fuck reform uk

Vintage pink ceramic swan lamp by vardellum

won’t someone think of what people who shave have to go through? the 95% of afab people who shave? imagine the slurs they get called because they shave… that must be so hard…

i think this is the funniest possible image that could be used to illustrate this subject

anyway i thought this whole thing was kinda cute, lol

René Lalique Serpent Pectoral Pendant designed around 1899.

Doris McCarthy (Canadian, 1910-2010), Iceberg Fantasy #32, 1985. Oil on canvas, 60 x 84 in.

drew fanart of the thang

And it's BEAUTIFUL

I don't think I even need to say anything more, Suzuki's a massive influence in how he even places colours so warmly in such unorthodox manner. It's a naturally sunkissed talent~ 🌊

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE 1.07 | 2.01 | 2.07

microfinance is when financial institutions give small loans to individuals without collateral (ie, poor people.) the idea was pioneered by mohammed yunus, the pitch being that women (who often don't own any property to collateral and don't have formal jobs for payday loans particulary in the global south) could get these small loans that normal banks aren't interested in lending to buy, say, chickens or a sewing machine and increase their economic productivity. the idea is we extend credit to the poor excluded from it and change their lives for the better. the article says that these small loan systems have become a debt trap, people get one loan to pay off another and are used for daily spending with very predatory algorithmic designs. they don't really stimulate economic productivity and basically extract money from the poorest. the reality is these microfinance banks prefer to lend to women (~99% of loans) because they manage households on behalf of absent men, can't easily migrate to default on their loans and are more subject to social shame and ostracism when debt collectors turn up.