Lisa Simpson has been my hero since 1990
This is, and forever will be, the matter.
(Source: sandandglass)
Today In Latin American History
May 13
- 1830: Ecuador becomes independent from Gran Colombia.
- 1846: The United States Congress officially declares war on Mexico, marking the beginning of the Mexican-American War.
- 1888: Brazil abolishes slavery with the adoption of the Lei Áurea (or “Golden Law”) signed by Princess Imperial Isabel, daughter of Emperor Pedro II.
- 2001: Venezuelan writer Salvador Garmendia dies at age 74 in the city of Caracas.
(via zipitclark)
Cordel literature (“Literatura de Cordel” in portuguese, means “string literature”) are popular and inexpensively printed booklets common in the Northeast of Brazil. They usually contain folk novels, poems and songs, and they are sold at fairs and in the street. Cordel uses in its cover a very specific and traditional kind of xylography, and since I’ve done this kind of aesthetics for another “A Song of Ice and Fire” illustration, I decided to use the same style for a reinterpretation of the book covers.
(via zipitclark)
ALL of this. Encourage people to try new words, to mess them up, to experiment with vocabulary, to learn complicated adjectives and verbs and nouns, because words are fun.
Also, don’t be a jerk.
(via micarm)
catherine could be a captain: Today In Latin American History
April 22
- 1500: The fleet of Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes one of the earliest groups of Europeans to set foot in what is now Brazil.
- 1519: Shortly after arriving in what is now southern Mexico, Hernán Cortés and his men establish a colonial…
Hhahahahaha
(Source: teandkimi, via fuckyesjensonbutton)
(Source: richardlawson, via zipitclark)
David Bowie as Tilda Swinton, with Tilda Swinton as David Bowie
(Source: davidbowieaseveryone, via harpias)
Hahahaha. Taylor ♥.
(Source: liberalbiblicisms, via zipitclark)
(Source: deborasambista, via harpias)
