I Can’t Believe They Oblitered Straight Men Like That

Guys when i see any types of plants my brain goes full

G O B M O D E

They’re just so pretty and nice and i want to care for all of them

diatoms making their cell wall: 

coccolithophores making their cell wall: 

coralline algae making their cell wall:

#LateStageCapitalism

If musquitoes sucked fat instead of blood, life would be so much better.

I FOUND IT GUYS I SPENT HALF AN HOUR LOOKING FOR THIS VIDEO AND ITS HERE

Me this semester

My kind of lady

In many cultures, ethnic groups, and nations around the world, hair is considered a source of power and prestige. African people brought these traditions and beliefs to the Americas and passed them down through the generations.

In my mother’s family (Black Americans from rural South Carolina) the women don’t cut their hair off unless absolutely necessary (i.e damage or routine trimming). Long hair is considered a symbol of beauty and power; my mother often told me that our hair holds our strength and power. Though my mother’s family has been American born for several generations, it is fascinating to see the beliefs and traditions of our African ancestors passed down. We are emotionally and spiritually attached to our hair, cutting it only with the knowledge that we are starting completely clean and removing stagnant energy.

Couple this with the forced removal and covering of our hair from the times of slavery and onward, and you can see why so many Black women and men alike take such pride and care in their natural hair and love to adorn our heads with wigs, weaves, braids, twists, accessories, and sharp designs.

Hair is not just hair in African diaspora cultures, and this is why the appropriation and stigma surrounding our hair is so harmful.

Oceanographers Don Walsh and Jaques Piccard visit the mariana trench (1960)