Anna Christine

[bump-into-things]

Hozier did an improvised Q&A on twitter tonight

And lastly, my favourite

You can’t dislike him. He Is We

[alliluyevas]

National Geographic on Facebook: this is a facial reconstruction of a teenage girl who lived 9000 years ago based on her remains!

half the comments: men criticizing her looks and saying she’s unattractive and mannish

[alliluyevas]

anyway this is the reconstruction and I always enjoy seeing the faces of prehistoric humans and how much we have in common over thousands of years despite how incredibly different our lives are. I support her and I think she looks wonderful.

[frontholemonologues-deactivated]

everyone in the replies of this post saying “well I think she’s pretty!” missed the whole damn point lmao

[benyw]

I remember watching a documentary once where historians were trying to work out who a dead girl was and what her life was like. I’m pretty sure they dated the body back to the early Victorian era, and established pretty early on that she lived in poverty, died young, and was most certainly a prostitute.

The grand finale of the show was the reveal of her reconstructed face. Now, bare in mind that through their investigations they discovered that she had lived an awful life and died an agonizing death (syphilis iirc). So, you can imagine my disgust when the historians reacted with disappointment at the reveal of her ‘face’. This poor girl, who had suffered terribly, was obviously not the poor, tragic beauty they had been hoping for.

She was plain, maybe some would say she was ugly, but what was truly hideous was the fact that you could practically see the sympathy these historians had for this poor girl slip away as they looked at her ‘face’, and you could certainly hear it in their voices.

Even in death our value rests on the basis of our looks. Sympathy is conditional - based on where you fall on the looks scale.

[benegesserwitch]

Science: *gives us the miracle of seeing long-dead faces*

Men:

[horrorvillage]

“A woman from the audience asks: ‘Why were there so few women among the Beat writers?’ and [Gregory] Corso, suddenly utterly serious, leans forward and says: “There were women, they were there, I knew them, their families put them in institutions, they were given electric shock. In the ’50s if you were male you could be a rebel, but if you were female your families had you locked up.”

—

Stephen Scobie, on the Naropa Institute’s 1994 tribute to Allen Ginsberg

Absences of women in history don’t “just happen,” they are made.

(via everthehero)

[architorturedsouls]

Oko House / Sergey Makhno Architects

[crazyexomnivore-blog]

Vegan Wheat Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars

I always skip past the blog part of recipes so why am I writing one? Just look at the recipe that’s what we’re here for.

Ingredients

¾ Cup White Rice Flour

¾ Cup Coconut Flour

¾ Cup Brown Sugar

¾ Cup White Sugar

1 tsp Salt

1 tsp Baking Powder

1 Tbsp Tapioca Flour

1 tsp Ground Cinnamon

1 Cup Pure Organic Pumpkin Puree

½ Cup Sunflower Oil

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

¼ Cup Cold Water

1. Preheat your oven to 350. Or don’t. Does preheating do anything? Probably. Combine all of the dry ingredients and stir until it’s not super lumpy.

2. Add the wet stuff, use your best judgement here, pumpkin is definitely wet despite what people may tell you. Wait on the water though, let it hang for a sec.

3. Mix everything with a hand mixer, if the flour flies it flies, it’s in God’s hands now.

4. Add the water a little at a time until you don’t need anymore, again use your best judgement, or just watch the video.

5. Bake for 25 minutes and DO NOT open the oven while baking. Never do that. I will say this every time. When they come out they should be solid but don’t like, burn them. Or do. Live your best life honestly.

[crazyexomnivore-blog]

Vegan, Gluten Free Oreo Cheesecake Brownies

Vegan cheesecake is pretty much never good and we all know it. Not everything needs to be healthy, i’m not going to eat cheesecake brownies every day, so when I do they might as well be fucking amazing. It’s a waste of calories to eat something “healthy” (that’s probably pretty high calorie anyway) when you really just want a dessert. I have a lot of restrictions (some dietary, some ethical) but that doesn’t mean I can make the things I crave.

I’m allergic to wheat, which makes everything suck extra hard, luckily there’s a million options in nature for food substitutes and I spend a lot of time figuring out which ones work. The brownie part was pretty easy, I used half rice flour and half coconut so they wouldn’t get too cakey, and the tapioca acts as a great binder. It’s a pretty basic recipe to start with and the chocolate chips are what make it really fudgy.

The cheesecake took a little more work, I wanted the thick creamy cheesecake texture without sacrificing the cream cheese flavor like most cashew based vegan cheesecakes do. I used half cashew and half vegan cream cheese, try not to sub out go veggie for another brand, I tested other tofu based cream cheeses and this by far had the best result. I’d also highly recommend staying with the ripple yogurt, it really helps with the thickness.

