Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but it's not just a matter of personal taste: it's often defined by the culture we live in, and standards vary from country to country. In an effort to truly define beauty, Cut went around the world and asked random people to define beauty for them.
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Illustrator Daisy Bernard perfectly summed up the ridiculous and often contradictory expectations and standards that women face every day with her illustrations.
Sometimes the apple really doesn't fall far from the tree. Sometimes it even seems that he is still clinging to it. Photos of children and their parents when they were the same age have surfaced on social media, and some look eerily similar.
"As long as poverty, injustice and inequality persist in the world, none of us can truly rest!" said the great Nelson Mandela. Do we see all these phenomena only in TV reports and have we become so used to news about them that we have become indifferent to them or accept them as something normal? Do we cringe at them because we find them absurd? Maybe it's time to write down a list of facts that we've 'bought' as normal over time, but we shouldn't.
Are you engaged? Did you reveal it to the world via social media? :) The Junebug Weddings website has chosen the best engagement photos for the fifth year in a row, and we have to admit that they make us believe in love even more. The photos are beautiful!
We often hear both ourselves and others that life is sometimes not easy. And it really isn't. But wouldn't it be nice if we could at least cross some problem off the list or overcome some obstacle more easily? Wondering how happy people do it? These are their teachings from which we can learn a lot.
If you want to see something super cute, then read on. Namely, we have collected the most beautiful mixes that are descendants of the Welsh shepherd ("corgi") and random breeds.
Obscenely wealthy Americans are seen through the lens in Lauren Greenfield's new photography book, Generation Wealth. It is a project that the author started on her own initiative in 1992. The photos show both people at the top of the pyramid and those who desperately want to climb one step higher.
Imagine having the opportunity to stay in the most amazing houses and apartments on your trip - from French farmhouses to beachside villas in Australia. The company Trusted Housesitters allows you to do just that - and for only around 100 euros a year. So if you're willing to look after a pet, accommodation is practically free on the trip.
Dutch cameraman Armand Dijcks and Australian photographer Ray Collins joined forces and knowledge and took spectacular shots of sea waves. They called the film "the infinite now" and in it you can admire extremely slow shots of a huge mass of water breaking, twisting, rising and everything else as the waves break.
Our brain can solve the most complex problem. And this is the reason why scientists often call them a 'supercomputer'. But what happens when our 'personal computer' starts sharing our private information with complete strangers? Here are some remarkable examples of how our brains can influence our behavior and reveal our deepest secrets—even ones we never knew existed.
We witness hundreds and hundreds of tweets every minute of every day. Most of them are useless. Some are not. Well, maybe, but they raise a lot of dust. Would you now like to beautify your wall with a frame in which e.g. the thought of Donald Trump or 50 Cent?