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Best bell I've seen in.

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From above.

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Moser and his ‘79 Roubaix winning bike!

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If tomorrow, women woke up and decided they really liked their bodies, just think how many industries would go out of business.

Dr. Gail Dines (via volatilebodies)

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"Boy, do I hate being right all the time!"

Dr. Ian Malcolm appreciation post because reasons.

[for bailey]

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Women cyclists of the 1890s

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I’m not worried about little girls wanting to pretend they’re princesses—after all, they’re just in it for the dress-up aspect. The princesses I’m worried about are twenty-two, thirty-two, and forty-two—women who act fragile in order to be rescued at any age. I’m not anti feminine… I don’t feel belittled pouring your drink, ironing the clothes, or walking through the door that’s held for me. But I was taught to take charge when appropriate, and to speak passionately and intelligently. I was taught to expect men to respect me for my mind and my convictions—not for my ability to stroke their fragile ego by playing helpless. I was not raised to play cute, to play dumb, or to play the part of a damsel in distress. I learned to work hard, to develop my skills, to contribute in society, so it drives me crazy when women only depend on sexuality or their fragility. I think there’s a better way. If you’re a woman who gets by with batting your eyelashes, faking incompetence, using your push-up bra, and then complain that you’re not taken seriously in your career or given responsibility in your church, I think you may have believed the reigning cultural lie about what makes us attractive. And if you’re a man and you celebrate femininity only as far as it presence itself through beauty and tenderness, please consider widening your view of what it means to be a woman. Instead, consider things like strength, intelligence, passion, and compassion. Let’s set a new example for young women who are watching us closely. Let’s teach them by example to be women who work hard, who pay attention to their dreams, who give themselves to making the world a better place.

"Bittersweet" by Shauna Niequist (via underthecarolinamoon)

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sign at The Eagle & Child, pub in Oxford where C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and their friends would hang out.

-diplosanti

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Babe Ruth and Al DeVormer circa 1921

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organicmechanic looks like your style.

A delicate specimen.

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Holy sunset.

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