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Daisy Jane Johnson 22/11/17💕

[alfie @alfie_bell]

Nella: “I would’ve followed behind Jamie if she left”
Everyone in the UK:

#ImACeleb

[Shan @ShannonGolder]

I feel like this is what it’s like inside Sam’s head #ImACeleb

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

This is a side by side of two women gracing the front covers of two well known magazines.

The one on the right we all know is Martha Stewart, age 81. The one on the left is Apo Whang-Od, age 106, a tribal tattooist in a remote province in the Philippines.

There seems to be an unwritten rule which equates beauty with youngness. In an interview, Martha Stewart told the reporter she credits her organic, home-grown, farm-to-table eating, yoga, and actively healthy lifestyle to her youthfulness. While that’s an admirable journey for her, let’s not forget the amount of privilege that kind of lifestyle requires.

On the left is Apo Whang-Od, who is a 106-year-old tribal tattooist in the Philippines. The wisdom she carries in every forehead wrinkle and frown line is stunning. Her eyes are glass, reflecting back all that she’s witnessed over a century of lived experiences. Her tattoos a reminder of the ancestors she seeks to honor.

Both women are beautiful in their own right. But I wish we as women didn’t play into this idea that we have to look younger—and thinner—in order to fit some unrealistic beauty standard which will grant us acceptance and relevance in the world around us.

I’m writing this for any woman who, like me, may have had a punched-gut reaction to seeing an octogenarian in a swimsuit on the cover of a magazine looking more like a woman in her forties or fifties: Anti-aging is not a beauty standard.

There IS beauty in wrinkles, and saggy skin, and drooping breasts. These are markers of a life hard fought for and well lived. It seems odd to try and erase these battle scars.

So while I applaud Martha for her fortunate body, carefully curated procedures, and pristinely styled makeup, I also applaud Whang-Od for what others may perceive as imperfections.

Anti-aging is not a beauty standard.
Authenticity is.

@ FeministNews

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

On this day in 1959, 69 black boys were padlocked in their dormitory at school and it was then set on fire.

21 burnt to death while 48 managed to escape.

A THREAD.

[Danny @doglab]

It takes 3.2 seconds to RT and help find her missing mum Nicola Bulley who was last seen walking her dog near a Lancashire river she was last seen on the morning of Jan 27 walking her dog on a towpath by the River Wyre off Garstang Road please call 116 000 with any information

[Kandon @KandonDortch]

Communication is one thing, but your tone while communicating is everything.

[bell⋆ 🍉 @spiderlingdaya]

Arianna Delane, George Floyd’s FOUR YEAR OLD NIECE, was shot while sleeping in her bed on new years day & it took the police FOUR hours to arrive to the scene. A CHILD was shot and they didn’t prioritize her. Her father believes she was targeted. You should be absolutely enraged.

[Pato @lloydpato]

These people leaving everything they have behind not knowing where they are going or what happens next. The only difference between them and you or I other is sheer luck of where we were born, remember that when you see people trying to find a better life for their family’s.

[Dr Florence H R Scott @FlorenceHRScott]

Anyone who makes this boy sad must pay x

[England @England]

We’re disgusted that some of our squad – who have given everything for the shirt this summer – have been subjected to discriminatory abuse online after tonight’s game.

We stand with our players ❤️

[Paddy @PaddyArsenal]

Bukayo Saka is 19 years old and had never taken a penalty before in his senior career. Having to take the decisive penalty in a European final when more experienced players ducked it shows his character. ❤️

[Zelda 🏟🪡 @Zelda_thfc]

Marcus Rashford has done more for England then winning a penalty could ever do. Bukayo Saka has bought joy and inspiration to so many at fucking NINTEEN. These kids need to hold their heads so high.

[J Easley, PhD @DrJ_Easley]

Can someone explain to me why Daycares are so expensive, but daycare workers are so underpaid? What am I missing?

[عبد @ABroNextDoor]

An image that speaks a thousand words 💔

[Yara @arayirl]

Sheer terror. I can see the Eid sweets on the table, how traumatising is this for the children?

How different would the narrative be if it were Western children waking up on Christmas morning to police protected mobs looting, attacking & looking to kill innocent families?

[megan @_megggaaan]

💔💔💔💔💔

[Jordan Gizzie🫦 @JordLaurax]

Rip you beautiful Princess🥺💛🧡 #AzayliaCain