electric toothbrushes were originally made for people with disabilities but now everyone uses them. the same with velcro, & even curb cuts, which were designed for wheelchair users, but now useful to cyclists & pram-pushing mothers. rights for a subgroup can end up benefiting all
notice how there’s only one alt kid in the entire video because it wasn’t a cool trend then and you’d actively get bullied and called random slurs over it
bring back having phases
become obsessed with tennis for 6 months. learn everything about espresso. randomly decide you’re a runner. buy a camera. start cooking.
you don’t need to do everything forever. sometimes it’s fun to just be really into something
Florence Pugh says she finds perfumes for every one of her characters.
“I go and buy a perfume that is their smell, and there’ll be smells that I would never buy as me.”
The final shot of katniss’ reflection and peeta thrashing tied to the bed. The cut to black. The title card. The beginning hum of yellow flicker beat… mama that’s history
I wish more adults showed kids how to tie their passions to a more stable career. Can’t make it to the NBA? Why not go into sports law, sports medicine, or sports/entertainment consulting?
Angela Bassett's son Slater Vance has revived Yale's first Black student theater group, originally founded by his mother 🎭
“She originally created this space because when she was here, there were no Black roles, even in the Geffen School of Drama.”
🔗 https://t.co/oFHSTjEa0K
As a woman I am extremely aware the only reason I have rights is because women before me got mouthy, organized, and made herself inconvenient. Thats why I see women who uphold the patriarchy as traitors
Just in case you were wondering why DoorDash was spending so much money to elect Andrew Cuomo and oppose Zohran Mamdani — DoorDash now has to pay $115 million to the workers it stole wages from.
We were warned. The airlines literally told us higher fuel costs were going to mean higher fares. I hope everyone who voted for that orange whale is enjoying this.