Ars longa, vita brevis

Things I like, things I do, by Jana Novena

[dyrkwyst]

make the best of it

Prints & more

[homedesigning]

(via A House With 4 Courtyards [Includes Floor Plans])

[stellagibson]

Gillian Anderson + being ridiculously attractive at MCM London Comic-Con 2015 (◕‿◕✿)

[skunkbear]

As governments discuss climate change in Paris, they’ll be referring to the dire predictions of climate scientists. Here are three visualizations of possible futures based on detailed climate models and summed up by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their 2013 report. The deeper the red - the hotter things are getting.

The message is clear: we better act fast.

How did they come up with these models? Read or listen to Nell Greenfieldboyce’s story.

Image Credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio and NASA Center for Climate Simulation

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Q: Why does that character have to be gay/bi/black/Asian/Hispanic/etc?

A: As opposed to what?

I’ve found this to be a useful response, because many people will hesitate before saying “white” or “straight.” That hesitation comes from the realization, however subconscious, that they have defaulted all characters to white and straight, and are thereby declaring this normal, while everything else is other. From here, if they choose to acknowledge their internalized (unintentional but still harmful) supremacy rather than going on the defensive, they will begin to understand the real value of representation.

Q: This story isn’t about romance! Why does it matter if the characters are gay? 

A: What should they be instead?

Essentially the same response. By that logic, any character in any story who does not have a romantic or sexual story arc should be aromantic and/or asexual. But the truth is, sexuality is only one part of a character’s identity (hey! just like IRL!). Any character of any race, gender, or sexual orientation can go on an adventure that does not involve sex or romance.

[rancoma]

MAÑANA SE CUMPLEN 30 AÑOS DE LA REMONTADA FRENTE AL BORUSSIA MÖNCHENGLADBACH

El 11 de diciembre de 1985, mañana se cumplen 30 años, el Real Madrid ganaba 4-0 al Borussia Mönchengladbach en la vuelta de los octavos de final de la Copa de la UEFA.

REAL MADRID CF, 4 Ochotorena, San José (Cholo, 76), Camacho, Maceda, Salguero,  Juanito (Martín Vázquez, 90´), Michel, Gallego, Valdano, Butragueño y Santillana.

BORUSSIA MÖNCHENGLADBACH, 0 Sude, Herlovsen (Herbst, 54´), Hannes, Frontzceck, Krisp (Hochtatter, 46´),  Criens, Lienen, Demsen, Borowka, Mill y Rahn.

GOLES

1-0 min. 7 Valdano

2-0 min. 20 Valdano

3-0 min. 78 Santillana

4-0 min. 89 Santillana

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201 days of the x-files ↳ 163/201 “without”

[jananovena]

Casa Sierra Leona: A Mexico City Tribute to Modernism

This stunning home from architect José Juan Rivera Río is located on the outskirts of the Mexico City sprawl. Built in 2014, the home takes its inspiration fr

[slayerbuffy]

12 Days of Christmas: Gillian Anderson on how your money can help fund life-saving research at GOSH (x)

[acutelesbian]

A lot of people ask me what my biggest fear is, or what scares me most. And I know they expect an answer like heights, or closed spaces, or people dressed like animals, but how do I tell them that when I was 17 I took a class called Relationships For Life and I learned that most people fall out of love for the same reasons they fell in it. That their lover’s once endearing stubbornness has now become refusal to compromise and their one track mind is now immaturity and their bad habits that you once adored is now money down the drain. Their spontaneity becomes reckless and irresponsible and their feet up on your dash is no longer sexy, just another distraction in your busy life. Nothing saddens and scares me like the thought that I can become ugly to someone who once thought all the stars were in my eyes.

[fat-thin-skinny]

this fucks me up every single time

[acutelesbian]

I never expected this to be my most popular poem out of the hundreds I’ve written. I was extremely bitter and sad when I wrote this and I left out the most beautiful part of that class.

After my teacher introduced us to this theory, she asked us, “is love a feeling? Or is it a choice?” We were all a bunch of teenagers. Naturally we said it was a feeling. She said that if we clung to that belief, we’d never have a lasting relationship of any sort.

She made us interview a dozen adults who were or had been married and we asked them about their marriages and why it lasted or why it failed. At the end, I asked every single person if love was an emotion or a choice.

Everybody said that it was a choice. It was a conscious commitment. It was something you choose to make work every day with a person who has chosen the same thing. They all said that at one point in their marriage, the “feeling of love” had vanished or faded and they weren’t happy. They said feelings are always changing and you cannot build something that will last on such a shaky foundation.

The married ones said that when things were bad, they chose to open the communication, chose to identify what broke and how to fix it, and chose to recreate something worth falling in love with.

The divorced ones said they chose to walk away.

Ever since that class, since that project, I never looked at relationships the same way. I understood why arranged marriages were successful. I discovered the difference in feelings and commitments. I’ve never gone for the person who makes my heart flutter or my head spin. I’ve chosen the people who were committed to choosing me, dedicated to finding something to adore even on the ugliest days.

I no longer fear the day someone who swore I was their universe can no longer see the stars in my eyes as long as they still choose to look until they find them again.

[cheese24k]

Monkey teaches Human how to Crush Leaves

> I really wish he would have ground up the leaves better for the monkey.

> This was the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. Does anyone know why do they crush leaves?

> That was really calming.

> I like at around 0:32 when the guy opens his hand and the monkey picks up the leaves and smashes them back down onto his palm, lol.

“Crush these better, human! THEY ARE NOT CRUSHED ENOUGH!”

[girlwoes]

We Will - A Short Film for Australian Marriage Equality in 2016

[lostinpattern]

Grunge E5 by Thinschi

[actegratuit]

Delphine Lebourgeois

[scullystella]

But really and truly, you should fuck off. Now.

[kaethebutcherart]

Out Of The Blue

by ©Kaethe Butcher

[obduracies-deactivated20200718]

some of my favorite vintage lesbian photos because they all look so happy

[carol1st]

Don’t they though.:-)