Me : * Gets High On Classical Music *

do you think i could cook a s’more on the really hot part of my laptop

Johari Osayi Idusuyi: the hero who read through a Trump rally. 

A writer and student at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois, Idusuyi found herself not only in the right place at the right time, but with the right book in hand: Citizen: An American Lyric is a critically acclaimed, award-winning work by Claudia Rankine that explores the pervasiveness of racism and micro-aggressions in America.   

“I think we were chosen for obvious reasons. We were minorities and there weren’t a lot of minorities there,” Idusuyi told Jezebel. “He also instructed us to sit in the middle, so we kind of already knew what this was.”

The 20-year-old student stressed that she went to the rally not as a plant, or with ill intent. She genuinely wanted to see Trump speak. Idusuyi said she had no interest in Trump. “But if you have the chance to see a presidential candidate, why not?” But when a few protesters interrupted the speech and the crowd collectively turned on them, Idusuyi got angry. “The way the supporters treated the protesters was really unbelievable and that’s what made me mad,” she said. “There was a man who snatched a lady’s [Barack Obama] hat. She was one of the protesters and was leaving and her hair just went with the hat. Then the man threw it into crowd and everybody cheered. I thought, ‘That’s bullying. That’s aggressive.’ I don’t think Trump handled it with grace.”

So she pulled out her copy of Claudia Rankine‘s award-winning book of poetry, Citizen and ignored the rest of the speech. That’s when an older couple, visibly irritated by Idusuyi’s action, poked her on the shoulder and said, “If you don’t wanna be here then leave.” A brief argument ensued, after which the older woman said she was glad Idusuyi wasn’t her daughter. 

(read the Jezebel post »here. watch the video »here, interview »here)

Luna Lamp by Acorn Studio

Taiwanese design firm Acorn Studio has created a series of 7 different size lamps clled Luna, which mimic the beauty of the moon. Similar in color and shape, Luna is a hand crafted dimmable halogen light, which contains adjustable luminosity settings. 

The aim of the lamp and its symbolic representation serves to set an atmospheric setting in every room it is placed.

i count the hours where you haven’t said them and got me thinking are you ambivalent for what is happening now, for the things that’s gonna happen, for the things that’ll never happen for the things we both promised are forever

pieces of sparred minds (02/26/16 12:00)

Even Kendall Jenner’s stomach has rolls when she bends over Candice Swanepoel has stretch marks and Nicki Minaj has scars. Selena Gomez has cellulite and Gisele Bundchen gets bloated sometimes. Adriana Lima doesn’t wake up with perfect hair, Gigi Hadid has bad breath, Beyonce cries, and even Kim Kardashian needs alone time. Jennifer Lawrence loses her temper, Rihanna lies, Kylie Jenner gets jealous and Taylor Swift feels hopeless. The point: Everyone is human and everyone does normal humanly things. Let’s stop trying to be so ‘super'human and take more time to focus on things that matter more than our appearances.

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I was your midnight escape when I wanted to be your seven AM sunrise, but I guess you’re just not a morning person.

H.L. // excerpt from a book I’ll never write #24 // they were like day and night  (via 451seconds)

towards a gentle academic

be up front and honest about the things you do not know

acknowledge the intrinsic value of others’ knowledge bases, even if they do not seem important to you from your institutional context

do not feign mastery where you have none

respect the gaps in others’ knowledge bases

be generous, not only with others

but also with yourself

you overwork yourself at the risk of legitimizing a culture of overwork 

privilege voices and perspectives that have historically been left out of the academy

nothing is ever neutral or apolitical

support the progress of other scholars

collaboration over competition

yknow you hate it when you and your crush like each other and suddenly he's somehow not showing his affections just as much anymore and you though he doesnt like you anymore? it sucks a lot and it hurts hella damn a lot too