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tropicalist: blissfull—serenity: stay-calm-andbreathe: socal-k...

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:34:43 -0400

blissfull—serenity:

stay-calm-andbreathe:

socal-kid:

cru-el:

anch0rrss:

I will keep this photo posted for 1 week.

Every time someone Reblogs this photo I will donate 10 cent to charity: water

charity: water provides clean and safe drinking water to those who most desperately need it.

After the money is donated I will post proof of donation.

Show you care & Reblog.

<3

guys, reblog this photo! don’t care if it’s not your “type.”

this warms my heart <3

225,274 x 20 = $4,505,480

um

more like 225,274 x .1 = $22,527.4

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beautifulblackkqueen: leannewoodfull: youalwayshadyourway: sui...

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:09:56 -0400

beautifulblackkqueen:

leannewoodfull:

youalwayshadyourway:

suicideblonde:

Angelina Jolie on why she had a double mastectomy, and how it can save lives

My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was.

We often speak of “Mommy’s mommy,” and I find myself trying to explain the illness that took her away from us. They have asked if the same could happen to me. I have always told them not to worry, but the truth is I carry a “faulty” gene, BRCA1, which sharply increases my risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer.

My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer, although the risk is different in the case of each woman.

Only a fraction of breast cancers result from an inherited gene mutation. Those with a defect in BRCA1 have a 65 percent risk of getting it, on average.

Once I knew that this was my reality, I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much I could. I made a decision to have a preventive double mastectomy. I started with the breasts, as my risk of breast cancer is higher than my risk of ovarian cancer, and the surgery is more complex.

On April 27, I finished the three months of medical procedures that the mastectomies involved. During that time I have been able to keep this private and to carry on with my work.

But I am writing about it now because I hope that other women can benefit from my experience. Cancer is still a word that strikes fear into people’s hearts, producing a deep sense of powerlessness. But today it is possible to find out through a blood test whether you are highly susceptible to breast and ovarian cancer, and then take action.

My own process began on Feb. 2 with a procedure known as a “nipple delay,” which rules out disease in the breast ducts behind the nipple and draws extra blood flow to the area. This causes some pain and a lot of bruising, but it increases the chance of saving the nipple.

Two weeks later I had the major surgery, where the breast tissue is removed and temporary fillers are put in place. The operation can take eight hours. You wake up with drain tubes and expanders in your breasts. It does feel like a scene out of a science-fiction film. But days after surgery you can be back to a normal life.

Nine weeks later, the final surgery is completed with the reconstruction of the breasts with an implant. There have been many advances in this procedure in the last few years, and the results can be beautiful.

I wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy. But it is one I am very happy that I made. My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don’t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer.

It is reassuring that they see nothing that makes them uncomfortable. They can see my small scars and that’s it. Everything else is just Mommy, the same as she always was. And they know that I love them and will do anything to be with them as long as I can. On a personal note, I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.

I am fortunate to have a partner, Brad Pitt, who is so loving and supportive. So to anyone who has a wife or girlfriend going through this, know that you are a very important part of the transition. Brad was at the Pink Lotus Breast Center, where I was treated, for every minute of the surgeries. We managed to find moments to laugh together. We knew this was the right thing to do for our family and that it would bring us closer. And it has.

For any woman reading this, I hope it helps you to know you have options. I want to encourage every woman, especially if you have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, to seek out the information and medical experts who can help you through this aspect of your life, and to make your own informed choices.

I acknowledge that there are many wonderful holistic doctors working on alternatives to surgery. My own regimen will be posted in due course on the Web site of the Pink Lotus Breast Center. I hope that this will be helpful to other women.

Breast cancer alone kills some 458,000 people each year, according to the World Health Organization, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. It has got to be a priority to ensure that more women can access gene testing and lifesaving preventive treatment, whatever their means and background, wherever they live. The cost of testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2, at more than $3,000 in the United States, remains an obstacle for many women.

I choose not to keep my story private because there are many women who do not know that they might be living under the shadow of cancer. It is my hope that they, too, will be able to get gene tested, and that if they have a high risk they, too, will know that they have strong options.

Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

so brave

Love her even more now.

I’m thinking bout getting this as well

blackfashion: Marisha Booker, 23, Buffalo NY...

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:06:09 -0400

blackfashion:

Marisha Booker, 23, Buffalo NY
Naimnotarab.tumblr.com
Instagram: s0clothesminded_

gaarakurama: Kingdom hearts 1&2 This makes me so happy. I...

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:05:28 -0400

gaarakurama:

Kingdom hearts 1&2

This makes me so happy. I think I’m going to go play one of them now.

worldmadeofstones: westcoastavenger: rolandbaldwin: fierceisno...

