opal olivia

always a hoe for a funky bass line

[happifying-things]

um, excuse me

[izhunny]

SOUND ON

[maneth985]

Oh you don’t want the blind open? Then I’m opening two, bitch. What you gonna do about it?

[ur-local-pair-of-binoculars-dea]

The way he said “bastard” was like it was the cat’s name I’m crying who names a cat Bastard

[cungadero]

18th century villager: i wish there were an easier way to ward vampires away from my happy homestead

garlic farmer about to make some serious ass bank: oh you havent heard?

[fluentisonus]

notes apps are like:

carrots

yoghurt

bread

history and fate = same force in opposite directions? fate as forward acting trauma??

flour

meds

[l9mb]

lost

[dankmemesreasonforliving]

[no-longer-another-bondi-blonde]

In 1990, the high school dropout rate for Dolly Parton's hometown of Sevierville Tennessee was at 34% (Research shows that most kids make up their minds in fifth/sixth grade not to graduate). That year, all fifth and sixth graders from Sevierville were invited by Parton to attend an assembly at Dollywood. They were asked to pick a buddy, and if both students completed high school, Dolly Parton would personally hand them each a $500 check on their graduation day. As a result, the dropout rate for those classes fell to 6%, and has generally retained that average to this day.

Shortly after the success of The Buddy Program, Parton learned in dealing with teachers from the school district that problems in education often begin during first grade when kids are at different developmental levels. That year The Dollywood Foundation paid the salaries for additional teachers assistants in every first grade class for the next 2 years, under the agreement that if the program worked, the school system would effectively adopt and fund the program after the trial period.

During the same period, Parton founded the Imagination Library in 1995: The idea being that children from her rural hometown and low-income families often start school at a disadvantage and as a result, will be unfairly compared to their peers for the rest of their lives, effectively encouraging them not to pursue higher education. The objective of the Imagination library was that every child in Sevier County would receive one book, every month, mailed and addressed to the child, from the day they were born until the day they started kindergarten, 100% free of charge. What began as a hometown initiative now serves children in all 50 states, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, mailing thousands of free books to children around the world monthly.

On March 1, 2018 Parton donated her 100 millionth book at the Library of Congress: a copy of "Coat of Many Colors" dedicated to her father, who never learned to read or write.

[theartofanimation]

George Tonks  -  https://www.instagram.com/george.j.tonks  -  https://twitter.com/georgejtonks  -  https://www.behance.net/georgetonks  -  https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/georgejtonks  -  https://www.facebook.com/georgetonksillustrations  -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgetonks

[dankmemesreasonforliving]

[lakemichiganbaby-deactivated202]

“i do not dream of labor” yes u do. labor is fulfilling. u dream of a world where ur labor isnt exploited and its that or starvation. i guarantee u dream of labor. labor is a necessity and in and of itself is a good thing.

[lakemichiganbaby-deactivated202]

if u dream of having a garden, of painting murals, cooking or baking for people, researching in a lab, or writing stories, u dream of labor. which is good! we all jus hate having our labor exploited and being underpaid for the value of our work. nobody wants to just sit at home and do NOTHING as quarantine proved! in and of itself labor is fulfilling and contributes to the betterment and advancement of society, too many people are just barred by arbitrary divides (class, education) and unable to perform labor they’d be best suited for, or that type of labor (arts, service industry) is undervalued and underpaid.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[argumate]

fucking around for three days and then making a herculean effort on day four that restores your average progress to what a moderately inept person would have achieved with consistent effort, that’s what it’s all about.

[babyanimalgifs]

Marine life specialists noticed a spotted eagle ray mother was having trouble and helped her deliver two baby rays 

(Source)

[fionn-o-nassus]

They’re so cute! Such

[shittynewyorkercartooncaptions]

[quiet-nymph]

Photography by Bob Radlinski

[dynamohedron]

THE FREEDOM

[sxeli-deactivated20171231]

do you think straight people understand what a mammal is

[homosozialismus]

a hundred years of animations have taught us that no

[sxeli-deactivated20171231]

they’ll tell me to take a biology class cuz im trans and then turn around and put tits on a duck

[arroz-con-yolo]

This has to be one of the funniest bits of internet commentary I’ve ever read

[oldloves]

Tracy Chapman and Alice Walker were in a relationship when they both lived in Brooklyn in the mid 1990s.

Walker discussed the relationship with an interviewer in The Guardian in 2006:

“"Why was it kept so quiet at the time? "It was quiet to you maybe but that’s because you didn’t live in our area,” she answers with a throaty laugh. She has written about the relationship in her journals, which she plans to publish one day.

So why did they decide against using their relationship to make a big social impact like other celebrity lesbian couples, such as Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche, have in the past? The idea seems to amuse her. “I would never do that. My life is not to be somebody else’s impact - you know what I mean? And it was delicious and lovely and wonderful and I totally enjoyed it and I was completely in love with her but it was not anybody’s business but ours.”“