#intern florence

[climbing-starrs]

irisona doodle page hours..... ive loved seeing everyones designs so far and i really wanna draw more of these silly little guys in the future brjkegfd !!

tagging their owners under the cut!! these were super fun to do

first belongs to @the-pastel-kitsune // second & sixth belongs to @geekyfox2 // third belongs to @florenceisfalling // fifth belongs to @bondedostae // sixth belongs to @glass-trash-bab // and seventh belongs to @sleepeys !! i love them all so very you guys are awesome <33

[hiraeth-doux]

[barbielore]

Since 1965, International Nurses Day has been celebrated on the 12th of May - to commemorate the birthday of Florence Nightingale, and to celebrate the role and contribution of nurses in society. The theme for 2024 is "Our Nurses, Our Future" - or, less pithily, the role of nurses in driving a healthy economy.

With all due respect to the theme being about future, I can't help myself but to talk about Barbies of the past.

In 1961, Barbie became a nurse in a fashion set (i.e. a release which was new clothes to put on your Barbie, not a new doll). This was rereleased in the My Favorite Careers throwback collectors series as Nurse Barbie. And... not the most respectful rendition of a nurse, if I'm honest.

Nurse was one of Barbie's first careers - following fashion model at debut, then fashion designer and singer in 1960, and matched with flight attendant and ballerina in 1961. I think it's great that nurse was one of the earliest careers Barbie had. But what the hell is "Get new shoes and call me in the morning"? How was this not just as controversial as "math class is tough"?! Way to devalue nursing and make Barbie look like a bimbo roleplaying careers instead of actually being a career woman!

But -- that rant over -- Barbie has been a nurse around 10 times in her history, give or take, putting it approximately on par with astronaut but well below doctor in terms of numbers.

Including another representation of the original white dress and navy cape, but this time in the Fashion Model collection (aka the Silkstone collection).

And of course, it can't go unsaid that as part of the Inspiring Women series, Barbie has represented Florence Nightingale herself.

A woman who is not referred to as the mother of modern nursing for no reason.

[esteemed-excellency]

fun fact: if the dream city from the new ES is Florence, as the architecture and the reddit theories seem to suggest, the main destinations are Pistoia and Pisa!

so if anyone wants to dream about old trains, here's the official italian railways timetables from 1899

[louistomlindork]

the pap/official photos of Florence we’re getting are great but i NEED the ones Chris Pine took asap

[grigori77]

Once again, to celebrate this awesome day, I thought I'd give another shout-out to some more of those wonderful ladies that I alove and admire, both those who hve inspired me for a while now, and those that I just recently discovered ...

IMAN VELLANI. Oh my sweet girl! :3 Exploding onto the scene thanks to the recent acclaimed hit/fan favourite that was the Disney/Marvel Ms. Marvel streaming show, the most adorable geek girl in ALL THE WORLD really got a major, much deserved profile boost (regardless of the problems) thanks to her co-starring return to the role of super-popular young Marvel superhero Kamala Khan in The Marvels. She's a genuine absolute SWEETHEART and she deserves all the success that's surely coming to her.

GIDEON NAV & HARROWHARK NONAGESIMUS. Yup, I have FINALLY gotten round to reading Tamsyn Muir's ridiculously popular sci-fi fntasy novel series The Locked Tomb! It's still early days, I'm only on Gideon the Ninth, but I am ALREADY falling head over heels in love with the story's central duo, the reluctant warrior Gideon, a snarky oversized golden retriever of a woman, and her "hated" charge, Harrow, the scheming, overly-ambitious scion to an ancient clan of intergalactic necromancers, who's a metaphorical vicious little soaked ferret. I love them, they're so adorably dysfunctional ...

AWKWAFINA. For me, one of the funniest people around, this musician, comedian and actress deserves every ounce of success she's earned for herself. I mostly know her for her acting, having been a fan ever since she was in Ocean's 8, since showing up in a raft of great roles in the likes of Shang-Chi & the Legend of the Ten Rings, Raya & the Last Dragon, Crazy Rich Asians and Swan Song, although she's REALLY hitting her stride now, showing up in REALLY BIG stuff like Renfield, Quiz L\ady and, now, the incoming (and long-awaited) Kung Fu Panda 4.

TATIANA SUAREZ. Perhaps the most incredible sportswoman I have come across in a good long while, this one is a TRUE INSPIRATION REVELATION. A strong up-and-coming contender for UFC World Champion, she's been through SO MUCH in her life to get where she is now, having had her teenage dreams of being an Olympic Gold Medal wrestler dashed after an accident during training led to the discovery of a burgeoning case of thyroid cancer. Fighting off the condition, she then fought her way back after embracing judo and then mixed martial arts, before AGAIN suffering a debilitating neck injury which NEARLY ended her sporting career again, forcing her to take another long-term hiatus to get back into fighting shape ... just as COVID hit. Now she's back again, fighting fit and better than ever, hungry for that next chance and looking like she's definitely gonna get it this time ...

SINEAD O'CONNOR. The last 13 months have been really tough, we've had to say goodbye to some truly wonderful people, but one in particular REALLY HURT. The music industry lost a true GEM with the passing of this genuine GODDESS, the Irish singer-songwriter best known for her INSANELY popular cover of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U, although those in the know recognise that she was ONE HELL of a force nature in her own right, courting controversy throughout her career for her outspoken religious and political views. She NEVER backed down on what she believed, and earned my undying respect and admiration for it.

