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Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they’ve all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands maybe.

Neil Gaiman (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

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A tous mes amis français, mes pensées vont vers vous et je vous souhaites courage et force afin de traverser ces moments difficiles.

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In case any of my fellow Americans were unaware this message is an echo of the headline of Le Monde on 9/11: Today we are all Americans.

My parents were traveling in Europe immediately on and after 9/11, and everywhere they went people offered condolences and asked if they’d lost anyone that day. This generosity continued for the entire five weeks of their trip.

So the very least we can do is hold the people of Paris in our thoughts and prayers.

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Please reblog this!

I havent seen any information on Baghdad or Beirut on my dash, so for people that are also wondering what’s happening outside of paris:

Beirut

43 Dead, 239 Wounded- attack on Beirut by ISIS recruits

Mourning in Lebanon after deadly twin terrorist attacks

Baghdad

17 Dead, 43 Wounded in Hay al-Amar, 5 Dead , 15 Wounded in Shiite Shrine in Sadr City.

Suicide Bombing at Shiite Funeral

If anyone has further information feel free to add it onto this post!

Let’s give these two countries just as much support as Paris!

And to any followers who live or have family in these areas, I hope you all remain safe and that your families are ok too.

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Pink and blue quartz geode

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“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of ‘disaster,’ I remember my mother’s words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.”

—Fred Rogers

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INFORMATION ABOUT PARIS

French Police repeat: STAY INDOORS // RESTE CHEZ SOI

IMPORTANT: PLEASE DON’T USE THE “PORTEOUVERTE” HASHTAG UNLESS YOU ARE IN PARIS AND READY TO OPEN YOUR HOME TO PEOPLE ON THE STREET. TO SHARE NEWS, PRAYERS, THOUGHTS AND OTHER THINGS, USE A DIFFERENT HASHTAG OR WAY OF COMMUNICATING SO THAT PEOPLE LOOKING FOR SHELTER CAN EASILY FIND A WAY TO STAY. THANK YOU!

2 explosions and 3 shootings in Paris (update: 10th and 11th arrondissement)

Apparently attacks took place on seven different locations. Locations on map: click here.

Amount of dead unsure, many different reports. Time will give more clarification. High death doll: at least 120, reports go as far up as 160. More later. 

About 100 people were being held hostage at a concert venue (Bataclan)  – RAID ON BATACLAN IS OVER (UPDATE: ASSAULT ON BATACLA IS OVER. TWO THREE TERRORISTS KILLED, REPORT SEVERAL NEWS SITES. DEATH TOLL UNANNOUNCED OFFICIALLY.) (update: cityoflittleliars says: apparently the terrorists were throwing explosives at the hostages before the police intervened

New update: Five gunmen across the city have been killed by police. There may still be two terrorists at large.

BBC reports at least 100 dead at Bataclan concert venue. – Injured are now taken to hospitals

President Hollande now travelling to Bataclan

Parisians: stay inside or find shelter if you’re still outside. (use the #PORTEOUVERTE hashtag to find shelters!!)

POLICE HAVE ASKED EVERYONE TO STAY INSIDE.

Police know nothing of the killers, the French media is making references to Charlie Hebdo but nothing is confirmed yet. Attackers were most likely IS recruits, but it is not officially confirmed yet.

People were not allowed to leave stadium of Stade de France at first. Have been let go now. (Update: womenaregreatfighters says: at least two people at the stadium dead) Attack on stadium was supposedly made by suicide bomber. Two attacks: one at a McDonalds and one at a restaurant nearby. German football team is held up at stadium as borders are closed.

France has closed its borders (keep attackers from fleeing and keep outside threats out) and declared a national state of emergency. In regards to the closing of the borders: there is not a 100% closing, but there is heightened security and thorough screening taking place.

Schools, museums, libraries, gyms, swimming pools, markets etc will be closed tomorrow, Saturday.

Lights of the Tour d’Eiffel have been turned off in memory of those who’ve lost their lives tonight.

Hospitals have started up the ‘Plan Blanc’, a plan to get all hospitals ready for those who are injured (by cancelling all minor operations, requisitioning the whole medical staff, etc). 

PARISIANS

Night buses N11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 out of service, according to police twitter (reddit). 

Metro: Lines 3,5,8,9, and 11 have been closed.

Taxis  and other drivers are driving around for free bringing people home/off the streets.

#porteouverte: hashtag used for people on the streets who can’t go home; others are opening their homes for you, use the hashtag!

