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girlsgetbusyzine: dashuri96: http://www.inglotcosmetics.com/nails/products/141 this retailer sells a halal nail polish. this allows for oxygen and water to go through the nail, which makes it acceptable to wear during prayer. spread the word.  “Being a relatively modern creation, nail polish remains obviously unaddressed by early Islamic sources. But the general consensus in the Islamic community is that praying with nail polish is impermissible because of the waterproof barrier it creates on nails, which prevents the wudu ritual from being completed five times a day.” (source) Also, these colors are awesome
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girlsgetbusyzine: dashuri96: http://www.inglotcosmetics.com/nails/products/141 this retailer sells a halal nail polish. this allows for oxygen and water to go through the nail, which makes it acceptable to wear during prayer. spread the word.  “Being a relatively modern creation, nail polish remains obviously unaddressed by early Islamic sources. But the general consensus in the Islamic community is that praying with nail polish is impermissible because of the waterproof barrier it creates on nails, which prevents the wudu ritual from being completed five times a day.” (source) Also, these colors are awesome
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girlsgetbusyzine:

dashuri96:

http://www.inglotcosmetics.com/nails/products/141

this retailer sells a halal nail polish. this allows for oxygen and water to go through the nail, which makes it acceptable to wear during prayer. spread the word. 

“Being a relatively modern creation, nail polish remains obviously unaddressed by early Islamic sources. But the general consensus in the Islamic community is that praying with nail polish is impermissible because of the waterproof barrier it creates on nails, which prevents the wudu ritual from being completed five times a day.” (source)

Also, these colors are awesome

womenwhokickass: Aya Kamikawa: Why she kicks ass She is the only openly transgender official in Japan at this point, and the first to seek or win elected office in Japan. She won a four-year term as an independent under huge media attention, placing sixth of 72 candidates running for 52 seats in the Setagaya ward assembly, the most populous district in Tokyo.  In April 2007, she was re-elected to her second term, placing second of 71 candidates running for 52 in the same ward assembly.  While the government announced that they would continue to consider her male officially, she stated that she would work as a woman.  She is devoted to work for various groups, the disabled, single-parent families, homeless people to evening junior high school students, LGBT people and to improve rights for women, children, the elderly.  She strives to give support for these people and bring positive changes which would help them in society.  She was also a committee member for Trans-net Japan (a self-support group for transgender people) and organised meetings and social events to give support and symposiums to raise the public awareness.
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Aya Kamikawa: Why she kicks ass

  • She is the only openly transgender official in Japan at this point, and the first to seek or win elected office in Japan.
  • She won a four-year term as an independent under huge media attention, placing sixth of 72 candidates running for 52 seats in the Setagaya ward assembly, the most populous district in Tokyo.  In April 2007, she was re-elected to her second term, placing second of 71 candidates running for 52 in the same ward assembly. 
  • While the government announced that they would continue to consider her male officially, she stated that she would work as a woman. 
  • She is devoted to work for various groups, the disabled, single-parent families, homeless people to evening junior high school students, LGBT people and to improve rights for women, children, the elderly.  She strives to give support for these people and bring positive changes which would help them in society. 
  • She was also a committee member for Trans-net Japan (a self-support group for transgender people) and organised meetings and social events to give support and symposiums to raise the public awareness.

Pet Peeves: Smugness.

From fandoms, purists, perceived superior educations, more interesting life experiences, job, exposure, unwavering faith in own opinion, whatever.

I’m happy to hear your opinion and I’m happy to engage in debate with you and learn from your thoughts, but if you’re going to be smug about something and think that “Oh Ho no I know best!” and especially if that smugness will make you dismissive, you can take yourself, your shit-eating tone, and your smug ego and go fuck yourself right out of my sight.

I’m not here to be patronized or talked down to or to make you feel superior or vindicate you. I’m here to learn. My whole life, I’m here to learn. And if you can’t engage with me on that level, then we aren’t going to engage about that topic.

