Fwanziskas for the new year 💕
Gaze at one hundred years of people knitting.
The map shows the genetic histories of 95 different populations across Europe, Africa, Asia and South America.
D'you ever find yourself . . . just not reading? For weeks? Or months? Maybe years? I have gone through long-term reading slumps that have made me ashamed
Once there was a Postman who fell in love with a Raven. So begins the tale of a postman who encounters a fledgling raven while on the edge of his route and decides to bring her home. The unlikely couple falls in love and conceives a child—an extraordinary raven girl trapped in a human body.
Ethel Warwick was a British stage actress. She was known for The Bigamist (1916), The Magistrate (1921) and Bachelor's Baby (1932). During her teenage years, before becoming an actress, Ethel was a nude model, posing for, among others, James McNeil Whistler. (source)
The Medical Research Council has produced a book celebrating great scientific achievements made by women in the past 100 years
Between 1968 and 1972, Nick Hedges captured a series of images showing the grim reality of life on the breadline in Britain's cities - and the families in the photos will be revisited in a documentary tonight.
This Egg Roll in a Bowl comes together in 15 minutes and is packed with protein and flavor. Made with either ground pork or beef, cabbage, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, soy sauce, and green onions.
In honor of the late Bea Arthur's birthday, let's reflect on how much you relate to her iconic Golden Girls character.
muscavomitoria: “ A young girl with her doll wearing a pair of artificial legs, 1890, UK. ”
Although some women, among them Elizabeth I and Boudica, are remembered, others such as Cartimandua of the Brigantes and Sumerian priestess Enheduanna are more obscure.
If you like filet mignon, you’ll love a chateaubriand roast! Here’s how to sous vide a chateaubriand tenderloin.
Non ha un nome ufficiale, ma è stato soprannominato "Lo stagno di Monet". Il perché è facile capirlo: la somiglianza con i dipin…
Why not...They earned it!
Picture it.
Photos reveal curvy beauties who were considered as low as prostitutes by some for showing off the shapes of their legs and thighs.
Just an Australian guy who likes stuff. Michael/36/Melbourne
This quiz needs more cowbell.
Choosing a guiding word of the year is a great way to live more intentionally. Check out this post for 150 word of the year ideas and start your year off better!
James Taylor, Roberta Flack, Tori Amos, Joan Armatrading, Rufus Wainwright and more on the 70s masterpiece
Going into college as a freshman can be scary! See what one freshman said she learned after her first year at college - this is a must read!
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The Guardian has been praised for its role in the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. Here are some other great front-page exposés, from child prostitution to MPs on the fiddle
Fans of The Golden Girls....cool Golden Girls merchandise.
A confession from potentially the most boring sex writer of all time: I have never dated an older guy. I mean, OK, my current boyfriend is two years older, and at times that's seemed sort of significant. For example, it was weird to realize that his…
"You know we're supposed to be together! I knew it the first time I saw you two years ago, and YOU KNOW IT, TOO!"
Del Mundo founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines. She attended nine years before enrollment was opened to women. A whoops for Harvard was a win for humanity.
Samantha from Sex and the City, Raphael from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kelly Kapowski from Saved by the Bell... every group has "the sexy one." Rue McClanahan was more than just The Golden Girls' sexy one, she was America's sexy one. She'll be missed.
Delve in the history's vault and reemerge with these photos of pure beauty.
Les Dawson, with his face looking as if it had been repeatedly hit by ‘a stocking full of custard’, remains my favourite British comedian, reveals ROGER LEWIS.
About White Girls “This book will change you.” — Chicago Tribune White Girls is about, among other things, blackness, queerness, movies, Brooklyn, love (and the loss of love), AIDS, fashion, Basquiat, Capote, philosophy, porn, Eminem, Louise Brooks, and Michael Jackson. Freewheeling and dazzling, tender and true, it is one of the most daring and provocative books of recent years, an invaluable guide to the culture of our time.
The 1970s had some wonderful teenage heartthrobs whom fellow teens loved to love all around the world. This page is dedicated to some of those teen celebrities.
Junichiro Tanizaki’s Naomi is both a hilarious story of one man’s obsession and a brilliant reckoning of a nation’s cultural confusion. When twenty-eight-year-old Joji first...
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It’s Tuesday. I was planning on another post but it’s been a crap day for a lot of people, including me. In light of this, I propose we take a chocolate break and spend a minute talking about people who are awesome. Like… …for example, Yetta Rosenberg. Homegirl knows how to dress. Why is this...Read More
Again, please don’t click on this post unless you lived through the ’80s.
"Like I'm the only person who ever mixed a margarita in a sailor's mouth."
Did you know that there are currently two collegiate circuses in the United States that have year-round programs to teach students how to become circus performers? Maybe if you had known you might have given another thought to your list of college applications… The Florida State University circus program has been going since 1947 and although it…
I have an emotional wrestling match between my protective instincts and a new-found independence of my daughter at college.The battle keeps me up at night.
These stunning pictures - taken during a more innocent time - reveal Nigella Lawson has always possessed a natural poise and charisma.
Louisa May Alcott was known for writing Little Women, a novel loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters. She wrote many poems, short stories, thrillers, and plays using multiple pen names. Some of her plays were presented in Boston playhouses. Born - November 29, 1832 Died - March 6, 1888 Activities, Lesson Continue reading »
