women's past, present, future

what if...history had no men in it? what would the world look like? // honoring women's contributions to the world

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CUBA. Cayo Carenero. Juana Chambrot in school built by parents. 1954

© Eve Arnold/Magnum Photos

[2000ghosts]

july 14, 2010

[matriarchy-au]

Taíno people often lived in a large, circular communal housing space and slept on hammocks. In fact, they invented hammocks, now a common item and essential on ships. The word barbecue is also a Taíno invention, from the barbacoa style of cooking. Other Taíno words now commonly used in English include kanoa (canoe), tabaco (tobacco), and juracán (hurricane).

via dailyhistoryposts

The Taíno were one of many indigenous peoples of the Caribbean islands. They lived on the islands we now call Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Re

[freeasstheocean]

[duxuebing]

Photography by Xuebing Du

Instagram: xuebing.du

[postcard-from-the-past]

Banana merchant from Martinique

French vintage postcard

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[matriarchy-au]

[moithuk]

#georgetown #guyana #seawall #views #atlanticocean (at Sea Wall, Guyana)

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[a-state-of-bliss]

Gail O'Neill by Fabrizio Ferri

[brarchives]

children on a boat in amazonas, brasil, 2000 by veronique durruty

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

anything that brings out your childlike wonder is worth giving your attention to

[joyousrulerrr]

[quotesfromoursharedshelf]

“I spend hours convincing myself that no child is ruined — and the one inside of me is worth remembering fondly.”

— Terese Marie Mailhot, “Heart Berries”

[folkfashion]

Unangan (Aleut) child, Alaska, by Shipeshots