Half-sick of Shadows

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

Maria Lopukhina.

Painted by my main man Borovikovsky.

The painting is of the young Mary Ivanovna Lopukhina, formerly Tolstaya, born in 1779. This portrait was commissioned by the lady’s husband due to their marriage. She was 18 years old when she was painted in 1797. Unfortunately she died 6 years later because of tuberculosis

Just look at how sassy pants she is. and adorable.
 

the-unpopular-opinions:

I’m not defending it because I have it, just because I get service in most places my friends with Verizon and At&t don’t. Totally disagree?  I’ll be waiting for you right here ;)

BUT, they don’t have an iPhone, which is why I left them. Lol. 

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

Lucrezia Borgia (18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519). Everyone should read her biography.

(Painting assumed to be modelled after her)

the-unpopular-opinions:

Black women aren’t attractive and have bad attitudes. That’s why most white men don’t date them. I’m not a troll. This is my honest opinion because I see it everywhere I go and it honestly makes me want to throw up. I’m not racist though.

Oh goodness, lol. “I’m not racist though.” Yeah, okie dokie. 

fuckyeahfelines:

this is tobi juan kenobi. she’s a beast, she’s my beast. <3

the-unpopular-opinions:

I am pro-life

My friend and her twin were born at 22 weeks, the abortion limit is 24 weeks. She is 20 and both her and her sister are perfectly healthy. So how can you say that it’s not a baby? Hmmm?

What sort of reasoning is this?

the-unpopular-opinions:

ronpaulinblackface.tumblr.com

I cannot stand him.

fuckyeahfelines:

Murphy, sitting in the sink while I shower.

the-unpopular-opinions:

Jenna Marbles is terrible.

I’m so not a fan either. The only thing that interests me is when she makes fun of how girls act in videos and you have all these girls reblogging, “OMG, I hate when girls do that.” Really? Just stop.

fuckyeahmoleskines:

http://theos-epitelesei.tumblr.com

fuckyeahmixedbeauty:

Baby sister.

Mom- White (English, German, Swedish etc)

Dad- African American

tianapartlysunny.tumblr.com

laceandcameos:

lizchenr on tumblr.

click-click-pancakes:

When I worked in the jewelry department in WalMart, they’d bring us a basket of the jewelry returns… yeah half that shit wasn’t even sold there.

I was cleaning out the dress section at work and there was a dress from Sears marked with a Sears tag, lol.

And this lady tried to return Sag Harbour pants that had a Worthington tag…lol. NO.

(Source: fuckyeahretailrobin)

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

The very intelligent and stunningly beautiful Lillie Langtry (1853-1929). Model, actress, entrepreneur, and royal mistress.

 ”Discovered” at a London dinner party while dressed in mourning, many prominent painters (including Frank Miles and John Everett Millais) clamored to have her sit for them.

She was considered the most beautiful woman of the time, and was mistress to Prince Bertie, the future King Edward VII. She had the grace and charm to become good friends with the Prince’s wife, and was even introduced to Queen Victoria. She was later mistress to at least two other members of European royalty. (Did I mention she was married through all of this?)

With her fame and connections (friends with Sarah Bernhardt, muse to Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw) she became a very popular actress.

She divorced her husband in 1897, and then two years later, at the age of 46, she married Hugo de Bathe, who was twenty seven years old. 

She made advertising (and celebrity endorsement) socially acceptable, toured America with her own acting company, started a winery in California (which still exists), and was a successful owner of race horses. She amassed millions and spent with equal extravagance, the center of attention wherever she went. 

She performed on the stage well into her seventies, and when she died in Monaco in 1929, the newspapers called it “the end of an era.”

Scholars suggest that the character of Irene Adler in the Sherlock Holmes story “A Scandal in Bohemia” was based off of her. A sexy, witty woman who could outwit Sherlock Holmes when it came to a compromising photo of her with a member of the royal family? Sounds about right.

Damn, what a bad ass.

pudgykitties:

Not in my house

Aw, little white toes XD Is she by any chance looking for a roommate? <3