quietlyglittering:

wolfayal:

hogwartshiddenswimmingpool:

This is Kjell Lindgren. He’s a NASA astronaut who just got back from 5 months on the International Space Station. There are two reasons why this picture is hilarious:

  1. His wife is flawless and makes bad space puns to make him do household chores.
  2. I have that shirt. Thousands of people have that shirt. That shirt is available at Target. Which means actual astronaut Kjell Lindgren, with his wardrobe already full of NASA-issued and logo-emblazoned clothes, was at Target, saw a NASA shirt, and was like, “Yes, I am buying this because this is what I want to spend my actual astronaut salary on.”

 tl;dr NASA employs a bunch of fucking nerds

It gets better.

Courtesy of Wikipedia, here’s the poster NASA released for his mission to the ISS:

NASA confirmed for a bunch of fucking nerds

tea-and-lemons:

helthehatter:

jessadamsdraws:

hanitjemars:

salty-blue-mage:

A lot of people already condemn and calling this teacher a bitch/monster on the comment/reblog, not knowing the whole story. It was actually the TEACHER who drew the beautiful art on the blackboard, and the teacher is a HE, he’s an accomplished artist who was trying to teach his students about the beauty of art and however changing it is. He will draw any arts by request from his students, the students will take some pictures, and then he erases it from the board, and make new ones. He’s not a monster. He’s actually trying to spark the students’ interest in art. Funny how a simple pic without context enrages people – and the people refusing to look beyond the story.

You can follow his artworks on Twitter @hamacream where he always posts/tweet his arts.

Here are some samples of his artwork:

It’s awsome I wish I had a teacher like that

Thank you for the context I feel much better now.

Even if he wasn’t the artist, if you draw anything on a chalkboard, you should do it with the knowledge that it’s not a lasting thing like. It’s made to be erased

ithelpstodream:

When it came to self-reported depressive symptoms or anxiety, researchers found there was no difference between transgender kids who were allowed to transition and their peers and siblings — nor did they differ from national averages. Likewise, transgender children scored just as developmentally normal as their peers on measures of self-worth.

The study also debunked a myth that parents of trans kids may underreport how their children might be struggling. In this case, they actually reported having higher levels of anxiety about their children than the children actually reported for themselves.

read more:
https://thinkprogress.org/trans-kids-socially-transition-study-529f34c1bb3b/

grizandnorm:

Tuesday Tips – SIMPLE SHADOWS

Whenever I have a bit more time on a pose (5 min or more), I try to add some tone to add volume and solidity to the pose. I try to spot and create large shapes and fill them, kinda like a “paint by number” exercise. This way , if the pose ends, I still have the info of where to complete the shadows. Try it out.
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chronically-sikh:

prof-rjlupin:

newtscamanderismyspiritanimal:

valoisqueens:

newtscamanderismyspiritanimal:

queenofthemorgue:

Could I PLEASE stop seeing period dramas where women aren’t wearing chemises under their corsets

Also to add- corsets were not because of “patriarchical oppression”. In most cases it was how you held up and supported your boobs with the benefit of shaping your figure at the same time. Just like a bra today. I hate it when some actresses refuse to wear corsets for a role that ABSOLUTELY WOULD HAVE WORN ONE because they’re trying to express their feminism. Like, I get it, it’s 100% okay to express your feminism but for goodness sakes do some historical research about what it actually was before making assumptions

Also, also, please no more “I can’t get into my corset without help” because that’s nonsense. I’m sure there were a lot of rich ladies who were laced in every day but a lot of other women managed to put on corsets themselves just fine. There was a study done in the 1887 about how women laced their corsets and the majority of them didn’t lace it so tightly they couldn’t breathe. In fact most women laced it to a comfortable place, with a 3 to 4 inch gap at the back.

There are so many myths about corsets and I’m passionate about accurate depictions of historical clothing

you can say Emma Watson, it’s okay

I didn’t want to call her out specifically but yeah okay I was thinking of Emma Watson because that made me furious

Also!! they weren’t called corsets until the 1800s (not sure which decade, i thinK the 1820s)! Before that they were called a pair of bodies/ a pair of stays (or just stays).

