Richard Beale is just one of many doodlers throughout history, but itโs through these drawings that people from the past are brought to life and made flesh and blood.
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Thought heโd just focus on Kavanaugh. Instead he gave best response on rape culture Iโve ever heard from a man!
I aspire to be this reflective. Damn!
#CancelKavanaugh#StopKanavaugh
Dropping in with a friendly reminder that Halloween is in 71 days. Just wanna make sure everyone has ample time to plan out a good costume.
Okay, that's it. You can all carry on with your day now...
With those two words, that *emphasis*, I turn to ash. He walks away, never thinking of me again. I go to the bathroom pushing my shame and keychains to the bottom of my backpack. Eye contact was hard-earned for about a decade after this and I still limit my keychains to necessity
Cue the cute but moody 8th grade boy. I smile and nod, like I know what I'm doing and he takes one look at me- a quick scanning glance. He hears my backpack, smells my fear, smirks and scoffs in an unimpressed, nasal tone that only teenage boys can pull off: "Nice *keychains.*"
Needless to say I'm feeling pretty fucking awesome (read as: paranoid and wildly insecure) as I step onto campus for the first time. Thumbs tucked under my high and tight backpack straps, keychains swinging I make eye contact and smile at the first person I see.
JH Kelly also comes fully equipped with an over-stuffed, scoliosis-promoting, LL Bean backpack (you know the one) that is further weighed down by a gaggle of keychains that were the coolest of cool in *6th grade*. They are many, they are flashy, they are SO noisy.
The extended version:
Lil baby 12 yo me get's ready for her first day of Jr. High. I'm wearing jeans for the first time at school (thanks mom), tinted lip gloss that tastes like plastic and oranges (thanks Claire's), and some off brand skater shoes that are too small & hideous.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before is the teenage rom com I didn't know I needed. The kind of film I think Nancy Meyers would have delighted in. ๐๐๐
Peter Kavinsky is now up there with Mr. Napkin Head, Jack Callaghan and Joe Fox.
Aretha helped define the American experience. In her voice, we could feel our history, all of it and in every shadeโour power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption and our hard-won respect. May the Queen of Soul rest in eternal peace.
The President of the United States called a woman a DOG. Let me repeat that: he called her a DOG. Have we gotten so numb to Trump's ugly, demeaning talk that this means nothing? You might like her, you might not, but to call her a DOG?