L'éléphant dansant.

Shanice. 22. Eat well, travel often. ✌️

[mattxpike-deactivated20170223]

High-functioning anxiety sounds like…

You’re not good enough. You’re a bad friend. You’re not good at your job. You’re wasting time. You’re a waste of time. Your boyfriend doesn’t love you. You’re so needy. What are you doing with yourself? Why would you say that? What if they hate it? Why can’t you have your shit together? You’re going to get anxious and because you’re going to get anxious, you’re going to mess everything up. You’re a fraud. Just good at faking it. You’re letting everybody down. No one here likes you.

All the while, it appears perfectly calm.

It’s always looking for the next outlet, something to channel the never-ending energy. Writing. Running. List-making. Mindless tasks (whatever keeps you busy). Doing jumping jacks in the kitchen. Dancing in the living room, pretending it’s for fun, when really it’s a choreographed routine of desperation, trying to tire out the thoughts stuck in your head.

[aloholaura-deactivated20170118]

holy fuck this

[the-movemnt-deactivated20170912]

Black women are the most educated group in the country. In case you forgot that fact, there’s #WomenWithDegrees

(x) | follow @the-movemnt

[kingzncrooks]

[orangepolkadottedhippo]

[im-just-a-teen-world]

[theminkayproject]

I’M LAUGHING SO HARD

[darthmelyanna]

I still can’t figure out why Terry Crews bothered with a career in football before acting.

[takingofforionsbelt-deactivated]

The world wasn’t ready for him yet, that’s why

[lonniiii-deactivated20170829]

DRINK MO WATER & MIND YO BUSINESS.

Daily Message (via lonniiii)

[lonniiii-deactivated20170829]

[annoyeed]

😍😭

[hoodnearthy]

layers.

[lev-myszkin]

my friend just texted me “it’s not acceptable that trump feels good about himself and you don’t” and i think it’s the most motivational thing i’ve ever read

[majorluxe]

I’ll never apologize for me changing to be a better person, whether that means cutting people off, changing my appearance, working out, becoming an entrepreneur and trying to help others! Rep yourself heavy!!!

[rhosegold]

body goals: the healthiest version of myself

[thelittledrunkapple]

How women prepare for first dates

Bonus: How men prepare for first dates:

[sarcasticbabywhispererjess]

Accurate.

[pokemonprofessor]

Okay but the first set of gifs is not a joke like that’s literally how it goes.

[onemuseleft]

One of the girls at work won’t get in the guy’s car unless he agrees to let her take photos of him and his license plate to text to her mother. If he gets mad or makes a fuss she cancels the date and goes back inside.

[a-high-ass-ginger]

Reblogging for that 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼

[whatistimeeven]

I’ve had someone take pics of me and my license plate on a first date before & I was okay with it. I’ve also had a friend allow me to view the tracking on her phone when she went to meet up with a guy the first time. This isn’t a joke at all & women have good reason to worry.

[legolokiismighty]

i have only ever met 2 people online, and made sure that we met up somewhere that was 1) public 2) close to my home. 

After, I walked to the dollar store that was a couple shops down until I knew they were gone, before walking home.

[breelandwalker]

Louis C.K. kind of nailed it. Men worry that their date won’t measure up to their aesthetic preferences. Women worry that they’re going wind up dead.

The disparity is RIDICULOUS, and the fact that dudes get offended when women try to protect themselves is hard proof that way too many guys Do Not Understand how dangerous it is to be a woman. (Not to mention it’s fucking insulting. “How dare you not trust your life and safety to a complete stranger whose intentions you have no way of knowing”?)

[themightypenn-deactivated201611]

Here is the Louis CK bit regarding the courage that women display simply by agreeing to go out on a date with a guy.

https://youtu.be/UTULoJlD_V4?t=145

[submissivedreamer-deactivated20]

I’ve never gone on a first date with someone without a safe caller. This is unfortunately 100% accurate.

[hplyrikz]

Don’t say maybe if you want to say no.

Paulo Coelho (via hplyrikz)

[natalievenom-deactivated2018012]

Them: Why do you even care who runs the country?

Me: 

[garashir]

I’ve never seen a better use of a gif. Ever. EVER

[elizabyss333]

[polis-and-recreation]

This scene will forever be the most important scene in any movie to me.  This is a little girl who has been told all her life by her parents that she is a mistake and that she is worthless.  This is a little girl whose family life is so horrible that books are her only escape.  This is a little girl whose parents constantly belittle her for reading, the only pleasure in life she has.  And in this scene, this little girl answers very shyly, because she has been conditioned to be embarrassed of her own existence.  At first, she answers slowly, and without making eye contact. And in this scene this little girl is beginning to realize that maybe she is special.  Maybe there are kind people in the world.  Maybe she is worth something.

[blackmiracleworker-deactivated2]

Matilda is honestly one of my favorite movies

[buttonpoetry]