The change in name was about the same time people started reallly tightening them to get that teeny tiny waist, which wasn’t the main focus before. in the 18th century stays were just to support the bust and kind of smooth everything out (think modern spandex shapewear), and provide a base for the gown (they were HEAVY)

i am 100% here for dispelling myths on corsets

I am entirely too tired of the stigma surrounding them and the gasps and the concerned looks and the “oh, don’t you know” talks i get whenever I start info-dumping my plans for a semi-accurate renaissance costume and of having to tell people “lol guys don’t worry im going to be accurate with my costume; im not going to tight-lace the corset” (first world problems, i know lol)

twijfelaar:

dragon-in-a-fez:

moonibinbon:

dragon-in-a-fez:

lotus-of-light:

dragon-in-a-fez:

school districts and administrators are working hard to scare students out of protesting in the wake of the Parkland shooting.

don’t fall for their bullshit. you have the right to speak up and make yourself heard. a local superintendent doesn’t overrule the first amendment, much as they might like to.

and here’s an open invitation: I’m a teacher, recent PhD, one-time educational administrator (although not in a public school), and hopefully soon to be a college professor. if you need advice on navigating the crap your school is giving you or minimizing the impact they can have on your chances of getting into the college of your dreams, message me. I’ll help you find legal resources, write admissions essays, find ways to argue for your right to protest to your school board – whatever I can do.

please signal boost this, and if you’re someone who can help (civil rights lawyer? college admissions counsellor? experienced activist leader?), join in and let young activists know what you can do to help.

Question! Do you need to inform administration before a walkout? 

I’m not an expert on the legal aspect, but as far as I know, no. the only legal power schools have over student speech comes if they can claim that you are disrupting educational activities, so if you were planning an event of some kind at the school during school hours, you would have to get permission from the school administration, but calmly and quietly leaving school grounds is not the same. you are up against truancy laws there, and they can impose punishments after the fact for absence from class, but most states have laws or at least past court decisions that establish suspensions are not an appropriate response to a first-time unexcused absence.

Can you tell us anything more about the walkouts? Or anything else at all we can do without jeopardizing our “safety” in the school?

my biggest piece of advice is safety in numbers. it’s easy to suspend one student, even if it’s illegal. or even ten. but if half the students coordinate a time to walk out, the administration is going to have a hard time taking that kind of action. you’ll also have an easier time getting past any teachers who might try to physically keep you in school (it’s happened), and local law enforcement will have a harder time quietly rounding you up as “truants” and taking you back to school.

also, as much as possible, get your parents on side. there’s literally nothing a principal is more terrified of than angry parents. I can tell you that right now, what hundreds of principals around the country are having nightmares about is dealing with a parade of soccer moms who suddenly have the ACLU on speed dial.

also, make sure your actions inside the school are as peaceful and non-disruptive as possible. hold a walkout, and protest on public property away from the school. the law says your free speech rights in your school can be limited so that you don’t interfere with the school’s educational activities, so if you are quiet and calm as you leave and hold your protest off school grounds, they have far less legal ammunition to try to interfere.

hope that helps! as always, follow other safety tips for protesting, like bringing water and avoiding confrontation with law enforcement.

Not sure if this helps, but as someone who did a walk out and it didn’t anything but make people upset.

Figure out what to do after the walk out!

Make sure you have a plan what to do with the group that leaves, don’t follow someone blindly cause you could end up in a riot you didn’t want and getting the police on your back.

Go to city council, but stay organized. There is going to be a group of students who just want to get out of school, let them.

Walking out is a good move, however what you do afterwards is what will make it a succes or not.

almost-always-eventually-right:

owlmylove:

owlmylove:

does anyone else think it’s weird that american kids spend 18+ years in learning environments that discourage independent thought only to be shoved into a job market that’s increasingly focused on self-motivated innovators

i’m gonna go out on a limb here and say some of you people agree with me

we’re trapping children in an education system designed for a labor market that stopped existing several decades ago