“In this culture, we celebrate boys through the lexicon of violence – ‘you’re killin’ it,’ ‘you’re making a killin’,’ ‘smash ‘em,’ ‘blow ‘em up,’ ‘you went into that game guns blazing.’ And I think it’s worth it to ask the question: what happens to our men and boys when the only way they can valuate themselves is through the lexicon of death and destruction? And I think when they see themselves only worthwhile when they are capable of destroying things, it’s inevitable that we arrive at a masculinity that is toxic.” - Ocean Vuong
Japanese tea bag maker Ocean-Teabag has been making waves by creating little parcels of aroma in the shape of marine animals. Luckily for us, their wide range of tea bags are available at online Japanese novelty retailer Village Vanguard, maker of such fine products as Space Tea and cat-shaped kitchen utensils.
Ocean-Teabag’s earliest designs included beautiful dolphin tea bags filled with blue mallow tea leaves. Steeping them turns your otherwise normal pot of water into a tranquil ocean. Proving to be a hit among tea lovers, Ocean-Teabag expanded their repertoire to many other sea creatures including the sea turtle (butterfly pea jasmine tea)…
the distinctive ocean sunfish (Japanese hojicha — roasted green tea)…
the graceful manta ray (tropical mango tea)…
and even a blood-thirsty shark (blended herb tea).
The newest addition to their robust series of marine creatures is a tea bag shaped like an innocuous sea cucumber. This little parcel is filled with jasmine tea, as well as a smidgen of sea cucumber powder to lend some authenticity. Ocean-Teabag warns that some people who have a sensitive tongue may find it tasting a little fishy.
The company also crafted a deep sea series that will satisfy even the most adventurous of tea drinkers out there. A few such examples are the anglerfish (earl grey tea)…
the creepy giant isopod (Eastern Beauty oolong tea)…
the horseshoe crab (white apricot tea)…
…and lastly the king of them all, the enormous giant oarfish. ( Delicious Assam tea of epic proportions! ) Just like its namesake, it measures a whopping 19 centimeters (7.5 inches). Drinking tea becomes an art when half of your tea bag hangs out of your cup.
While the notion of turning your cup of tea into fish-inhabiting waters is not new, these tea bags will hopefully conjure up images of gentle ocean waves in your mind.
it fucking blows me away that ada lovelace was lord byron’s daughter
like he’s this dramatic-ass pansexual emo poet who slept his way across Europe and died at 36
and she’s just. this incredible intellectual widely respected as one of the world’s first computer programmers
Ada Lovelace’s mother was terrified that little Ada would be afflicted with Byron’s apparent madness as she grew up, and so hired a string of math tutors for her daughter.
We all need stories. What happens in our daily lives changes our stories. You can see the Italian cinema and the French new wave, in the 60s, the first generation after the second world war, so they have a lot of things to say and a new perspective. For these two years, Asian cinema, like Korean cinema, and even Thai cinema, they’ve become very, very strong, because they have their problems and new stories in their life. So they are not repeating the same old stories.
Wong Kar-wai on In the Mood for Love
happy valentine’s day from the woodcock family
gemma chan in her golden globes dress? stunning. gorgeous. knockout. beautiful on a whole other plane both her and the dress
A GOWN WITH SHORTS, POCKETS, AND A TRAIN? THAT SHADE OF BLUE? THE OPEN BACK? ICONIC
Wedding Headdress
Mid to Late 1800s
China
RISD Museum
Lana Turner as Milady, Countess de Winter in The Three Musketeers (George Sidney, 1948)
We found each other before hundreds of times. We can do it again.
Time Flies, Literally
All of the details on this 18th-century ornate clock refer to the fleeting nature of time.
Branches of laurel (symbolizing fame) and a garland of flowers (symbolizing transience) wrap around the face of the clock reminding us that time conquers all.
More on this piece and 30 new 18th-century French decorative arts acquisitions over on the Getty Iris .
Nancy Wake: the White Mouse (1912-2011) – Part One
So I’m doing something a little different for this entry. Instead of doing this breezy info-comic style, I’m doing a full-on graphic novel-length comic on the life of Nancy Wake. I’ll be releasing it in installments, divided out into different chapters of her life, as I complete it.
As it stands, I plan for this to be the last RP entry I do, at least for a long while. I’ve been doing this for five years now – when I started, there was almost nobody else doing this sort of work. But now, if I stop for a bit, there will be others carrying the torch.
I don’t plan on just slinking off into the ether. There’s other projects I want to be doing, which I’ve been putting together (which explains the slow posting rate here). I’ll be announcing those near the completion of the Nancy Wake story.
Thank you for reading, and I hope you’ll enjoy Nancy’s story. It’s truly incredible.
Art notes and whatnot will be up later today or tomorrow – I still haven’t finished the poster image for this yet.
Just finished the cover and put up art notes and footnotes! Get them all here: https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/nancy-wake
Tagging all the folk who guessed correctly behind the cut (since I forgot to do so last time!)
The remedy to despair… remember that our power is in our hope and action.
Art by Grace D. Chin
Deborah Harry, lead singer of Blondie, photographed in New York City. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.
Ominous positivity
You will be okay. You have no choice.
“Do you want to talk about it or be distracted from it” is honestly the best thing you can say to me when I say im sad/in pain etc.
this is really good advice to say to anyone who is upset
Alsooo may I add: “do you want advice or do you just want to vent?” Is also good to add because often unsoliticited advice can further hurt someone who really just wanted a listening ear.
Anna May Wong, drawn by Peter Baxendale (pseudonym of artist Amy Baxendale), 1929
The film starts with two siblings talking, and it ends with two siblings talking. But here, he’s being honest with her. He’s telling her everything, telling her the truth. You see the difference between T’Challa and his father. — Ryan Coogler, Director’s Commentary