terminalpolitics:

ice-cold-justice:

drtanner-sfw:

vorchagirl:

oh-wow-lovlies:

#GrowingUpUgly
When guys in middle school would get dared by their friends to ask you out and see if you say yes as a joke

How about growingupugly and then turning out sort of okay looking but you don’t know for sure because your self esteem is shot and you’re convinced you look awful?

#GrowingUpUgly
Being so wholly convinced of your hideousness that as an adult you now literally cannot even imagine that someone would pay you a compliment and mean it; the only conceivable thing that could be happening is that they’re either a) taking the piss like the boys in school used to or b) so repulsed by you that they feel sorry for you and are telling you you’re pretty because they think you need to hear it.

Hurts how true this is though

I don’t know if this helps, but I’d like to say it anyway just in case it does.

None of you were ugly.

The other day I found a class picture from fourth grade and I looked everyone in it, and then I saw the “ugly girl” – the one people constantly harassed, whose desk kids would pretend was contaminated, the one kids would invent complex songs about just to voice their disgust toward her.

And she looked like a normal little girl.

She looked no different than the rest of the class.

She was never ugly. And I know that you may be thinking to yourself “but I WAS ugly” – I just want you to consider for a moment that maybe you weren’t.

Maybe you were tormented by your peers for no reason except that they were experimenting with and learning the rules of callous human cruelty that would define the rest of their lives – and recognizing this, the adults who should have protected you, let it happen. Cruelty and social shaming – the foundations of how human beings police their society is learned and it is practiced.

Since I’ve become an adult, I don’t recall ever seeing an “ugly” kid. Kids are all just strange-looking works in progress that the artist seems to have abandoned intending to finish them later.

I want you to think about our racist and unhealthy “standards of beauty”. Are any of the things that society fixates on as “ugly” truly ugly? No. We take things that are beautiful and we associate them with ugliness and badness and coarseness – to control them – to batter the will of the already oppressed down to the point where they think the abuse they receive is justified.

The children who demeaned you were learning to crush the human spirit to the point where the target internalizes all that hate and keeps hating themselves even when the bullies are no longer there. Those children were learning the sadism that defines our social hierarchy – we live in a culture where success is achieved through exploiting others.

No one deserves to be treated that way. LGBT children shouldn’t grow up ashamed of themselves. Black children shouldn’t grow up thinking white children are inherently prettier.

You were not ugly. You were told you were ugly so that people could have an “excuse” to target you, to ostracize you, to other you, and to abuse you.

An “ugly child” wouldn’t know they were ugly until someone TOLD them they were. They don’t grow up ugly, they grow up emotionally abused.

And still if you feel that you were the exception and you were objectively and unquestionably so ugly as a child that everyone noticed – even if you feel you are still that ugly now…

That doesn’t mean you don’t deserve love. It doesn’t mean you won’t find love, and trust and happiness.

You are worthy of respect. You have worth. You have value.

And if the rest of the world doesn’t seem to notice your worth – look at the evil and vile things the world does value and count yourself lucky not to be among that number.

There are people who will see your worth. There are people who will look at you and not see “ugliness” – they will see a friend, a mentor, a hero and even, yes, a lover.

If no one else says it today, and even if you can’t say it yourself, I would like to tell you that you are not ugly. That you were not ugly. That you did nothing wrong. That you did not deserve to be treated the way that you have been and that you deserve happiness and love and respect. And you will find it.

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mysticalcoffeequeen:

tooiconic:

drkarayua:

mastergir:

the fucking slapping noise is incredible

This is unsettling.

1-800-R-U-SLAPPIN

A round of applause

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donc-desole:

as-warm-as-choco:

Lightning Strike Hits Pole in Chicago. July 24th 2016 (X) 

PS: Animation-wise. WATCH THIS.

HOLY FUCK. 

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therealjoycesepticeye:

comradewodka:

I feel like someone in japan in the 1980s perfectly predicted the kind of thing tumblr would love in 2018

Visual representation of feeling yourself

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r0rschach:

robotfxckr:

Can you hear me sobbing

Omfg who made this where is this from???

(via riotrogers)

lifepro-tips:

Source: reddit.com/r/LifeProTips

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ambientnightfall:

the-top-hat-anon:

i-am-a-fish:

tonakings:

i-am-a-fish:

tonakings:

i-am-a-fish:

comfy

FISH NO

..but comfy

FISH PLEASE YOU COULD GET HURT

s

sleeby….

Put those fucking sticks down

(via dogtit)

early2000srenaissance:

sweetener:

Ariana and Liz Gillies talking about their time swapping lip gloss on Victorious during the filming of Ariana’s “Thank U, Next” music video

you construct intricate rituals which allow you to kiss the lips of other women

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mercuryblacksleg:

Dr Seuss: ‘Maybe Christmas,’ he thought, ‘doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas … perhaps … means a little bit more!’

Illumination:

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thelighttasteslikelasagna:

jakemorph:

in this essay i won’t

hesitate, bitch

(via sugarbumble)

lyrslair:

why-animals-do-the-thing:

little-miss-mash:

ordinaryredtail:

candiikismet:

cats-and-company:

Queen.

I always have to reboot this.

For anyone wondering, this is amazing enrichment for the animal and a great way to involve guests! The lions aren’t forced to play with the rope if they don’t want to, and these guys (and anyone else who tries this out) have an awesome close up and hands on experience, all without having to come in direct contact with the cat!

@why-animals-do-the-thing

This definitely counts as #actually cute. This video is from the San Antonio Zoo, and the lioness’ name is Axelle. As @ordinaryredtail said above, the tug of war interaction is entirely voluntary on her part.

My guess is that the zoo staff did use some positive reinforcement training to teach her how to pick up and pull on the rope at first, because that’s not necessary something a lion would just do on their own. While it’s also probable that she’s rewarded with something tasty did choosing to engage with the members of the public like this, Axelle wouldn’t be engaging if it was a negative experience for her (there aren’t enough snacks in the world to coerce a lion into doing something they find actively distressing). If she didn’t want to participate, she could just walk away.

Some sanctuary and animal rights groups have taken issue with this interaction because they consider it unethical to ask a lion to engage in any “unnatural behavior” “for the benefit of the public,” calling it exploitation. It is worth keeping in mind, however, that learning and engaging in novel behaviors is hugely enriching for animals in human care, and that lions have no concept of exploitation. As long as the lion is not bothered by the presence or noise of the crowd, is not injured or harmed, and is engaging on an entirely voluntary basis, this sort of thing is entirely ethical. It is far safer than any type of interaction where a member of the public is coming into direct context with a big cat, but still allows people to directly experience the sheer strength of a lion up close.

I will also note that this would seem to be a good way to show people firsthand how dangerous it would be to try and keep one of these animals for yourself, which is important in a day and age when wildlife illiteracy is causing a lot of deaths (bear and bison selfies, people wandering off their safari bus to get closer to big cats in the wild, etc. happening because all people see is the “cute” and not the dangerous - there needs to be a balance). It instills a sense of awe and wonder while still keeping it very obvious that this animal would be perfectly capable of killing you were you not to give it the space it deserves.

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c-bassmeow:

me: im tired 

Someone in walmart: NOT as tired as our TROOPS! 

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jvlianbashir:

when you find an academic source that’s perfect for your paper but it’s behind a pay wall

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gallusrostromegalus:

imgoingtogobacktheresomeday:

bloom-a-blog:

Purring

@bbqequipmentfortheblind it’s me

B I G   S N U G G L E

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weloveshortvideos:

Twin babies pretend to sleep when they hear their mother

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