This beauty has been doing the rounds at United Nations offices all over the world. Before you check out what goes viral at the UN, here’s a quick primer on the video’s subject, Norwegian peacekeeper Jan Egeland. Egeland is a total rock star in the world of international diplomacy. The former outspoken head of the…
My favorite part: “Yeah, leading ladies are quirky hipsters wearing vintage dresses. Tiny, pouty pixies, blue-eyed and precious. We don’t care. We’re Zooey Deschanel in our dreams.” [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSwhRZwFjfY?rel=0&wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white] Read more: http://upworthy.com/3-non-white-actresses-show-up-to-an-audition-i-think-we-know-where-this-is-going
Sometimes what you don’t hear is just as hurtful as what you hear. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJnJNcNKmC8?rel=0&wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=560&h=315] Read more: http://upworthy.com/she-doesnt-have-a-problem-with-compliments-she-has-a-problem-with-compliments-meant-for-things
“We all have those former loves that, while life may have lead us in different directions, we find ourselves reminiscing over, daydreaming about what could have been. I’m a firm believer that once you give a person a piece of your heart, you never truly get it back.” — Doug Locke, singer This goes to…
This poem isn’t about the past or the future. It’s about your life right now. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fej8igH_3o?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white] Read more: http://upworthy.com/the-haunting-words-and-images-that-might-change-the-way-you-look-at-your-whole-existence
As a grown woman with a strong voice, I’m still working on standing tall and using my voice. I owe it to my daughter and other girls like her to set the example and respect my body AND my voice. Be sure to pay attention at 1:40 and 2:09 — Lily really provides some insight…
This is a video of incredibly attractive men in Speedos intelligently parodying One Direction in order to expose all the ridiculous things about Mitt Romney’s campaign. If that doesn’t make you want to watch, I don’t know what will. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSAGR0arBUo?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=776&h=437] Read more: http://upworthy.com/these-guys-in-speedos-really-want-you-to-know-how-giant-mitt-romneys-super-pac-i
It such a shame that every day, women are harassed and groped doing simple activities like taking the bus to school. Women deserve better than spending so much of their public life on the defensive. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gucl2H-Pkk?stop=1m50s&wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white] Read more: http://upworthy.com/no-one-should-have-to-deal-with-this-not-on-the-bus-not-on-the-train-not-on-the-street-not-ever
You haven’t? That’s because you haven’t explored Mars yet. Yes, that’s right. I said yet. WARNING: If you’re a Star Trek/sci-fi fan like myself, have tissues handy; the prospect of interplanetary travel becoming a reality might make you a little teary. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syVD6blTXN8?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=776&h=582]Carl Sagan recorded this message a few months before he died in 1996.…
I’m in awe. That’s really all I can say. At 1:12, Troy’s spoken-word piece describes graphic violence, so heads up if that’s difficult for you to stomach, as it was for me. But this is a poem we all need to hear. FACT CHECK TIME! Everything in Troy’s piece happened as he says it did.…
At the first beat of his drum, I’m already starting to dance along. The beatboxing at 0:47 is also pretty rad. But when the lyrics start at 2:35? BOOM. This is none other than SupaMan, a resident of Montana and member of the Crow Nation, otherwise known as Apsaalooké in the Siouan language. He’s a…