living reruns

"Be of service. You are taking your degree into a society dominated by concentrated poverty and a..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:10:49 -0700

“Be of service. You are taking your degree into a society dominated by concentrated poverty and a vulnerable middle class, a society where it is harder to pay for education, harder to find a job, harder to buy a house and harder to hold onto those things even if you manage to get them. You are entering adulthood during a period of mass incarceration and near constant war. There is a lot for you to do. Service is the rent you pay for the space you take up on the earth, and as a relatively privileged American you take up a lot of space. We are the most consuming, polluting, wasteful nation on earth. So your rent is steep. Pay it with service.”

- Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry’s advice to Class of 2013 (via bitchwhoisyou)

This is just.. perfect.

(via restyourlips)

lickypickystickyme: If grandmothers around the world had a...

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:25:15 -0700

lickypickystickyme:

If grandmothers around the world had a rallying cry, it would probably sound something like “You need to eat!”

Photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s grandmother said something similar to him before one of his many globetrotting work trips. To ensure he had at least one good meal, she prepared for him a dish of ravioli before he departed on one of his adventures.

“In that occasion I said to my grandma ‘You know, Grandma, there are many other grandmas around the world and most of them are really good cooks,” Galimberti wrote via email. “I’m going to meet them and ask them to cook for me so I can show you that you don’t have to be worried for me and the food that I will eat!’ This is the way my project was born!”

The project, “Delicatessen With Love”, took Galimberti to 58 countries where he photographed grandmothers with both the ingredients and finished signature dishes.

Galimberti said many of the subjects for the project were selected serendipitously, picked while he was working on a project about couch surfing that explored the global phenomenon of staying in other people’s houses. Since Galimberti never slept in hotels while working on the project, he was able to come into contact with people who introduced him to grandmothers in the area.

Galimberti acted as photographer and stylist during each shoot with the grandmothers, taking a portrait of both the women and the food they made for him.

From top to bottom:

Inara Runtule, 68, Kekava, Latvia. Silke (herring with potatoes and cottage cheese).

Grace Estibero, 82, Mumbai, India. Chicken vindaloo.

Susann Soresen, 81, Homer, Alaska. Moose steak.

Serette Charles, 63, Saint-Jean du Sud, Haiti. Lambi in creole sauce.

The photographer’s grandmother Marisa Batini, 80, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Swiss chard and ricotta Ravioli with meat sauce.

Normita Sambu Arap, 65, Oltepessi (Masaai Mara), Kenya. Mboga and orgali (white corn polenta with vegetables and goat).

Julia Enaigua, 71, La Paz, Bolivia. Queso Humacha (vegetables and fresh cheese soup).

Fifi Makhmer, 62, Cairo, Egypt. Kuoshry (pasta, rice and legumes pie).

Isolina Perez De Vargas, 83, Mendoza, Argentina. Asado criollo (mixed meats barbecue).

Bisrat Melake, 60, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Enjera with curry and vegetables.

Completely unsurprising that I love this. Janelle Monáe ft....

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:53:08 -0700

Completely unsurprising that I love this. Janelle Monáe ft. Erykah Badu “Q.U.E.E.N.”

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Wed, 15 May 2013 22:55:05 -0700

Vintage Moschino fried egg shirt, 1989

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:49:38 -0700

Vintage Moschino fried egg shirt, 1989

gurrrumina:

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:32:40 -0700

gurrrumina:

"Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you have one foot on the brakes. In order to..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:06:11 -0700

“Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, you must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life.”

- Mary Manin Morrissey (via wendesgray)

Doing school work on vacation and the woman in the room next to me has been making very audible sex...

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:44:00 -0700

Doing school work on vacation and the woman in the room next to me has been making very audible sex noises for about THREE HOURS NOW.

Girl, I am sincerely glad to know you’re enjoying it, but it has been three. hours.

nevver: Poorly drawn lines

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:25:21 -0700

nevver:

Poorly drawn lines

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Thu, 09 May 2013 19:58:00 -0700

Perhaps the happiest thing I have ever seen. Officially done...

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:22:00 -0700

Perhaps the happiest thing I have ever seen. Officially done with my first year of law school! Good riddance :p

Last final tomorrow! It is the last and the worst. I know it’s probably going to be like...

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:48:00 -0700

Last final tomorrow! It is the last and the worst. I know it’s probably going to be like this:

but then I fully plan on being like this:

(…but will actually probably be more like this:)

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Mon, 06 May 2013 21:49:36 -0700

If you can’t handle me at my Lindsay Lohan then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my Beyoncé

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:01:22 -0700

If you can’t handle me at my Lindsay Lohan then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my Beyoncé

UGHHHHHHHHH I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO STUDY ANYMORE

Sun, 05 May 2013 13:30:00 -0700

UGHHHHHHHHH I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO STUDY ANYMORE

"The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we..."

Sun, 05 May 2013 13:13:18 -0700

“The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives. It is within this light that we form those ideas by which we pursue our magic and make it realized.”

- Audre Lorde, Poetry Is Not a Luxury (via mindgypsy)

katebomz: Frida by Senegalese photographer Omar Viktor Diop...

Fri, 03 May 2013 23:20:19 -0700

katebomz:

Frida by Senegalese photographer Omar Viktor Diop shot in Abidjan. #instalove

"When you plant seeds in the garden, you don’t dig them up every day to see if they have sprouted..."

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:39:35 -0700

“When you plant seeds in the garden, you don’t dig them up every day to see if they have sprouted yet. You simply water them and clear away the weeds; you know that the seeds will grow in time. Similarly, just do your daily practice and cultivate a kind heart. Abandon impatience and instead be content creating the causes for goodness; the results will come when they’re ready.”

- Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron (via wendesgray)

#TBT: When my non-law friends want to make plans during finals.

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:31:18 -0700

wheninlawschool:

I’m like:

They’re like:

I’m like:

Originally published 4/30/12.

azazaychek: Photographed by Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello,...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:16:55 -0700

azazaychek:

Photographed by Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello, and styled by Samuel François

Model not identified.

Lula #16 from the Modcloth blog via Art Department