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Look at what they did to their Elders. 💀😂 Part of the Taloyoak Christmas Games in Nunavut, contestants use tape to make the funniest face while judges decide the winner. This lighthearted game played during community Christmas celebrations is proof that culture, humor, and community joy go hand in hand. (via @bubbs1.1 / TT)
Look at what they did to their Elders. 💀😂 Part of the Taloyoak Christmas Games in Nunavut, contestants use tape to make the funniest face while judges decide the winner. This lighthearted game played during community Christmas celebrations is proof that culture, humor, and community joy go hand in hand. (via @bubbs1.1 / TT)
Authoritarianism and hate crimes & speech are on the rise across the world and directly harming women and marginalized communities. 👉 Your joy is resistance. Here’s why: Studies in neuroscience and psychology show that joy and community literally protect our brains and bodies from the effects of chronic stress, discrimination, and oppression. When we experience joy, our brain releases dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins — natural chemicals that calm the stress response and strengthen emotional resilience. It’s how our bodies remember hope. 🌅 When we connect in sisterhood through laughter, dance, and shared stories, our nervous systems co-regulate. We release oxytocin, the hormone of trust and safety, which lowers cortisol and tells the body: You are not alone. Collective joy, especially in movement and music, literally synchronizes heartbeats and breathing. Rhythm heals what isolation and fear break apart. 🫶 So, when women dance together in the street…when we laugh through exhaustion…when we hold each other up…it’s not just beautiful, it’s biological liberation. It’s resistance. It’s healing. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 🎥: Rose Mwambayi (@yourfavafrican) is a Zambian-Congolese dancer, performer, and entrepreneur who celebrates African culture through movement, fashion, and creative entrepreneurship. 🇿🇲🇨🇩
Authoritarianism and hate crimes & speech are on the rise across the world and directly harming women and marginalized communities. 👉 Your joy is resistance. Here’s why: Studies in neuroscience and psychology show that joy and community literally protect our brains and bodies from the effects of chronic stress, discrimination, and oppression. When we experience joy, our brain releases dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins — natural chemicals that calm the stress response and strengthen emotional resilience. It’s how our bodies remember hope. 🌅 When we connect in sisterhood through laughter, dance, and shared stories, our nervous systems co-regulate. We release oxytocin, the hormone of trust and safety, which lowers cortisol and tells the body: You are not alone. Collective joy, especially in movement and music, literally synchronizes heartbeats and breathing. Rhythm heals what isolation and fear break apart. 🫶 So, when women dance together in the street…when we laugh through exhaustion…when we hold each other up…it’s not just beautiful, it’s biological liberation. It’s resistance. It’s healing. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 🎥: Rose Mwambayi (@yourfavafrican) is a Zambian-Congolese dancer, performer, and entrepreneur who celebrates African culture through movement, fashion, and creative entrepreneurship. 🇿🇲🇨🇩
“It is possible to move discomfort into joy.” Share this with someone who needs to watch this 💖 Sandra Oh didn’t just give a speech — she gave us a reminder: Life gets heavy. But joy can still be chosen. Especially when it’s shared. So stand up. Shake it out. Dance — not because everything’s perfect, but because you’re here. And that’s enough ✨ Tag someone you’d dance through the hard parts with. Follow @unstoppablyher for more moments that move you. 🎤 Sandra Oh | Dartmouth Commencement 2025 Shared under fair use for commentary and inspiration. (No copyright infringement intended.) If you're the copyright holder and would prefer this removed, please DM me — I will take it down with respect. © All rights remain with the original creator(s). #SandraOh #DanceItOut #JoyIsResistance #WomenEmpowerment #EmpoweredWomenEmpowerWomen #MotivationalQuotes
