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Hi I'm Kelly. If you get to know me, you'll know all the stuff that's supposed to be here. *Currently figuring out how to put an ask box.*

[jeezuspatricia]

go follow my new blog

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IF YOU'RE COOL WITH GETTING A KINDA AWKWARD ASK RIGHT THIS SECOND AND PLAN ON ANSWERING IT IN ALL HONESTY REBLOG THIS PLEASE.

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Bright Colored Night

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[moirakatson]

The Color Thesaurus

All from Ingrid’s Notes on Wordpress, direct link here.

[tangyowl]

thank the lord oh my

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[shonenjesus]

anime either has 11 episodes, 26 episodes, 60 episodes or 50000000000 episodes and 6 movies

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[alvaroandtheworld]

THE BEGINNINGS OF KAWAII

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No, no, you have no idea. It actually IS the beginning of the whole so-called “kawaii culture”. And it started because girls started using mechanical pencils, which provided fine handwriting. After being banished (more precisely, during the 80s), this kind of writing started being used in products like magazines and make-up. And, during this time, icons we usually associate with the whole kawaii industry (like the characters from Sanrio) came to life too.

And what many people don’t realize is that this subculture was born as a way for young girls to express themselves in their own way. And it was also used as something against the adult life and the traditional culture, often seen as dull and boring and oppressive. By embracing cuteness, these young girls (and adult women, after a while) were showing non-conformation with the current standards.

So yep. Kawaii is important, and it all started with cute, simple handwritting a few hearts and cat faces in some girls’ school notebooks <3

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!!!!!

NO OK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!

This is also how the kawaii fashions started! Girls began dressing in cute and off beat styles for themsleves, they were criticized by adult figures telling them “you’ll never find a husband if you dress that way!” to which they began to reply “Good!”

All the japanese subcultures and fashions that evolved out of this became a rebellion to tradition and the starch gender roles and expectations the adults were forcing on the younger generations. As early as the 70s and still to this day you’ll see an emphasis on child-like fashion and themes in more kawaii styles and the dismissal of the male gaze with styles like lolita (a lot of western people assume lolita is somehow sexual due to the name of the fashion, but ask any japanese lolita and they will tell you that men hate the style and find it unattractive which is sometimes a large reason they gravitate towards the style - they can express their femininity and individuality while remaining independent and without the pressure to appeal to men)

Its so so so important to understand the hyper cute and ‘odd’ fashions of Japanese girls carry such a huge message of feminism and reclaiming of their own lives.   

[gay-on-the-moon]

so are you telling me that Japan’s punk phase was really the kawaii phase

[easycomfort]

my brother tried to pick up a banana to make it look like he was talking on the phone but all the bananas in the bunch came with it and he just looked at me and went “i guess it’s a conference call”

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A++ recovery

[easycomfort]

don’t encourage him

[wormpit]

THEY JUST WANTED TO FIND THEIR DAD THEY JUST WANTED TO FIND THEIR DAD

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And we all know which fandom that belongs to

[ambulanceinertia]

Why do some Targets have those big red concrete orbs out in front of them what purpose do those big red concrete orbs serve

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Anyway, shout out to me for currently functioning on less than two hours of sleep

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yesterday my dad and i were stuck indoors because of the weather and i said “we’re homestuck” and he looked at me, like he knew this was some meme shit, he knew the score, but he couldn’t place it. he just kept looking at me suspiciously, knowingly, warily. then he carefully said, “yes.”

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i have unlimited texting and i only text 3 people ever i think my phone company looks at my bill and just laughs

[jeezuspatricia]

Yeah but when you're talking to them 24/7 and when you're not you're spamming them I mean that adds up bro

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Daughter tells her Dad he’s going to be a Grandpa [x]

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When he says “really” ;’)

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Never leave this un-reblogged

[cumberbuddy]

What a dear human being he is. 

[fau1tline]

He’s the cutest old man ever hands down.

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[aidn]

rise

[asrielsarchive]

boys still call girls weak but many girls voluntarily pull parts of their own eyebrows off their faces by sheer force on a regular basis who the hell do they think they’re calling weak

[gelpenss]

#dont even get me started on bikini waxing

[geeky-cas]

cramps

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liquid eyeliner

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Birthgiving

[flowersandformaldehyde-deactiva]

dealing with boys. 

[jeezuspatricia]

sHEDDING ONE OF YOUR INTERNAL ORGANS OUT OF YOUR GENITALS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND STILL HAVING TO GO ON WITH EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES

[youfightthosefaries]

9 Problems with Women’s Clothing And the worst part is that clothing companies do it because they know we’ll still buy their products.  But do we have much other choice?

[birdungehrl]

and if you’re fat multiply these difficulties by 9000%

[potter-merlin]

Amen. Also my bras cost 50 freaking dollars! I really don’t want to pay that much for some material to cover my breasts :/

[chiiri-h]

This doesn’t even take into account that girls are shamed for wearing clothes made like this and then shamed even more for wearing actual practical clothing

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COP Xio Haq, Afghanistan.  2011

(We captured a camel spider, named him Dozer, and it was our intention to make him fight other camel spiders and he’d be a champion of all beasts.  He was stomped on about 10 minutes after that picture was taken.)

[jeezuspatricia]

CHRIST ALMIGHTY