Feminist Quotes

"You could make a case that, along with the technological revolution, the most provocative upending destabilizing thrilling change in the course of human history is that we’re finally in it. … We're here now, women are in the world, and we will not be bullied."
Meryl Streep

"No woman should be told she can't make decisions about her own body. When women's rights are under attack, we fight back."
Kamala Harris

"Women will be hidden no more. We will not remain hidden figures. We have names. … It was woman that gave you Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was woman that gave you Malcolm X. And according to the Bible, it was a woman that gave you Jesus. Don't you ever forget it."
Janelle Monáe

"In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders."
Sheryl Sandberg

"Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights, once and for all."
Hillary Clinton

Justice is about making sure that being polite is not the same thing as being quiet. In fact, often times, the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

"Women have discovered that they cannot rely on men's chivalry to give them justice."
Helen Keller

"I hate to hear you talking so like a fine gentleman, and as if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures. We none of us expect to be in smooth water all our days."
Jane Austen

"That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman?"
Sojourner Truth

Cute Bunny Crosstitch project completed

 

Captain & Tennille - Do That To Me One More Time

Mary Kay Ash - "A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one."

 

"Forcing myself to think positively did wonders for my spirit. I was able to overcome the discontent inside me, and my old enthusiasm slowly returned."

"Before you ever receive the wonderful treasures of a happy life, you must first give. Give of yourself. Be of service to others. Only what you give can be multiplied back into your own life. That is the law of the harvest, the law of the ten-fold return. If you give nothing, even if it is multiplied, you receive nothing."

"We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you."

"Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist."

"For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour."

"Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret."

"God didn't have time to make a nobody, only a somebody. I believe that each of us has God-given talents within us waiting to be brought to fruition."

"You can do anything in this world that you want to do, if you want to do it badly enough and you are willing to pay the price. Often during my childhood, I heard those words from my mother, always urging me on to greater heights! They became so firmly implanted in my mind that they became the theme of my childhood and of my life."

Mary Kay Ash was the founder of Mary Kay cosmetics. She had a strong belief in people and was a very successful business woman.

House of Valentino Haute Couture

Vintage Fashion

Black Forest Loaf Cake

Ingredients

For the Cake

• 200 g Unsalted Butter/Stork
• 200 g Light Brown/Dark Brown Sugar
• 150 g Self Raising Flour
• 50 g Cocoa Powder
• 4 Medium Eggs
• 200 g Cherries soaked in kirsch (I used Opies)
• 100 g Dark Chocolate Chips

For the Topping

• Kirsch
• 300 ml Double Cream
• 2 tbsp Icing Sugar
• 100 g Cherry Jam
• Fresh Cherries
• Dark Chocolate Curls

Instructions

For the Cake

• Preheat your oven to 180C/160C Fan and line your 2lb loaf tin with parchment paper!
• Beat together your Butter and Sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add in your Flour, Cocoa Powder and Eggs and beat again till smooth and perfect!
• Drain your Cherries from the kirsch liquid (keep the liquid for later!) and fold the cherries and chocolate chips through the cake mixture.
• Pour the mixture into the tin, and bake the cake for 50-60+ minutes, or until baked through. You can test with a skewer!
• Once out of the oven, drizzle over some of the kirsch liquid - I used about 8-10 tablespoons worth!
• Leave the kirsch to soak in and cake to cool slightly in the tin for 20 minutes, before turning out to cool fully on a wire rack.

For the Topping

• Whip together your Double Cream and Icing Sugar till softly whipped. Carefully swirl through a the cherry jam lightly with a spoonful of kirsch if you wish and then spread on top of the cake!
• Add on some Dark Chocolate curls, and some fresh cherries and you're done! Enjoy!

Surround Yourself with Dreamers

 

Elegant Couture Bodice

 

Joke - I’m here to feed the alligator

The old farmer had a large pond in the back, fixed up nicely with picnic tables, a barbecue pit, horseshoe courts, and some apple and peach trees.  The pond was properly shaped and fixed up for swimming when it was built.

One evening, the old guy decided to go down to the pond and look it over. He hadn’t been there for a while.  He grabbed a five gallon bucket to bring back some fruit.

As he neared the pond, he heard voices shouting and laughing with glee.  As he came closer, he saw it was a bunch of young women skinny dipping in his pond. As he approached, he made the women aware of his presence.

At once, they all went to the deep end.

One of the women shouted to him, “We’re not coming out until you leave.”

The old man frowned, “I did not come down here to watch you young ladies swim
naked, or to make you get out of the pond naked.”

Holding up the bucket, he said, “I’m here to feed the alligator.”

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