white people who have signed petitions and donated if you’re able to, the next thing we should do is look inside ourselves. question your way of thinking, the way you were raised, your history books and the movies you watch. ask yourself why they look the way they do and what you’re doing to help it stay that way. you might not see yourself as a racist person, but we’ve grown up with privilege in a racist world. it’s time we pick ourselves and the way we think apart. actively seek out books and articles and documentaries by and about black people and their history. learn and share the resources you find with your white friends and family. make them understand the difference between our fear of feeling uncomfortable or scared and black peoples fear for their lives. it’s not one and the same. one of us can afford looking away and closing our eyes and the other can not. it’s about time we don’t either. it’s not a movie or show we can switch away from, it’s happening right now so wake up. to see change we must change. we must be angry, at the world and at ourselves.
to everyone in america who are protesting, please stay safe. and to every black person, black people in the lgbtq+ community, black people with disabilities: you matter, your lives matter, your safety matter, your children matter, your future matter. I love you, please stay safe❤️
Moo Deng, a famous baby hippopotamus at Khao Kheow zoo in Thailand ♡
Bonus:
youll be able to find books and movies and music that change your life until the day you die. that's pretty good
The Classics
Browse works by Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad and other famous authors here.
Classic Bookshelf: This site has put classic novels online, from Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte.
The Online Books Page: The University of Pennsylvania hosts this book search and database.
Project Gutenberg: This famous site has over 27,000 free books online.
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Classic Book Library: Genres here include historical fiction, history, science fiction, mystery, romance and children’s literature, but they’re all classics.
Classic Reader: Here you can read Shakespeare, young adult fiction and more.
Read Print: From George Orwell to Alexandre Dumas to George Eliot to Charles Darwin, this online library is stocked with the best classics.
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The Spectator Project: Montclair State University’s project features full-text, online versions of The Spectator and The Tatler.
Bibliomania: This site has more than 2,000 classic texts, plus study guides and reference books.
Online Library of Literature: Find full and unabridged texts of classic literature, including the Bronte sisters, Mark Twain and more.
Bartleby: Bartleby has much more than just the classics, but its collection of anthologies and other important novels made it famous.
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Free Classic Literature: Find British authors like Shakespeare and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, plus other authors like Jules Verne, Mark Twain, and more.
Textbooks
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Free Business Textbooks: Find free books to go along with accounting, economics and other business classes.
Light and Matter: Here you can access open source physics textbooks.
eMedicine: This project from WebMD is continuously updated and has articles and references on surgery, pediatrics and more.
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It’s crazy and fucked up that being yourself is actually the solution.
YOU CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH LOVE, NOT EVEN WHEN YOU'RE BROKEN & SICK.
unknown // w. s. mervin // jane seville // denice frohman // florence + the machine // jennifer franklin // frank bidart.
five recipes for an exciting life (in my opinion)
spending enough time creating things with your hands (baking, drawing, scrapbooking, doodling, crocheting, journaling and so on)
keeping track of things like pretty skies, milestones, happy memories, appointments you're looking forward to
listening to music that genuinely makes you feel happy and energetic
making a habit of reaching out to people in a way that's comfortable to you (i send my dad songs he might like, my friend sends me monthly life updates)
being kind to all your five senses → like investing in a scented candle or essential oil dispenser or body mist, having a soft blanket or socks (or a soft animal to pet), listening to birdsong or the rain, looking at the sky more often, and having your favorite foods enough times
Hogwarts first year: PART 1
First semester, September to December
women on here will read hundreds of pages of terrible books and poetry and essays just to find the few out of context lines that make sense when joined by other media they consumed and then theyll even arrange it like a careful florist n add some art to it that fits with the theme . like thank you God i love you all so much for it