I Love Everything About This. So Cute.

Barbara Tuchman says the widespread apparently juvenile behavior of medieval Europe should be considered in light of the fact that most of active society was in fact people in their teens and twenties

Which on the one hand is like one of those things that’s obvious once it’s pointed out

But also its funny to think there was a whole historians’ tradition of being like “why were medieval kings so overemotional” until Tuchman clears her throat and goes… “Ahem… Have you ever met an eighteen year old boy” and then everyone’s like “oooooh”

↳ otp meme ■ [1/7] scenes                                                                                                                 ► “My veil tore. I knew when we were getting married and I’m five months pregnant that I’m not going to be able to wear the dress that I always wanted or high heels–”    

We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world.

Sam & Dean Graphic Challenge | rosetylr vs. sycophantcas ↳ Prompt: 5x16 Dark Side Of The Moon + High Hopes (Pink Floyd)

How Shows Like 'Will & Grace' And 'Black-ish' Can Change Your Brain

Go ahead, use this article to justify binge-watching Orange Is the New Black all weekend.

“Psychologists say it’s not uncommon to think of fictional characters as your friends. They call these attachments parasocial relationships, and a growing body of research suggests there may be more to these connections than we realize. It turns out that as we grow emotionally attached to characters who are part of a minority group, our prejudices tend to recede.“

This is another reminder of how important initiatives like everysinglewordspoken are. Not only to demand media representation for POC, but to change group attitudes about the ‘other’ and erase prejudice on a wide scale.

Johan Bävman: Swedish  Dads

No other country provides such generous terms of parental leave as Sweden. The current system allows both parents to stay at home with their child during 480 days in total, while receiving an allowance from the State. Out of these 480 days, 60 must be taken by the father or else are lost.

Loui, an artist, took leave for one year to be with his son Elling:

“There was never any discussion about who should stay with Elling. That we would split parental leave more or less equal has always been obvious to us. Had I not had the opportunity to be at home with our son for almost a year, I would probably not have known who he is as a person and what his needs are.”

The purpose of this allocation is to improve gender equality. In order to promote a more equal sharing of parental leave between men and women, a so called “equality bonus” has also been introduced. The more days that are shared between parents, the higher the bonus—it’s possible to receive up to 1, 500 euros.

In spite of the generous allowance and cash incentives, only a fraction of Sweden’s dads use all of their 60 allocated days of parental leave. Even fewer parents choose to share the days equally between mother and father.

These portraits seek to examine the relationship between father and child, highlighting the bond built over stretches of time spent together, and the benefits of taking time off work for family.

—Johan Bävman

Remember: you are beautiful only when you do beautiful things. Full lips aren’t as beautiful as a full laugh. Skinny hips aren’t as attractive as a quick wit. Think about treating others right, and those others will flock to you in screaming droves.

Welcome to Night Vale, First Date (Ep. 27)

South Dakotan sculptor John Lopez creates life-sized scrap metal sculptures with a uniquely Western American twist. In his hands, old discarded farm equipment is recycled into sculptures of iconic creatures from the American West like a bison, a horse plowing a field, or a Texas Longhorn.

Patrick Joust

On the clock, Patrick Joust, 36, is a librarian. Off the clock, he’s a self-taught photographer with a fascination of Baltimore at night.

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I love Amanda so much. This is an animation that uses a voice memo from her phone of a conversation she had with me while I was asleep (I can have conversations while I am asleep, I am told by people who have tried it). 

She found the message she had left for herself on her phone a year or so after she’d left it, and played it to me. I said it sounded like an animated film, and she agreed, and used her Patreon to make it happen…

Only watch it if you want to know what the inside of my head is probably like while I am asleep.

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QlDX8mPAcc)