“It is possible to move discomfort into joy.” Share this with someone who needs to watch this 💖 Sandra Oh didn’t just give a speech — she gave us a reminder: Life gets heavy. But joy can still be chosen. Especially when it’s shared. So stand up. Shake it out. Dance — not because everything’s perfect, but because you’re here. And that’s enough ✨ Tag someone you’d dance through the hard parts with. Follow @unstoppablyher for more moments that move you. 🎤 Sandra Oh | Dartmouth Commencement 2025 Shared under fair use for commentary and inspiration. (No copyright infringement intended.) If you're the copyright holder and would prefer this removed, please DM me — I will take it down with respect. © All rights remain with the original creator(s). #SandraOh #DanceItOut #JoyIsResistance #WomenEmpowerment #EmpoweredWomenEmpowerWomen #MotivationalQuotes
As Eid Al Fitr begins in our homeland of Palestine, we want to encourage the world to continue to live by the values many of us practice during the Holy Month of Ramadan. Consideration for those with less than you, the spirit of generosity, Faith in reality and what is to come, and finding solace and joy with family and friends even in times of great pain and hardship. 🌙 Verily, with hardship comes ease ✨ Eid Mubarak from the #WatermelonPictures team 🙏🏼 Clip from @farha.film , A film by writer & Director @darin.sallam Produced by @taleboxjo @deema.azar @ayah.jardaneh Distributed in North America by Watermelon Pictures 🍉🎥 #FromTheRiverToTheScreen #PalestineWillBeSeen #EidMubarak #HappyEid #JoyIsResistance
As Eid Al Fitr begins in our homeland of Palestine, we want to encourage the world to continue to live by the values many of us practice during the Holy Month of Ramadan. Consideration for those with less than you, the spirit of generosity, Faith in reality and what is to come, and finding solace and joy with family and friends even in times of great pain and hardship. 🌙 Verily, with hardship comes ease ✨ Eid Mubarak from the #WatermelonPictures team 🙏🏼 Clip from @farha.film , A film by writer & Director @darin.sallam Produced by @taleboxjo @deema.azar @ayah.jardaneh Distributed in North America by Watermelon Pictures 🍉🎥 #FromTheRiverToTheScreen #PalestineWillBeSeen #EidMubarak #HappyEid #JoyIsResistance
Every day we have to choose between promoting our products and calling out the bullshit. And most days? We pick the latter. Because what’s happening in this country isn’t just politics, it’s a full-blown assault on the world we actually want to live in. Without basic human decency, it’s just a suck fest out there. You are not crazy. You’re not alone. And while ICE has literal staff whose job is to scrub the internet looking for people who say bad things about them, we’ll keep calling these masked asshats out. Because if they want us quiet, they’ll have to show up and prove that freedom of speech is dead. Prove that the America we were forced to pledge to every morning never actually existed. We’re not backing down. We’re not letting joyless fascists drag us into the misery they marinate in. Have you ever seen a truly happy MAGA? Only when they’re laughing at someone else’s pain. That’s not joy—it’s rot. And we’re not rotting with them. So yeah, we’ll keep making the best damn eco-friendly products on the market and calling out the evil when we see it. And this weekend? We’re showing up at Nashville Pride loud, proud, and ready to hug some necks. Let’s cluckin’ go. #NoMoreSilence #WeCluckBack #SoapAndDefiance #AbolishICE #PrideIsPolitical #EcoRadical #JoyIsResistance #NashvillePride2025 #TransRightsAreHumanRights #PeopleOverProfit #FascismStinks #ScrubThatICE #TheyCanScrubButWeSpeak #CluckICE