I used My Dad’s vegan gluten free chocolate sandwich cookies, but whatever you can find will work. Remember regular oreos are vegan but not gluten free. Trader Joes does have a gluten free version of their Joe Joes but it is not vegan like the original.

Overall these brownies are chewy and great for group settings, and they keep in the freezer for a few weeks. Or you could just eat all of them on your own but like, probably don’t do that.

Brownies

½ Cup White Rice Flour

½ Cup Coconut Flour

½ Cup Light Brown Sugar

½ Cup White Sugar

1 Tbsp Tapioca Flour

1 tsp Baking Powder

1 tsp Salt

½ Mashed Ripe Banana

¾ Cup plus 2 Tbsp Sunflower Oil

¾ Cup Cold Water

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Cheesecake

8 oz Go Veggie Plain Cream Cheese

5.3 oz Vanilla Ripple Yogurt

1 tsp Vanilla

4 oz Smooth Cashew Butter (I used Trader Joe’s)

⅓ Cup White Sugar

2 tsp Arrowroot Flour (Tapioca will also work)

½ Cup Dark Chocolate Chips, Divided (Enjoy life are my favorite)

6 Crushed Vegan Gluten Free Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

1. Preheat your oven to 350, don’t forget to do this right at the beginning like I always do (especially if your oven only kind of works like mine). Combine all of the dry ingredients for your brownies and stir lightly.

2. In a separate bowl, smush your half banana with 2 tablespoons of sunflower oil (if you substitute the oil, make sure whatever you swap for has a similar smoke point). Once combined, add the rest of you oil and the COLD water. Make a well in your dry ingredients and add the wet mixture in, it will probably look a little gross at this point.

3. Mix BY HAND with a spoon or claw, once combined (it will be grainy), add in half the chocolate chips and mix in gently. Pour into a greased (even if it’s nonstick) 9x9 baking pan and sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips on top, set aside.

4. Combine all cheesecake base ingredients and mix with a hand mixer until completely smooth, you can also do this with a whisk if you’re not as weak as I am. Crush your sandwich cookies in a biodegradable plastic bag and fold them in gently.

5. Pour the cheesecake mixture over the brownies and spread until smooth. Bake for 25 minutes and DO NOT open the oven while baking. After 25 minutes turn off the oven without opening it and let the brownies sit for another 5 minutes.

6. Take the brownies out and let them cool at room temperature for an hour before putting them in the freezer for at least 3 hours. I know this part sucks but it’s what makes them fudgy and perfect. Take a nap during this step, or maybe paint your nails idk, just don’t eat them yet.

7. You’re done, cut into 16 squares and use them to bribe people into being your friend, it works I promise.

[botanitas]

The Mayans had mastered water pressure and had fountains and toilets as early as 750 AD. Aztecs had running water and sewage.

The Victorians In the mid-1800s were dying of cholera because they just dumped their raw shit in the river Thames. They wouldn’t shower for months at a time because they were afraid of the polluted water.

[groovyseb]

Incans had created aquaducts in the slopes of the vast Andes mountains to reach the emperor, cities and farmers who used agricultural terraces.

Mayans, Aztecs, and Incans were far more advanced than the savage Europeans.

[prince-of-legba]

My history Professor snapped on a class of 200 - 300 students at once because they kept writing in their assignments that Natives to North and South America were less advanced and less civilized than Europeans. She didn’t even bother to say how racist it was past one comment, she then literally listed all the things they said in their assignments and debunked them. In sum, Europeans came to the Americas because their civilizations were dirty, underdeveloped, starved, plagued, impoverished, and war-torn. So, the whole foundation of the idea of the supremacy of Europeans/white ppl and their countries and culture was all fabricated to justify their greed and the reality THEY needed resources, refuge, and knowledge to support themselves and their willingness to commit genocide, instigate conflict, and enslave to do so.

[potato-non-grata]

Europe legit spent most of human history as a backwater of civilization, and the only way they got “ahead” at all was through genocide, slavery, and biological warfare

[books-n-quotes]

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”

— Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

[art-woonz]

Instagram: @artwoonz

[evianic]

*does a tarot reading with a Cards Against Humanity deck*

[itzbatz-deactivated20240722]

[frodothedodo]

The greatest moment in the history of film

[devothegod]

you can almost hear it

[officialfrenchtoast]

[favedump]

Mr. Rogers had an intentional manner of speaking to children, which his writers called “Freddish”. There were nine steps for translating into Freddish: 

“State the idea you wish to express as clearly as possible, and in terms preschoolers can understand.” Example: It is dangerous to play in the street. ​​​​​​

“Rephrase in a positive manner,” as in It is good to play where it is safe.

