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vegansanfrancishet: So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these...

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:58:38 +0100

So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these days. I also work as a barista/cashier pretty regularly these days. A few weeks back, I had a customer come in, a fairly typical, sheltered, suburban soccer mom, and she ordered a latte from me. She saw my brightly colored nails and said, “Wow, you’re so brave! My son asked me about painting his nails, and if it’s okay for boys to do that. Now I’ll tell him there’s a cool guy who does it too!” It was a nice moment, very cute.

Then, last week, she came in again, and said, “Hey, I’m so glad you’re here! I want you to meet someone!” She then brings her son forward, and says, “Okay sweetie, show him what you did!” And he throws his hands up, showing off his bright, sparkling blue nails. He shows them off, and I show mine off to him. He smiles. We fist bump.

Guys, I’ve only wanted to cry once at work before, and that was when someone ordered a large dry soy cappuccino on ice.

This time, though. This was a good cry.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 01:53:22 +0100

hogwartians: BEST PART

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:48:12 +0100

hogwartians:

BEST PART

ramenflavoredpunani: inkah: ”Women must give birth, men have...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:28:19 +0100

ramenflavoredpunani:

inkah:

”Women must give birth, men have to be tattooed,” says one Samoan tattoo song, expressing an age-old idea of equality between the sexes. Both must endure pain. In traditional Samoan society all young males had to be tattooed when they reached their late teens. Otherwise they were not considered real men. Nowadays, the custom is no longer general, but it is still associated with manhood and male prestige, and hugely popular.

I went to school with some Samoans and the guys have traditional Samoan tattoos, they’re very beautiful but after talking about them it’s one hell of a process.

solluxforpresident:

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:35:46 +0100

solluxforpresident:

colorado-wannabe: So in English class we had to draw a scene from The Great Gatsby. After the...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:35:30 +0100

colorado-wannabe:

So in English class we had to draw a scene from The Great Gatsby. After the drawings were done the teacher was showing them to the class, and one drawing was a pic of Gatsby reaching towards at the green light, but in the drawing Gatsby didn’t have hands. So my teacher starts saying something like how this picture has hidden meaning and portrays the helplessness Gatsby feels, and the kid next to me just casually says “I can’t draw hands.”

jewberrymore: rich white people

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:34:03 +0100

jewberrymore:

rich white people

paintdoktahwho: I HAVE TO DO IT I HAVE NO CHOICE

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:33:44 +0100

paintdoktahwho:

I HAVE TO DO IT

I HAVE NO CHOICE

gas-station-disco: is that taylor swift

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:33:09 +0100

gas-station-disco:

is that taylor swift

supahbeefcakes: he was a boy she was a girl can I make it any...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:32:32 +0100

supahbeefcakes:

he was a boy

she was a girl

can I make it any more obvious

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Sat, 18 May 2013 21:31:42 +0100

youknowyourebritishwhen: Really?

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:28:58 +0100

youknowyourebritishwhen:

Really?

taeyeon-9muses-rilakkuma-ohyeah: Clever way of getting his...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:26:10 +0100

taeyeon-9muses-rilakkuma-ohyeah:

Clever way of getting his features in there

cr: thqys

"the first word I teach my daughter will be “no” she will sing it to me and scream it at me and I..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:03:22 +0100

“the first word I teach my daughter will be “no”
she will sing it to me and scream it at me
and I will never tell her to quiet down
she will say it when I tell her to go to bed
when I tell her she can’t have anymore candy
or watch anymore television
“no” will be my daughter’s favorite word
not only will I teach her how to say it
but I will teach her to repeat it over and over
again until every single atom in her tiny little body
hums with it
If it makes her less soft than the other girls
I will take her to museums and show her
what marble and stone can become
I will brush her hair and let her wear whatever
she wants
whatever that makes her
she will know
that the world has been built upon “no’s”
upon rejections and refusals and swords
if this makes her a warrior in a field of
flowers, then she will walk without fear
of being trampled on
the first word I teach my daughter will be
“no”
and when she grows up
in a world that tells her
she can’t walk down the street by herself
that “no” will be heard
it will roar and echo down the block
and she will never be told to keep
silent
she will not know the meaning of the word.”

- The First Word I Teach My Daughter (via albinwonderland)

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Fri, 17 May 2013 14:12:46 +0100

Fishing buddies

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:11:46 +0100

Fishing buddies

sofapizza: tastefullyoffensive:[via] the perfect disguise

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:11:41 +0100

sofapizza:

tastefullyoffensive:[via]

the perfect disguise

37thstate: Female Mechanics in Senegal by Anthony Kurtz Fatou...

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:05:49 +0100

37thstate:

Female Mechanics in Senegal by Anthony Kurtz

Fatou Sylla and Fatou Camara run their own car repair business called Fatou Fatou Mercedes Garage in Dakar

dungeonsanddamsels: ktjjj submitted: once i had a breakdown...

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:49:28 +0100

dungeonsanddamsels:

ktjjj submitted:

once i had a breakdown and cried into my pillow and this happened and i feel like this is an accurate representation of my current mental state

booklust: AAGAGAAHHAHHHAHAHHHAHHHHHHHHHHH I LITERALLY JUST HAD...

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:16:19 +0100

booklust:

AAGAGAAHHAHHHAHAHHHAHHHHHHHHHHH I LITERALLY JUST HAD A HEART ATTACK