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[laxiare]

Hi there! If anyone out there in the tumblr-verse is interested in photography/books/reading/writing, I have finally perfected my writing blog! It is located at juliakwritings.tumblr.com so pop on by! – laxiare.

[laxiare]

The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017) dir. Niki Caro, starring Jessica Chastain

“No one knows how hard it is. You can never tell who your enemies are, or who to trust. Maybe that’s why I love animals so much. You look in their eyes...and you know exactly what’s in their hearts.”

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YOUR BUCKY BARNES EDIT (he's a ghost story -- that one) IS SO DAMN COOL! I APPLAUD YOU BECAUSE OH MY DAMN

OH MY GOD THANK YOU!!!! that’s my favourite edit ive ever done and i love it so much myself, and just thank you so much for this! this boosted my mood ten points!!

[arteomis]

You're an English major! Does this mean you have some good book recommendations you can give out? I don't go back to school until mid-sept and I've been hoping for some good (literary) distractions.

yes of course I have recs! I don’t know what kind of books you like, so here’s a short list of my (current) faves... 

(I linked them all to their goodreads pages to make it easier for ya)

if you like feel good:

simon vs the homo sapiens agenda by becky albertalli

fangirl by rainbow rowell

if you like angst:

the foxhole court by nora sakavic (trigger warnings)

a monster calls by patrick ness

if you like high fantasy:

six of crows by leigh bardugo

a darker shade of magic by ve schwab

fire by kristin cashore

if you like historical fiction:

the book thief by marcus zusack **I’m halfway through this and loving it

wolf by wolf by ryan graudin

between shades of grey by ruta sepetys

revolution by jennifer donnelly

if you like urban fantasy:

the archived by victoria scwab **my absolute favorite series

if you like paranormal:

this savage song by victoria schwab

the coldest girl in coldtown by holly black

if you like post-apocaliptic/dystopian:

shatter me by tahereh mafi

masque of the red death by bethany griffin

the darkest minds by alexandra bracken

if you like classics (these are fairly standard but they’re my faves):

pride and prejudice by jane austen

jane eyre by charlotte bronte

the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald

I hope that helped!! if you want a more comprehensive list of  any of these genres, feel free to let me know :)

[laxiare]

The Earth Needs Its Superheroes

I am a big fan of marine conservation. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a marine biologist and I wanted to save all of the sharks. Every single one of them. Conserving the ocean and the living things within it has always been a major issue for me and, while looking for volunteer opportunities this year, I started thinking about it a lot more.

Why am I writing about this? It seems like everywhere we look these days someone is talking about “saving the Earth” or “going green”. It’s a little irritating, It’s a little too much. So why? Because an issue generates a lot of conversation if it is an issue that matters to the majority of people, and conservation is this kind of issue.

Things are happening in our world. Deforestation, illegal wildlife trade, climate change, overfishing, and so many more issues are happening right in front of our eyes. Yet many of us refuse to pay attention. Many of us stare at our screens and we don’t take action. We hope that someone else will, and we think somehow these issues will stay contained on the other side of the world. Yet the reality is that nature is everywhere, and everywhere these issues are occurring.

I think everyone should be concerned with protecting the Earth, even if it may not seem immediately important. The world has taken up the issue of animal rights and conservation because people understand that such things have consequences. Conservation has, and always will be, an issue while we live. Human beings have made such an impact on nature that we cannot ignore what we have done. We disregard animals because they do not look like us, just how our ancestors disregarded members of other ethnicities simply because they didn’t believe them to have the same value. This is wrong, and we have learned that. Yet we continue to treat each other the same way. We continue to do the same, if not worse, to our animal friends and the planet we live on. Animal rights, animal conservation, nature conservation… these are all things that require our attention yet many of us refuse to even blink an eye in their direction.

Earth needs its superheroes. Not one hero, but many. Because without all of us working together to protect the planet we live on then we don’t stand a chance if we try to change things.

Links to Learn More

African Wildlife Foundation

Conservation International

David Suzuki Foundation

Forest Stewardship Council

Greenpeace

International Sea Turtle Society

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The Nature Conservancy

The Ocean Foundation

Save Our Water

Sierra Club

Wildlife Conservation Society

World Wildlife Fund

[galangc-blog]

There are people on the roof of my house rn and it's making watching Netflix in silence really hard for me

Why are there people on your roof?!

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I seriously love blogging with friends.

[nuttto]

You. Your Blog. Everything You Surround. It Is All So Surreal. TBQH, This Is My Favorite Blog. Please, You Are The Best.

omg thank you so much. thank you so much. you don't know how much I needed this, really, thank you. and you're the best, not me. your blog is fabulous and you are simply amazing! <3