“Rephrase the idea, bearing in mind that preschoolers cannot yet make subtle distinctions and need to be redirected to authorities they trust.” As in, “Ask your parents where it is safe to play.”

“Rephrase your idea to eliminate all elements that could be considered prescriptive, directive, or instructive.” In the example, that’d mean getting rid of “ask”: Your parents will tell you where it is safe to play.

“Rephrase any element that suggests certainty.” That’d be “will”: Your parents can tell you where it is safe to play.

“Rephrase your idea to eliminate any element that may not apply to all children.” Not all children know their parents, so: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play.

“Add a simple motivational idea that gives preschoolers a reason to follow your advice.” Perhaps: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is good to listen to them.

“Rephrase your new statement, repeating the first step.” “Good” represents a value judgment, so: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is important to try to listen to them.

“Rephrase your idea a final time, relating it to some phase of development a preschooler can understand.” Maybe: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is important to try to listen to them, and listening is an important part of growing.

Mr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children - The Atlantic

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Rogers brought this level of care and attention not just to granular details and phrasings, but the bigger messages his show would send. Hedda Sharapan, one of the staff members at Fred Rogers’s production company, Family Communications, Inc., recalls Rogers once halted taping of a show when a cast member told the puppet Henrietta Pussycat not to cry; he interrupted shooting to make it clear that his show would never suggest to children that they not cry.

In working on the show, Rogers interacted extensively with academic researchers. Daniel R. Anderson, a psychologist formerly at the University of Massachusetts who worked as an advisor for the show, remembered a speaking trip to Germany at which some members of an academic audience raised questions about Rogers’s direct approach on television. They were concerned that it could lead to false expectations from children of personal support from a televised figure. Anderson was impressed with the depth of Rogers’s reaction, and with the fact that he went back to production carefully screening scripts for any hint of language that could confuse children in that way.

In fact, Freddish and Rogers’s philosophy of child development is actually derived from some of the leading 20th-century scholars of the subject. In the 1950s, Rogers, already well known for a previous children’s TV program, was pursuing a graduate degree at The Pittsburgh Theological Seminary when a teacher there recommended he also study under the child-development expert Margaret McFarland at the University of Pittsburgh. There he was exposed to the theories of legendary faculty, including McFarland, Benjamin Spock, Erik Erikson, and T. Berry Brazelton. Rogers learned the highest standards in this emerging academic field, and he applied them to his program for almost half a century.

This is one of the reasons Rogers was so particular about the writing on his show. “I spent hours talking with Fred and taking notes,” says Greenwald, “then hours talking with Margaret McFarland before I went off and wrote the scripts. Then Fred made them better.” As simple as Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood looked and sounded, every detail in it was the product of a tremendously careful, academically-informed process.

[witchyfaekin]

That idea is REALLY worth learning to talk to the kiddos. Mr. Rogers still has a lot to teach us–especially for our own kids.

[wonderstruck]

It really drives me insane that I don’t know how people feel about me. Like am I nice??? Am I funny???? Am I mean???? Am I rude??? Am I obnoxious??? Am I dumb???? What am I????????????????????

[thedarkperidot]

[weirdness-is-good]

[sheabutterbitch]

A long time ago I took a course on the sociology of marriage and my professor said “With compromise, you both lose. As a couple, you must collaborate on the best possible outcome.” Ever since, I never prioritize compromise in a relationship, only collaboration.

[willinwhim-deactivated20250113]

This is probably the best elaboration on “Marriage takes work” that I’ve come across.

[patchoulisandwiches]

I was at the library the other day, and my daughter was playing at the Art Table with two other girls. One of the little girls’ mother was near by and said “Aren’t you girls good little artists!” 

And the third girl perked up and said “My dad’s an artist!” 

The woman smiled indulgently and says “Oh really, what kind?” 

The little girl proudly told her “He’s a tattoo artist.” 

And the woman. Oh man. Her face just twists, crumples into something nothing short of disdain, and she opens her mouth and says “That’s not…”

“An easy job,” I cut in, looking the woman in the face because really? You’re going to tell a child her dad’s not a real artist. “In fact it’s very very hard, because that art is alive forever on a person, not like on paper. And that’s scary! You have to be really good, to be a tattoo artist. Your dad must be really, really good.”

what kind of person could just try and crush a little kid like that? goddamn.

[kiss-me-lick-me-eat-me]

Do people not realize that tattoo artists have to know how to draw really well and produce straight precise lines on a moving canvas, and make the right color selection and know how to blend those colors and do proper shading, and a million other art things and no single client/canvas is the same and they have to adjust based on the pigment of the skin and where the person wants the tattoo?! What the hell

[lulz-time]

“Hey remember when you had a crush on–”