Bear Hugs

[npr]

Refugees are by definition the most vulnerable people among us. Families don’t choose to sacrifice everything they have and leave their homes unless their homes become like the mouth of a shark. Scapegoating people who are fleeing for their lives is an inhumanity that no person with a heart should be able to defend.

Commentary by Bilal Askaryar, who helps manage the Turquoise Mountain: Artists Transforming Afghanistan exhibit at the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries. He holds a master’s degree from the American University School of International Service. He arrived in the United States as a refugee fleeing the war in Afghanistan when he was 5 years old. (via npr)

[galoupop]

This show is killing me.

[diedhigh]

[destinyrush]

A hero without a cape

[nyshadidntbreakit]

Her name is Theresa Kachindamoto, and she is a senior chief - political leader of a region with a population of about 900,000 people.

She didn’t run for election; she was appointed, without her knowledge, while she was living and working in a completely different part of the country. She just received a call one day telling her to come back to her childhood home, because she was in charge now.

So she did; and when she arrived, she discovered widespread sexual abuse of children. She browbeat 50 uncooperative local leaders into accepting her decision to annul all the marriages. She then fired four of them when they continued to allow children to be married off in their areas. She still faces widespread opposition from parents who consider it their right to sexually abuse their daughters if they want to; but Kachindamoto very evidently does not give a fuck, and is continuing to use political and legal means to protect children in the region.

She’s not just an anonymous do-gooder; she’s an effective political leader despite incredibly difficult circumstances. Theresa Kachindamoto.

[desiremyblack]

(via TumbleOn)

[lewis-tan]

Happy 20th anniversary Romeo + Juliet (1996) 

“Next Tuesday, November 1st is the twentieth anniversary of me second film Romeo + Juliet. It was an extraordinary creative journey, the likes of which I’m sure the cast, crew and close collaborators will never quite experience again. Many doubted the preposterous ambition of setting Shakespeare’s beloved tragic romance in a heighted creative world, with a then relatively unknown Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, but we did make it, overcoming incredible odds shooting entirely in Mexico. Over the next 7 days, the team and I are going to go through our unpublished archives and as a celebration of time passing, release previously unseen items leading up to R+J’s 20th birthday. Think of it as a big shoutout to Shakespeare himself, whose 400th anniversary is this year.

P.S: If you had anything to do with the making of the film, or are simply, just a fan and want to share, don’t hold back. Though I’m still getting down with ‘The Get Down’, the team and I so much enjoy looking at everything.”

                                                                                                                    - Baz Luhrmann

[monicakecat]

Connie it’s one of my favorites characters

[psychquotesss]

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it–always.

Mahatma Gandhi (via psych2go)

[jigglypuffsvevo]

[awwww-cute]

I had trouble with the talent at my photo shoot yesterday

[naturedouche-deactivated2019030]

baby nugget yes

[pugsequalsdrugs]

[yoursummerdreamz]

[officialiwrotethisforyou]

133 of 300 Things I Hope - Available wherever good books are sold.

[djurito-deactivated20200624]

i’m so here for bi and pan kids who use “gay” as a casual descriptor for themselves, especially when expressing their same-gender attraction. i’m here for you if you’re afraid to or uncomfortable with using “queer,” i’m here if you don’t have the energy to explain your sexuality every time you mention it, i’m here if you just like the sound and the way it rolls off the tongue. you’re great; keep doing what you’re doing.

[death-by-elocution]

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

A lot of parents will do anything for their kids - except let them be themselves.

Bansky (via psych2go)

[amargedom]

“I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn’t.”

Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner (via amargedom)

[akifkichloo]

Why are you wasting your years trying to question what you deserve? Let me tell you one thing and one thing only; You deserve a love so surreal that it feels philosophical.

Akif Kichloo (via akifkichloo)