scarlet verbena

Beats Antique // Hero I am oh so excited for when Beats Antique...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:26:03 -0400

Beats Antique // Hero

I am oh so excited for when Beats Antique comes to New York. baaah :))))

Kayah & Bregovic // Tabakiera

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:04:20 -0400

Kayah & Bregovic // Tabakiera

"It’s the task of the teenager to fire their parents and then re-hire them years later, but as..."

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:29:10 -0500

““It’s the task of the teenager to fire their parents and then re-hire them years later, but as consultants rather than managers.””

- Stuart Goldman, MD

elmamilano: Yo-Yo Ma - Libertango (10 Mart 2012 Cumartesi)

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:15:49 -0400

elmamilano:

Yo-Yo Ma - Libertango

(10 Mart 2012 Cumartesi)

geromytime: you know what would be great if we didn’t shame women for working in the sex...

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:13:29 -0400

geromytime:

you know what would be great

if we didn’t shame women for working in the sex industry

if we didn’t shame women for posing nude

if we didn’t shame women for having sex

if we didn’t shame women for getting plastic surgery

if we didn’t shame women for deciding not to shave

if we didn’t shame women for speaking up about what bothers them

if we didn’t shame women for getting abortions

if we didn’t shame women for

you know

having control over their own lives

(still the most vain person I know)

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:33:16 -0400

haaha, sorry to be so vain. I wasn’t exactly prepared for...

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:31:00 -0400

haaha, sorry to be so vain.

I wasn’t exactly prepared for how cold it was out last night, so I thought I’d go to my friend’s place to crash for the night… except he wasn’t home, so I sat in the stairwell (to work on what I was talking about in the last post) and played narcissism for a few minutes.

hey, I liked what I was wearing! And this is my vanity-outlet. mm

morning, tumblr! Just got to caribou so that I could make myself...

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:22:00 -0400

morning, tumblr!

Just got to caribou so that I could make myself breakfast — the oatmeal that’s in the picture, actually, haaha I come around to bother them for hot water and honey, cinnamon and sugar. Drop in a scoop of peanut butter, sha-zam! Good stuff.

Oh, and wifi… even though the internet is currently distracting me. (I’m putting this down as procrastination-time while I try and get this work done…) Even though all I’m really doing is killing time before I have to go to work at nine — is there a difference between utilizing free time in between obligations to get self-directed projects done and killing time with creative (but otherwise purposeless?) endeavors? I guess it’s all a matter of opinion, perspective…

note: lately I haven’t found much of a point in self-expression. It’s why I haven’t committed myself to art since? (I can’t even remember, jeez), a big part of why I dropped out. So I’m sorry if I offend with undertones of art-is-not-important ~

It is. I think. What the fuck happened to me? haahaha. anyhow! hope you all have a maarvelous, marvelous day ♥

"What the fuck is wrong with us?"

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:37:11 -0400

By Josh Coslar, (source)

I wrote this a while back and decided not to post it. Something happened today, and now I feel compelled to share it. The langauge is strong, so my younger cousins and more conservative aunts, uncles, and grandparents may want to skip this. Please share this, with whoever will read it. Thank you for your time and your attention.

I have a question for the men of the world. What the fuck is wrong with us? Wait a moment before you respond; please allow me to specify. Recently a female friend of mine- not a romantic friend, but someone I know fairly well- posted a picture of herself on Facebook. Those of you familiar with the way the internet seems to work probably know where this is going. She did look incredibly attractive in the photograph, but she was clothed and the picture in question was in no way overtly provocative. A man began commenting on the picture, essentially propositioning my friend over the internet. It was, to put it in colloquial terminology, pretty damn creepy. I sent my friend a message, asking her who the man in question was and if she was aware of his comments. She shrugged it off. “Some guy. Guys post creepy comments all the time.”

