kollette

oh fuck off

[ඞ @lifeinchaos_]

Y’all gotta understand that cloudy blue one was magical… special… one of a kind

[Sarah @jjkslilbitch]

me 5 minutes into this TikTok ban

[BWAAP @enocbwaap]

how it feels coming back to twitter cause tiktok is banned and all the other apps aren’t as funny

[Daily Loud @DailyLoud]

BREAKING: France becomes the first country in the world to make abortion a constitutional right.

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

Good for you Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. You gotta be a real hater to see this level of happiness and be like, “Yea I don’t like it.”

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

The most breathtaking church from every state in the US - a thread 🧵

1. New York: St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC (1878)

[Noah Kahan @NoahKahan]

Seasonal Affective Disorder and it’s consequences

[George Mack @george__mack]

What is ignored or neglected by the media -- but will be studied by historians?

Here's the full list of 25 examples:

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

A swan feeds some fish. Video by nishikigoilovers on IG.

[Taylor Swift @taylorswift13]

It’s here. It’s yours, it’s mine, it’s ours. It’s an album I wrote alone about the whims, fantasies, heartaches, dramas and tragedies I lived out as a young woman between 18 and 20. I remember making tracklist after tracklist, obsessing over the right way to tell the story. I had to be ruthless with my choices, and I left behind some songs I am still unfailingly proud of now. Therefore, you have 6 From The Vault tracks! I recorded this album when I was 32 (and still growing up, now) and the memories it brought back filled me with nostalgia and appreciation. For life, for you, for the fact that I get to reclaim my work. Thank you a million times, for the memories that break our fall. 💥🐉🏰 Speak Now (MY VERSION!) is out now.

https://t.co/m3KNl71qrY

📷: Beth Garrabrant

[kollette @kollettee]

“The customer is always right.” Was the worst thing to happen to the service industry

[Earthjustice @Earthjustice]

When New Yorkers look outside today, they're seeing clouds of smoke & scrambling to find N95s. 6 of the largest 7 fires on record in California have been in the last 3 years. Climate change is here. We need to protect our air, protect our forests & stop burning fossil fuels. Now.

[faith @faiththegemini]

Hilary and Ashley Banks still look the same 😍

[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

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Jeff Bezos 1999 on The Jay Leno Show

[nxo @NFTnxo]

bruh i was walking thru nyc and randomly found ed sheeran performing on top of a car wtf? lmao