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“The story of Cassandra, the woman who told the truth but was not believed, is not nearly as embedded in our culture as that of the Boy Who Cried Wolf—that is, the boy who was believed the first few times he told the same lie. Perhaps it should be.”

— In her cover essay on silencing women in the October 2014 issue of Harper’s, Rebecca Solnit once again proves that she is one of our era’s greatest essayist – further evidence here and here. (via explore-blog)

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Week 2 of Tati Abaurre’s Botanicals and Birds Drawing Challenge: cockatiels! Love their bold colors and quirky crests.

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Barn Owl (Tyto alba) 

An average and melanistic pair. Instead of pure black, this lovely bird is a mix of buff, grey, and charcoal-black.

Two different subspecies found in the Netherlands, the lighter male is T.a. alba and the dark female is  T. a. guttata. The male has a white belly free of spots and the border around his facial disk is incomplete. Interestingly (at least I find it interesting), even though the feathers are white, you can still make out the heart shape. The female is a rusty color all over, with a spotted belly, and buff highlights to her eyes.

This Galapagos barn owl (T. a. punctatissma), has a creamy buff facial disk with a bi-colored boarder, line dividing it’s face, and a white spotted belly.

I’m not sure what subspecies this is, but this individual is very pale. The disk boarder is almost absent, the rusty color is greatly reduced, leaving the speckles on the head to really pop out.

Very unique markings on this one from Georgia, US! It’s disk is divided in half by a bold, thick black line, and the lower border is as well. A white speckled belly and what seems to be very dark wings really make this dude pop. And he’s waving to the camera, too!

Another unique individual with a dark stripe, although much thinner. It’s grey belly is patched with buff and spotted. It’s rusty head and “tear stained” eyes really pop out against his grey disk. He may not be pretty, but he looks like someone you wouldn’t want to meet in a dark alley.

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Hot Rocks

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they plead guilty to ELEVEN charges and didn’t get put on the sex offenders list and get locked up? the american justice system is so fucked up.

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I wish it were easier to talk about the ways that wearing binders can be dangerous–even if you do everything “right”–without people assuming you’re campaigning against them. I want binders to be accessible to people who want them, but I also want people to understand the risks and not have them played down or blown off as “oh well you just did it wrong”. 

Tight compression of a large, complex part of the body over a period of months or years, even with regular breaks and responsible use, can have serious side-effects that are not fun at all. I had nerve damage, a subluxated rib, and a substantial decrease in my lung capacity after just a few years of wearing properly-fitting GC2B binders, even taking them off regularly and never sleeping in them. I’ve recovered, mostly, but I still have weak lungs that make swimming difficult three years after giving up binding. 

When I started binding, I thought it would be fine so long as I followed the rules. I think I would have worn them anyway, even if I’d known they could damage me, but I wish the internet at large had been more transparent with the risks.

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Who can solve the problem between them?!!

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examples of EXTREMIST beliefs in radical feminism

-baby girls don’t come out of the womb liking the color pink

-lesbains shouldn’t be expected or encouraged to sexually interact with penises

-women’s bodies don’t exist for consumption

-a billion dollar industry built on poor self esteem that lines the pockets of wealthy white men isn’t feminist 

-females are oppressed, not femininity

-gender is learned and enforced, not innate

-women deserve full bodily autonomy

-abusing women even in a sexual context is bad???

-people’s actions don’t exist in a vacuum and they are influenced by society

-gender nonconforming women aren’t men or have masculine privilege

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I don’t believe anyone that says they cured their body hate by changing their body. You. Are. Lying. To. Yourself.

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This just in: Real life is the movie.

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Bust of Lucius Junius Brutus. first half of the 17th.century. Italian. after the antique. marble. Christie’s Dec. 2016.    http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

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Saint Jerome. 1676.  Giuseppe Maria Mazza. Italian 1653-1741. terracotta.   http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

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Saturn Devouring One of His Children. 1669. Simon Hurtrelle. French 1648-1724. marble. Louvre.    http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

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Male Nude. 1966. Paul Cadmus. American 1904-1999. watercolor, crayon heightened with white on toned paper. Doyle Galleries. May 2017.                   http://hadrian6.tumblr.com