Slo-Mo-Tion

This is my beautiful show, and everything is shot in Slo-Mo-Tion....--Marilyn Manson.    I'm a cynic who loves tea, Halloween, puns, geology, music, being vegan, and boys.

[lizclimo]

when someone takes me to a nice restaurant. 

[sculptureoflimitations-deactiva]

The Shape of Water (Guillermo Del Toro, 2017)

[googleygareth]

[thechanelmuse]

“Ballet embraces the soft, ethereal and majestic side to women, and yet we often don’t see the media portray black women in this light. My project aims to reveal that women of color possess these qualities. We too are capable of portraying the princess, fairy and swan.”

 —Aesha Ash

Aesha Ash’s prestigious career has included world class roles. Yet she’s now on to a different mission, with three big goals. She wishes to see ballet become more diverse. She hopes to inspire youth from rough areas to pursue their dreams. And she wants to show the world that tough environments can’t hold back talented people, especially those with ambition.

Aesha performed professionally for 13 years. She attended the legendary School of American Ballet; joined the New York City Ballet at age 18; and has danced solo and principal roles for companies like the Béjart Ballet in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the Alonzo King Lines Ballet in San Francisco. Now she’s focused on The Swan Dreams Project, in which she uses imagery to tackle stereotypes placed on black women. Aesha commissions photographers to snap her as a ballerina in her hometown of rugged Rochester, New York, and in Richmond, California, and then donates proceeds from photo sales to organizations helping advance inner city youth. She also donates images to organizations for their fundraisers and to people seeking more positive imagery for their children or groups.

The dancer points out that black women have always existed in ballet, yet few become principals, the highest tier of dancers. When Misty Copeland became the first black female principal with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre last summer, Aesha found the milestone a moment to celebrate, yet sad and troubling that in 2016, we’re still celebrating a first. She hopes The Swan Dreams project will give more dancers — and youths in general — the chance to be celebrated for their own talents.

Rochester has one of America’s highest crime rates. But Aesha hits the streets to prove that her hometown is more than violence and gangs. That’s where her Swan Dreams Project comes in. “My community saw that out of our environment came a ballerina, not just negativity — a little black girl from inner city Rochester actually went on to become a professional ballet dancer in a top-tiered company,” Aesha said in a one-on-one interview for this report. “Youth followed me on the street saying, ‘This is what we need. This lifts us up.’”

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[warandpeas]

Not So Grim

[birdgrandma]

[obviousplant]

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

[them-robutts]

Shoutout to Rugrats for not only having Christmas episodes, but also Kwanzaa, Chanukah, and Passover episodes

[thatsthat24]

The Dad Sneeze 🌬 (W/ @thejoanglebook)

[missinghmmingbird]

Thomas Sanders just called out my father.

[oliviamariem6]

Rocking my @kleaverklothing on Friday the 13th with my boy Jason. 😍 PS @spencerink brand ambassador? 😏 (at Schmitts Farm Haunted House)

[bob-belcher]

[yungxicanaa]

This makes me laugh so much

[oliviamariem6]

Me rn but turning 20 in the next few days.

[reallyreallyreallytrying]

if you see a lethargic bee you can give it some sugar water to revive it, or alternatively ask how its doing & actually fucking listen for once

[dogaesthetics]

[somewhereinthedetails217]

WAFER!!! ❤

[dicknurse]

Not For Sale

[oliviamariem6]

Today, I clashed with the boat behind me. (at Tarpon Springs, Florida)

[graceless-goddess-deactivated20]

[laranoa]

When we say that the United States is joining Syria and Nicaragua by not participating in the Paris agreement, I think it’s not fair to leave it at that, because neither of them refused to sign for reasons anything like the selfish ones of the United States.

Syria was under sanctions making it complicated to even attend, and on top of that were embroiled in intense civil warfare and not in a great position to make a commitment like that. They didn't​ disagree with it, but were never involved with the deal in the first place.

Nicaragua actually felt that the Paris agreement was not strict enough, arguing that they didn’t want to be complicit in a voluntary effort that didn’t properly allocate the responsibility to large countries for being the ones who poisoned the environment in the first place, nor impose a punishment on anyone failing to comply with the standards. Nicaragua is one of the countries that’s most affected by climate change but least responsible, and they felt that wasn’t fairly reflected in the accord.

The United States is the ONLY country that has rejected the Paris accord because of the belief that our environment is less important than our profit. Even oppressive regimes and the poorest nations in the world are smarter than that, or at least know when to keep their mouths shut and play along. The USA is not really in the league of Syria or Nicaragua, but alone in the refusal to cooperate out of pure greed.

[lareinecersei]

I checked and it’s true: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/05/31/why-nicaragua-and-syria-didnt-join-the-paris-climate-accord/?utm_term=.a36d3a0d88e7

[peacebeuponu]

Apparently Nicaragua is closing in on being 80%+ reliant on renewable energies which is one of the most impressive amongst nations, I believe I read somewhere.

[tyleroakley]

NEW VIDEO: “Becoming A Drag Queen” ft. Miss Fame - One of my favorite corners of queer culture is drag. There are so many ways to do drag, and there are so many reasons it’s so important to the LGBTQ+ world. While being transformed by the legendary Miss Fame, we explore the art of drag, what it means to people, and by the end, I’m ready for my Drag Race debut! Just kidding, those queens are TALENTED… but really though, I have so much respect for drag queens & what they do. THIS WAS SO FUN.