“When I read Harry Potter in school I identified with Harry, but now reading it as an adult, I fear I may be the girl who cries in the toilet.”
This Coloring Book For Adults Celebrates The Beauty Of Natural Hair
“I hope that I Love My Hair encourages others to start by saying something they love something themselves.”
I Love My Hair: A Coloring Book of Braids, Coils, and Doodle Dos is a new coloring book for adults that highlights the beauty of different hairstyles.
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Andrea Pippins, the book's author and illustrator, wants to inspire women to "love and embrace their natural hair."
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In this trailer for the book, Pippins explains that celebrating your hair is one way to feel self-empowered.
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And coloring in these illustrations of diverse hairstyles is also a form of self-expression.
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16 Times 2015 Proved "Harry Potter" Will Never Die
The series that lived forever.
JK Rowling
And shortly after she let us know that it is DEFINITELY NOT A PREQUEL, thank you very much.
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Which Hogwarts Teacher Should You Get It On With?
Who should be in your Chamber of Secrets?
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This Feminist Author Is Publishing The Details Of Her Online Abusers
Feminist writer Clementine Ford recently reported a man who abused her online to his employer. In the end, the man was fired and the company asked Ford to inform her readers of the turn of events.
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As a result, Ford has been facing wave after wave of unending abuse on both her Facebook and email. Today she hit back, posting dozens of screenshots of what she says is the abuse she receives on a daily basis.
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It's not the first time Ford has faced abuse online. In June, she was banned by Facebook after publicly sharing the abusive messages she had been sent by men online.
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“It’s not just inconvenient to me personally, it demonstrates exactly how backwards Facebook and its investigation processes are,” she told BuzzFeed News at the time. “I have reported numerous misogynistic posts in the past only to be told they were acceptable under Facebook’s guidelines.
“So to have them turn around and ban me for the fourth time for merely showing what kind of vitriol is routinely sent to me by cowards determined to hide behind a defence of ‘rights to abuse women privately and not be held accountable for it’ is actually deeply upsetting and enraging.”
Facebook has defended its anti-harassment policies in the past, saying page owners have a number of tools to fight online abuse at their disposal.
“We give page owners a wide range of tools to proactively moderate and control who contacts them,” a Facebook spokesperson said earlier this year. "Page owners can set profanity filters, control who messages their page through the Privacy Settings, delete comments and block people who send unwanted messages."
The company also pointed to its real-name policy and reporting tools throughout the site as ways to combat harassment.
Read all of Clementine Ford's post about her recent experiences with trolls here.
What's The Best Cheap Gift You've Ever Received?
Presents don’t have to be expensive to be awesome.
The holiday season is officially here... which means ~present buying~ season is also officially here.
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Purchasing gifts without totally depleting your bank account can be tough, but it's possible!
Don't despair.
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To help out all the present givers of the world who aren't made of money, we want to know the best cheap (or free) gift you've ever received.
Or given.
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Maybe it's something that was handmade just for you.
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25 Gifts That The Planet On Which We Live On Will Also Appreciate
“Reduce, reuse, recycle, Rihanna.”
These pencils that grow into plants ($18).
Landfill? More like land-RE-fill! Get it here.
This enclosed and self-sustaining ecosphere ($33).
Great for anyone who wants to learn how ecosystems (like the Earth) work and potentially, how enclosed ecosystems can survive in ~space.~ Available here.