FLORENCE PUGH. A completely amazing young actress who's had a trily ASTOUNDING rise to fame in recent years, I've be a fan of Flo's ever since she broke out in a MASSIVE WAY in the twisted psychological drama Lady Macbeth. She's blown us all away since, lighting up the screen in the likes of midsommar, Don't Worry Darling, Oppenheimer and, now, Dune, Part Two, but now, for me she will ALWAYS be Yelena Belova, the true successor to the MCU's Black Widow mantle.

MIZU. One of my favourite female characters of the past year (although I'm sure she would balk at actually bringing up her gender), the titular lead protagonist of Netflix' wild runaway success new animated series Blue Eye Samurai is a genuinely fascinating and intoxivating character, who prompts profound debate about gender roles and personal identity while kicking arse in SPECTACULAR FASHION indeed in feudal Japan.

TEYONAH PARRIS. Definitely one of THE MOST AMAZING African American actresses coming up right now, this young lady is definitely earning her breakout star status. Having come up through sterling turns in the likes of Dear White People, Chi-Raq, If Beale Street Could Talk and Candyman, before finally making good on all that promise with high profile lead turns in THey Cloned Tyrone and her ongoing role as MCU superhero MOnica Rambeau/Photon in Wandavision and The Marvels.

BILLIE EILISH. What do I REALLY need to say about one of the most popular and astoundingly unique musical artists of the moment? Ever since her breakthrough at just THIRTEEN YEARS OLD with her wildly successful first single, Ocean Eyes, which became a massive runaway smash on Youtube, this incredibly talented young singer songwriter has consistently impressed with ever release, entirely deserving her immense success with an amazing debut EP and two subsequently BRILLIANT albums. She keeps going from strength to strength, and at just 22 years old is only just BEGINNING what's sure to be a MONSTER of a career ...

KITTY O'NEIL. A true legend in cinema, even though most of us have NEVER actually seen her face, this little lady was one of the GREATEST stuntwomen and racers of all time, and a MASSIVE inspiration throughout her life as well. Despite going deaf due to illness during childhood, Kitty still went on to become a record-breaking racing driver and professional stunt performer, probably best known for having doubled Linda Cart in Wonder Woman and Lyndsey Wagner in The Bionic Woman. It's a genuine mystery why Hollywood hasn't made a biopic about her yet ...

HOLGA KILGORE. Probably my ABSOLUTE favourite fictional female protagonist of 2023, the badass barbarian lady from Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves was a pure, unapologetic JOY, thanks in no small part to a wonderfully game turn from Michelle Rodriguez. Holga's just an absolute sweetheart, fully capable of decimating a whole room full of big, dangerous men with her bare hands without ever losing her gentle kindness, simple, honest innocence and unswerving loyalty. TRULY the MVP warrior tank any adventuring party wants in their corner ...

SIOUXSIE SIOUX. Truly one of alternative rock's true, all time GOATs, the lead singer of one of goth's greatest and most important bands, Siouxsie & the Banshees, is a singular master of haunting, ethereal vocals and a genuine style ICON who lent her look and manner to a whole GENERATION of scary young women ...

SABINE WREN & SHIN HATI. While my favourite Star Wars offering of 2023, the opening season of the Ahsoka series, was, all round, just SO GREAT for me, there was one particular element that just stuck with me above ANYTHING ELSE - the season-long rivalry between Ahsoka's troubled Mndalorian apprentice Sabine and Dark Jedi student Shin. They raged, continuously tried to kill each other and endlessly traded smouldering looks of hate that bordered on OBSESSION ... all while genuinely SIMMERING with barely restrained sexual tension. They made the whole fandom FERAL, myself includced. #wolfwren indeed ...

BRODY DALLE. And last, but BY NO MEANS LEAST, a little more personal self-indulgience ith one of my greatest rock-fan super crushes, namely the awesome Aussie lead singer/guitarist of supercool punk bands the Distillers and Spinnerette. Still rocking her iconic status to this day, she remains a genuine inspiration ...

[19burstraat]

FIFTY SONG KANEJ PLAYLIST RAAH 💥 (SCREAMING) (ALARMS) ("MY LEG!!!!!")

[internationalroyals]

International Royal/Imperial History Appreciation Month:

Week 1: Noble Women

Day 1: Clarice Orsini, Lady of Florence

[chalamet-chalamet]

Happy International Women's Day!

[lavendarneverlands]

Happy TTPD DAY!!!

[mountainashfae]

Owlcatober Day 6: Family

"Have you heard? The King of the Stolen Lands is the Knight-Commander's son. They never speak of each other, so I wonder what their relationship is like."

When the Councilor of the Stolen Lands makes a visit to Drezen and the King decides to tag along, a grudge held for almost a decade comes to light.

[lesbiandemondaddy]

Happy International Lesbian Day! I've never found any pictures of Florence holding a lesbian flag but I did just find this video by mama_googoo on Insta from September last year when she was singing Prayer Factory and carrying one

[fifteenpintsofgreengin]

Things she did: THAT

[incorrectfatm]

happy international lesbian day to isabella summers. she’s not a lesbian, but i am and i dedicate this one to her.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

“The International Space Station Transiting Tranquility Base” Location: Florence, Arizona, USA, 19 January 2022 “This image features the International Space Station (ISS) positioned directly over the Apollo 11 Moon-landing site on the Sea of Tranquility. The moment only lasted a handful of milliseconds and required precise positioning to capture the pass at the perfect time.”

by Andrew McCarthy

Astronomy Photographer of the Year

[louistomlindork]

when I say I cried looking at these

I mean I fucking SOBBED

at her beauty

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