Source: carolinebrickell.comBeijing Buffet Fortunes, designed by Caroline Brickell, is a collectable set of twelve fortune cookie dispensers with each one representing an animal from the Chinese zodiac. Squeeze the packaging to release the fortune cookie from the animal’s mouth into your hand.
Absolutely disgusting. The criminal justice system never fails at demonstrating its ability to devalue the lives of women and poor people.
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A jury in Bexar County, Texas just acquitted Ezekiel Gilbert of charges that he murdered a 23-year-old Craigslist escort—agreeing that because he was attempting to retrieve the $150 he’d paid to Frago, who wouldn’t have sex with him, his actions were justified.
Gilbert had admitted to shooting Lenora Ivie Frago in the neck on Christmas Eve 2009, when she accepted $150 from Gilbert and left his home without having sex with him. Frago, who was paralyzed by the shooting, died several months later.
Gilbert’s defense argued that the shooting wasn’t meant to kill, and that Gilbert’s actions were justified, because he believed that sex was included as part of the fee. Texas law allows people “to use deadly force to recover property during a nighttime theft.”
The 30-year-old hugged his defense attorneys after the “not guilty” verdict was read by the judge. If convicted, he could have faced life in prison. He thanked God, his lawyers, and the jury for being able to “see what wasn’t the truth.”
Holy FUCK that’s horrifying. It literally made me sick to my stomach. This is the value of that woman’s life to them.
And the system symbolically claps for this guys misogynistic actions. “Good job, if she won’t have sex with you, she’s worthless and it’s totally cool for you to murder her.”
(via aleriehightower)
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Bathing Suit
Carolyn Schnurer, 1953
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
It’s green, has a shorts bottom, AND ELEPHANTS. SOLD. I’LL TAKE 5.
Source: omgthatdress
Swimsuit
Cole of California, late 1930s
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Not much of a gingham fan, but I do love the style and cut a whole lot.
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Bathing Suit
Catalina Sportswear, 1964
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
I want multiple versions of this in different colors.
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Robinson Crusoe 389, Istambul, Turkey
So if you’re a bookworm and on a visit to Istambul, don’t forget to visit this ;)
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
(via girlwithg0ldeyes)
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The full spectrum of elements, a reimagined periodic table from LIFE magazine, circa 1949. Check out more of my favorite creative periodic tables here.
(via io9)
This looks like it would make a fabulous board game.
Source: io9.com
