April Showers

Ciara, 22

[lionfloss]

by jackphoenix__

[nocheiraia]

[mysharona1987]

Honest question for my followers: if Shelley Duvall had flipped out on Stanley Kubrick and all his severe emotional abuse inflicted on her on the set on The Shining and stabbed him, would you have convicted her as a jury member?

You know things are bad when even Jack Nicholson, who is a pretty shady dude himself , admitted he was horrified by Kubrick’s treatment of her.

Kubrick made a point of filming his humiliation of her.

[amateuranatomymechanic]

Shelley Duvall can shank Stanley Kubrick as a treat

[sayruq]

Honestly this has been on my mind for a bit... but if I was a parent of a Muggleborn, I would kind of resent the Wizarding World. Like I understand the need for them to be educated, but I would still feel like my kid was being taken away to a world where from what I remember, doesn't really encourage Muggleborns keeping ties with their Muggle world? (At the same time though we only have Harry's POV) Like OK, I may not have magic powers, but that's still my child.

i would feel the same way. jkr disagrees because every muggle is in awe of the wizarding world in the books but imagine losing your kid for 9 months of every year and when they turn 18, they live full time in the wizarding world because they don’t have the credentials to make it in the muggle world and there’s no way for you to join them because you’re a muggle. it’s so sad when you think about

[disgustinggf]

[slaybey]

Beyoncé for #ICYPARK (2021)

[scenics]

NORMANI Wild Side, 2021

[tf2mobilegame]

not to get political but im begging you guys to stop coming to hawaii. in maui theyre asking to put a ‘pause’ on flights bc we literally do not have enough room or staff to service you. the roads are so full that its causing a major backup when ppl need to get to work.

on top of this, i heard that by September? theyre expecting to get rid of the mask rule (if 70% of ppl are vaccinated/all goes well) but ill be honest w/ you, i know many locals arent getting the vaccine and i know plenty of tourist arent gonna take the necessary precautions.

[oh-okay-kay]

homeless hawaiians aren’t even allowed to sit or lay on sidewalks to keep up the “paradise” image for tourists

[tf2mobilegame]

“Hawai‘i has the highest rate of homelessness per capita among the 50 states” (another source)

do you remember when zuckerburg bought hawaiian land in kauai? then filed lawsuits agasint families that lived their? that land BELONGS to the natives and its extremly harmful to the community.

at this very moment, hawaii is one of the most EXPENSIVE places to live on top of not having a liveable minimum wage ($10.10) this is why many children still live w/ their parents (+ having no space) in order to SURVIVE here, youd have to work full time for at least $15.50 (more links)

in this article it states that “The Living Wage Calculator from the MIT says that one adult in Honolulu needs to make $16.59 per hour for a living wage. If that is a couple with 2 children, each adult needs to make $17.70 per hour.”

everything is more EXPENSIVE; food, household appliances, clothing, etc bc everything is shipped there.

“the median price for a single family home in Hawaii was $885K. Condos are selling at a median of $454K.”

“Average rent in Hawaii (Oahu) for a studio will vary based on location but expect to pay around $1,670 with Waikiki studios going from $1,400 to about $1,700.  Average rent for one bedroom apartments in Hawaii (Honolulu, Oahu)  is $1,743”

[friedchiliflakess]

PLEASE stop vacationing in / moving to the occupied Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. You are actively participating in violent settler colonialism when you do, even if you aren’t white. Never in my whole life have I seen our airport THIS packed!!! Our islands cannot support this many people – especially during our dry season and in the middle of a PANDEMIC!

Tourism makes it impossible to keep up with the rising cost of living. It brings in revenue and with that, becomes the fake state’s priority. Tourism pushes native Hawaiians from their land and homes, puts locals at risk for covid19, directly harms the delicate environment and native species here, houseless folk (many whom are native Hawaiian) are being illegally swept to make room for tourists at beaches, and locals are being restricted and fined for using water on east Maui, all while hotels can use up all the resources no problem and our government approves a million dollar home construction for new part-time residents (when locals who have been here for generations are being thrown into poverty, barely staying afloat, losing businesses and even their homes). “Hawai’i has become the Blood Diamond of the Pacific. We are mined for our splendor, and our residents live the every day, complex consequences.” 

It’s absolutely VILE what is happening here. I hope yall know that Hawaiʻi was overthrown and occupied by the US military, and isn’t even legally a state! Hawaiʻi is not your vacation spot, so you better tell your family and friends to stay at home.

Here is a linktree by my friend with petitions to protect sacred, native Hawaiian land on Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi. Sign them.

Here are a few Kānaka Maoli (native Hawaiian) folk in need you can donate to (if you know more please add to my thread!)

[myfashionburden]

ulyana sergeenko spring/summer 2020 couture

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Beauty and the Beast, 1991 Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

[kathrynethegreat-deactivated202]

There is written her fair neck round about, ‘Noli me tangere, for Caesar’s I am.” - Thomas Wyatt

[faeryfancies]

Not really canceled?

So this so called cancel culture didn’t stop Kevin Spacey from landing a new role where he plays a detective investigating the sexual abuse of children which is a disgusting mockery of his victims. You also have David Dobrik returning to YouTube a pitiful 3 months after his apology for facilitating the r*pe of a girl and protecting said r*pist until he got exposed. White men act like they’re a critically endangered group yet they’re the ones who are forgiven and get to go back to work after a short hiatus.

[closet-keys]

another thing that I loved about Train to Busan is that there are both examples of people who “just followed orders” that led to countless deaths, and examples of people who consciously disobeyed orders that led to saved lives.

so much apocalyptic media, especially in the zombie genre, teaches this lesson that you need to be able to make unemotional decisive action, err on the side of protecting yourself at all costs, and never hesitate. Most depicts youthful innocence and trust towards others as a liability.

But this movie teaches that emotions are essential for dealing with crisis, that leaving room for hesitation and hope saves lives, and that we must err on the side of trusting each other and working together even (or especially) in the face of danger. It depicts youthful innocence and trust towards others as a vital intelligence and moral compass that guides and corrects the harmful societal messaging that adults need to uproot from themselves.

[connerys]

Hedy Lamarr in Ziegfeld Girl (1941) dir. Robert Z. Leonard, Busby Berkeley

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[thewriterkb]

9000 year old Neolithic Spirit Masks, the World’s Oldest Masks.

These masks were unearthed in the Judean desert around Jerusalem and were sculpted by some of our earliest ancestors who decided to give up the hunter gatherer lifestyle to instead settle in the Judean hills, beginning a farming lifestyle.

It is thought that this change in existence sparked more organised religious beliefs and a worship of ancestors, prompting a necessity for artifacts such as these.

Numerous masks like these have been found in the region. Sometimes, they are found as a result of an archaeological excavation in areas with thousands of other objects. Things such as rope baskets, beads, shells, flint knives, bone figurines and decorated human skulls. Some of these stone masks even had hair attached as beards and moustaches.

In other cases though, these masks have been found by accident. One such case was an accidental discovery by a farmer who was tilling a field in the early 1970s. From there, they fell into the hands of an antique dealer. Sadly, after changing possession numerous times, the precise location of where the masks were found is unknown.

[evermore-fashion]

Stella de Libero Bridal Couture Collection