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If Pangolins become extinct in the wild I will become beyond furious, and most likely quit my...

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:04:36 +0100

If Pangolins become extinct in the wild I will become beyond furious, and most likely quit my current career trajectory and become some sort of animal conservationist/avenging vigilante.

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Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:03:18 +0100

complaining is my favorite pastime: s0mmerspr0ssen: No, it makes me PHYSICALLY ANGRY, because the reboot...

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:56:54 +0100

complaining is my favorite pastime: s0mmerspr0ssen: No, it makes me PHYSICALLY ANGRY, because the reboot...:

s0mmerspr0ssen:

No, it makes me PHYSICALLY ANGRY, because the reboot Star Trek cast is flawless and their talent and chemistry and everything is wasted on bad scripts and sexism and how they are the least forwards science fiction ever. Gene wanted 50% female personnel on Star Trek and was…

I just realized why I dislike people who say they hate reading.

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:48:18 +0100

conshunce:

quixon:

I understand just how little I actually know in the world.

I came to that realization by reading up on other cultures and the history of this world.

You can live five lifetimes of 200 years each and not scratch the truth of this planet.

But, I keep reading to improve my understanding of what’s going on around me.

When you say you hate reading, that honestly scares me because the sheer volume of knowledge you are missing out on is staggering.

PREACH

ochanomachi: what the fuck are u trying to say

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:40:12 +0100

ochanomachi:

what the fuck are u trying to say

drarna: Bob Marley was extremely talented and able to popularize an entire genre on a worldwide...

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:08:48 +0100

drarna:

Bob Marley was extremely talented and able to popularize an entire genre on a worldwide basis, a feat comparable to that of early rock pioneers like the Beatles, etc. but he’s primarily memorialized by modern popular culture by the fact that he smoked weed and if you don’t see any injustice in that, then don’t talk to me

the-absolute-funniest-posts: ruinedchildhood: me

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:08:05 +0100

the-absolute-funniest-posts:

ruinedchildhood:

me

donnapirana: “Wheeeeew, that took a lot out of me,” I said, having completed, like, one-third of a...

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:06:24 +0100

donnapirana:

“Wheeeeew, that took a lot out of me,” I said, having completed, like, one-third of a thing.

girljanitor: wharrawha: medievalpoc: Unknown (formerly att....

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:03:36 +0100

girljanitor:

wharrawha:

medievalpoc:

Unknown (formerly att. Johann Zoffany)

Dido Elizabeth Belle

Scotland (1779)

oil on canvas

Scone Palace, Perth (private collection of the Earl of Mansfield)

Although this painting falls outside the usual scope of this blog, it is one of my favorite historical European paintings. Dido Elizabeth Belle was the illegitimate daughter of Admiral Sir John Lindsay and enslaved African woman named Belle.

This painting was most likely commissioned by her father, the nephew of the Earl of Mansfield, and depicts the beautiful and vivacious Belle alongside her cousin, Elizabeth Murray.

The first time I saw this painting was in an art history classroom, accompanied by a story regarding the dehumanization of Africans in the Unites States, and the scores of visiting Americans who were scandalized by this painting. In America and several places in Europe, contemporaneous paintings always depicted people considered Black in subservient positions in relation to people considered White, if they bothered to paint them at all. To raise a bastard daughter of color alongside legitimate heirs was antithetical to American thought.

Dido Belle was raised and educated alongside the other highborn daughters of the household, and remained a favorite of the Earl and her father well into her thirties, after which an advantageous marriage was arranged.

Her position in the Earl’s household supervising the poultry yards was typical for any lady of high birth at the time, but her job overseeing the lord’s correspondence was usually a task reserved for a highly educated male clerk or scribe and is evidence of her importance and elevated rank. She received an allowance of £30 per year, more than any except the heiress herself and a sum unheard of at the time for any illegitimate daughter.

Upon Lord Mansfield’s death in 1788, Belle was furnished with a £500 lump sum in addition to a £100 annuity, as well as a suitable marriage to John Davinier, with whom she had three children. In Mansfield’s will, her status as a free person was carefully confirmed, since many would have been all too happy to divest her of her fortune.

Belle died in 1804 and was interred in St. George’s Fields, the parish to which she and her husband belonged.

My interest in this story was renewed recently when I learned that an upcoming film, Belle (currently in production), will be a dramatized biopic of Dido Elizabeth Belle’s life. The titular role will be played by South African actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

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I think I might be taking a trip to Scone when I get a job…

I get the really strong feeling here that the artist preferred painting Dido - Eliabeth is the supposed centrepiece of the painting, but her expression is the usual bland serenity of aristocratic women in paintings in this period. Dido, though… That smile! Those sparkling eyes! She looks mischievious and witty and fun, and though she’s off-centre and in the background, she dominates the painting.

Everyone who sees the painting remarks on it. Elizabeth Murray just comes off as whey-faced and generally unremarkable.

confusedtree: I’m gonna start referring to opinions like “Kim Kardashian makes me lose faith in...

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:01:48 +0100

confusedtree:

I’m gonna start referring to opinions like “Kim Kardashian makes me lose faith in humanity” and “Macklemore is the first person to take a stand against the homophobia in hip hop” as BuzzFeedisms

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:57:44 +0100

paxamericana: this used to be the most impressive item in...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:49:35 +0100

paxamericana:

this used to be the most impressive item in someone’s home and now it’s literal garbage

ninrio: so someone asked for a thor one

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:48:08 +0100

ninrio:

so someone asked for a thor one

burgrs: baddogsrus: burgrs: if u smash snails on purpose ur a fuckin piece of shit they are tiny...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:47:41 +0100

burgrs:

baddogsrus:

burgrs:

if u smash snails on purpose ur a fuckin piece of shit they are tiny cuties trying 2 get somewhere as fast as they can pls help them out

um excuse me have you ever had a garden because those fuckers will fuck your shit up i mean they totally ruined an entire row of my broccoli plants in one night i am not even fucking around about my broccoli fuck snails

The Strip Search finale is the most stressful thing I’ve watched in a LONG TIME.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:03:28 +0100

The Strip Search finale is the most stressful thing I’ve watched in a LONG TIME.

thenewurbanist: The High Line

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:56:21 +0100

thenewurbanist:

The High Line

someone: what's the farthest you've ever gone?

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:16:40 +0100

someone: what's the farthest you've ever gone?
me: to the kitchen

pookiefangs: snail-monger: izzy-the-fish-girl: goldfishgal: C...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:12:13 +0100

pookiefangs:

snail-monger:

izzy-the-fish-girl:

goldfishgal:

Common Myths & Misconceptions About Goldfish
by patches a.k.a goldfishgal

This is amazing! Can you make children’s fish care books like this?

Thank you

This is a beautiful post and I wish I could hand deliver it to everyone when I worked at PetCo.

mpdrolet: Watershed (Yosemite), 2013 Ron van der Ende

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:07:08 +0100

mpdrolet:

Watershed (Yosemite), 2013

Ron van der Ende

go anon and send me

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:57:34 +0100

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