places you were happy

lena, 22 yrs old she/her pronouns, mixed lady

[oldblogarchived]

english: coconut oil

french: :)

english: oh boy

french: oil of the nut of the coco

[disc80s]

IM CRYINGNFN

[my-name-is-long]

english: ninety-nine

french: :)

english: oh no

french: four-twenty-ten-nine

[spirited-simmer-deactivated2016]

english: potato

french: :)

english: oh geez

french: apple of the earth

[catchingjinns]

french: papillon

english: :)

french: don’t

english: beurremouche

[watercolorsheep]

French: pamplemousse English: :) French: pls no English: raisinfruit

[you-had-me-at-e-flat-major]

english: squirrel

german: :)

english: oh dear

german: oak croissant

[languageoclock]

english: helicopter german: :) english: uh oh german: lifting screwdriver

[commie-saskia-deactivated202211]

english: toes

spanish: :)

english: no don’t

spanish : fingers of the feet

[agoraphobeifiwantto]

english: bowl

spanish: :)

english: oh lordy

spanish: deep plate

[redroomballerinas]

english: car

polish: :)

english: i changed my mind

polish:  that which walks by itself

[false-dawn]

french: coccinelle

UK english: ladybird!

american english: ladybug

french: weird

dutch: :)

french: …what

dutch: the good lord’s little animal

french: …ok

irish, polish and russian: *giggling*

french: …just tell me

irish, polish and russian: GOD’S SMALL COW

[janefondalesbian-archive-deacti]

also, something else: since tumblr flagged the lesbian tag as nsfw there have been lots of posts along the lines of “lesbians aren’t nsfw, we aren’t sexual, we can hold hands and go on cute dates etc etc” which is obviously super important, but it’s also essential to point out that lesbians can be sexual, but that is not inherently a bad thing, it’s not inherently predatory, it’s not disgusting, it is not for male pleasure. it’s okay to want to have sex with girls. it’s okay to have sex with girls and enjoy it. it’s okay for lesbians to have a sex drive. you’re good, you’re valid, and you deserve better than to be seen as a porn category for men. our sex is for us. it’s for our pleasure. don’t ever forget that.

[oblomovite-deactivated20160709]

me: ok im gonna sit down and read this book with no distractions

me two minutes later:

[thetrippytrip]

I think Kawehi is making that point 

[afrorevolution]

[saathiray]

I don’t even care that I already reblogged this because seriously, how is this not a masterpiece painting hanging in the Smithsonian? Everything about this photo just says Romanticism to me

[phantomqueen]

my storytelling final! or, that week i almost went blind cross-hatching!

it’s a couple weeks old at this point, but i’m still proud of it (all that cross-hatching…) even though looking back at it now i can see a ton of flaws or things i just could’ve done better. maybe i’ll redo it one day.

the page colors are kind of wonky because they’re photographs; i didn’t have a scanner big enough for the pages.

hell yeah monster/human friendships

[tenu-ki]

I feel terrible whenever I hear my parents talking to each other about our household’s income. We only own a South Asian store, where we sell like spices, henna, frozen Desi foods, hair products, skin products, daal, etc (typical Desi store stuff). That’s our only source of income. It used to be okay-ish back in elementary and middle school, but ever since these American stores started to sell some of these things (at prices higher than their worth), less people have been shopping at our store, hence our income declining.

Please, I’m begging y'all, support your local South Asian stores, and shop there if you need any of those “South Asian” items (if there is a South Asian store near you). At least 60% of the owners are likely going through the same as my parents. Also, I can almost guarantee you’ll save money shopping at the local Desi stores as opposed to stores like Safeway, Vons, Krogers, etc.

[ap-sa-ra]

for those that may be unfamiliar, here are some neat products you can usually find super cheap at SA stores:

- coconut oil in massive bottles. get that stuff in bulk, it’s exactly the same as the overpriced shit from whole foods or w/e

- cool unique drinks like mango and lychee juice and coconut water with jelly. also limca and thums up, which are soooooo good. trust me.

- super cheap pretty jewelry. maybe not real gold and silver, but you’ll find the same types of bangles and chains that UO constantly rips off for muuuuch cheaper

- sometimes super cheap designer knockoff bags, if that’s your thing lol

- henna! I know there’s a lot of debate over whether this product can be used by non-brown people, but if for whatever reason you’re going to use it (please avoid traditional designs if ur not from a culture that uses it), do yourself a favor and buy yourself tubes of the paste from south asian markets. they’re usually really precise and easy to use, and unless you have an allergy to the plant, better for your skin than those sketchy artificial stick-on stencil messes they sell at hobby lobby or w/e

- henna hair dye too! and other nice hair products like neem oil

- maybe this is just our old local store, but ive seen many pirated (and non-pirated) copies of Bollywood movies on their shelves

- incense!! they usually have nice varieties and also cute holders and candles too

- obviously, there is also lots of great food and produce typically available. Asian desserts and snacks are really unique and fun to try, so check those out too

support local businesses owned by POC and immigrants!!

[reibeibei]

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[reibeibei]

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[mooonjellies]

Toni Ahvenainen

[softpinkpeonies-deactivated2021]

@shoggothgirlfriend

[earthdad]

I can sleep tonight knowing that he is safe

[kotaku]

[oldfarmhousefallfeatures]

[beyonslayed]

Not to sound anti vegan but what is one ecological function performed by roaches because I’m not entirely sure we need them

[altonzm-deactivated20170213]

they’re a part of the food chain & they help with the breaking down of forest-floor discarded foliage (cockroaches feed on fallen leaves/discarded branches and bark, and are then fed on in turn by everything from other insects to birds & small mammals)

[beyonslayed]

Ain’t no forest floor discarded foliage in my house tho so why they here

[dykerose-deactivated20170413]

Trans girl Albus Severus Potter changing her name and consulting Professor Longbottom because she thinks that by doing that she’ll be insulting the bravest men her father ever knew. Neville reassures her they weren’t that great anyways.

[pangodillo]

#calls herself Minerva #stares Harry down (via shayvaalski )

FUCK YEAH

[dairyqueenofficial]

if we’re friends or at least just friendly and you ever use the wrong pronouns, its fine, because i know you wouldnt purposely misgender me or anything like that BUT if you spend like five minutes apologizing, saying stuff like “OH my GOD i am such a TERRIBLE PERSON you should HIT ME in the FACE, im SO SORRY,” you arent apologizing, youre just making it all about yourself so you dont look bad and imo thats worse than the accidental misgendering tbh

[dairyqueenofficial]

if you’re cis, you should reblog this maybe

[julian2006]

why do so many men speak to you like they’re giving a ted talk

[ghostguest]

I need a frame of reference here

[julian2006]

go and find the nearest man who’s read one book and talk to him

[sun-liightt]