Hold the fucking the phone. I thought “There’s no way in hell that this is normal.”. This couldn’t be normal. This had to be one or two incidents perpetrated by a small minority of individuals. So I asked around. I talked to female friends, family members, and even a couple of exes. Sure enough, not only is this behavior common online, it’s common in everyday life. It’s expected. The average woman expects to be propositioned, hit on, and approached in an unwanted manner. I listened to dozens of stories about people I care about being subjected to borderline sexual assault. Actually, scratch that. It’s not fucking borderline. If you interrupt a person’s existence with unwanted and unwarranted advances that are offensive and even frightening, you have assaulted them. Not physically- though one often leads to another- but you have made the implication that you are worth more than they are and that they owe you something because of it.

I heard stories about women on busses and trains, at work, in fast food places, at grocery stores, walking down the goddamned street. Women minding their own business who were approached by men who made advances, and when the women tried to ignore, defuse, or walk away from the situation they were insulted. Ridiculed. Called “bitch”, “stuck up cunt”, and worse. These men seem to feel that they have the right to insert themselves into someone’s life, and then they expect women to engage in conversation, flirtation, and other pursuits with them. Then some other things dawned on me. I walk women to their car, or their home, or wherever they’re going if it’s dark out. Partially due to common courtesy, and partially for safety. It’s the safety part that really sunk in. See, the same behavior and thought process that leads to this verbal assault eventually leads to physical assault. I thought that this misogynistic mindset was uncommon. Now I realize it’s so fucking common that we don’t even recognize it. If a woman goes somewhere after dark by herself- she worries for her well being. It might be a little, it might be a lot, but she worries. Women expect- and even shrug off- verbal sexual assault. They view it as something that happens. They don’t talk about it with men, just other women. I can’t fucking blame them.

Back to my question. Men, what the fuck is wrong with us? What does it say about our society that a majority of men still think they have some sexual superiority over women? I can see the wheels turning, the counter arguments being cranked out. “It’s just few assholes, most of us are polite and respectful.” Bullshit. If it were a minority of us, then it would bea minority of women that experience it. But it’s not. One third of women in America have been raped. Pretty much every woman on the planet is rudely and gruffly approached once a week, unless they actively take steps to avoid it. You shouldn’t have to actively avoid assault. Men, just stop fucking assaulting women. Problem solved. Women are our equals. They are human beings, and deserve as much respect as any man. The fact that ours dangles and produces a different hormone does not make us superior. Men, more often than not, are physically stronger than women. This does not make us superior to them. It makes us responsible for what we do with that strength. Open doors, pull out chairs, and walk with them in the dark. I weep that is is necessary to make sure a woman gets safely to her destination without being raped, but it is. Men, until every single woman can say that they feel safe going about their lives, that they never have to worry about unwanted advances, or rape, or being treated as inferiors simply because they’re not male- until those concerns no longer exist, the question still stands. What the fuck is wrong with us?

Pink Money

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:25:26 -0400

Pink money From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Pink Dollar)

Pink money describes the purchasing power of the gay community, often especially with respect to political donations. With the rise of the gay rights movement, pink money has gone from being a fringe or marginalized market to a thriving industry in many parts of the Western world. Many businesses now specifically cater to gay customers, including nightclubs, shops, restaurants, and even taxicabs; the demand for these services stems from commonly perceived discrimination by traditional businesses. Worldwide in 1998, pink money was valued at £350 billion ($560 billion) across a variety of sectors — especially entertainment and consumer goods. Purchasing power in 2012 in the United States is expected to increase to $790 billion

The economic power of pink money has been seen as a positive force for the gay community, creating a kind of “financial self-identification” which helps gay and lesbian individuals feel like part of a community which values them. Indeed, upwards of 90% of gay people support businesses which target pink money, while actively shunning “anti-gay” companies. However, criticism has been leveled at businesses which target pink money from gay groups, arguing that this segregates the gay and lesbian community from society, and holds back gay rights.

"I love unmade beds. I love when people are drunk and crying and cannot be anything but honest in..."

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:54:24 -0400

“I love unmade beds. I love when people are drunk and crying and cannot be anything but honest in that moment. I love the look in people’s eyes when they realize they’re in love. I love the way people look when they first wake up and they’ve forgotten their surroundings. I love the gasp people take when their favorite character dies. I love when people close their eyes and drift to somewhere in the clouds. I fall in love with people and their honest moments all the time. I fall in love with their breakdowns and their smeared makeup and their daydreams. Honesty is just too beautiful to ever put into words.”

