Like Galileo to the stars, I'm finding my own way.

thebadwolfrises: The Nu Project’s Nude Photos Tell The Truth...

Mon, 06 May 2013 19:12:26 -0400

The Nu Project’s Nude Photos Tell The Truth About Women’s Bodies

The Nu Project is a no-glamor honest look at beauty and image in our world.

Female nudity isn’t hard to come by in the media, but the bodies we see usually represent a fairly limited scope of sizes and shapes. The Nu Project, a collection of nude photographs shot by Minneapolis photographer Matt Blum, seeks to add some variety to the mix. Blum started The Nu Project in 2005 but said it really took off when his wife, Katy Kessler, became the project’s editor. Blum sees the photos as filling a void. “When I started shooting nudes there was no project like it,” he told The Huffington Post in an email. The things that I had seen either used models with typical model bodies or average people who were made to look extremely unimpressive. I figured there was a way to treat women (of any size/shape) like models and photograph them beautifully, respectfully without a lot of sexual under or overtones. The women photographed are all volunteers, and most of the pictures are taken in the subjects’ homes — where they feel most comfortable. The Nu Project’s website showcases six galleries of nudes, three shot in North America, three in South America. Although Blum told HuffPost that he feels that they have a “good variety of people involved,” he and Kessler acknowledge on The Nu Project website that they’d love for the subjects to be more diverse. “The hardest part for us is that the project is 100 percent volunteer, so I do not see the women until I show up at their door,” Blum writes on the website. “We’re doing our best to encourage all types of women, but we need volunteers of all backgrounds and walks of life to make the project more complete.” Blum said he ultimately hopes that these images inspire the women who see them to feel better about their own bodies. “It’s been really exciting to hear people react to the images,” he told HuffPost. “We get a lot of feedback from women (especially) who have struggled to see themselves as beautiful, and this project has helped them on that path.”

http://thenuproject.com/

Honestly this is one of the coolest things I’ve seen. Society has put to much pressure on the way we look and quite frankly it sickens me. Everyone is beautiful in there own way, you just need to step up and own it. Stop defining yourself by the standards set my actresses and models who starve themselves and coat their faces in 30 pounds of make-up. You are beautiful no matter what shape or size you are, dont let anyone ever tell you anything different.

“The greatest trick that the devil ever pulled was convincing women that they looked better in their makeup” - Macklemore

i never really liked my name much until i found out what it tastes like when you sigh it into...

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:36:15 -0400

i never really liked

my name

much

until i found out

what it tastes like

when you sigh it

into my

mouth

showslow: Almond Blossom by Vincent Van Gogh (1890) and...

Thu, 02 May 2013 04:48:16 -0400

showslow:

Almond Blossom by Vincent Van Gogh (1890) and reproductions

catie gordon!

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Wed, 01 May 2013 19:12:14 -0400

Language of Love.

Wed, 01 May 2013 19:04:06 -0400

Phrases that don’t exist in the English language.

1. Mamihlapinatapei (Yagan, an indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego): The wordless yet meaningful look shared by two people who desire to initiate something, but are both reluctant to start.

2. Yuanfen(Chinese): A relationship by fate or destiny. This is a complex concept. It draws on principles of predetermination in Chinese culture, which dictate relationships, encounters and affinities, mostly among lovers and friends.

3. Cafuné (Brazilian Portuguese): The act of tenderly running your fingers through someone’s hair.

4. Retrouvailles (French): The happiness of meeting again after a long time.

5. Ilunga (Bantu): A person who is willing to forgive abuse the first time; tolerate it the second time, but never a third time.

6. La Douleur Exquise (French): The heart-wrenching pain of wanting someone you can’t have.

7. Koi No Yokan (Japanese): The sense upon first meeting a person that the two of you are going to fall into love.

8. Ya’aburnee(Arabic): “You bury me.” It’s a declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person, because of how difficult it would be to live without them.

9. Forelsket: (Norwegian): The euphoria you experience when you’re first falling in love.

10. Saudade (Portuguese): The feeling of longing for someone that you love and is lost. Another linguist describes it as a “vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist.”

longlivethequeen: anchwhoree: When my mom gets home alwayz

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:04:02 -0400

longlivethequeen:

anchwhoree:

When my mom gets home

alwayz

randomfreakazoid: elphabaforpresidentofgallifrey: hurricane-poo...

