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Adulting | INFJ Sometimes I leave parts of myself here.🌿

[relaxitseazy]

[inspirational-quotes-by-women]

Your 20s are a minefield. At the time, I wasn’t sure who I was, but I knew who I didn’t want to be. I made such big mistakes, and now I see they were all necessary.

 Sandra Cisneros (via inspirational-quotes-by-women)

[musicandspanglish101]

it was during college when I stumbled upon Full Crate x Mar’s most beautiful creations. Like wtf, man. & then a couple years ago, I heard Mar’s EP “Seeing Her Naked” and instantaneously I was shot straight up to the clouds.

you can’t sleep on this pristine duo.

[klasszik]

Act like you’re blessed. Talk like you’re blessed. Walk like you’re blessed. Think like you’re blessed. Smile like you’re blessed. Dress like you’re blessed. Put actions behind your faith, and one day you will see it become a reality.

[boringangel]

@adutakech: Goodmorning to me, good afternoon/night to you 😘

[lost-eyesight]

you ever look at someone and think “yeah forever would be cool with you”

[aishwaryaaraiii]

This photoshoot is dedicated to all the South Asian women out there who are often underrepresented in media simply because the color of their skin doesn’t fit South Asia’s unreasonable, fair&lovely, eurocentric beauty standards. As we all know, colorism is huge in India and Pakistan. Our society has come to the point where people talk about fighting oppression and uplifting women, but no one actually does anything about it. In this photoshoot I wanted to help represent darker skinned girls in the media, and address an issue through fashion photography.

Little girls grow up with their mothers bantering them about their skin color and how a man would never want them because they’re too dark. This does not help a girl’s self confidence, and it’s important to teach them from a young age that they’re beautiful and worthy in order to prevent them from being a self conscious teen. It’s also important to teach other girls that are lighter skinned to support these girls. In high school, a South Asian boy my friend had a crush on said that she was “too dark” and basically implied that’s the reason why he wouldn’t want a relationship with her. Comments like these are what destroy girl’s self confidence, especially when they’re young, vulnerable and lost. Support and help your sisters!

With the rise of young South Asians taking their pride in jewelry and colorful clothes to Instagram, it’s important not to romanticize the culture. Every culture has it’s good and bad, and although it’s totally fine to appreciate and be grateful for the good, we shouldn’t be silent about the bad especially if we are privileged. While our own South Asians are constantly romanticizing our culture, but not acknowledging it’s dirty laundry they are also promoting social marginalization. Women are treated horribly, LGBTQ isn’t a thing (especially in Pakistan), and more of our afro-south asian brothers and sisters are murdered on the streets the longer we stay silent. Instead of bringing light to these issues, our culture keeps quiet.

- Photographer Simrah Farrukh

[hateorloveus]

[virgoassbitch]

So many people confuse being irresponsible with being fun and having self-control with being boring

[milkhoneyhoe]

Piping hot tea because some of y'all really think it’s cute to be out here casually ruining your health and lives

[7mangoes]

growing up in a household where ur parents fight a lot is, learning to be the one who compromises because u hate fighting and confrontation

[greycloudsandcherubangels-deact]

THISSSSSS.

Then feeling like your the issue in the very few instances you do argue because you hate being like them.

[benitonka]

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

I believe you will rise and the red dusk will explode with light,

Alexander Blok, tr. by Boris Jakim, from Poems of Sophia; “Endless Song,” (via violentwavesofemotion)

[latinademais]

Santiago, Dominican Republic (2017)

Photographed by Juan Veloz

[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

[dancerindc]

I will never not reblogging this.

[doorjamb]

i randomly think about this all the time

[doona-baes]

CONGRATULATIONS TO SANDRA OH, WINNER OF 2019 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS BEST ACTRESS IN TV DRAMA she is now the first asian woman to win golden globes in multiple categories

[afrodesiacworldwide]

[prettypositivity]

focus on getting healthy, getting money & getting your life together