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eleanor-calderstyle: anonynaila: subvertcliche: mello-dramatic: Everyone who reblogs this will...

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:51:22 -0400

anonynaila:

subvertcliche:

mello-dramatic:

Everyone who reblogs this will get the title of a book to read based on their bio/posts.

Everyone. I mean it.

THIS IS THE BEST POST

I HAVE EVER SEEN

EVER

they really do mean everyone

testing your theory ^

“I like women. And because so much is expected of them (they...

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:42:45 -0400

“I like women. And because so much is expected of them (they must be domestic angels, chic, poised, able to accept responsability, yet seem unconcious of it all, all sunshine and roses and frou-frou) I admire them enomoursely.”
- Greer Garson

vintagebreeze: Grace Kelly.

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:31:59 -0400

vintagebreeze:

Grace Kelly.

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Thu, 09 May 2013 15:28:23 -0400

miss-flapper: Louise Brooks and floppy hat, 1920s

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:00:10 -0400

miss-flapper:

Louise Brooks and floppy hat, 1920s

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Sat, 04 May 2013 16:06:55 -0400

Dove hired a forensic artist to draw how women see themselves...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:06:18 -0400

Dove hired a forensic artist to draw how women see themselves versus how others see them - the results are moving.

amazing.

greergarson: turtlekerr: I think the mirror should be tilted...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:33:35 -0400

greergarson:

turtlekerr:

I think the mirror should be tilted slightly upward when it’s reflecting life — toward the cheerful, the tender, the compassionate, the brave, the funny, the encouraging, all those things — and not tilted down to the gutter part of the time, into the troubled vistas of conflict. - Greer Garson

baby

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Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:35:00 -0400

fairbanksjr: R.I.P. Greer Garson (September 29, 1904 - April...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:36:48 -0400

fairbanksjr:

R.I.P. Greer Garson (September 29, 1904 - April 6, 1996)

Her wit, charm and talent thrilled the world and touched all who knew her

_{the words on Greer Garson’s burial plaque}

Love to you Greer.

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Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:16:20 -0500

gridk: Deborah Kerr: “I’m really happy now. Before, there was...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:44:48 -0500

gridk:

Deborah Kerr:

“I’m really happy now. Before, there was always a nagging thing inside me. I knew things weren’t quite right; that one day I’d explode. With Peter I feel fully alive. But I never think: Oh, if only I’d met him years before. One has to be ready for someone. One matures; one changes. There’s a right time for everything. We live a very simple life. We don’t have servants. And Peter does all the cooking…
Cary Grant often talks about searching for the truth within himself. Well, I don’t think you’ll find it in yourself. You find it in someone else. And when you do, you give them everything you’ve got, everything. That’s the secret of happiness, sure. And that’s why I’m happy now.”

“I’ve found that most of us puts a wall up that protects from...

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:31:04 -0500

“I’ve found that most of us puts a wall up that protects from unwanted feeling. When I decided to dedicate myself to acting I realized I needed to find a way to live without that wall. It starts with being honest. I know that sounds easy, but it actually isn’t. Try and go through a day without telling a lie, even the tiniest one. It’s tough because, what if you disagree with someone you look up to? What if you work in a restaurant and you have to wait on someone that is being rude? If you feel like screaming, you go into a back room and let yourself scream. (you don’t have to scream at your boss. you can be alone) Be honest with everything you feel. Don’t hide anything. If there’s someone you love, but you’re scared to tell - tell, or show them. Let the feeling out. Try it for an hour, and slowly start extending it, until you’re living a life filled with open honest emotion. It’s a scary way to live, but I promise you it’s worth it. It deepens your relationships and your connection to yourself. ” - Jessica Chastain (replying to a fan on her Facebook page asking how he might pursue an acting career)

^^this^^

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Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:32:01 -0500

stawp.

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:39:18 -0500

stawp.

uh-mazing.

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:38:25 -0500

uh-mazing.

storyboard: The Reconstructionists: Celebrating Badass...

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:35:22 -0500

storyboard:

The Reconstructionists: Celebrating Badass Women

What do Buddhist artist Agnes Martin, Hollywood inventor Hedy Lamarr, and French-Cuban author Anaïs Nin have in common? Their names may not conjure popular recognition, and yet, for Lisa Congdon and Maria Popova, these women represent a particular breed of cultural trailblazer: female, under-appreciated, badass. They are “Reconstructionists,” as the writer-illustrator duo call them — and for the next year, they’ll be celebrated on a blog of the same name. Every Monday for 12 months, The Reconstructionists will debut a hand-painted illustration and short essay highlighting a woman from fields such as art, science, and literature. The subject needn’t be famous, but she will, as Popova, the creator of Brain Pickings, puts it, “have changed the way we define ourselves as a culture.” We spoke with Popova, and illustrator Congdon, about the inspiration behind their project.

How’d you come up with the name ‘Reconstructionist’?

Maria Popova: It’s very challenging to celebrate women without pigeonholing the project into some stereotypical and alienating feminist corner, the most dangerous part of which is the preaching-to-the-choir quality that many such projects tend to have. So when it was time to come up with a title for the project, it couldn’t be something too literal or too obvious. After sifting through hundreds of letters, diaries, autobiographies, and other writing, I suddenly remembered something Anaïs Nin had written in a 1944 diary entry — about “woman’s role in the reconstruction of the world.” It was perfect. It was the only common denominator between those women – they aren’t all artists, or all writers, or all to be expected in the pages of a tenth-grade history book. They are simply all reconstructionists.

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tartanbikini: Silly Hipsters HA!

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:41:38 -0500

tartanbikini:

Silly Hipsters

HA!

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Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:52:35 -0500

queen of my heart.

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:41:57 -0500

queen of my heart.