#belioness

[oceanportal]

Lionfish have multiplied and spread all over the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and the United States eastern seaboard since they were first spotted in Florida waters in the mid-1980s. The lionfish is a normal, benign resident in its native Indo-Pacific range—but it is an invasive, voracious and destructive predator in the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean, where it has reduced native fish populations by 65 percent since 2004. 

A group of 19 women in Belize called Belioness is on a mission to spread awareness about the explosive number of lionfish by taking the spines and using them in jewelry.

“We’re really lucky [the lionfish] is beautiful,” says Jen Chapman, a marine biologist with the conservation organization Blue Ventures. “If it were a cockroach we’d have more of a problem.”

Palovi Baezar, who had been making jewelry out of sea glass and beads before she ever touched a lionfish spine, knew that this jewelry was worth the trouble. Not only could using lionfish in jewelry help incentivize the removal of this invasive species from the water, the earrings she had made were beautiful. One pair in the first batch were translucent pink diamond shapes, each dangling delicate lionfish spines from two of its corners. Another—“a favorite,” says Baezar—“had an abalone shell at the top, and feathers.”

It’s a story of women who are empowering themselves while stewarding their local ecosystem. What’s the moral? As with lemons to lemonade, when life gives you lionfish, make jewelry out of them.

Read the full story here

[tartt9]

“are we still doing the thing where we pretend not to care?”

Are they? "No, I really want to fucking win it." He probably shouldn't say fucking in front of her, but their manager is Roy-fucking-Kent himself, so it shouldn't be a problem. "I don't want to leave Richmond without winning it, that's kind of the whole point..." They've gotten so close, he's not willing to fuck off now, no matter how much those bastards in Madrid have offered her [ and even if he had already won it, he wouldn't fuck off to play for those bastards in Madrid anyway ]. "I'm aware I'm gettin' older, but I think I've still got more to do here, so if you're willing t'keep me around, I wanna stay."

@belioness from here !

[belasso]

[TXT] : please tell me you’re okay.

< msg : REBECCA AKA DA BOSS > Don't you worry about me, Rebecca! < msg : REBECCA AKA DA BOSS > I just needed a quick breather < msg : REBECCA AKA DA BOSS > Y'all keep doing your thing, I'll catch up later.

[edensrib]

it’s not a stupid idea, just dangerous. i don’t want you getting hurt.

she pauses, turning to look at her friend. it's a big admission from rebecca, she thinks, the concern of it. so she steps forward easily, arms finding rebecca, sliding around her middle and hugging the older woman close.

' thank you. for caring. ' for making her feel so held. for being there. for being her friend. ' i promise i ain't gonna get hurt. i just wan' him to leave me alone. '

[tartt9]

"What would you say if I suggested a jacuzzi in the showers? Think it'd be nice..."

@belioness // starter call !

[belassooo]

high hopes - kodaline featuring @belioness

" it's time to let it go, go out and start again. . . but it's not that easy. "

[exravager]

dresses left a sour taste in her mouth . she remembers her parents constantly trying to get her to wear things that obviously disagreed with her figure ( the struggle with the wiring that covered her body didn't even begin to describe the annoyance that cherri felt. the small town she'd found herself in , it seemed like that's all they were selling in the display windows , it made her uneasy.

The beeps of her oxygen machine indicates it has to be charged soon. But instead of looking for some place that would have an outlet ( and a place that didn't know her face , because she's already attempted to steal ) , cherri comments on unncessessarily.

But of course , being cherri , she has to comment when she sees someone strolling out of the store probably after buying something she'd say was hideous.

" ya' mean people actually shop at this place? " she comments stopping in her tracks and leaning against her crutches.

@belioness

[b4rtlet]

@belioness said : TFLN !

[ sms : rebecca ] i appreciate the i'll come bail you out of jail tone in the text