jumpingjacktrash:

avatar-dacia:

thisisarebeljyn:

fearwax:

scootsenshi:

24-sa3t:

comradeonion:

powerofthestruggle:

Man eating rice, China, 1901-1904

this is an extremely important picture

Ive never seen someone from 1904 having fun omg

He has a nice face

No but the history behind this picture is really interesting

The reason that everyone always looked miserable in old photos wasn’t that they took too long to take. Once photography became widespread it took only seconds to take a picture.

It was because getting your photo taken was treated the same as getting your portrait painted. A very serious occasion meant so thst your descendants would know that ypu existed and what you looked like.

But one time some British dudes went to china to go on an anthropological expedition, and they met some rural Chinese farmers and decided to take their pictures. Now, these people weren’t exposed to the weird culture of the time around getting your photo taken, so this guy just flashed a big grin during the photo because he was told to strike a pose and that’s the pose he wanted to strike.

I think painted portraits and old photos give us the idea that in general people were just really unhappy because those are the visuals we have. This is so refreshing.

Hey, look; “Man Laughing Alone With Rice” is back on my dash.

always reblog Happy Rice Guy. once upon a time, he really enjoyed his lunch, and that’s beautiful.

musicaltheatrenerd525600:

I feel like one strange advantage of being a lesbian/a woman who’s attracted to other women is that it puts my own body insecurities into perspective, because when I dislike something about my body I think “would I stop being attracted to a woman if she had stretch marks/acne/a little extra body fat etc.” and the answer is always no

biggest-gaudiest-patronuses:

loveyatothemoonandback:

biggest-gaudiest-patronuses:

iamstudentdelusion:

biggest-gaudiest-patronuses:

biggest-gaudiest-patronuses:

turing-tested:

god was so fucked up when she made humans like yes let’s give them uhhhhh the capability to love but also let’s give them small caves inside their skull in which to accumulate snot. they’ll love that shit

i love every part of this post

i also love that this implies no malicious intent on god’s part it’s just ‘she was shitfaced what you gonna do’

she tried, okay?

did she?

she was doing her best

was she though

shosty-induced-migraine:

For those of us with eating disorders celebrating thanksgiving:

It’s going to be okay. You can enjoy food today. I know it’s scary. I know there’s a lot of pressure. I’m scared too. But it’s just one day. You’ll make it through. Ask for help from people you trust. Remember that there are people who care about you. I care about you, and we’re all going to be just fine.

denisvileneuve:

There is a reason this is the last scene in which Okoye appears before the credits roll. It speaks volumes about the power black women possess. Seeing anyone, let alone a black man, submit to a black woman on screen in this way is a rarity.

Gurira thinks the message in that scene is vital for everyone, especially women and girls.

“You expect to use your love for me and our love for each other to actually get me to betray my nation, and I would kill you first. I love that,” she said. “I think women don’t often get to portray that sort of nobility and that sort of integrity, especially [choosing that] over their love.” – Danai Gurira on The Scene™