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mooglemisbehaving: tyndall-blue: riskycuriosity: artemisiumabs...

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:43:44 -0400

tyndall-blue:

riskycuriosity:

artemisiumabsinthia:

Josephine Baker, later known as ‘Bronze Venus’, ‘Black Pearl’ and ‘Créole Goddess’ was born in America in 1906 and later moved to France to become a singer, dancer, and actress. She was the first African-American woman to star in a major motion picture, and became famous worldwide.

Though she grew up as a maid in wealthy white households she eventually became an exotic dancer in France, famously appearing in next to no clothing, and became a French citizen in 1937.

Ernest Hemingway referred to Baker as ‘the most sensational woman anyone ever saw’ and she received approximately 1500 marriage proposals in her life time. She became a muse for Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, and Christian Dior. She had a variety of exotic pets including a cheetah named Chiquita, a chimpanzee named Ethel, a pig named Albert, a snake named Kiki, a goat, a parrot, parakeets, fish, three cats, and seven dogs.

When WWII broke out, Baker became a volunteer spy for France, and assisted the French Resistance by smuggling messages written in invisible ink on sheet music. She made great efforts to aid those in danger of enemy attack, sent Christmas presents to French soldiers, and smuggled information she gathered in Spain back to France by pinning notes containing the information on the inside of her underwear. She was awarded the Medal of Resistance with Rosette and later named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.

Baker also aided many civil rights movements by refusing to perform to segregated audiences and storming out of a club in Manhattan with actress Grace Kelly after she was refused service. She worked with the NAACP and spoke at a Washington march alongside Martin Luther King Jr. as the only official female speaker. Baker was actually asked by Martin Luther King Jr.’s widow to take his place as leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, but Baker declined on the grounds her twelve adopted children ‘were too young to lose their mother’.

Baker died in 1975, four days after her final show, attended by such names as Mick Jagger, Shirley Bassey, and Liza Minnelli.

Oh and she was queer and had a relationship with Frida Kahlo. All around badass.

I’d like a movie about her life too, please.

"I. When I was trying to quit smoking and we drank white wine from Mason jars, you called my..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:30:58 -0400

“

I.
When I was trying to quit smoking
and we drank white wine from Mason jars,
you called my freckles cocoa powder
and I called your green eyes
celery.

II.
I am learning how to be a grown-up
who pays bills, cooks her own dinners,
and doesn’t cry at words like
I think I just want to be friends.

III.
The truth is this:
Love is an organic thing.
It rots and softens.

”

- All That’s Left To Tell, Clementine von Radics (via clementinevonradics)

claydols: i hate one direction fans so much i need my whole room to cool down but no this damn...

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:25:32 -0400

claydols:

i hate one direction fans so much
i need my whole room to cool down but no this damn thing only blows one way

jessbeliminal: Life-long obsession for books

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:22:13 -0400

jessbeliminal:

Life-long obsession for books

i-am-mishafuckingcollins: shigeako-cosplay: You just have to...

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:21:38 -0400

i-am-mishafuckingcollins:

shigeako-cosplay:

You just have to believe in it (2013)

Tardis: shigeako
Ten: kittenwelp

Photos: ireneadlerholmes
Retouch: me

DEAD

shitroughdrafts: Fast & Furious 6, by Chris Morgan. 2013.

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:20:07 -0400

shitroughdrafts:

Fast & Furious 6, by Chris Morgan. 2013.

neomiko: Can I just say how much I enjoy the twitterfeed of the...

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:16:15 -0400

neomiko:

Can I just say how much I enjoy the twitterfeed of the Elementary writers?

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in-my-mouth: Caprese Grilled Cheese with Arugula Pesto

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:06:45 -0400

in-my-mouth:

Caprese Grilled Cheese with Arugula Pesto

textsfromthe-avengers: Submitted by rainbowtrolls

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:06:28 -0400

textsfromthe-avengers:

Submitted by rainbowtrolls

stoopyd-shyt: slenclerman: theres literally no way to tell how many ghost dicks you have in ur...

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:05:26 -0400

stoopyd-shyt:

slenclerman:

theres literally no way to tell how many ghost dicks you have in ur mouth right now

this site is the source of my fucking nightmares I swear

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sarastic: greeleys: mondoleon: guten tag WHY AM I LAHGHING...

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:00:06 -0400

sarastic:

greeleys:

mondoleon:

guten tag

WHY AM I LAHGHING SO HARSD ATS THISN OMG!

i wAS EATING SOUP NOW ITS ALL OVER MY KEYBOARD THANKS

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toewslake: May 23rd, 2013: Brent Seabrook comforts Jonathan...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:35:17 -0400

toewslake:

May 23rd, 2013: Brent Seabrook comforts Jonathan Toews after his third penalty in game four against Detroit.

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