Wed, 01 May 2013 14:24:04 -0400

randomfreakazoid:

elphabaforpresidentofgallifrey:

hurricane-pookie:

cangreja:

absyntheandmarigold:

theawkwardlifeofnatalee:

crazyifsowhat:

catladytotherescue:

darrenista:

Everyone needs this on their dashboard. EVERYONE.

RIGHT IN THE FEELS

FOREVER REBLOG

gahh the Rapunzel and Hercules one

Am I the only one who thinks Jasmine and Aladdin’s kid looks like Lilo?

AWWWWW

Tarzan and Jane <3

friendly reminder:

CORNER. NOW.

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Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:12:22 -0400

doctorwho: Matt.

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:24:27 -0400

doctorwho:

Matt.

neatpotatoes: when people i dont like touch me

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:16:16 -0400

neatpotatoes:

when people i dont like touch me

marauder-ess: nickxactly: I love how they just fucking throw...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:12:08 -0400

marauder-ess:

nickxactly:

I love how they just fucking throw that last domino.

This is perfection. Must always reblog.

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Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:48:24 -0400

thetropic-kid: kidsof—boho: exotic-lifes: true-affection-sings...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:24:29 -0400

thetropic-kid:

kidsof—boho:

exotic-lifes:

true-affection-sings:

“An anthropologist proposed a game to children in an African tribe. He put a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the children that whoever got there first won the sweet fruits. When he told them to run, they all took each others hands and ran together, then sat together enjoying their treats.

When he asked them why they had run like that when one could have had all the fruits for himself, they said, ‘UBUNTU, how can one of us be happy if all the other ones are sad?’ (‘UBUNTU’ in the Xhosa culture means: ‘I am because we are.)”

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL

This is my favorite thing in the world.

♡☯☮✌☾✿❁

oatmeal: I made a comic about my new favorite animal. Read it...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:36:19 -0400

oatmeal:

I made a comic about my new favorite animal. Read it here.

doctorwho: Matt. (Watch Matt’s video update from the set...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:48:20 -0400

doctorwho:

Matt.

(Watch Matt’s video update from the set here.)

sparky-sparkerson: cptfantasy: Housecat meets bobcat “why are...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:48:25 -0400

sparky-sparkerson:

cptfantasy:

Housecat meets bobcat

“why are you trapped in there, tiny orange bobcat?”

gallifrey-feels: pingustolemysanity: fake-mermaid: u know what annoys me, that one day there will...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:12:20 -0400

gallifrey-feels:

pingustolemysanity:

fake-mermaid:

u know what annoys me, that one day there will be a whole new generation of people on tumblr and that is not okay i like this generation of people no one will ever be as cool as us

They’ll probably find this post in a decade or two and think its from one of them.

this is from 2013 you little shits

cuteboyswithcats: norman reedus, being super sex. from the...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:36:26 -0400

cuteboyswithcats:

norman reedus, being super sex.
from the walking dead’s facebook page.

omfg just cameeeeeeee.

nprfreshair: I’ve seen this many times and with each viewing,...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:48:27 -0400

nprfreshair:

I’ve seen this many times and with each viewing, it’s more touching. This is a collection of outtakes from Inglourious Basterds (2009) that features actors and others on set looking to the camera and saying “Hi Sally” to Sally Menke, Quentin Tarantino’s longtime editor.

Knowing that Menke would be sitting in a dark editing suite shaping endless amounts of footage, Tarantino thought this would be a nice way to make her smile and keep her motivated through what can be a solitary process.

Sadly, in 2010 Sally Menke died, so Inglourious Basterds was their last collaboration. And beyond the sweet sentiment, this set of outtakes gives us a little window into the intimate working relationship between Menke and Tarantino.

Tarantino has briefly talked about the emotional experience of working on Django Unchained (2012) without her, and said that during the entire editing process, there was a sign put up that read “WWSD” – What Would Sally Do?

A cautionary warning: This video contains some cursing…just a little…and it’s very funny.

- Heidi

aevi-sigma: viridianshadow: dinosaurs-daleks-and-detectives: ...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:12:27 -0400

aevi-sigma:

viridianshadow:

dinosaurs-daleks-and-detectives:

sassy-gay-nic-cage:

shaaylayy:

teastainedcpt:

that is some sass there

sass master.

lord of all time and sass.

Ten, your nine is showing.

Ten, your nine is showing.

Ten, your nine is snowing

Ten, your nine is snowing

I cannot get over this