Facebook: “I’m safe” function for Paris attacks to let friends and family know you’re safe.

FREE PARISIAN EMERGENCY NUMBER: 0 800 40 60 05. 

“The French police have been alerted to keep an eye on refugee centers, in case revenge actions are committed. KEEP IN MIND THIS IS WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE FLEEING FROM, DON’T LET THEM SUFFER FOR IT.” Keep an eye on your local refugee shelters as well. This can be important both in and out of Paris. 

Anyone who has more information send me a message I will update this post!

ALL FOREIGN EMBASSIES IN PARIS: http://www.cosylogis.com/paris/list_of_embassy.php

BBC Live feed:  http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-34815972

I will try to add on to this as I get more information. Unfortunately there isn’t much I can do, but I hope this is at least informative and possibly helpful to some.

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its so weird how ur gender supposedly dictates which shapes and textures of fuckening cloth u are permitted to drape over ur flesh prison

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THE WRITING PROCESS

GATHERING ALL MY IDEAS:

TRYING TO FORMULATE ONE SENTENCE:

credit: Chaparro

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Sailor Ripley, cat napping extraordinaire

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He’s so beautiful

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Cops are never sent to protect lives. Their job is to protect property and defend the status quo, hence are violent in their very nature.

Jean-Paul Sartre, November 1974 (in Talking with Sartre)

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When you’re a white drug addict, the drug war gets to be gentle because your parents urge for it.

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Zohra Sehgal, a South Asian actress par excellence, actually spoke multiple languages including Urdu, Hindi, English and German. She is one of the earliest international actresses who came from an aristocratic Muslim family in India. When her father insisted that she get married, she outright said, ‘I don’t want to get married,’  and announced that she might become a pilot. In 1917 she went to a boarding school in Lahore, after which, in 1930, she donned a burqa and set off for Europe by road — crossing Iran, Syria, Palestine and Egypt. She trained as a ballet dancer in Germany. Zohra was quite blunt when it came to expressing her opinions. She was an agnostic and defied all the stereotypes about a “Muslim girl from a traditional family”. She was unbelievably bold and confident and was known for her mischievous humor. She earned immense respect in British TV at a time when people were not accepting of ‘diversity’ and even the Asian roles were played by white people. When she had first arrived in Britain, “it was such that if we were sitting in the bus, the British did not sit next to us. Unconsciously in the minds of white people, there was a hesitation”. She defied cultural norms once more when she married her Hindu student eight years younger than her. She never felt welcomed in Lahore, so she left half her family in Pakistan after 1947 Partition and settled in Delhi where she taught a theater group. She raised her children on her own when her husband committed suicide at a young age. She was literally unstoppable and appeared consistently in British TV series like The Jewel in Crown, Mind Your Language and Doctor Who. She has acted in myriad Bollywood films and performed across Japan, Egypt, Europe and the US. She was a classical dancer, choreographer, cinema, theater and television actress whose career spanned over 8 decades. She was awarded Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan, some of the highest civilian honors in India. She was a fighter all her life, she even defeated cancer. On her 100th birthday she said, “I want an electric cremation. I don’t want any poems and fuss after that. And for heaven’s sake don’t bring back the ashes. Flush them down the toilet if the crematorium refuses to keep them. If they tell you that I am dead, I want you to give a big laugh". Zohra aapa lived the life of a grand diva and passed away in 2014 at the age of 102.

“Oh, my burqa was of lovely silk and I was so glad I made petticoats out of it!”

Zohra with her husband Kameshwar Sehgal in 1945.

“What actually makes brings out your beauty is the radiance of being content and you can only be content when you are employed in something you love.”

“You see me now when I am old and ugly, in fact you should have seen me earlier — when I was young and ugly!”

Zohra at her 100th birthday was quietly humming “Abhi To Main Jawan Hoon” (I am still young) by poet Hafeez Jullundhri, as she attacked the huge cake.

“Life’s been tough but I’ve been tougher. I beat life at its own game”

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I think I just found my new hero.

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Broad City’s Abbi & Ilana Unveil Their Halloween Costumes

Hopefully we have even more holiday themed videos to look forward to. Now that they’ve covered Yom Kippur and Halloween, we’re guessing the ladies will take on the Thanksgiving Day parade (or, given their record, something suggestive involving a turkey).

WATCH THE VIDEO

GIFS VIA.

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Sometimes the midwest is pretty

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