fancier

January 7, 2012 9:53 am
my little pony correction

“[the new york times] misidentified the character from the animated children’s TV show “My Little Pony” that Ms. Lindsmith said she visualized to cheer herself up. It is Twilight Sparkle, the nerdy intellectual, not Fluttershy, the kind animal lover.”

November 29, 2011 9:35 pm

such well-targeted advertising! (the ad includes an animation with similar before/after shots as in the article)

November 12, 2011 7:30 pm September 5, 2011 9:52 am July 28, 2011 10:17 pm

mohandasgandhi:

Palestinian women and girls from the West Bank at the beach in Tel Aviv, after a group of Israeli women snuck them into the country for a daylong excursion. Most of the Palestinian women had never seen the ocean before, because they live in a part of the West Bank that is landlocked. Skittish at first, then wide-eyed with delight, they waded into the Mediterranean, smiling, splashing and then joining hands, getting knocked over by the waves, throwing back their heads and ultimately laughing with joy. Read more here.

This is beautiful.

(via tipousse)

January 16, 2011 10:41 pm December 17, 2010 11:21 am August 16, 2010 3:01 pm

This was already nearly three years ago. I saved the photo because I loved how weary she looks surrounded by reporters with microphones and cameras

Doris Lessing Wins Nobel Prize in Literature · New York Times