Field of Lilys

femmesandfamily: buzzfeed: This dog was unable to gaze at his...

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:06:06 -0400

buzzfeed:

This dog was unable to gaze at his beloved cat due to some menacing potted plants, but true love won in the end.

the cuteness

Muhammad Ali on the Vietnam War Draft

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:59:06 -0400

Muhammad Ali on the Vietnam War Draft

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Tue, 21 May 2013 15:58:47 -0400

isanyofthisforreal-ornot: mymindpalaceisatardis: OH MY...

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:20 -0400

isanyofthisforreal-ornot:

mymindpalaceisatardis:

OH MY GOSH

THAT IS A TURTLE

AND HE IS CRAWLING TOWARDS ME

AND HE HAS BIG SHINY EYES

SADFHASDKJFAHDSJFA

HAVE I MENTIONED I LOVE THIS TURTLE

I think this turtle can cause world peace

pugs 'n puns.: The Racist Myth of MSG and 'Chinese Restaurant Syndrome'

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:51:00 -0400

pugs 'n puns.: The Racist Myth of MSG and 'Chinese Restaurant Syndrome':

zuky:

This is the story of a racist myth that began with a light-hearted letter to the New England Journal of Medicine in 1968 and subsequently exploded in North American culture — in direct opposition to every shred of scientific evidence — becoming so prevalent that credulous eaters…

"While every disabled person will have their own take on this for themselves, i am not “differently..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:51 -0400

“

While every disabled person will have their own take on this for themselves, i am not “differently abled” and i kindly ask that you not insist on calling me that. It may seem like a trivial thing, but it’s not.

When you call me “differently abled” (in most cases this is regarding your perceptions and interpretations of my body), you are obscuring (however intentional or not) the reality that what is actually going on is in part just an ableist social construction made architectural: some people are actively ENabled to be part of their communities/ neighbourhoods/ spaces/ etc, and some of us are actively DISabled from doing so specifically because in general those who are ENabled to do so are the ones making the decisions about how and when and where the constructed environment is created and DISabled folks just have to suck it up because, yknow, ableism.

”

- Building Radical Accessible Communities Everywhere, dis/diss/differently/abled by Sprinkles McGillicuddy (via fabianromero)

starkindustriesamm: MUNCHKINS

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:03:05 -0400

starkindustriesamm:

MUNCHKINS

When I show up overdressed to an event

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:01:05 -0400

whatshouldbetchescallme:

Fan Bing Bing- ‘Jeune & Jolie’ Premiere during the 66th...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:57:35 -0400

Fan Bing Bing- ‘Jeune & Jolie’ Premiere during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Grand Theatre Lumiere on May 16, 2013

III

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:41 -0400

sswimm:

i am not your dark alley

loving me will not

declare you brave

misanthropicqueer: literally me.

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:40:04 -0400

misanthropicqueer:

literally me.

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Mon, 20 May 2013 12:46:47 -0400

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Sun, 19 May 2013 20:48:45 -0400

"There is no African, myself included, who does not appreciate the help of the wider world, but we do..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:44:29 -0400

“There is no African, myself included, who does not appreciate the help of the wider world, but we do question whether aid is genuine or given in the spirit of affirming one’s cultural superiority. My mood is dampened every time I attend a benefit whose host runs through a litany of African disasters before presenting a (usually) wealthy, white person, who often proceeds to list the things he or she has done for the poor, starving Africans. Every time a well-meaning college student speaks of villagers dancing because they were so grateful for her help, I cringe. Every time a Hollywood director shoots a film about Africa that features a Western protagonist, I shake my head — because Africans, real people though we may be, are used as props in the West’s fantasy of itself. And not only do such depictions tend to ignore the West’s prominent role in creating many of the unfortunate situations on the continent, they also ignore the incredible work Africans have done and continue to do to fix those problems.”

- Uzodinma Iweala, “Stop Trying to ‘Save’ Africa”

(via cammyyy)

bonitapplebumb: jerroncouture: Snatched. Olivia slaying.

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:43:30 -0400

bonitapplebumb:

jerroncouture:

Snatched.

Olivia slaying.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 20:43:01 -0400

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Sun, 19 May 2013 12:46:35 -0400

"I am not the first person you loved. You are not the first person I looked at with a mouthful of..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:07:56 -0400

“I am not the first person you loved.
You are not the first person I looked at
with a mouthful of forevers. We
have both known loss like the sharp edge
of a knife. We have both lived with lips
more scar tissue than skin. Our love came
unannounced in the middle of the night.
Our love came when we’d given up
on asking love to come. I think
that has to be part
of its miracle.

This is how we heal.
I will kiss you like forgiveness. You
will hold me like I’m hope. Our arms
will bandage and we will press promises
between us like flowers in a book.
I will write sonnets to the salt of sweat
on your skin. I will write novels to the scar
on your nose. I will write a dictionary
of all the words I have used trying
to describe the way it feels to have finally,
finally found you.

And I will not be afraid
of your scars.

I know sometimes
it’s still hard to let me see you
in all your cracked perfection,
but please know:
whether it’s the days you burn
more brilliant than the sun
or the nights you collapse into my lap
your body broken into a thousand questions,
you are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
I will love you when you are a still day.
I will love you when you are a hurricane.

”

- Clementine von Radics, Mouthful of Forevers (via adderalldust)

"We’ve been kissing for months. Three times a week our toothbrushes share a chipped porcelain mug in..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:00:59 -0400

“We’ve been kissing for months. Three times a week our toothbrushes share a chipped porcelain mug in my bathroom. As my lips reach for the juice falling from her laugh, her mom calls. I listen as she talks about Biology, her new job, asks about her sister. Her eyes drop as she whispers, No, I still don’t have a boyfriend.

On cue, I stop chewing. She looks at me, waiting for my face to flush, for me to tear from the bed, but I won’t get mad at her. She shouldn’t have to explain why we can’t go swimming in public, why I don’t own a razor, why she doesn’t need to buy birth control. She hangs up the phone; I pick up the fruit, tell her Apparently, there’s a tiny amount of cyanide in apple seeds.

She shrugs, says she can handle a little danger, but I’ve studied how her dimples disappear when she lies, and I know she’s thinking about a man she could parade around her family, who could kiss her scratchy with stubble. The kind of man I’ll never be.

She squeezes my hand in the movie theater dark but tosses it to the side in front of her friends. Says she just needs time. She walks on the sidewalk. I walk in the street. She closes the door. I kiss it goodnight. She goes home for Thanksgiving. I promise not to call.

If I were a postcard, she could hide me in her pocket. If I were clay, she could mold my body into something easier to love. If I were the guy who sells her a cup of coffee every morning. I could smile at her anonymously, safe as a stranger.

She kisses down my neck, my peel hiding the rotten fruit inside me. As I tell her about the cyanide, her head resting on my chest, she talks about cider, autumn pies. See, she says, Apples are harmless. But she saves the last bites for me, scared to let her lips wander too close to the core.”

- Miles Walser, “We Eat an Apple In My Bed” from What The Night Demands (via pigmenting)

amaeza: untruc: amaeza: you know, i’m a raging lesbian and i was never distracted by what other...

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:54:42 -0400

amaeza:

untruc:

amaeza:

you know, i’m a raging lesbian and i was never distracted by what other girls in my classes were wearing in high school. this is a male problem, not an “attracted to women” problem.

This is an “inability to respect women” problem.

Which is a male problem.

This is a rape culture problem.