Scientists have discovered that who you find attractive is partly down to the genes affecting your height.
In a study of more than 13,000 heterosexual couples they found that 89% of the genetic variation that controls a person’s height also influences their height preference in a partner.
Generally people are attracted to partners of similar heights to themselves.
Did you know that our choice in partners can have important consequences for human populations? This study brings us closer to understanding the complexity of sexual attraction and the mechanisms that drive variation in humans.
The Love That Healed Me || A month after the first @ReclaimYourVoice event in 2012, I had a craving for spoken word poetry. My only experience of it had been at a show several years prior so I found it strange that I had this random desire to hear some. And then, just a few short days later, I met a poet named Paul. Our connection was ethereal. I locked eyes with him the moment we met and for years did not break eye contact. But I didn’t realize that I still had many unhealed wounds and a lot I needed to work through. Despite his calm and peaceful ways, I still found myself terrified to trust and often reacted with emotional outbursts. In my previous relationship, I had blamed David for all the negative feelings I was experiencing. But when the same thoughts and behaviours started to resurface in me even with this loving, gentle soul I was almost destroyed by the realization of how toxic I was and how much I had been affected by what LO had done to me. Dismayed and ashamed, I tried to break up with Paul. I told him I didn’t want him to have to clean up another man’s mess. His response? “Sweep, sweep.” And he didn’t leave my side. He held me through some of my worst storms, the rock that calmed my tumultuous waters. Paul loved me so deeply and completely that for the first time ever, I learned how to love myself. My mind was so at peace in his arms that I began to heal automatically. Paul was the only person to love and accept me unconditionally, and my first experience of being in love. I owe so much of who I am today to Paul’s gentle love. He was the personification of all that is the opposite of abuse. I hear so many people say that abuse changed them irrevocably and I can both understand and relate. But just remember that there are also people who come along and change us irrevocably in all of the best ways as well. I know I say this every time I see you, usually with tears in my eyes, but since we haven’t seen each other in a while, thank you for everything, Paul ✨
In this lifetime I’ve had some experiences that have made me question reality. Synchronistic, serendipitous, jaw dropping, eye rubbing, #WHATISMYLIFE experiences. In high school, the person whose music I listened to most, and who was the main feature in most of the mixtapes I made, was @myaplanet9 . A year after escaping the abuse, Mya’s management got a hold of my first calendar—the same one I was working on when LO spat in my face and slapped me—and I received a call telling me that I was booked to photograph her (thanks @spazoutent✨). I told myself this might be too good to be true and to not get excited until I actually got on set and took the first picture. 12 years and many, many, many pictures later, this goddess has become a dear friend of mine, and a cherished mentor. Thank you Mya for all the beauty, healing and magic you add to the world. It has been an honour to watch you grow and continue to shine. Thank you for the guidance you have so often and so selflessly blessed me with over the years, and for trusting me to photograph you. Some of the best memories I’ve had in this lifetime were with you and I’m so grateful! Forever in awe of you, you are #UNBREAKABLE I LOVE YOU MYALANSKY!!HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
In 1961, a new show hit the airwaves in Britain, The Avengers. The main character was Dr. David Keel (Ian Hendry) whose wife had been murdered. He’s recruited by spy John Steed (Patrick McNee) to be an expert consultant in exchange for help avenging his spouse. After the fairly gritty first season, Mr. Hendry departed for a movie career and Steed became the main…
