The Eclectic, Eccentric & Electric Lass

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[refinery29]

[weavemama]

SHOUTOUT TO THE MISS PERU 2018 CONTESTANTS FOR GIVING STATS ABOUT WOMEN’S ISSUES INSTEAD OF THEIR BODY MEASUREMENTS

[buzzfeed]

It wasn’t just the contestants who wanted to get the point across to their audience — violence against women was the theme of the night.

The organizers of Miss Peru 2018 displayed newspaper clippings of prominent cases of murdered and assaulted women as the contestants made their way across the catwalk in bathing suits.

You can read more about it here.

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1. Être dans la lune.

littéralement: to be in the moon.

la signification réelle: to not be be paying attention, to have your head in the clouds.

exemple: « T’as entendu ce que j’ai dit ? Non, parce que tu étais complètement dans la lune. »

2. Con comme la lune.

littéralement: to be stupid like the moon.

la signification réelle: to be totally stupid, dumb as a doorknob.

exemple: « Il est très sympa, ton copain Yannick, mais aussi con comme la lune. »

3. Depuis des lunes.

littéralement: since moons.

la signification réelle: in a long time.

exemple: « Je l’ai pas vue depuis des lunes, quand on était colocs à la fac. »

4. Demander la lune.

littéralement: to ask the moon.

la signification réelle: to be asking for a lot, or something that’s not realistic.

exemple: « Ne demande pas la lune, sinon tu seras très déçu. »

5. Décrocher la lune.

littéralement: to land/attain the moon.

la signification réelle: to do the impossible.

exemple: « Je décrocherais la lune pour toi, ma chérie. »

[vhscorp]

Un peu paumés et abîmés mais toujours capables d'aimer…

V. H. SCORP (via vhscorp)

“A little clueless and damaged, but always capable of love…”

(via frenchpoetry)

[guzarnewala]

when I have my own family we’re gonna be addressing our feelings and emotions in our household tbh

no 👏🏽 holding 👏🏽 back 👏🏽

[mysharona1987]

[yeezy-nation]

BIG mood

[bonjourfrenchwords]

Nous devrions tous être féministes • We should all be feminists • /nu də.vʁi.jɔ̃ tus ɛtʁ fe.mi.nist/

[jazminesullivan]

What I want to say with the film [The Tale of Four] is you are allowed to be human. You are allowed to hurt. You are allowed to seek joy that’s not from someone else. Seek it in yourself.

Watch The Tale of Four, a short film directed by Gabourey Sidibe

[robynxfenty]

For quick makeup, lips or eyes?

[mandypea]

She ain’t never lied!

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Via chronixxmusic

[inse-curing]

Chronixx: Such an inspiration. Took this photo of him on June 14, 2013. His passion, his personality is utterly pure.

[thefader]

GEN F: CHRONIXX

LEADER OF JAMAICAN’S ROOTS REVIVAL

“What the ancient men used to experience, what Peter Tosh and Bob Marley and Jacob Miller used to experience, is a lot different from what we’re experiencing now. A lot of things that used to happen are now five times as bad. And it would be worse if it wasn’t for them man who came before. So I’m just outlining the experiences of a Rasta youth like myself living in our times.”

[thefader]

PROTEJE AND CHRONIXX LEADING THE 2014 ROOTS REGGAE REVIVAL

[mandypea]

WATCH: "We Are - Evolving (Interlude)" | #ShortFilmSundays

[bonjourfrenchwords]

I know my limits. That’s why I go beyond them. — Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (1928-1991)

[bonjourfrenchwords]

Do today what everyone else will do tomorrow. — Jean Cocteau, French poet

[bonjourfrenchwords]

Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer and aviator (1900-1944)