- (via tangerinefigs)

Fuck Yeah Marxism-Leninism: NYC Stands in Solidarity with Chicago Teachers

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:50:21 -0400

Fuck Yeah Marxism-Leninism: NYC Stands in Solidarity with Chicago Teachers:

fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

Please join our campaign to build solidarity with the Chicago Teachers Union

Next Steps:

Thursday, September 13th at 5 p.m.

Picket/leaflet the office of Democrats for Education Reform

928 Broadway between 21st and 22nd street

There will be an organizing meeting immediately…

marching with the teachers here and then seeing this on my dash, fuckyeah. Solidarity!

"Surrendering means non-desiring. Man has nothing else to do but surrender — in deep trust, in deep..."

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:42:23 -0400

“Surrendering means non-desiring.

Man has nothing else to do but surrender — in deep trust, in deep love. Don’t be a doer, just surrender. Let there be a let-go.

Surrender is just like love. That’s why I say only lovers can become sannyasins — because they know a little of how to surrender. Love is the first step towards the divine, surrender is the last. And two steps is the whole journey.

Drop the mind and the divine. God is not an object, it is a merger. The mind resists a merger, the mind is against surrender; the mind is very cunning and calculating.

Surrender is not something that you can do. If you do it, it is not surrender, because the doer is there. Surrender is a great understanding that, “I am not.” Surrender is an insight that the ego exists not, that, “I am not separate.” Surrender is not an act but an understanding.

Meditation is a surrender, it is not a demand. It is not forcing existence your way, it is relaxing into the way existence wants you to be. It is a let-go.

The essential surrender happens within you, it has nothing to do with anybody outside you. The basic surrender is a relaxation, a trust — so don’t be misguided by the word. Linguistically, surrender means to surrender to somebody, but religiously, surrender simply means trust, relaxing. It is an attitude rather than an act: you live through trust. “Osho””

- (via msfearlessmonk)

Have you read Will Grayson Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan?

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:11:43 -0400

no I haven’t! But I’m currently downloading it and I’m going to read it later — because I figured that if you’re specifically asking wether or not I have, chances are it’s important? mm. I’m not sure why I’m justifying this to you…

thank you though :)

1. the irony of this is just painful. I hate you,...

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:47:00 -0400

1. the irony of this is just painful. I hate you, Google…

2. “why is the naked body linked to sex” was a last resort, because “origin of the nudity taboo” and “culture of sex in America” yielded nothing but forums, yahoo! answers and other sources of the like about the oversexualization of little girls. I’d like a couple sources I wouldn’t feel badly about OPVL-ing, not to mention something a little more relevant… #rant

(this is what I get for letting other people use my computer… have I ever told you how much I hate the customization of search engines? this is mortifying! fdjlkfjaslfd)

jussayin’

yes, it continues.: Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau: the french fairychild who turned a magnifying glass on our oversexualized culture

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:13:49 -0400

yes, it continues.: Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau: the french fairychild who turned a magnifying glass on our oversexualized culture :

sagablane:

She’s a 10-year-old so ethereal you can’t peel your eyes away from her photographs.

A stunning face whose pictures are sending shock-waves through the internet and sending out flares of outrage against the oversexualization of children, the sick manner adults exploit their little ones, and…

Photo

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 12:04:05 -0400

this this this and this

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 12:03:21 -0400

this this this and this

“The fact that I have continued to translate and post the...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:01:09 -0400

“The fact that I have continued to translate and post the film in spite of this belief does not make me complicit in their intention to spread their ideology. I chose to keep posting this film because – regardless of who made it – I believe people should see it because of the issues it raises and I stand by my right to post it for people to share and discuss freely with each other.” - Sabine

interesting perspective… definitely something worth watching.

turn off your mind, relax and float downstreamit is not dying,...

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:04:00 -0400

turn off your mind, relax and float downstream
it is not dying, it is not dyying

lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void
it is shining, it is shining

yet you may see the meaning of within
it is being, it is being

love is all and love is everyone
it is knooowing, it is knowing