]

the unexpected joy of the worst summer of our lives by christine mi for vox

[iheartallura]

just a reminder:

a black girl character growing her hair out long breaks more stereotypes than a black girl character having short hair

a black girl character getting to be soft and fragile breaks more stereotypes than a black girl character being strong all the time

a black girl character being protected and comforted by others breaks more stereotypes than a black girl character having no one to look out for her but herself

a black girl character being considered pretty or cute by other characters breaks more stereotypes than a black girl character being considered unattractive

not everything that is empowering for white girls is empowering for black girls

the sexism we face overlaps, but it is not the same

[extrodinary-disaster]

[dog-teeth]

been seeing a lot of those awful weight loss ads on here again specifically for losing stomach fat so just a little reminder for myself and everyone else: having fat on your tummy is GOOD, having a flat stomach is not the ideal we should be pushing ourselves toward, its 100% natural to have a tummy that sticks out, your stomach is literally holding all your important internal organs that let u eat & make energy & grow, having fat there means your insides are nice n protected, tummy fat is natural & good & healthy, its also very cute which is less important but still true. theres nothing wrong with your stomach and you dont need to change it

[shoyowo]

Hey remember when US and Russia was all like “We’re the best!!! We’ve won the space race!!!!” But India sent a kick-ass space probe to Mars and the whole mission was fuel efficient, costed less and a roaring success in the first try and then they were like “…..wait no that can’t be true” and still have the audacity to call us “underdeveloped” or only view us as a ‘third world country’? :)

For anyone who needs more info, the probe was called Mangalyaan (which literally means space probe vehicle) or Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) and you can also get more information here and here

[shoyowo]

Remember when NYT mocked India for this very thing and an TOI (a major indian newspaper) responded with this? :)

They were being racist asf and we were till respectful literally fuck you if you think ‘third world counties’ can’t be better than you

[shoyowo]

white people can and should reblog this

[seriesofnonsequiturs]

and shout out to the women engineers integral to the launch

“Indian staff from the Indian Space Research Organisation celebrate after the Mars Orbiter Spacecraft entered Mars’s orbit.

On November 5, 2013, a rocket launched toward Mars. It was India’s first interplanetary mission, Mangalyaan, and a terrific gamble. Only 40 percent of missions sent to Mars by major space organizations—NASA, Russia’s, Japan’s, or China’s—had ever been a success. No space organization had succeeded on its first attempt. What’s more, India’s space organization, ISRO, had very little funding: while NASA’s Mars probe, Maven, cost $651 million, the budget for this mission was $74 million. 

This was not the only success of the mission. An image of the scientists celebrating in the mission control room went viral. Girls in India and beyond gained new heroes: the kind that wear sarees and tie flowers in their hair, and send rockets into space.”

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[ambrosiadarling]

there’s a movie adaptation of this! it’s obviously more dramatized/they use different names but i really really loved the movie! it’s called mission mangal and it was the first time i had heard of this and i was so surprised that literally? no one talked about it??? what they accomplished is incredible.

[lastbenchpapers]

ALSO, Mangalyaan launched in 2013 and was meant to be a 6 month mission. It’s been in orbit around Mars now for more than 5 years and has enough propellant to keep going for even longer.

[sunlit-cashmere]

“The kind that wear sarees and tie flowers in their hair, and send rockets into space.”

FUCK YES. THIS IS THE TYPE OF REPRESENTATION I’VE BEEN HERE FOR!!

I love how the dudes at back are pure happy!!

[unpretty]

did cinderella ever talk to her man about his faceblindness

[bisexuhowl]

#'i met the perfect woman but it was a special occasion'#'so now wherever she is her makeup and hair are probably different'#'this is my nightmare'

[unpretty]

rip prince charming, who had to let the whole kingdom make jokes about his foot fetish for the rest of his life because every blonde with an updo looks basically the same as far as he can tell

[unpretty]

they call him prince charming because he’s always really polite to strangers to cover for the fact that he doesn’t know if he’s supposed to recognize them from somewhere and when you’re a prince that shit starts wars

[unpretty]

best part of this post is all the people with prosopagnosia confirming that they literally never questioned why the prince was incapable of hiring a sketch artist even in versions without masks/glamours

(ps here’s this)

[onebatch--twobatch]

PLEASE click the link

[alcrox]

Please, please, for the love of god, Click. The. Link.

[midnightmurdershow]

Planet Earth II (2016) Episode 05 “Grasslands” Directed by Chadden Hunter

[neechees]

How to Draw Native People: a Tutorial/Reference Guide

As requested, here is a basic guide for how to draw Indigenous peoples (mostly focused on North America)! Also please note that this is not an exhaustive list of Native American phenotypes/features, and more like an intro on very common features that can be found in us, and even then, not altogether at once on a single person’s face. I highly encourage the use of references and care taken into research when drawing. I may do a part 2 that goes slightly more into depth, but for now, enjoy part one.

Resouces:

How to draw Native Skin tutorial (don’t draw us red!)

List of Native American Celebrities, which include their tribe(s) and home country, with 1,250 names, to use for your referencing pleasure

How to draw black people by Peachdeluxe, & Black hair in depth by misslaney for mixed black Natives

How to draw East Asian People, a guide by Chuwenjie, for mixed Asian Natives AND because it includes a lovely tutorial on monolid eyes, a shared feature of Native people

get drawin!!

[sophietisthebest]

Sophie Turner and Jonathan Van Ness meeting for the first time 

[swingsetindecember]

its like two drunks girls meeting in the bathroom

[coyotepack-official]

[franscribe]

Edit: I made the assumption that as I left the original posters name on the photo and the fact it is a photo people could deduce that it was not my own.

I found this image on Pinterest and thought it would be helpful, I attempted to find the original to reblog but the name @ceebycee does not come up when I search it and I was unable to find the original.

I do not claim this is my post and I am not trying to steal someone else's just thought that it could be helpful.

I'm sorry if I have caused any issues or offend anyone in sharing this information.

[twitblr]

We all should be entitled to the right to live.

[dankmemeuniversity]

[ultrastimpaks]

wait people sleep with their doors closed????

[tolstoyevskywrites-deactivated2]

Important ideas to consider when creating characters who are black and indigenous people of color. (x)

[sarkachan]

My favorite part of the gm experience is making dnd memes for every session.

[priestyboy]

Support two lesbian dungeon masters!

My girlfriend and I have opened Etsy shops to try to help us get through a rough patch: her shop for dice (pictured above are some of her unfinished sets), and mine for art. We’re starting by selling some of the work we already have, but at the end of the month, both of us will be opening up for custom commissions!

Visit my print shop

Visit her dice shop

For the full story of what we’re dealing with right now, see my original post. Trigger warning for gaslighting.

[stumbleintothesun]

Hey you guys! Here's my girlfriend and our shops! We're gearing up towards the end of the month, but please give us a follow.