Every day we have to choose between promoting our products and calling out the bullshit. And most days? We pick the latter. Because what’s happening in this country isn’t just politics, it’s a full-blown assault on the world we actually want to live in. Without basic human decency, it’s just a suck fest out there. You are not crazy. You’re not alone. And while ICE has literal staff whose job is to scrub the internet looking for people who say bad things about them, we’ll keep calling these masked asshats out. Because if they want us quiet, they’ll have to show up and prove that freedom of speech is dead. Prove that the America we were forced to pledge to every morning never actually existed. We’re not backing down. We’re not letting joyless fascists drag us into the misery they marinate in. Have you ever seen a truly happy MAGA? Only when they’re laughing at someone else’s pain. That’s not joy—it’s rot. And we’re not rotting with them. So yeah, we’ll keep making the best damn eco-friendly products on the market and calling out the evil when we see it. And this weekend? We’re showing up at Nashville Pride loud, proud, and ready to hug some necks. Let’s cluckin’ go. #NoMoreSilence #WeCluckBack #SoapAndDefiance #AbolishICE #PrideIsPolitical #EcoRadical #JoyIsResistance #NashvillePride2025 #TransRightsAreHumanRights #PeopleOverProfit #FascismStinks #ScrubThatICE #TheyCanScrubButWeSpeak #CluckICE
nbd, just my only child dreams coming true 🥹 love you guys sm 💛 . . #fyp #wlw #enagagement #joyisresistance
nbd, just my only child dreams coming true 🥹 love you guys sm 💛 . . #fyp #wlw #enagagement #joyisresistance
No! I’m Still Not Shopping at Target Nobody holds a grudge like a Black Woman. We will be five generations deep and still not shopping at Target. I’m keeping my DEI dollars in my pocket. #fyp #Target #Boycott #StandupComedy #RealWomenDoItStandingUp #JoyIsResistance
No! I’m Still Not Shopping at Target Nobody holds a grudge like a Black Woman. We will be five generations deep and still not shopping at Target. I’m keeping my DEI dollars in my pocket. #fyp #Target #Boycott #StandupComedy #RealWomenDoItStandingUp #JoyIsResistance
In some ways it feels like things are lightning energetically and in other ways, the news keeps on newsing! I offer for lots of healing tools and support in my newsletter and other offerings. You can check them out in my bio. #joyisresistance #innerchild #healingtogether #healingtools #myhealingjourney #healingjourney
In some ways it feels like things are lightning energetically and in other ways, the news keeps on newsing! I offer for lots of healing tools and support in my newsletter and other offerings. You can check them out in my bio. #joyisresistance #innerchild #healingtogether #healingtools #myhealingjourney #healingjourney
joy is an act of resistance :’) they cannot crush our spirit #chasingwhimsy #joyisresistance
joy is an act of resistance :’) they cannot crush our spirit #chasingwhimsy #joyisresistance
Clearly have a lot on my heart… just want to say that joy, art, community, mental okay-ness, and self-education are not only possible in a chaotic world, they are actually ways we can take back control and resist. Informed, intentional joy is all it takes. love yall. #resist #joyisresistance #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #education
Clearly have a lot on my heart… just want to say that joy, art, community, mental okay-ness, and self-education are not only possible in a chaotic world, they are actually ways we can take back control and resist. Informed, intentional joy is all it takes. love yall. #resist #joyisresistance #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #education
They called it amor prohibido. We call it love… rooted, joyful, and unashamed. Haitian. Dominican. Together. Still dancing. Still choosing joy. #AmorProhibido #DiasporaLove #JoyIsResistance #UnapologeticLove #LoveWins
They called it amor prohibido. We call it love… rooted, joyful, and unashamed. Haitian. Dominican. Together. Still dancing. Still choosing joy. #AmorProhibido #DiasporaLove #JoyIsResistance #UnapologeticLove #LoveWins
Honestly, it was either this or scream into a pillow. Shout out to the internet for being my witness. ❤️ #joyisresistance #everythingisnotfine #dopaminedressing #corporatefashion #girlmagnet #fyp #fypシ #portland
Honestly, it was either this or scream into a pillow. Shout out to the internet for being my witness. ❤️ #joyisresistance #everythingisnotfine #dopaminedressing #corporatefashion #girlmagnet #fyp #fypシ #portland
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