Haiku and Baking

calmingmanatee: [Image description: A photograph of a manatee...

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:39:55 -0700

[Image description: A photograph of a manatee rolling onto its back. Its fins are over its chest, and it looks like it is smiling. TEXT: “If you wouldn’t say it to a friend, you shouldn’t say it to yourself.”]

(I should probably buy Wayne Lynch a gift basket already. Photo credit.)

This is important.

"Because here’s the thing about realizing you’re into girls. Hardly anyone I know has ever said, “Am..."

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:59:41 -0700

“Because here’s the thing about realizing you’re into girls. Hardly anyone I know has ever said, “Am I gay?” in the same way they say, “Hey, do you know what the weather’s supposed to be like tomorrow?” Like they just need to figure out how to dress for the occasion. No, when most people ask, “Am I gay?” they ask it with the kind of urgency they would usually reserve for things like, “Do I strap this parachute to my back and jump from this free falling airplane or do I nose dive into the ocean and hope the sharks don’t eat my remains? SINK OR SWIM? LIVE OR DIE? QUENCH THE FIRE OR BURN ALIVE?” It feels so urgent, and the reason it feels so urgent is because you’re probably not just asking, “Hey, do I want to make out with other girls?”

You’re also probably asking: What the hell are my parents going to say when I tell them I want to kiss other girls? And my friends and my co-workers and my classmates and everyone at my family reunion? And what’s that girl going to say when I tell her I want to kiss her? And how is my life ever going to be OK, and how can I go on being the same, and am I the same, and what else do I not know about what’s alive inside me? And who will still love me and who will start hating me, and is God involved, or the government maybe, and what if it’s only one girl I want to kiss, and how do I label myself and must I label myself, and what if I change my mind and, really, what if I do burn alive?”

- Heather Hogan (via ladysaviours)

beatonna: oldcanada: Unknown, 1920 Different types of Royal...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:09:16 -0700

beatonna:

oldcanada:

Unknown, 1920

Different types of Royal North-West Mounted Police uniforms.

Source - LAC

sweet

Today I am thinking of women too often ignored or even hurt by the feminist movement. Trans* women, women of color, disabled women, fat women, queer women, elderly women, poor women, women in prison, women who are sex workers, women who are undocumented, women who are more than one of the above. Today is your day, too. I celebrate you and your strengths.

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:02:32 -0800

is that your judging face?: PSA: Your Default Narrative Settings Are Not Apolitical

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:06:56 -0800

is that your judging face?: PSA: Your Default Narrative Settings Are Not Apolitical:

fozmeadows:

Image taken from tumblr.

Recently, SFF author Tansy Rayner Roberts wrote an excellent post debunking the idea that women did nothing interesting or useful throughout history, and that trying to write fictional stories based on this premise of feminine insignificance…

Reblogging because this is an amazing essay

Men’s Fliptop mittens from a Jane Richmond pattern....

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:29:31 -0800

Men’s Fliptop mittens from a Jane Richmond pattern. http://www.janerichmond.com/

discoverynews: dendroica: todayinhistory: December 5th 1933:...

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:19:51 -0800

Newspapers declare the end of Prohibition

Federal agents pour confiscated alcohol down a sewer

Campaigners

discoverynews:

dendroica:

todayinhistory:

December 5th 1933: Prohibition ends

On this day in 1933, Prohibition officially ended in the United States upon the ratification of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution. Utah was the final state to ratify the amendment, and this gave the measure the required 75% of state approval. The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment of 1920 which had imposed Prohibition, which banned alcohol in the United States. This is the only time in US history when one amendment overturned another.

Here’s to the end of Prohibition. *clinks glass*

I’ll drink to that!

History!

Tablet Case with top closure

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 10:00:20 -0800

Tablet Case with top closure

Triangle Scarf (from somewhere….)

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:00:31 -0800

Triangle Scarf (from somewhere….)

Crocheted Basket, based loosely off of All About Ami’s...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:00:40 -0800

Crocheted Basket, based loosely off of All About Ami’s pattern.

Glovelets for a gift. Made using Barb Brown’s “Faux...

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:09:06 -0800

Glovelets for a gift. Made using Barb Brown’s “Faux Cable Half Mitts” using Ancient Arts’ Pieces of Eight yarn.

Craft Sale Knitting (Winter 2012)

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:59:06 -0800

Craft Sale Knitting (Winter 2012)

razedheart: I love this so much.

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:00:31 -0800

razedheart:

I love this so much.

fuckyeahbc: Spoon Lake, Mount Cheam, Fraser Valley Can you...

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:23:26 -0700

fuckyeahbc:

Spoon Lake, Mount Cheam, Fraser Valley

Can you believe that a view like this exists an hour east of Vancouver? We’re truly lucky to live in this province.

"‘Fat’ is usually the first insult a girl throws at another girl when she wants to hurt her. I mean,..."

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 12:01:43 -0700

“‘Fat’ is usually the first insult a girl throws at another girl when she wants to hurt her.
I mean, is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat’ worse than ‘vindictive’, ‘jealous’, ‘shallow’, ‘vain’, ‘boring’ or ‘cruel’? Not to me; but then, you might retort, what do I know about the pressure to be skinny? I’m not in the business of being judged on my looks, what with being a writer and earning my living by using my brain…
I went to the British Book Awards that evening. After the award ceremony I bumped into a woman I hadn’t seen for nearly three years. The first thing she said to me? ‘You’ve lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw you!’
‘Well,’ I said, slightly nonplussed, ‘the last time you saw me I’d just had a baby.’
What I felt like saying was, ‘I’ve produced my third child and my sixth novel since I last saw you. Aren’t either of those things more important, more interesting, than my size?’ But no – my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book: finally, something to celebrate!
I’d rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny – a thousand things, before ‘thin’. And frankly, I’d rather they didn’t give a gust of stinking chihuahua flatulence whether the woman standing next to them has fleshier knees than they do. Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons.”

- J. K. Rowling (via carbonlullabye)

discoverynews: rachelfershleiser: harperbooks: stephanielacava...

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:42:07 -0700

discoverynews:

rachelfershleiser:

harperbooks:

stephanielacava:

sign at McNally Jackson

Still love this display. Still can’t beat that logic.

SCIENCE!

reblogging for Science!

laughingsquid: Bibliomulas, Mule Bookmobiles of Venezuela

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:57:24 -0700

laughingsquid:

Bibliomulas, Mule Bookmobiles of Venezuela

"In 1963 we made 59 cents for every dollar that men made. Now it’s 77 cents. What does that mean? It..."

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:40:56 -0700

“In 1963 we made 59 cents for every dollar that men made. Now it’s 77 cents. What does that mean? It means every five years we make an advancement of one penny. Oh no. No more. We’re not just going to take it anymore.”

- Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), on the gender wage gap. The Paycheck Fairness Act failed Tuesday when Republicans voted en masse to reject it. (via washingtonpoststyle)

Dear Senate Republicans: go fuck yourselves.

(via wilwheaton)

Photo

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:25:29 -0700

A Softer World: 814

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:48:39 -0700

A Softer World: 814:

Yes.