Lana from Cali.
A predominantly homosexual girl of color with her feet grounded but her eyes to the sky. More or less two decades old, seeing life through a feminist lens. I like to shop too.
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The founder of the gulabis is the fearless Sampat Pal Devi, 40, who was married off at the age of 12 to an ice-cream vendor and had the first of her five children at 15. The gulabis, whose members say they are a “gang for justice,” started in 2006 as a sisterhood of sorts that looked out for victims of domestic abuse, a problem the United Nations estimates affects two in three married Indian women. Named after their hot-pink sari uniforms, the gang paid visits to abusive husbands and demanded they stop the beatings. When obstinate men refused to listen, the gulabis would return with large bamboo sticks called laathis and “persuade” them to change their ways. “When I go around with a stick, it’s to make men fear me. I don’t always use it, but it helps change the mind of men who think they are more powerful than me” says Pal. She has assumed the rank of commander in chief and has appointed district commanders across seven districts in Bundelkhand to help coordinate the gang’s efforts.
Pal’s group now has more than 20,000 members, and the number is growing.
Spotted: 20,000+ oppressed brown women kicking phenomenal ass. Fucks were not given.
Good.
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Today I went to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk! I haven’t been there since I was a very small child, and I absolutely fell in love with it.
I completely lucked out because my boyfriend and I happened to be standing in line to buy tickets for the rides, and a girl approached us telling us that she gets six free unlimited ride wristbands for working there, and she wanted to give us the two extra she had. I ended up pulling my boyfriend to the Looff Carousel, a historical carousel that turned 100 last year.
Ever since I was a child, I’ve absolutely loved carousel, and recently I made it a goal to photograph as many of them as I can. The final photo is the picture of the horse I rode. There is something timeless about an old carousel, and this one is so unique.
Darkness crept back into the forests of the world. (by Lana Rose)
Soar not too high to fall. (by Lana Rose)
So I went to Stanford today and completely forgot to bring my camera. I had so many places I wanted to shoot too! I’ll probably be heading back there again, so I’ll probably just have to take those photos upon my return.
I did, however, manage to take some photos on my iPhone, so I’ll upload them eventually.
Sorry!!
If you’re thin, you don’t have to say ‘but I eat all the time!’/’I have a fast metabolism!’
If you’re fat, you don’t have to say ‘it’s genetic!’/’I’m trying to lose weight!’
You don’t need to explain to anybody why your body is the way it is. Your body is YOUR body, and that’s all the justification you need.
if your feminism does not actively advocate for and with women of color, your feminism is shit
if your feminism does not actively advocate for and with trans* women, your feminism is shit
if your feminism does not actively advocate for and with disabled women, your…
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Of course, if I go to a mall, I have to make a couple purchases too! I basically only really explored two stores (since I was not going to add more clothes to my already bulging wardrobe), and that was Tokyo Japanese Lifestyle (a store I had never heard about until my boyfriend mentioned it), and Sanrio (which is a rare thing for me to see when I’m at home).
I went Jewel Pets/Gachapin crazy this time around. I fell in love with the Alpaca police in Jewel Pets, and had to purchase just about everything that featured that adorable little face! I’ve also always had a soft spot for Gachapin since I first discovered him when I was in high school, so I of course added some more to my collection.
Both stores were absolutely adorable, and I need to make sure I never go to Tokyo Japanese Lifestyle again. I wanted to buy everything. I ended up purchasing this handy little hair thingie that lets you make perfectly messy hair buns, a penguin sausage cutter, bento picks, and I finally talked myself into using black lash glue. I always figured since most lash glue dries clear, what’s the point? But after wearing false eyelashes avidly this past year, I realised it tends to clump and it’s impossible to really remove without accidentally taking off your eyelashes… Since I wear black eyeliner already, I can just camouflage the clump this way!
Anyways, if you have bulging pockets and love practical things, definitely go to Tokyo Japanese Lifestyle.
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I went to the Sorabol at the mall, which isn’t the best Korean food in the world, but certainly less oily than the other alternatives… I gotta settle somewhere.
I got pretty pumped when one of my favourites to make myself, kimchee rice, was on the menu, and I split it as well as a beef soup with noodles with the boyfriend. I was a little disappointed because the kimchee rice didn’t taste very kimchee-y at all, in fact, my boyfriend and I decided they probably just put some hot sauce in it. =| Oh well, at least it looks yummy in photos.
The beef soup was a bit better, although I wasn’t a huge fan of the noodles they put at the bottom.
Another pretty funny story that happened with this escapade, I did a terrible job of snapping my chopsticks in half, so my boyfriend went to get another pair for me. Thinking he’d do a better job breaking the chopsticks, he ended up with the exact same final result as I did, leading to me eating like this:
I felt like I was eating with a pair of oars. ;A;
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Today, after a recommendation from my boyfriend, I went to a nearby mall and tried out Roti Buns. They were friggen AMAZING. For those of you who don’t know, it is a soft bread bun filled with either custard, cream cheese, or chocolate butter, that is covered with a mocha cookie shell. It is absolutely delicious!
My only reservation was that it tasted like it had been in the oven for a bit too long, since it had a kind of burnt bitter aftertaste, although it was very slight. I definitely want to try it again! The yogurt chip cream cheese bun was a bit too cream cheese-y for my liking, so next time I want to try the plain one!
