posting all the things

atheist, body-positive, feline-lovin feminist

[beautifulsilversomething]

first and only chance to make a thing in a few days I'm definitely improving! Not there yet! #baristalife #tobeapartner #starbuckschampion #flatwhite #latteart #rosetta

[beautifulsilversomething]

[beautifulsilversomething]

This is about institutionalized, systemic racism allowing people to think that the murder of black people is somehow their own fault. Nothing can justify these murders. Black lives matter. If you are white, you have got to wake up and work to change the power structures that encourage and perpetuate this horrific violence. Black lives matter. #blacklivesmatter

[beautifulsilversomething]

look at this little buddy. he just crawled up on my finger #cicada #cicadas #cicadasofinstagram

[beautifulsilversomething]

For a tasting today, I did a rapid cold brew infusion with Willow Blend, a little classic, and lemonade. It's surprisingly tasty! #coldbrew #starbuckspartners #starbucks #baristalife #tobeapartner #gettinalittleweirdwithit

[beautifulsilversomething]

someone didn't think this through

[beautifulsilversomething]

Someone gifted me avocados! This made my day!!!

[beautifulsilversomething]

#tobeapartner #starbuckspartners #baristalife #starbuckschampion

[beautifulsilversomething]

Tomorrow is D435 championships! I'm so ready to do it! #tobeapartner #starbuckspartners #baristalife #latteart

[beautifulsilversomething]

makin coffee dreams come true since 2003 [ photo credit: @leiwhite25 ] #starbuckspartners #starbucks #baristalife #tobeapartner

[beautifulsilversomething]

that feeling when you come home and find #LaCroix in the house

[lawngreen-deactivated20170413]

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[actuallunalovegood]

i was at a grocery store really late one night and some old guy kind of eyed me as i walked out of the store next to this other lady. She and I made eye contact and i knew she was scared too. we loaded up our groceries into our cars as fast as possible and I had way more bags than her so she got done faster than me. I panicked because i was sure she was going to leave so i just hurried faster, shaking a little, and then i noticed she sat in her car, watching me and making sure nobody came near. She waited not until all my groceries were loaded, or until my cart was put away, or until I got into my car. No, she didn’t drive away until I drove away. 

And that was the moment that I realized how much women need other women. That we can’t win this war without each other and we have to be looking out for each other, every second. 

[ofgeography]

my last year in new york city, i got off the subway around 9 or 10p.m. i only lived about 5 blocks from the f train, but i hadn’t gotten more than two before a woman’s hand suddenly touched my arm. 

“that guy behind us is following you,” she said. “he was watching you leave the train car and followed you up.”

i hadn’t noticed him, or at least not noticed him following me. when we stopped outside a grocery store, he stopped half a block back and loitered. the woman linked her arm with mine and walked me several blocks out of her way to my front door and made sure i got inside safely.

another time, nocigar and i were walking home and at a stoplight a stranger grabbed my arm when i wouldn’t respond to him and tried to physically drag me over to him. she—who is, by the way, not a very physically imposing girl—ripped his hand off my arm and snarled, “don’t fucking touch her.”

protect your friends. protect strangers. there are good men in the world, but don’t wait for them to do something if you can do it yourself.

[edmundo-noches-buckley]

I was at a club once and my friend left with her boyfriend so I finished my drink and was heading out to the parking lot when three girls came up to me and basically surrounded me. 

“Those guys behind us were talking about following you. We can walk with you.” 

I have MMA training but have never in my life had been offered the protection and sanction of my own gender. This is so important. 

[stele3]

GIRL CODE. FUCKIN’ GIRL CODE. LEAVE NO GIRL BEHIND. EVER.

[beautifulsilversomething]

thursday vibezzz

[beautifulsilversomething]

Oh, the perks of being a barista!

[beautifulsilversomething]

[beautifulsilversomething]

this is the best dinner i've made in a long time