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Morocco.Rabat.Street scene at old Medina.1967

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“Do not be afraid; I am with you all the time, listening and seeing.” Qur'an | 20:46

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Just messing around with colours and stuff.   // ST 

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if lemony snicket wrote harry potter

Krum attacked Fleur, who responded with “Sacré bleu!” This exclamation is a phrase with many possible meanings and connotations. Literally, it translates to ‘sacred blue’, a phrase which does not appear to make much literal sense, and might lead an earwitness to suspect that the speaker is invoking some kind of nefarious coded phrase. The French invented it as a way to swear without invoking the name of God, as ‘bleu’ and ‘Dieu’ are similar sounding words, such as ‘look’ and ‘book’, or ‘code’ and ‘forebode’, or even ‘last breath’ and ‘painful death’.

This history, while fascinating, is not in fact relevant to this situation. For I, dear reader, happen to be privy to exactly what the young Miss Delacour meant when she exclaimed “Sacré bleu!”, thanks to a chance interview in a crowded fish statue three years after the fact. And so “Sacré bleu” in fact here means ‘oh fucking shit’.

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Palazzo Ducale, Venezia, Italia, by Gabriele Colzi

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advanced potion making

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Young men trying to form a protective shield for their fellow female demonstrator as they run away from Israeli sniper fire. Saturday in Khan Younus, south Gaza.

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“If you criticize X in women but do not criticize X in men, then you do not have a problem with X, you have a problem with women. For X please insert words like ‘anger,’ ‘ambition,’ ‘loudness,’ ‘stubbornness,’ ‘coldness,’ ‘ruthlessness.’”

—Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie, Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

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small attempts at remaking book covers

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Self Portraits Embroidered With Images of Blood Vessels, Bones, and Muscle Tissue by Juana Gómez

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What have you been doing today?

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Illustration series based on my favorite Harry Potter Quotes.

Society 6 Instagram

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Truth be told I’ve been here, I’ve done this all before I take your gloom I curl it up and puff it into plumes…