expecto patronum.

sometimes it’s really difficult to not feel ugly. i just want my tattoo already i’m not...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:17:35 -0400

sometimes it’s really difficult to not feel ugly.

i just want my tattoo already i’m not even scared it’ll hurt i just want to feel like i’m in charge of my own body.

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chubby-bunnies: Hey!! I’m Melissa, 21 size 18, Canada. My...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:59:25 -0400

chubby-bunnies:

Hey!! I’m Melissa, 21 size 18, Canada.

My friend took this picture of me. I usually hate full body pictures but this one is just amazing! I look proud, fierce, sexy and goddamn beautiful!

Love you all bunnies <3

crumbsinthesand: by Diana Sudyka

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:59:07 -0400

crumbsinthesand:

by Diana Sudyka

lampsarepeopletoo: they call me macklemore in math class because im like what what what what...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:57:40 -0400

lampsarepeopletoo:

they call me macklemore in math class because im like

what what what what what

what what what what what what what

what what what what

lovelyandbrown: POW!

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:13:54 -0400

lovelyandbrown:

POW!

selfie spam. makin’ faces. self appreciation, self...

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:58:52 -0400

selfie spam.

makin’ faces.

self appreciation, self reaffirmation. it’s important to take pictures of yourself to appreciate your own face.

finished my last final today and got my paper back on dante’s inferno and i aced it which i’m really proud of, 2 weeks of “summer”, take 2 courses for summer session until july 5th, then officially a college graduate and real world girl things, i’m hoping to be really disgustingly wealthy

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Fri, 17 May 2013 17:12:54 -0400

#sassybuffy but really #sassyfaith

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:10:16 -0400

#sassybuffy but really #sassyfaith

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Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:25 -0400

The sync for the second gif is really remarkable.

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:58:38 -0400

The sync for the second gif is really remarkable.

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iamonebeing: Angela Davis on the “Racialization” of Terrorism,...

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:34:38 -0400

iamonebeing:

Angela Davis on the “Racialization” of Terrorism, From Assata Shakur to Boston Marathon Bombings

Published on May 3, 2013

Watch the full interview with Angela Davis on Democracy Now! at http://owl.li/kGdcY. The legendary activist and scholar Angela Davis tells Democracy Now! that the FBI’s adding of former Black Panther Assata Shakur to its Most Wanted Terrorists List exemplifies a longstanding “racialization” of terrorism in the United States, and an effort to deter the young activists Shakur has inspired today. “When the grandchildren of those who were active in the late ’60s and early ’70s are becoming involved in similar movements today, there is this effort to again terrorize young people by representing such an important figure as Assata Shakur as a terrorist,” Davis says. “Before the Tsarnev brothers were discovered to be the alleged perpetrators [of the Boston Marathon bombings], there was an attempt to present the person who planted the bomb as either a black man or a dark skinned man with a hoodie. This racialization of what is represented as terrorism is an attempt to bring the old-style racism into the conversation with modes of repression in the 21st century.”

In 1998, Democracy Now! aired the audio of Assata Shakur reading her open letter she wrote to Pope John Paul II during his trip to Cuba in 1998 after the FBI asked him to urge her extradition. Listen at https://soundcloud.com/democracynow/a…

brujitaxicanita: queerhairyvag: madametoutnnoire: Frida by...

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:31:11 -0400

brujitaxicanita:

queerhairyvag:

madametoutnnoire:

Frida by Senegalese photographer Omar Viktor Diop shot in Abidjan.

i love this waaay too much. too used to seeing only white girls impersonate her.

this is so amazing

we-are-star-stuff: Who says North is up? Upside Down maps (also...

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:28:46 -0400

we-are-star-stuff:

Who says North is up?

Upside Down maps (also known as South-Up or Reversed maps) offer a completely different perspective of the world we live in.

Technically speaking, even referring to the earth with words like “up” or “down” or comparing places with words “above” or “below” is flawed, considering that the earth is a spherical body (it’s actually slightly “fatter” at the equator) and flying through 3 dimensional space with no reference of up or down. However, the issue of “up” and “down” does become an issue when viewing the surface of the earth projected onto a flat piece of paper (a map). And the effect of the orientation of a map is more significant than you might realize.

As all maps require orientation for reference, the issue of how to layout the map orientation is as old as maps themselves. As map orientation is completely arbitrary, it is not surprising that they differed throughout time periods and regions.

The convention of North-up is usually attributed to the Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy (90-168 AD). Justifications for his north-up approach vary. In the middle ages, East was often placed at top. This is the origin of the term “The Orient” to refer to East Asia. During the age of exploration, European cartographers again followed the north-up convention…perhaps because the North Star was their fixed reference point for navigation, or because they wanted (subconsciously or otherwise) to ensure Europe’s claim at the top of the world.

In modern times, reversed maps are made as a learning device or to illustrate Northern Hemisphere bias. Different from simply turning a north-up map upside down, a reversed map has the text oriented to be read with south up.

The famous “Blue Marble” photograph of the Earth taken from on board Apollo 17 was originally oriented with the south pole at the top, with the island of Madagascar visible just left of center, and the continent of Africa at its right. However, the image was turned upside-down to fit the traditional view.

While the orientation of a map might seem harmless, it can have a significant effect on one’s perception of the world, and the relative importance of the different place in it.

In speech, we often refer to places being “above” or “below” others. Think of how you would say you’re about to travel to the state or country to your north or south (to go “down” to Kentucky from Indiana, or “up” to Canada from the US). Without even mentioning geography, ask any grade school student whether Mexico is “above” or “below” the United States. We’re all familiar with the “land down under”. As we often correlate importance to relative height (think how a citizens of a country will fly their flag higher than all other flags), the north-up convention reinforces the idea that northern bodies are more important than their southern neighbors. Suddenly, traveling “down” to the South might have an inference much deeper than geographic location.

After looking at the map more closely, you may realize that the South-Up orientation may change your perception of the relative status of different places. For example, South America suddenly looks to have more prominence, and Africa and the Middle East completely dwarf Europe. Likewise, tucking Northern Europe, Canada, and Russia away at the bottom of the map, subconsciously takes away their status.

To summarize, unconditionally accepting the north-up map convention without at least appreciating the effect stands at odds with viewing all people and places within the world equally. x x