Foreign Words We Could Use in English

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  1. Kummerspeck (German)
    Excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, grief bacon.
  2. Shemomedjamo (Georgian)
    You know when you’re really full, but your meal is just so delicious, you can’t stop eating it?
  3. Tartle (Scots)
    The nearly onomatopoeic word for that panicky hesitation just before you have to introduce someone whose name you can’t quite remember.
  4. Mamihlapinatapai (Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego)
    This word captures that special look shared between two people, when both are wishing that the other would do something that they both want, but neither want to do.
  5. Backpfeifengesicht (German)
    A face badly in need of a fist.
  6. Iktsuarpok (Inuit)
    You know that feeling of anticipation when you’re waiting for someone to show up at your house and you keep going outside to see if they’re there yet?
  7. Pelinti (Buli, Ghana)
    Your friend bites into a piece of piping hot pizza, then opens his mouth and sort of tilts his head around while making an “aaaarrrahh” noise. The Ghanaians have a word for that. More specifically, it means “to move hot food around in your mouth.”
  8. Greng-jai (Thai)
    That feeling you get when you don’t want someone to do something for you because it would be a pain for them.
  9. Mencolek (Indonesian)
    You know that old trick where you tap someone lightly on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them? The Indonesians have a word for it.
  10. Faamiti (Samoan)
    To make a squeaking sound by sucking air past the lips in order to gain the attention of a dog or child.
  11. Gigil (Filipino)
    The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is irresistibly cute.
  12. Yuputka (Ulwa)
    A word made for walking in the woods at night, it’s the phantom sensation of something crawling on your skin.
  13. Zhaghzhagh (Persian)
    The chattering of teeth from the cold or from rage.
  14. Vybafnout (Czech)
    A word tailor-made for annoying older brothers—it means to jump out and say boo.
  15. Fremdschämen (German)
    ; Myötähäpeä (Finnish)
    The kindler, gentler cousins of Schadenfreude, both these words mean something akin to “vicarious embarrassment.”
  16. Lagom (Swedish)
    Maybe Goldilocks was Swedish? This slippery little word is hard to define, but means something like, “Not too much, and not too little, but juuuuust right.”
  17. Pålegg (Norweigian)
    Sandwich Artists unite! The Norwegians have a non-specific descriptor for anything – ham, cheese, jam, Nutella, mustard, herring, pickles, Doritos, you name it – you might consider putting into a sandwich.
  18. Layogenic (Tagalog)
    Remember in Clueless when Cher describes someone as “a full-on Monet…from far away, it’s OK, but up close it’s a big old mess”? That’s exactly what this word means.
  19. Bakku-shan (Japanese)
    Or there this Japanese slang term, which describes the experience of seeing a woman who appears pretty from behind but not from the front.
  20. Seigneur-terraces (French)
    Coffee shop dwellers who sit at tables a long time but spend little money.
  21. Ya’arburnee (Arabic)
    This word is the hopeful declaration that you will die before someone you love deeply, because you cannot stand to live without them. Literally, may you bury me.
  22. Pana Po’o (Hawaiian)
    “Hmm, now where did I leave those keys?” he said, pana po’oing. It means to scratch your head in order to help you remember something you’ve forgotten.
  23. Slampadato (Italian)
    Addicted to the UV glow of tanning salons? This word describes you.
  24. Zeg (Georgian)
    It means “the day after tomorrow.” OK, we do have “overmorrow” in English, but when was the last time someone used that?
  25. Cafune (Brazilian Portuguese)
    Leave it to the Brazilians to come up with a word for “tenderly running your fingers through your lover’s hair.”
  26. Koi No Yokan (Japanese)
    The sense upon first meeting a person that the two of you are going to fall in love.
  27. Kaelling (Danish)
    You know that woman who stands on her doorstep (or in line at the supermarket, or at the park, or in a restaurant)
    cursing at her children? The Danes know her, too.
  28. Boketto (Japanese)
    It’s nice to know that the Japanese think enough of the act of gazing vacantly into the distance without thinking to give it a name.
  29. L’esprit de l’escalier (French)
    Literally, stairwell wit—a too-late retort thought of only after departure.
  30. Cotisuelto (Caribbean Spanish)
    A word that would aptly describe the prevailing fashion trend among American men under 40, it means one who wears the shirt tail outside of his trousers.
  31. Packesel (German)
    The packesel is the person who’s stuck carrying everyone else’s bags on a trip. Literally, a burro.
  32. Hygge (Danish)
    Denmark’s mantra, hygge is the pleasant, genial, and intimate feeling associated with sitting around a fire in the winter with close friends.
  33. Cavoli Riscaldati (Italian)
    The result of attempting to revive an unworkable relationship. Translates to “reheated cabbage.”
  34. Bilita Mpash (Bantu)
    An amazing dream. Not just a “good” dream; the opposite of a nightmare.
  35. Litost (Czech)
    Milan Kundera described the emotion as “a state of torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery.”
  36. Luftmensch (Yiddish)
    There are several Yiddish words to describe social misfits. This one is for an impractical dreamer with no business sense.

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