“When I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, we are part of this Universe, we are in this Universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the Universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact, I look up—many people feel small, because they’re small and the Universe is big, but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars.” - Neil DeGrasse Tyson [x]

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Dear people who question why girls go to the bathroom together


somebodybemybuddyback:

hyrulian-feminist:

toomuchtaylor:

middle-east-beast:

Hermione went alone and got attacked by a troll

Moaning Myrtle went alone too and was killed by a giant snake.

Katie Bell also went alone and was cursed by an opal necklace.

Ginny went in alone and ended up held hostage in the Chamber of Secrets by Tom Riddle

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SIX FACTS about the wage gender gap


think-progress:

1. In 2010 women who worked full time, year round, still only earned 77 percent of what men earned.

2. For working women between the ages of 25 to 29, the annual wage gap is $1,702. In the last five years before retirement, however, the annual wage gap jumps to $14,352.

3….

(Source: americanprogress.org)

prairielifedesign:

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prairielifedesign:

More from Joel Robinson’s portfolio, 
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