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April32013

life:

Donald Sutherland by LIFE’s Co Rentmeester.

(Co Rentmeester—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

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March312013

ancientfaces:

French Victorian Era Easter

A beautiful French Victorian era Easter photo. [ Source: French Victorian Easter ]

March172013

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weirdvintage:

Coca-Cola Ad, 1905

Otherwise known as sugar &/or caffeine. This should make everyone think twice about what companies say their products do, haha

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March52013

questionableadvice:

~ Etiquette for Gentlemen; or, Short Rules and Reflections for Conduct in Society, by A Gentleman, 1847

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“

Epitaph

When I die
Give what’s left of me away
To children
And old men that wait to die.
And if you need to cry,
Cry for your brother
Walking the street beside you.
And when you need me,
Put your arms
Around anyone
And give them
What you need to give to me.

I want to leave you something,
Something better
Than words
Or sounds.

Look for me
In the people I’ve known
Or loved,
And if you cannot give me away,
At least let me live on your eyes
And not on your mind.

You can love me most
By letting
Hands touch hands,
By letting
Bodies touch bodies,
And by letting go
Of children
That need to be free.

Love doesn’t die,
People do.
So, when all that’s left of me
Is love,
Give me away.

- Merritt Malloy

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Noticing this morning’s reblog from Humans of New York, our producer Phyllis Myers was reminded of this poem, which is a favorite of hers, and it’s so lovely I wanted to pass it along to the rest of you.
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March42013

artmonia:

Loui Jover.

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March32013

fabulouslyfreespirited:

Photos of Pablo Picasso creating light drawings as inspired by light artist Gjon Mili

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my-scrying-pool:

Doria Shafiq (1908 - 1975) was one of the bravest and significant women’s rights activist of Egypt.

Shafiq, who studied at the Parisian Sorbonne, founded the the magazine Daughters of the Nile during the 40s and a little later the “Union of the Daughters of the Nile”. In July 1951 she stormed the parliament in Cairo together with hundreds of other women to push trough the female suffrage. Three years later she went on hunger strike to protest for the right of women to run a political office. Revolutionary Leader Nasser, with whom she had initially worked together, placed the belligerent women’s rights activist under house arrest in 1957 when she demanded his resignation. He let all her publications be annihilated. In 1975 the completely isolated Shafiq commited suicide by jumping off the balcony of her apartment.

She now has been crossed out of the Egyptian textbooks for 2013/14 by the Minister for Education, Mostafa Mosaad. The reason: She was not veiled.

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