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jennstarkid: if-dementors-were-pink: can we just take a moment to imagine little cute six-year-old...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:31:37 -0400

if-dementors-were-pink:

can we just take a moment to imagine little cute six-year-old hermione reading matilda

and peering into this book about a smart, bookish girl who could move things with her mind

and then can you imagine her concentrating very hard on the books on the bookshelf and slowly, slowly, getting them to move

OH MY GOD

inflammatorystatements: viventlespeuples: princehal9000: Prote...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:28:42 -0400

inflammatorystatements:

viventlespeuples:

princehal9000:

Protesters in Turkey sing “Do You Hear The People Sing?” with additional Turkish lyrics.

Turkish lyrics from the description:

duyuyor musun sesi işte bu halkın öfkesi
olmayacak hiçbir zaman bir başkasının kölesi
sanki kalp atışları karışıyor davullara
yürüyoruz gururla yeni bir yarına

sen de gel katıl bize diren bütün bu baskıya
durur koca dünya barikatın arkasında
sen de özgürlüğün için diren omuz omuza!

duyuyor musun bizi? işte çapulcunun sesi
olmayacak hiçbir zaman bir başkasının kölesi
sanki kalp atışları karışıyor davullara
yürüyoruz gururla yeni bir yarına

yarınlara!

And a translation back to English by my dear friend, Bahar Oğuzertem:

Do you hear the sound? This is the people’s rage
  They will not become someone else’s slavе
  As if heart beats are mixing with drums
  We’re walking to a new tomorrow in pride

  Join us too, to resist the suppression
  The whole world stands behind the barricade
  Shoulder to shoulder, resist for your freedom!

  Do you hear the sound? This is the looter’s rage
  They will not become someone else’s slave
  As if heart beats are mixing with drums
We’re walking to a new tomorrow in pride

for the future!

!!!!!

whichjosephine: girls just wanna have fun(ds for university)

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:14:29 -0400

whichjosephine:

girls just wanna have fun(ds for university)

helioscentrifuge:

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:08:56 -0400

helioscentrifuge:

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"We praise people for being “naturally” smart, too, “naturally” athletic, and etc. But studies..."

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:13:42 -0400

“We praise people for being “naturally” smart, too, “naturally” athletic, and etc. But studies continue to show, as they have for some time now, that it is generally healthier to praise schoolchildren for being hardworking, than for being naturally gifted. We know now that to emphasize a child’s inherent ability places pressure on that child to continue to be accidentally talented, which is something that is hard for anyone to control. When the children who are applauded for their natural skills fail, they are shown to take the failure very personally. After all, the process of their success has always seemed mysterious and basic and inseparable from the rest of their identity, so it must be they who are failing as whole people. When students are instead complimented and rewarded for their effort and improvement, they tend to not be so hard on themselves. When they fail, they reason, “Well, I’ll work harder next time.” They learn that they are capable of success, rather than constantly automatically deserving of it, and they learn simultaneously that they are bigger and more complex than their individual successes or failures.”

- Kate of Eat the Damn Cake, The Stupidity of “Natural” Beauty (x)

thelandofmaps: Capital Punishment around the world...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:10:36 -0400

thelandofmaps:

Capital Punishment around the world [1480×680]
CLICK HERE FOR MORE MAPS!
thelandofmaps.tumblr.com

another one of the those unfortunate maps where the US is not in good company…yikes.

ofbeastsandthings: mymindpalaceisatardis: Britain in a...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 21:50:23 -0400

ofbeastsandthings:

mymindpalaceisatardis:

Britain in a GIFset.

This is the most accurate thing in the history of ever.

really-shit: Introducing Tim Seggerman! A talented architect...

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:53:59 -0400

really-shit:

Introducing Tim Seggerman!

A talented architect from Brooklyn, NYC, Tim has taken a previously cluttered and cramp house and has transformed it into a beautiful, cabin-like, space.

thingtypestuff: The internet’s habits of shortening phrases and words tends to make things...

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:10:26 -0400

thingtypestuff:

The internet’s habits of shortening phrases and words tends to make things confusing, so I’ll explain this one in hopes of clearing things up: “Feminazi,” is short for, “I don’t actually know what feminists or Nazis are.”

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Tea on The Orient Express | by © Annie Mole | via...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:27:20 -0400

Tea on The Orient Express | by © Annie Mole | via lescharmesdelavie

wordscanbesexy: heatherbat: callmebliss: hellotailor: rubdown...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:59:35 -0400

wordscanbesexy:

heatherbat:

callmebliss:

hellotailor:

rubdown:

lovelymoonbeams:

stunningpicture:

‘Cause people seem to only post the 20-something Audrey Hepburn

this is genuinely the first photo i’ve seen of her looking older

I didn’t know Audrey Hepburn grew old into a bomb-ass old lady until like, last year. I thought she died young cuz that’s the only pictures I’ve ever seen.

omg

<3

she was also the granddaughter of a baron, the daughter of a nazi sympathizer, spent her teens doing ballet to secretly raise money for the dutch resistance against the nazis, and spent her post-film career as a goodwill ambassador of UNICEF, winning the presidential medal of freedom for her efforts.

and history remembers her as pretty.

\o/

and history remembers her as pretty.

and history remembers her as pretty.

and history remembers her as pretty.

davidbyrne: sometimes human males have these nice faces and it’s so stressful

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:11:16 -0400

davidbyrne:

sometimes human males have these nice faces and it’s so stressful

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Wed, 29 May 2013 21:36:59 -0400

Europe By me

Wed, 29 May 2013 11:52:49 -0400

Europe By me