Quote 30 Apr 22,246 notes
You won’t allow me to go to school.
I won’t become a doctor.
Remember this:
One day you will be sick.
— 

Poem written by an 11 year old Afghan girl 

This poem was recorded in a NYT magazine article about female underground poetry groups in Afghanistan. An amazing article about the ways in which women are using a traditional two line poetry form to express their resistance to male oppression, their feelings about love (considered blasphemous), and their doubts about religion. 

 Here’s the link

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Been a long time since a read such a perfect poem.

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Photo 27 Apr 15,845 notes other-wordly:

pronunciation |  \ka-‘fU-nA\  (ka-foo-nay)

I love this word. Only, it’s a noun, doesn’t have to be lover’s hair, but can be anyone’s, and the pronunciation is ka-fu-NEH, stress on the end with an open eh sound.

other-wordly:

pronunciation | \ka-‘fU-nA\ (ka-foo-nay)

I love this word. Only, it’s a noun, doesn’t have to be lover’s hair, but can be anyone’s, and the pronunciation is ka-fu-NEH, stress on the end with an open eh sound.

Photo 13 Apr 10 notes Perfect Picard is Perfect.

Perfect Picard is Perfect.

Photo 9 Apr 1 note Heh. Tumblr.

Heh. Tumblr.

Photo 7 Apr 9 notes Applelator

Applelator

Photo 3 Apr 6,353 notes This picture makes me beyond happy.

This picture makes me beyond happy.

Photo 13 Feb 742 notes wwhheeww:

wwhheeww:

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Text 9 Jan 2,360 notes Call for Submissions: What’s Your Favorite Tumblr?

Dead Presidents is the best bit of American History on the web:
http://deadpresidents.tumblr.com/

timemagazine:

At TIME.com, we’re working on a guide to the best Tumblrs out there. But we want to know what you think first.

What Tumblr can’t you live without? (Aside from ours, of course.) Whether it’s news, photography, design or just cat videos, we want to know what you follow — and why. 

Reply to this post (and include the URL) with your picks. We’ll mark popular suggestions as “Readers’ Choice” in our final list, which should come out by the end of January.

via Time.
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Photo 13 Dec 27 notes Shaka when the walls fell

Shaka when the walls fell


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