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This went up quickly (at 24th and Bryant)

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To my sweet daughter, If you ever begin to wonder if he is the one, ask yourself: Does his laughter warm your body from the inside out? He knows that when you say two scoops you really mean three, right? Do you dance in his living room while drinking cheap wine? I hope so, and I hope you’re both drunk and terrible and laughing so hard you cry. Does he tell you how beautiful you are, and if yes, does he say it when the morning light falls upon your face? More importantly, when he tells you, do you believe him? Can you cry in front of him? I hope you can, that means you trust him. When it’s pouring rain does he know that if your hair is curled or your eyes are sad that means he should get the car and bring it to you? When he asks what you want for dinner and you say you aren’t hungry, does he ask if you’ve eaten today? And when you say you had breakfast, I hope he knows you don’t eat breakfast, and makes you a bowl of rice, because that’s your favorite comfort food. Does he kiss you good morning? Good night? Just because? Do you know he likes his coffee black? Unless he wants it cooled, then he will probably want some milk in it, but not too much. Do you know when he prefers tea to coffee? I never quite figured that out with your father, so if you have, you’re a better woman than I. Have you figured out where he’s ticklish? Don’t let him convince you he’s not, I promise you he is. Have you frustrated the hell out of him yet? You will, oh you will, but it’s how you two come out of it that matters. And when he said he loved you for the very first time, did you respond by asking if he’s afraid of heights? I hope with my entire soul that he said yes because that means, despite his fear, he fell for you. Now, darling, you tell me, is he the one?

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Watch: “Alright, now if you don’t believe me that white beauty standards are a thing, let’s play a little game.”

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Today’s Google Doodle is in honor of human rights activist Yuri Kochiyama’s birthday. She would have been 95 today (she died in 2014 at the age of 93).  

“It’s with great pleasure that Google celebrates Yuri Kochiyama, an Asian American activist who dedicated her life to the fight for human rights and against racism and injustice. Born in California, Kochiyama spent her early twenties in a Japanese American internment camp in Arkansas during WWII. She and her family would later move to Harlem, where she became deeply involved in African American, Latino, and Asian American liberation and empowerment movements. Today’s doodle by Alyssa Winans features Kochiyama taking a stand at one of her many protests and rallies.

Kochiyama left a legacy of advocacy: for peace, U.S. political prisoners, nuclear disarmament, and reparations for Japanese Americans interned during the war. She was known for her tireless intensity and compassion, and remained committed to speaking out, consciousness-raising, and taking action until her death in 2014.”

More info on Kochiyama

Photo: Yuri Kochiyama speaks at an anti-war demonstration in New York City’s Central Park around 1968. Courtesy of the Kochiyama family/UCLA Asian American Studies Center. (x)

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Yesterday a bee landed in my hair and started to crawl down my dress so basically#lovegodherself 🍋🍋🍋 (at Rose Bowl Stadium)

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I hope you find someone that mindlessly strokes your legs and massages your back and plays with your hair and I hope that you feel like You’re home when you look at them.

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men everyday of the year: “women are bitches and whores”

men today: “happy mothers day to my queen!!!!!!!”

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President Obama at his final White House Correspondents’ Dinner:

“Michelle hasn’t aged a day.  The only way you can date her in photos is by looking at me.

Here we are in 2009.

Here we are a few years later.

And this one is from two weeks ago.”

Check out President Obama’s full remarks here.

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I've had this as my phone wallpaper for months now and we just moved into our apt on Sunday 5/1; & here we are...except we woke up early and got baes on bagels from around the corner, but you know close enough and works perfectly for me<3 (at Baltimore, Maryland)