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nevver: Her name is Rio

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:27:28 -0700

Her name is Rio

"I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion…and where it isn’t, that’s where my..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:26:10 -0700

“I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion…and where it isn’t, that’s where my work lies.”

- Ram Dass (via awelltraveledwoman)

mermaidsinsmoke: upabovetheclouds: diasporicdecay: pocketostar...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:25:23 -0700

mermaidsinsmoke:

upabovetheclouds:

diasporicdecay:

pocketostars:

ancientrelic:

humansofnewyork:

“After this I go to work at a pizza shop. My wife and I were college professors in Bangladesh. I taught accounting. But one dollar in America becomes eighty dollars when we send it back home.”

People forget, when immigrants come to this country they start from scratch. They could have been lawyers in their home country, but in the US..it means nothing. You think a HS diploma from Bangladesh means anything in this country? My mom was a top student in the country, went to all the best school and got the best of everything…but when she got here it meant squat and she was cleaning other people’s homes and scrubbing their toilets. This is why I get pissed of when people talk smack about immigrants. They at least are doing something…..heading for a goal..making sacrifices…what are you doing with your life?

^ My parents were college-educated teachers in their home country and came to the U.S. with nothing but empty pockets, a dash of hope, and a belief in God. They also scrubbed toilets in people’s homes to make enough to provide for their children, and that’s probably not something a lot of educated professionals would be able to do. I know I wouldn’t be able to do it. Pride would get in the way.

THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT.

!!!

That’s why I hate when people say us immigrants take Americans’ jobs, when I’m pretty sure none of them would like to be scrubbing other people’s toilets for a living.

My dad was a very well known and important banker, my mom was about to become a lawyer.

Now he works selling shoes, and my mom cleans other’s houses. They work every single day without complaining just to provide me with a better future. If that doesn’t deserve acknowledgement, then nothing else in this planet does either.

There really is nothing like the smell of rain in summer.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:13:55 -0700

the-science-llama: Galaxy Coast— Bill Shupp // Flickr Taken...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:00:07 -0700

the-science-llama:

Galaxy Coast
— Bill Shupp // Flickr

Taken near Bixby Bridge north of Big Sur, CA, this is a 12 shot vertical panorama taken around 4 am this past Monday, when the Milky Way was pretty high in the sky. The glow near the horizon is a lighthouse just around the bend.

All shots are 20 seconds, except the bottom one, which is 3 minutes

myampgoesto11: Exploded flowers by Fong Qi Wei

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:00:20 -0700

myampgoesto11:

Exploded flowers by Fong Qi Wei

How I feel the minute summer arrives, before I get the books...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:27:28 -0700

How I feel the minute summer arrives, before I get the books necessary to do research.

"The moment you feel like you have to prove your worth to someone is the moment to absolutely and..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:51:20 -0700

“The moment you feel like you have to prove your worth to someone is the moment to absolutely and utterly walk away.”

- Alysia Harris (via theriverjordyn)

When academics say heteropatriarchal things thinking they are funny

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:36:52 -0700

allmyfriendsareacademics:

aseaofquotes: Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:38 -0700

aseaofquotes:

Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

aseaofquotes: Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:00:20 -0700

aseaofquotes:

Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon

"You don’t know anyone at the party, so you don’t want to go. You don’t like cottage cheese, so you..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:00:20 -0700

“You don’t know anyone at the party, so you don’t want to go. You don’t like cottage cheese, so you haven’t eaten it in years. This is your choice, of course, but don’t kid yourself: it’s also the flinch.

Your personality is not set in stone. You may think a morning coffee is the most enjoyable thing in the world, but it’s really just a habit. Thirty days without it, and you would be fine. You think you have a soul mate, but in fact you could have had any number of spouses. You would have evolved differently, but been just as happy.

You can change what you want about yourself at any time. You see yourself as someone who can’t write or play an instrument, who gives in to temptation or makes bad decisions, but that’s really not you. It’s not ingrained. It’s not your personality. You personality is something else, something deeper than just preferences, and these details on the surface, you can change anytime you like.

If it is useful to do so, you must abandon your identity and start again. Sometimes, it’s the only way.

Set fire to your old self. It’s not needed here. It’s too busy shopping, gossiping about others, and watching days go by and asking why you haven’t gotten as far as you’d like. This old self will die and be forgotten by all but family, and replaced by someone who makes a difference.

Your new self is not like that. Your new self is the Great Chicago Fire—overwhelming, overpowering, and destroying everything that isn’t necessary.

”

- Julien Smith (via youlooklikesomethingblooming)

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:00:11 -0700

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:00:10 -0700

jonathantoewsed: “you’ll scare guys off with that feminist crap” oh i’m sorry you’re right the kind...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:53:12 -0700

jonathantoewsed:

“you’ll scare guys off with that feminist crap”

oh i’m sorry

you’re right

the kind of guy who has problems with me demanding that i be treated as his equal is totally the kind of guy i want to be in a relationship with

my mistake

"Don’t take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:38:17 -0700

“Don’t take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.”

- Miguel Ángel Ruiz (via agiantdoseofbullshit)

When your favourite theorist blows your mind

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:24:09 -0700

allmyfriendsareacademics:

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:00:07 -0700

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:03:53 -0700

"I’m almost never serious, and I’m always too serious. Too deep, too shallow. Too sensitive, too cold..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:00:24 -0700

““I’m almost never serious, and I’m always too serious. Too deep, too shallow. Too sensitive, too cold hearted. I’m like a collection of paradoxes.””

- Ferdinand von Schrubentaufft (via thatkindofwoman)