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:49:27 -0400

worldmadeofstones:

westcoastavenger:

rolandbaldwin:

fierceisnotenough:

frobman:

gailsimone:

talkaboutspaceships:

Couple has really awesome Batgirl/Nightwing wedding cause they’re awesome.

(source: http://imgur.com/a/XSADm)

If my editors ask where I am, please tell them I can’t write any scripts because I am DEAD FROM THE CUTENESS AND ADORABLENESS.

Man, that looks like the best kind of wedding!

Sweet lord it’s a mazing

This is the greatest thing ever. If I ever get married I will have to somehow encorporate Wonder Woman into my wedding!

Omg!! This is amazing!!!

Please let one of my friends have a wedding as amazing as this. PLEASE

This is probably one of the most spectacularly amazing things I have ever seen

sallyapplepie: thearchangeltrickster: the bee one You bet...

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:14:09 -0400

sallyapplepie:

thearchangeltrickster:

the bee one

You bet your elderly testicles I’m reblogging this.

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too cute

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:09:44 -0400

too cute

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Wed, 15 May 2013 05:07:48 -0400

look at her curves though. And her hair.? So much life. She...

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:05:37 -0400

look at her curves though. And her hair.? So much life. She reminds me of Lynn from Girlfriends

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blood-leopard: learningtolovemyself: xxlissataylorxx: fittasti...

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:03:41 -0400

blood-leopard:

learningtolovemyself:

xxlissataylorxx:

fittasticlyhealthy:

referencesforartists:

brenanf999:

dontwantyourmoneysir:

anndruyan:

This is a summary of college only using two pictures; expensive as hell.

That’s my Sociology “book”. In fact what it is is a piece of paper with codes written on it to allow me to access an electronic version of a book. I was told by my professor that I could not buy any other paperback version, or use another code, so I was left with no option other than buying a piece of paper for over $200. Best part about all this is my professor wrote the books; there’s something hilariously sadistic about that. So I pretty much doled out $200 for a current edition of an online textbook that is no different than an older, paperback edition of the same book for $5; yeah, I checked. My mistake for listening to my professor.

This is why we download.

Alternatives to buying overpriced textbooks

Textbooknova

Reddit

Bookboon

Textbookrevolution

GaTech Math Textbooks

Ebookee

Freebookspot

Free-ebooks

Getfreeebooks
BookFinder
Oerconsortium

Project Gutenberg

Spreading this shit like nutella because goddamn textbooks are so expensive.

not necessarily art related but as someone who couldn’t afford their textbooks this semester this is a godsend

Dear college-attending-followers… have a looksie!

http://www.slugbooks.com <- is another one

NEEDED THIS

This would have been really fucking useful…

thefuuuucomics: I’m 19 and I still get nervous when I lose my mom in the store I’m 21 and I...

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:02:03 -0400

thefuuuucomics: I’m 19 and I still get nervous when I lose my mom in the store I’m 21 and I...

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Wed, 15 May 2013 05:01:18 -0400

dulciusexasperis: ancestryinprogress: sidibeauty: Sidi...

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:39:46 -0400

dulciusexasperis:

ancestryinprogress:

sidibeauty:

Sidi Beauty

stunning!

goals in life

god

I think this woman is stunning. No more or less black than the African American woman that chooses to wear her hair natural and rock wild, edgy, or African print. I think both these styles on my culture of women are electrifying and people including ourselves as a people are scared to acknowledge each others differences and still manage to excel as a cultural collective for fear of someone else receiving a blessing from a God who has no boundaries the same God who provides for me and mine is still able to bless you with you and yours. I really wish we would stop looking down on each other as a nation of black people. Stop looking at each other as sell-outs rather than different people who were created to excel in different areas with different tastes. We could be so much stronger together. *sigh* I’m sorry for ranting. Like I said, lovely photo.

violetpoof: girlofmanycolors: Sailor Senshi by Abraham...

Wed, 15 May 2013 02:39:50 -0400

violetpoof:

girlofmanycolors:

Sailor Senshi by Abraham Cruz

Stunning!

retrogradeworks: dollsahoy: sparklysushi: antonialo: llbwwb: ...

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:54:09 -0400

retrogradeworks:

dollsahoy:

sparklysushi:

antonialo:

llbwwb:

PSA:My Mother never told me this! Reblog to save a baby Bird:)

This is totally true. Birds of any species have a limited sense of smell and could never detect human scent, or any particular scent, really.

okay, now i know.

Echoing that I read about this on Julie Zickefoose’s blog many years ago (and I remembered the fact that it’s OK to help baby birds better than I remembered Julie Zickefoose’s name…thanks, Google search.)

Reblogging because it’s springtime (ye olde season of babies)!

whaaaaaat.? I never did that…