Hope you said hi to long-haired Claudia because she has now well and truly gone! Again, I can’t take selfies, but I hope you appreciate that MY HAIR IS NOW REALLY FRICKIN SHORT like I keep freaking out a little but I really love it. Also got it dyed slightly darker with a few burgundy/dark red tints. And it was all free! 

Hope you said hi to long-haired Claudia because she has now well and truly gone! Again, I can’t take selfies, but I hope you appreciate that MY HAIR IS NOW REALLY FRICKIN SHORT like I keep freaking out a little but I really love it. Also got it dyed slightly darker with a few burgundy/dark red tints. And it was all free! 

tumblr, meet long-haired Claudia. Do it quickly, because after tomorrow she probably won’t be seen for quite a long time! I have an appointment at a Toni and Guy academy salon tomorrow afternoon and am planning (for the very first time ever) to go short. What kind of short, I’m not quite sure yet, but definitely shorter than I can ever remember having it in discernible memory. This is very exciting and also panic inducing! But mostly exciting. I think. Ack.

tumblr, meet long-haired Claudia. Do it quickly, because after tomorrow she probably won’t be seen for quite a long time! I have an appointment at a Toni and Guy academy salon tomorrow afternoon and am planning (for the very first time ever) to go short. What kind of short, I’m not quite sure yet, but definitely shorter than I can ever remember having it in discernible memory. This is very exciting and also panic inducing! But mostly exciting. I think. Ack.

mresundance:

reckonedrightly:

indypendenthistory:

On Sep 13, 1944, a princess from India lay dead at Dachau concentration camp. She had been tortured by the Nazis, then shot in the head. Her name was Noor Inayat Khan. The Germans knew her only as Nora Baker, a British spy who had gone into occupied France using the code name Madeline. She carried her transmitter from safe house to safe house with the Gestapo trailing her, providing communications for her Resistance unit.

Oh my God, yes. Let’s talk about Noor Inayat Khan.
Wireless operators in France had a life expectancy of six weeks. Noor was actively transmitting for over three times as long.
While she was in France, every other wireless operator in her network was slowly picked off until she was the last radio link between London and Paris. It was “the most dangerous and important post in France”.  
She was offered a way back to Britain and refused.
In fact, in her transmissions to London, she once said that she was having the time of her life, and thanked them for giving her the opportunity to do this.
She was captured by the Gestapo, but never gave up: she made three attempt escapes. One involved asking to take a bath, insisting on being allowed to close the door to preserve her modesty, and then clambering onto the roof of the Gestapo HQ in Paris.
Her last word before being shot was, “Liberté!”

The term BAMF was coined for such persons. 

mresundance:

reckonedrightly:

indypendenthistory:

On Sep 13, 1944, a princess from India lay dead at Dachau concentration camp. She had been tortured by the Nazis, then shot in the head. Her name was Noor Inayat Khan. The Germans knew her only as Nora Baker, a British spy who had gone into occupied France using the code name Madeline. She carried her transmitter from safe house to safe house with the Gestapo trailing her, providing communications for her Resistance unit.

Oh my God, yes. Let’s talk about Noor Inayat Khan.

  • Wireless operators in France had a life expectancy of six weeks. Noor was actively transmitting for over three times as long.
  • While she was in France, every other wireless operator in her network was slowly picked off until she was the last radio link between London and Paris. It was “the most dangerous and important post in France”.  
  • She was offered a way back to Britain and refused.
  • In fact, in her transmissions to London, she once said that she was having the time of her life, and thanked them for giving her the opportunity to do this.
  • She was captured by the Gestapo, but never gave up: she made three attempt escapes. One involved asking to take a bath, insisting on being allowed to close the door to preserve her modesty, and then clambering onto the roof of the Gestapo HQ in Paris.
  • Her last word before being shot was, “Liberté!”

The term BAMF was coined for such persons. 

(via villierscy)

consider the bank.

gyzym:

You know, a few months ago this dude friend of mine showed up to hang out with me all dejected. Over a couple of drinks he explained his long face — earlier that night, he’d been walking down the street behind this really cute girl, and when she looked back at him over her shoulder, he thought it was in interest and smiled at her. Now, this guy is tall and skinny, can most commonly be found in glasses and t-shirts scrawled across with math jokes, is kind to animals, considers himself a feminist. What he doesn’t consider himself is threatening, so he was surprised, confused, and even hurt by what happened next: the girl in front of him responding to his called greeting of, “Nice skirt,” by taking off down the darkened street in a dead run. 

“Yeah,” I said, “she probably thought you were going to rape her.” 

“But that’s not fair,” he said. “I’m a good person; I’d never rape anyone! How could she think that? She doesn’t even know me.” 

Out here in the wilds of the internet, I often find myself making arguments about shit like feminism and rape culture unilaterally. For one thing, there’s so much (like, so much) out there arguing unilaterally against this shit that I feel it’s necessary; for another thing, ‘round these parts there’s a lot of people jumping to hostility when it’s painfully clear they don’t have a handle on all the facts. But I’m more lenient with the people in my real life, especially dudes like the one mentioned above. I’m willing to extend to them a patience that I wouldn’t with strangers on the internet, because they matter to me, and it matters to me that they understand. So when my friend sat there that night, whining over his beer and responding to my attempted explanations with, “But I’d love it if a girl smiled at me on the street, or even catcalled at me! Fuck, even if a dude did it, I’d be flattered,” I decided to spend some time thinking about how to clear things up for him. It took awhile, but I finally came up with a metaphor to get the job done:

Consider the bank. 

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rats808:

a snake escaping from it’s meant to stay in

i lost it at that little flop when it hits the ground

(via wearetheeast)

Hey guys! Just to let you know that I met a friend of mine for dinner tonight and we’ve both decided that as of July 1st, we’re going to block ourselves from tumblr for a while to focus on other pursuits. For me at least, whilst I get to talk to all you wonderful people on this site, I feel like a bigger chunk of my life than I’d like to admit is getting taken up by it, which could be put to much better use. This sumer I want to do more with hitRECord, and possibly invest in some other media programs and whatnot.

Of course, I do not want to lose track of any of you! I doubt it will be a permanent thing but for the meantime, if you want to stay in contact with me, I’ll still be around on FB, Skype and of course there’s always good old email or snail mail! Just message me and I’ll give you any details you would like.

But yes; July 1st, I’m blocking tumblr. This is actually terrifying me a little, but it needs to be done, at least for now.

nooby-banana:

alltheprettythings:

laughingsquid:

Gracie the Kitten Snuggles With Her Owner’s Beard

i rly don’t know if this could be any cuter

The cuteness actually made my teeth hurt oh god

fuckyeahhardfemme:

taliaitscoldoutside:

moon-cunt:

jarabelunar:

ahealthierperspective:

rreen:

muddypetticoats:

whatwhiteswillneverknow:

How to use your white privilege

If the “passing privilege” person is looking at this blog, this is one thing you can do, if you’re up to it.

Reblogging for excellence.

Too beautiful.

More passing people, and people who recognize white privilege should do this

for the white folk who ask “but what am i supposed to do about all of this”

soooooooosososososo so good.

WHITE PASSING/WHITE PEOPLE PLEASE WATCH THIS IF YOU EVER WERE GONNA WATCH ANYTHING WATCH THIS.

Just wanna state that I believe being hard femme also means using your privileges (whatever they may be) and your ability to be hard badass femmes to smash down on oppression just like this.

tobreakandblossom:

My mum’s writing the shopping list and listening to the news at the same time…

tobreakandblossom:

My mum’s writing the shopping list and listening to the news at the same time…