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Project Unbreakable: Stories of Surviving Sexual Assault

“It’s time to talk about it,” is 20-year old Grace Jones’ message. “Sexual assault isn’t talked about. It’s not brought up.”

Her way of talking about rape is Project Unbreakable. Jones has a Nikon D90 DSLR camera and a desire to put the spotlight on a problem which is still too common. At high school, Grace had considered becoming a sexual assault counselor. In her last year at school, she began to take an interest in photography. “I went through a lot of guilt; photography was shallow in comparison to therapy,” she confesses. In her first year of college, Grace combined the two.

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researching realistic but anatomically incorrect bunny skeletons. for art reasons. 

(via Rabbit Skeleton 8x10 Print by kassondraamada on Etsy)

VFW sign in my neighborhood. (Taken with Instagram)

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tattoolit:

The Doubtful Guest by Edward Gorey.
I added a cane because he symbolizes my chronic back issues after a car accident.

tattoolit:

The Doubtful Guest by Edward Gorey.

I added a cane because he symbolizes my chronic back issues after a car accident.

adeandabet:

food52:

A Hack for Slicing Cherry Tomatoes (via A Hack for Slicing Cherry Tomatoes - an article from Food52)

Great idea.

think-progress:

The Republican tax plan raises taxes on 10 times as many people as the Democratic proposal. 

Part of our on-going series called Republican math.

alecshao:

Francis Bacon photographed by John Deakin for Vogue, 1962

jesseboy:

i want you to hit me as hard as you can.

jesseboy:

i want you to hit me as hard as you can.

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2010: Corporate Profits Were the Highest on Record Last Quarter

2011: Corporate Profits At All-Time High As Recovery Stumbles

2012: Corporate Profits Just Hit An All-Time High, Wages Just Hit An All-Time Low

2012: Bank CEO pay rises. Corporate profit margins rise. Worker wages, not so much.

2012: Richest 1 Percent Account For Nearly All Of U.S. Recovery’s Gains: Report

The billionaires and their giant corporations are doing just fine, thank you.