The Ugly Duckling

Spanish teacher & aspiring poet. Dreams in color.

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GUYS YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW WONDERFUL THIS IS 

Parkinson’s is a degenerative disease and while it’s progress can be slowed down, it currently doesn’t have a cure. People suffering from Parkinson’s will experience a gradual loss of coordination and ability to perform even the most basic of every day tasks, including feeding themselves. 

This spoon is HUGEfor them. Look at that gif of the man just trying to eat with the regular spoon and compare it to the liftware device. It’s NOT just a spoon, by the way, it comes with a fork as well, for example. 

I found the website for the project where you can purchase a spoon for someone you know/love and even possibly donate money to help someone out who can’t afford it themselves right: HERE.

At the very least, please spread this for all the people who have Parkinson’s or loved ones with Parkinson’s. 

You’ll help them take part of their life back. 

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that’s cool

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PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKING OUT THE ABOVE INFORMATION AND JUST REBLOGGING THE PICTURE.  IF YOU CAN REBLOG THE PICTURE, YOU CAN REBLOG THE LINK TO ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE.  THANKS.

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The best headlines of 2014

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Siamese and oriental shorthair cats talk to birds

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Protestors in Oakland sniffed out a pig working undercover who was marching with them. What did he do? He pulled out his gun of course.

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they didnt even put in the effort to find someone that doesnt look exactly like a cop

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It was two cops apparently, and they were encouraging protesters to loot. When their cover was blown, they pulled guns on the protesters.

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On the back roads of Glacier National Park, Montana With Andrea

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magnoliabox.com

The Confession by Sir Frank Dicksee

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❅ send me a christmas question ❅

Gingerbread: Do you like tea?

Tinsel: What perfume/cologne do you wear?

Ribbon: What's a book that had a strong impact on you?

Holly: Who was the last person you sent a letter to?

North Pole: What in your life are you most grateful for?

Christmas Carole: Would you change your name if you could?

Santa: What's your favorite month?

Noell: At a movie theature, which armrest is yours?

Rudolf: What's a band a family member introduced you to?

Candy Cane: Can you make paper snowflakes?

Eggnog: What was the name of your first stuffed animal?

Mrs. Clause: Have you ever been on a boat in the ocean?

Ice: Would you rather be overdressed or underdressed at every party?

Hot Cocoa: What's your favorite thing about yourself?

Reindeer: What is your patronus?

Yule Log: Least favorite vegetable?

Stocking: What color are your socks right now?

Elf: If you had unlimited money to one shop, which shop would it be?

Wreath: Are you allergic to anything?

Cookies: Top three favorite bands?

Toys: Do you want children?

Sleigh Bells: Can you whistle?

Snowman: Do you like accents?

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Edinburgh By Daniel Farò

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Snow and Dirty Rain Richard Siken

Close your eyes. A lover is standing too close to focus on. Leave me blurry and fall toward me with your entire body. Lie under the covers, pretending to sleep, while I’m in the other room. Imagine my legs crossed, my hair combed, the shine of my boots in...

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whomp there it fuckin is

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About the French Minister of Justice, Christiane Taubira:

February 2, 1952: birth in Cayenne, French Guiana

1993-2012: she joins the National Assembly of France for French Guiana

1994-1999: she joins the European Parliament

May 2001: she is the principal author of Loi n° 2001-434, a law that officially recogizes the atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity [english], [french]

2002: she becomes the first black candidate and first black woman to run in the French presidential elections

2002-now: she publishes multiple books on the status of black people in French history and society

November 2012: she introduces Projet de Loi n° 344 to the parliament. this bill goes on to become Loi no 2013-404, which legalizes same-sex marriage in france in may 2013 [x]. [here’s one of her speeches with english subtitles x]

May 2013: she calls for the French government to redistribute land in the dom-tom (France’s Overseas Departments and Territories) to favour the descendants of slaves [x]

October 2013: she (justifiably) calls out the front national for being racist, antisemitic, anti-arab and homophobic. the party retaliates by threatening to sue her [x]

November 2013: she becomes the first black woman to be picked as Elle France’s Woman of the Year [x]

June 2014: she encourages the parliament to pass a reform that emphasizes the use of probationary periods and rehabilitation for young offenders (as opposed to harsh jail sentences with no rehabilition), in order to prevent repeat offenses and reduce overcrowding in french prisons [x]

July 2014: the court in cayenne gives anne-sophie leclère a 50 000 € fine, a 9 month jail sentence, and a 5 year ban from politics for comparing Taubira to a monkey [x] [video]

November 2014: she takes to twitter to speak up against the grand jury’s decision not to indict darren wilson [x]

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omg

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We should be taking notes…

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She is everything

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this is so important!!!!!!!!!!

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TOKYO STANDS WITH FERGUSON #tokyo4ferguson #shibuya #hachiko #scramblecrossing

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The Grapes of Wrath was written because Steinbeck stole the notes of a hardworking Dust Bowl-era journalist named Sanora Babb, who was trying to write her own book. When she finally had a chance to pitch it, she found that the market was overpowered by a successful book—based entirely on her notes. When Steinbeck saw the things in person that he later wrote about, he couldn’t stand to look at it for more than a day. Babb spent much of her career working with and chronicling impoverished farmers. Her book wasn’t published until the year before she died. In 2004. She would be a household name if not for the theft.

Fuck you, Steinbeck. (via theangelofbucephalon)

Steinbeck based his book on reports made by Sanora Babb (leaked to him by her boss, Tom Collins, to whom Grapes of Wrath is dedicated). Sanora Babb was planning to write her own book, but Steinbeck published before she did. Babb was told that the market could not bear another on the same subject. Her book, ‘Whose Names are Unknown’, was finally published in 2004. I haven’t read either book yet, but am now definitely going to be reading ‘Whose Names are Unknown’ soon. Babb’s novel is described as showing how by re-creating rudimentary democratic practices the refugees restructure their lives as a unified community, resisting violent discrimination. In ‘Whose Names are Unknown’, we hear the whole powerful story from the point of view of a woman who had actual experience with both the origin and the destination of the migrants.

Sanora Babb was a member of the US Communist Party in the 1930s and 40s, dropped out of the party due to the authoritarian structure and in-fighting.

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here are some sources, in case you were looking for them

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