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zooophagous:

detournementsmineurs:

Collection of lachrymatorys (or lachrymosas), these tear catchers or tear vials - sometimes worn on a necklace, sometimes merely held - were used to gather the tears wept by mourners at funerals, to hold the tears of people mourning the passing of loved ones. One type of lachrymosa had a special top which allowed the tears to evaporate (signifying the time to stop mourning), others had a sealed top to allow the tears to last for a year, at which point they would be poured on the grave of the person whom the tears were wept for, Victorian era, 19th Century.

On one hand these are beautiful and this is a really interesting and unique form of death ritual. On the other hand Victorians are sooooo fucking extra. Like wow could you make things any more dramatic if you tried.

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micdotcom:

Trans rights activist Hande Kader was raped and burned to death in Turkey

In Turkey, the LGBTQ community is mourning the loss of transgender rights activist and sex worker Hande Kader. Kader’s body was found raped and brutally burned on Aug. 12 in Istanbul and now activists across the world are demanding justice for her death and the greater violence inflicted upon the the LGBTQ community. While homosexuality is not illegal in Turkey, discrimination and violence against the LGBTQ community is staggering. 

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kate-sweeney:

druktemaaker:

rupikaur:

period. 

(a photo series shot by sisters rupi and prabh kaur.  art direction by rupi kaur.)

i bleed each month to help make humankind a possibility. my womb is home to the divine. a source of life for our species. whether i choose to create or not. but very few times it is seen that way. in older civilizations this blood was considered holy. in some it still is. but a majority of people. societies. and communities shun this natural process. some are more comfortable with the pornification of women. the sexualization of women. the violence and degradation of women than this. they cannot be bothered to express their disgust about all that. but will be angered and bothered by this. we menstruate and they see it as dirty. attention seeking. sick. a burden. as if this process is less natural than breathing. as if it is not a bridge between this universe and the last. as if this process is not love. labour. life. selfless and strikingly beautiful. 

FAV POST EVER

I am moved every time i see/read this piece.

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thegestianpoet:

SURREALIST WOMEN IN THEIR STUDIOS, from top to bottom:

Eileen Agar

Dorothea Tanning

Kay Sage

Remedios Varo

Leonora Carrington 

Leonor Fini

Meret Oppenheim 

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yonaks:

#PrayForMadinah
After this, I can’t comprehend the mindset that still indicates ISIS has anything to do with islam.

This week was a bloodbath for muslims. How can we celebrate Eid now.

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femmevoid:

damnitamber:

From Casa Susanna: Photographs from a 1950s Trans Hideaway

these photos of casa susanna were the first pictures i ever saw of trans women in the past and theyve been important to me since coming out

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