Saw this picture on imgur and just had to post it here, because this is without a doubt, one of the most badass women alive. Meet Katrina Hodge, a corporal in the British Army and Miss England 2009. According to Wikipedia, she enlisted back in 2004 after her brother challenged her to and earned the nickname “Combat Barbie” after showing up at her assigned unit wearing false eyelashes, kitten heels, and carrying a pink suitcase. In 2005 her unit, the Royal Anglian Regiment, was deployed to Iraq, where she saved the lives of her comrades from a prisoner by wrestling not one, but two rifles from him and then knocking his ass out with her bare hands.
With her bare hands.
Then in 2009, she decided to compete in the Miss England competition to destroy stereotypes about women in the military. She didn’t win (she placed runner-up), but still became Miss England after the woman who did got into a fight and gave up the crown. While Miss England, Hodge convinced the people running the competition to ditch the bikini contest, because she felt that it was more important to be a role model than looking good in a bikini.
In 2010, she handed over the crown and returned to military service, being deployed to Afghanistan.
This woman is both a BAMF and a HBIC. Damn.
So. Uh, Katrina. I don’t know if you’re seeing anyone. But, you’re pretty badass, and I’m pretty badass. We could have badass children and a badass home. Or not. We could just save the world without the heteronormative background life.
Spiders in Pakistan encase whole trees in webs
Eerie phenomenon may be a blessing in disguise, as the hungry spiders have significantly reduced the mosquito population.
You could take a walk through the mines
or you could spend all your days
just waiting for the night.
—“Almanac,” by The Acorn, heard in “Crazy, Stupid, Love.” (via thedeadline)
F-117 Stealth Fighter inspired house in Kronberg, Germany; designed by Meixner Schluter Wendt
get off of there cats. i put those clothes there because i ran out of room in the dresser, not to make comfy beds for you. you have your own bed. it is called the floor.
