Letters to lana

Musings on my time in DaLian, China. Thoughts on living, breathing, loving, eating, teaching. Discoveries from watching, being, exploring, adventuring.

[micdotcom]

Brilliant Indian comic book turns rape victim into a kick-ass super hero 

India’s rape crisis has a new female face, but it’s not what you think. 

A new comic book, Priya’s Shakti, is making waves in India for its unconventional heroine: a rape victim-turned-superhero who fights gendered violence with the help of the Hindu goddess Parvati. 

According to the comic’s website, the storyline focuses on Priya, a mortal woman who experienced a brutal rape and ensuing social stigma and isolation. Inspired by Parvati, Priya breaks her silence and reveals her assault, encouraging people around the world to take action against sexual violence.

This is much more than a comic. Literally.

[assachusetts]

"Marry your best friend. Fooling around is fun, but life gets in the way and when it gets hard, you’d wanna be married to your best friend."

- (One of my customers)

[popthirdworld]

“A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars, it’s where the rich use public transportation.”

- Enrique Penalosa, former Mayor of Bogota (capital of Colombia)

[eucavera]

AHHHHH YES

[word-stuck]

gluggaveður (submitted by waitforfate)

[strangenewclassrooms]

AKA: New England Winter

[popthirdworld]

"With roaring bushfires encroaching earlier and fuelled by drought, rising sea levels lapping the doorsteps of the Torres Strait Islands, and communities lacking resources to deal with deadly heat waves, it’s clear that Australians are facing the consequences whilst the fossil fuel industry...

[eucavera]

Great 'western style' dish for my Chinese housemates. So much of my cooking is influenced by the Chinese style that I have to be creative when it comes to my Thursday western style night dinner. Put in sweet potato as well. YUM!

[eucavera]

While I'm not so sure about the self administered shock treatment (long term health benefits + lack of self belief?? ) there are a few tips I'm going to pick up for my efficiency learning these few months in China... While posting these articles on learning and efficiency, I still totally support organic, slow, learning from experience experiences. So much cannot be achieved in this structured way, but so much also can.

[eucavera]

This time in China is all about efficiency. I know what I want. I want to get the most efficient way possible...

[kushandwizdom]

“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”

Roald Dahl (via kushandwizdom)

[sarahindalian]

1) You go to a place twice in two weeks, and happen to order the same thing both times (because you can’t read most of the menu). The third time you go in, you don’t even have to say it - the waiter remembers.

2) Shop assistants say how much it costs, but point at the number while they say it,...

[eucavera]

Good summary hahaha <3

[eucavera]

西红柿鸡蛋汤。 The best thing for a sore throat. Got me through my last weeks in China. ❤️ PS i added the spinach.

[eucavera]

I met some beautiful people at this cafe. One if my favourite places to go to study or relax with a book. Near the 23 bus stop, called Athena cafe. Never to busy, with infinite top ups of my tea cup with warm water and interesting Chinese books to read.

[eucavera]

Autumn 2013. Winter 2013. Dalian, China.

Seasons can change the mood of a place dramatically.

[mancalled-sun-blog-deactivated2]

From this brilliant interview on ABC News 24’s One Plus One.

[icanrelateto]

[fairytalescrapbook]

“Faerie contains many things besides elves and fays, and besides dwarfs, witches, trolls, giants, or dragons: it holds the seas, the sun, the moon, the sky; and the earth, and all things that are in it: tree and bird, water and stone, wine and bread, and ourselves, mortal men, when we are enchanted.”

J.R.R. Tolkien (via mancerayder)

[eucavera]