half of me is a hopeless romantic and the other half of me is, well, an asshole
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The Himba wear little clothing, but the women are famous for covering themselves with otjize, a mixture of butter fat and ochre. The mixture gives their skins a reddish tinge. This symbolizes earth’s rich red color and the blood that symbolizes life, and is consistent with the Himba ideal of beauty.
It also protects their skin from the harsh sun.
It’s also to keep them clean because they live in parts where water is scarce and drinking > bathing. As the otjize flakes off, dirt and dead skin go with it.
The Himba also use it to style their hair, and different headwear is worn during different stages of a female’s life to symbolize her becoming a woman.
last-stop-lullabies
I will forever reblog this because I find it so damn beautiful.
mae0x
u ever wish ur mind would just shut the fuck up
yenohdnanomel
Right now
Salute to them
aniyewasvsgv
The wonderful and amazing Waorani tribe of Ecuador!
don’t!!! fake!!!! your!!!! interests!!!! to!!!! make!!!! someone!!!! like!!!!! you!!!!
iamadboy
don’t!!! bury!!!! your!!!! interests!!! to!!!!! make!!!! someone!!!! like!!!!! you!!!!
thickxxxwhore
Don’t act like you’re interested to make someone like you
“I guess one of the cops thought I was the shooter.”
He saved the children at the risk of being racially profiled and mistaken for the shooter by the police all while the actual shooter was taken in ALIVE
#GlenOakleyIsAHero
Source: twitter.com
Today I’ve learnt that there’s a word in italian (”solare”) to describe a person who brights the room, who is warm and good and cheerful and worries about others and I think is so cute??? I love it
emilybreadner
My stomach in all it’s healed glory.
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Photographer Mattias Klum from National Geographic gets close and personal with a lion.
badveganwolf
“and all of a sudden you feel very small” damn right
cupcakeemily34
IT JUST WANTS TO BE LOVED AND SAVED
novitae
please, if you are able, do what you can for the asiatic lion. donate, get involved, spread information. there are only about 300 left in the world, and they all live in Gir Forest National Park in India.
the african lion is also estimated to be extinct by 2050 due to habitat loss, sport hunting, and loss of their prey base to the bushmeat trade. these beautiful creatures could be extinct in our lifetime. the next generation may not ever have the chance to see these creatures, there will be no more cute lion vines, there will be no more documentaries, there will be no more zoos or sanctuaries containing lions. there will be no more lions.
if you have any love for nature, any love for animals, any love for life, and if you care at all about the permanent loss of a species, especially one so beautiful and iconic, if you care and if you are able, please donate to help save lions.
Not relevant to my blog, but my inner nature lover is calling
iwritethemworlds
Saw someone once posted a review on a book that said lions dont live in India; sad that some people dont even know they exist.
Yes, donate! But not to WWF
hostilepopcorn
Yeah, reminder that the WWF still violates the rights of tribal peoples, funds shoot-on-sight policies, has never apologized for its racism in the 90’s and has an approach to conservation that’s based on eugenics. WWF is also in bed with palm oil producers, supposedly for monetary gain. I’d also argue that the WWF misuses its funds, considering its CEO is in the 1% and at one time had a higher salary than the US president, despite being a non-profit.
Better charities would be The Zoological Society London and Wildlife Trust of India
m—averick
this post is so important, not only for the information about lions but because I didn’t know any of that stuff about WWF and have supported it for years. I won’t be anymore.
If you haven’t seen this story, look up his name: Francisco Galicia.
Expect to see him come 2020, when the debates begin and the political battle heats up. Expect to see him in a suit testifying in court, or before Congress. This young man is a witness and a victim, and the fact that this isn’t a more prominent story on every news station is what truly frightens me.
From The Dallas News:
Galicia says he lost 26 pounds during that time in a South Texas immigrant detention center because officers didn’t provide him with enough food.
He said he wasn’t allowed to shower and his skin was dry and dirty.
He and 60 other men were crammed into an overcrowded holding area where they slept on the floor and were given only aluminum-foil blankets, he said. Some men had to sleep on the restroom area floor.
Ticks bit some of the men and some were very sick, Galicia said. But many were afraid to ask to go to the doctor because CBP officers told them their stay would start over if they did, he said.
I would remind you that concentration camps are actually real.
“I told them we had rights and asked to make a phone call. But they told us, ‘You don’t have rights to anything’,” Francisco Galicia said.
This is happening.
[the screencapped tweets are in initial link]
you know what really gets my goat?
aglaja
el chupacabra
if you're waiting for me to take a hint
it won’t work. consider the following: i’m a dumbass
