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british romanticism: i went into the woods and i found a beautiful woman, but she wasn’t really a woman, she was my Muse and the woods is my mind

american romanticism: i went into the woods and found the devil and he gave me a clock, but the clock was actually the industrial revolution and it fucking killed me

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I couldn’t help it😂

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what she says: i'm fine

what she means: CRICKETT DID NOT DESERVE THAT ALL HE WANTED WAS GAY FOR PAY AND A DAMN COKE ZERO

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American Horror Story : GAY FOR PAY

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Can you please stop wetting yourself each time my friend does something cute?

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Through all of my lives, I never thought I’d wait so long for you

Past Lives–Borns (via luciferslovelife)

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Hopefully one day Lena Dunham will stop using her body shape as an excuse for why people don’t like her and start realizing it’s because she’s a terrible person.

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sext: please tell me everything you like about me and why in complete detail double spaced please use evidence to support your claims, watch out for run-on sentences

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So, in my art history class today, my professor was talking about something that is so fuckin awesome.

These are warrior shields from the Wahgi people of Papua New Guinea. The warriors paint them with imagery meant to symbolize animals who have traits they wish to embody in battle. These depictions are intended to give the person using it the powers of what they’re depicting.

Now. Look at this Wahgi shield:

Hmm. That looks a bit different from the others.

That looks VERY different. Why, it looks like

The Phantom… American comic book character by Lee Falk. And that’s because it is.

The Wahgi people were isolated from the rest of the “modern” world until 1933. They came into contact with WWII service men who shared some aspects of western culture with the tribesmen. In particular, they showed them the comic books they read while shipped out. The Wahgi loved them. In particular, the Wahgi adored the stories of the Phantom, who wasn’t even particularly popular in its home of America.

He is so popular that the few Wahgi who can read english will read the comics out loud in the village center and hold out the pages for everyone to see, so the whole tripe can enjoy them and marvel at the Phantom’s might in battle.

They identify with the Phantom because he came from a jungle territory, like them, wore a mask to fight, like them, and came from a long line of warriors, which the Wahgi, who worshiped their ancestors, deeply respected. Further, despite not really having superpowers, the Phantom is strong, clever, and incredibly fast. He was so fast that his enemies began to believe that he was impervious to bullets and could not be killed.

Therefore, the Wahgi began painting HIM on their shields to invoke HIS abilities in battle. There are TONS of Phantom-Wahgi shields out there.

So, you might think that you’re huge comic book fan, but the Wahgi have taken their Phantom fandom to the next level and have made the Phantom a fucking talisman to carry into battle for strength.

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Hi, Clair. I’d like to come in and talk with you. Would that be all right?

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“Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future” - Maria Montessori

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sad & cute - brooch

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