75-year-old retired Terry Lauerman is the star volunteer catnapper for @Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary, which rescues cats with disabilities from places where they’d otherwise be at risk for euthanasia. Terry’s advice for retirement: nap with a cat! #cats #catsoftiktok #cat #volunteer
Transportation journalist, radio personality, and voice artist @Bernie Wagenblast is one of the voices of the #NYC subway system. After 15 years of being the voice, she came out as a #transgender woman. “Hearing my old male voice really does not bother me,” she says. #newyorkcity #transrights #transrightsarehumanrights
Can trash be #upcycled into #sustainable housing? @Earthship Biotecture believes so. Founded by architect Mike Reynolds, they’re building fully functional #offgrid homes from 50%+ #recycled materials.
Self-described “Ghetto Potter” @Roberto Lugo #ceramic works speak volumes about hip-hop, history and politics. Through #pottery the #artist and spoken word poet contrasts and blends multicultural motifs to drive hard-hitting messages of social activism and #racialjustice.
20-year-old @👑𝓐𝓿𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓮👑 from Atlanta is an Afro artist. Painting her natural hair with hair wax and then shaping it, the licensed cosmetologist transforms her Afro into immediately recognizable pop culture icons. #naturalhair #afro #noobhead #BlackHistoryMonth
30-year-old @ᴀᴜʀɪ ✨ from Finland deep cleans #hoarders’ homes for free. She quit her day job to help households in need, and shares the process with her over 20 million followers. #deepcleaning #cleaningmotivation #satisfyingcleans #beforeafter
Artist and scientist Tyler Thrasher brings new life to skeletons -- by encasing them in lab-made crystals. Through combining chemistry and his creative side, Tyler is pursuing his passion for art and nature, one crystal at a time. #crystals #skeletons #art #chemistry
After losing both his hands, @Samoana Matagi started making videos for #amputees and their families -- helping them see how to cope and regain a sense of normalcy. #tutorials #bodypositivity #accessibility
Multimedia #artist Lucy Gafford discovered that strands of her wet hair made a unique medium while in the shower one day. She takes strands of her wet hair and manipulates them with her fingers, freehanding detailed works of art. Some consider discarded DNA gross, but to Lucy it’s what makes her art. #hair #art #weird
Honey Mølgaard @Alpha Dogs designs & crafts #fursuits -- costumes for #furries, or people who role-play as anthropomorphic animals in the #furryfandom lifestyle. #furry
Jeweler Jennifer Glick @Volana Kote transforms real, naturally fallen whiskers from #cats, as well as fur and the ashes of pets who have passed, into custom #memorialjewelry #catlover #catwhiskers
Niki Colemont @squirrelman is a wildlife #photographer and a survivor who fled the Rwandan genocide at just four years old, arriving in Belgium as a refugee. He finds peace today in photographing #squirrels, who he considers “the perfect models.” #photography #animals