c0ssette:

John William Godward,Mischief and Repose (detail)1895.

humansofnewyork:

“Right now I’m not even sure if college is for me.”
“Why’s that?”
“Well, I’m going to sound a bit like a hippy… but everyone tells you to ‘follow your own path,’ then you’re put into an institution where you’re funneled down these predetermined tracks. Then you’re packaged up and regurgitated back into society. Like you’re a GI Joe. Or a Barbie.” 

this is how i feel most every day. i just graduated.

npr:

Dudes in capes, dudes in cars, dudes in space. In many parts of the country right now, if you want to go to see a movie in the theater and see a current movie about a woman — any story about any woman that isn’t a documentary or a cartoon — you can’t. Where did all the women go? At The Movies, The Women Are Gone : Monkey See

Photo: iStockphoto.com

this. read this.

“…what we have right now is a Hollywood entertainment business that has pretty much entirely devoted itself to telling men’s stories — and to the degree that’s for business reasons, it’s because they’ve gotten the impression we’ve devoted ourselves to listening to men’s stories.”

climateadaptation:

The game must go on. Black Forest Fire, near Colorado Springs, Colorado (via). The wildfire is Colorado’s largest in its history. Two dead, nearly 400 homes destroyed. 

the smoke here is so thick…

maddynorris:

Picasso learning ballet

npr:

life:

LIFE.com celebrates Father’s Day with a special gallery featuring classic portraits of famous dads and their daughters.

Pictured: John F. Kennedy with daughter Caroline, 1958.

(Ed Clark—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Happy Father’s Day!

humansofnewyork:

“What’s your favorite thing about your sister?”
“She’s my friend.”

yesequality:

feel-the-l0ve-x:

wow. this just sums up life.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sagansense:

A donor heart beating in a mechanical system which keeps it warm, oxygenated, with nutrient enriched blood pumping through.

via petitpoulailler

BREAKING NEWS: Contrary to popular belief, this is a simple organ, devoid of feeling, “breaking”, trusting, speaking or containing any such emotions or processes by which have been revealed and continuously studied and understood by neuroscience/biology. You may now remove such references and phrases such as, “trusting your gut”, “trusting your heart”, “believing your heart”, “having heart” (for obvious reasons), “giving your heart away” (for obvious reasons - unless you are an organ donor) and placing your hand over your heart as a form of sincerity/honesty. Direct all questions to…..any doctor or surgeon in the world. References can be provided by any biology book. Anywhere. Ever. Sincerely, SCIENCE.