silver linings

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You Can Tell A Lot about Someone theough Repeated exposure to them and the usage of your.e observational skills

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“Forgive yourself for accepting less than you deserved - but don’t do it again.”

— Unknown (via naturaekos)

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crooked path // poalris 

photo // bree wallace

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Jack Kerouac; On the Road

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Medusa was never a monster

So a friend called my attention regarding a Facebook post "explaining" Medusa's story. You know, the typical "She seduced Poseidon and Athena was jealous" blah blah bullshit. And my friend, for some reason, wanted me to confirm it. And i'm glad she did.

I have been studying mythologies for years now, researching original versions, referencing, etc. And this is Medusa's real story:

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how can i help?

here you can find donation links, petitions, how to educate yourself, etc.

if you can afford to donate: official george floyd memorial fund here minnesota freedom fund here stephen lawrence charitable trust here the NAACP legal defense fund here black lives matter here

petitions you can sign: justice for george floyd here, here & here get the officers charged here reclaim the block — minneapolis here justice for breonna taylor here, here & here justice for ahmaud arbery here, here & here pass the georgia hate crime bill here **if you are international and aren’t able to sign, here are some zip codes to use: 90015 — los angeles, california  10001 — new york city, new york  75001 — dallas, texas 

text or call: text “JUSTICE” 688366 text “FLOYD” to 55156

get in contact with the district attorney and minneapolis mayor. leave a message demanding that 4 officers including derek chauvin (badge #1087) and tou thao (badge #7162) be arrested for the murder of george floyd.  minneapolis mayor’s office, jacob frey: [phone] minneapolis district attorney, mike freeman: [phone] OR [email protected] minneapolis PD emails: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] you can find the email template here

breonna taylor was murdered in her sleep by policemen (jonathan mattingly, brett hankison and myles cosgrove) who raided the wrong house and shot her 8 times. call the louisville mayor’s office and police department to demand that the police be fired and charged. louisville mayor’s office, greg fischer: [phone] louisville metro police department: [phone]

undercover cop, jacob pedersen of the st. paul PD was seen smashing windows as the catalyst to many of the riots that occurred in minneapolis. email the st. paul PD and report his actions. st. paul PD email: [email protected] proof of smashing windows here proof it was pedersen here

want to learn more? i strongly recommend the book “Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race” by reni eddo-lodge. you can find an extract here.

list of resources: black lives matter google doc here black lives matter carrd here elle osili-wood on twitter here

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Man I feel really bad for the Tumblr Staff because I bet they aimed for Tumblr to be a cool, suavé, photographic place for artists but in reality it’s made up of hormonal teenagers who obsess over gay fictional characters, and can’t even handle the reblog button turning green to teal

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staff:

IT IS MINT GREEN

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Reblogging to see the colour of the reblog button

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