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barleytea: silly warm up, it was fun!

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:20:05 -0400

barleytea:

silly warm up, it was fun!

suicideblonde: Anne Hathaway

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:53:28 -0400

suicideblonde:

Anne Hathaway

A female mentor would have been very valuable for a young...

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:19:21 -0400

A female mentor would have been very valuable for a young Veronica, who was bursting with potential - yet vulnerable, like a fawn in the woods. But tough, like a fawn in the woods with a machine gun.

"As unbelievable as [White Dude Super Detective (WDSD)] characters are, they would become infinitely..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:06 -0400

“

As unbelievable as [White Dude Super Detective (WDSD)] characters are, they would become infinitely more so if their race or gender were changed. In The Mentalist, WDSD Patrick Jane once grifted clients as a fake psychic, but now works as a hard-to-control resource for the California Bureau of Investigations. What if the Jane character were a Latino ex-grifter? Would his arrogance and propensity for sneaking into suspect’s homes and accusing wealthy businessmen of impropriety read as quirky and charming? Would anyone believe that a police force would allow such behavior? Could the Scotland Yard of fantasy be down with a coke-addicted black Sherlock—no matter how clever?

The San Francisco police department abides Adrian Monk’s obsessive-compulsive disorder, as the FBI allows Perception’s Dr. Daniel Pierce to assist on cases, despite his unmedicated schizophrenia and paranoia, which results in hallucinations. Could a black woman be cast in those roles to the same effect? I submit, that even in the fictional worlds of literature and television, race and gender matter. Belief can only be suspended so far. And this archetype is reliant on power that comes with white maleness in American society.

”

- Tamara Winfrey Harris | Privilege And The White Dude Super-Detective (via trollny-stark)

#i still remember bossymarmalade and glockgal’s deconstruction of white privilege in supernatural #and how dean and sam worked so well #because no one ever questioned white dudes #even when they were sketchy as fuck #and then glockgal drew racebent spn comics #where sam and dean really had to work to be able to be hunters #because they couldn’t just get away with fake IDs now that they weren’t white anymore #it was so amazing #i would’ve watched THAT show forever

(via ave-atque-vale)

This. This. And This.
(via bana05)

gq: Ellie Kemper Asks: Can Men Be Funny? “Reading a chapter...

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:48:21 -0400

gq:

Ellie Kemper Asks: Can Men Be Funny?

“Reading a chapter from Warren Buffett’s Tap Dancing to Work the other day, I was surprised to find myself chuckling out loud. Now this guy is kind of funny, I thought to myself as I turned the page and grabbed another Danish. This guy is kind of making me laugh. And those thoughts that I had quietly, in my head, to myself, made me realize just how rarely I do have those thoughts in my head. And that thought led me to another thought, which was: why is that? Why, on the whole, are men just not that funny?”

Read On: Can Men Be Funny? A scientific-y investigation

"At 7:35 A.M, you lay your tired body on mine before peeling off, like a slow band-aid. At 8:40 you..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:41:00 -0400

“

At 7:35 A.M, you lay your tired body on mine
before peeling off, like a slow band-aid.

At 8:40 you sprint home and make instant coffee.

At 9:45 we finally drink it, cold.
I finish your leftover half.

By 10:50 you are already breathless.
I live for every time we overlap.

When 11:55 comes I spend the entire minute convincing you to stay.
You never do.

By noon I put my hands on your shoulders and say, “Baby,
you’re getting thin. All this running in circles and barely sitting down to eat.”

At 1:05 you tell me that while you were gone,
15,300 babies were born.

At 2:10 you don’t say a word,
just come in and kiss me for sixty seconds straight.

At 3:15 we sit quiet, listening to rain falling everywhere
in the world at once: all 15,000 tons.

At 4:20 we pull a little from the tight joint I keep behind your ear.
You do not inhale.

At 5:25 you meet me for happy hour.
My neck already salted, a lime wedged in my teeth,
a shot of tequila sitting on the bar.

At 6:30 I hear the ticking.
I count your heartbeat like seconds between thunderclaps.

By 7:35 I can see you in the distance,
each second a tease until you drape over me.
We always love quick and you never let me hold you.
I dream of drinking you through a straw.

At 8:40 you watch my beard grow 0.00027 of an inch.

At 9:45 we do not speak.
Too many people have died since we last met.

At 10:50 we pray for a meteor,
at least a clumsy kid to spill sugar in our gears.

11:55 is my favorite.
We’re only apart for mere minutes.

But at midnight you’ll apologize sixty times
because it will always be like this.

At 1:04 AM I am already sleeping.
It’s exhausting loving someone
who is constantly running away.

”

- Megan Falley, What the Hour Hand said to the Minute Hand (via weaverofstars)

koboldfacedlie: “One of the most fascinating archeological...

Sat, 11 May 2013 21:02:48 -0400

1. Onfim the Warrior

2. Onfim the Beast

3. Onfim's Friends and Family

4. People

5. More people

6. Battle Scenes

7. Yet more battle scenes

8. More people

9. Onfin and his badass dad

koboldfacedlie:

“One of the most fascinating archeological finds in Russia has been the discovery of hundreds of “birchbark documents” (messages written on the bark of birch trees with a sharp stylus) that were created from the 11th to the 15th century.

The birchbark documents of Novgorod are a major source for information about life in Medieval Novgorod because they are not the writings of church theologians or political leaders, but rather, personal messages, IOUs, love letters, shopping lists, and so on. One of the most fascinating items, in my mind, is a collection of children’s drawings that have been unearthed.

Children’s drawings in the Middle Ages?! Even if such things were created in period, how could they have survived to the present day? After all, finger paints, magic markers, and crayons were not yet in use, paper was far too valuable of a commodity to waste on children, and refrigerator doors were unavailable for the display of Junior’s artistic genius. Most of the products of childhood inspiration probably were expressed on the ephemeral canvas of dirt or sand.

But birchbark was a different story. The bark was widely available (although there are indications that excessive use of the medium caused a decline in the local birch population) and easily cultivated. Anyone could use it. When one was finished with the message, it was simply thrown into the mud, where the presence of water and clay created an unusually bacteria-free environment which preserved the documents. So, we have the ideal medium: cheap, easy to come by, and (thanks to unique geology) preserved for hundreds of years.

The drawings from Novgorod that we have found appear to all come from a Russian boy named Onfim, who lived at the end of the twelfth century or beginning of the thirteenth century in the city of Novgorod. By the estimate of the archaeologists who unearthed his works, he was around seven years old at the time that he made these drawings.

Onfim was being taught to write, but he was obviously restless with his lessons and when he could get away with it, he intermixed his assignments with doodlings. In this first example, he started to write out the first eleven letters of the alphabet in the upper right corner, but got bored and drew a picture of himself as a grown-up warrior impaling an enemy with his spear. To remove any doubt about the identity of the warrior, he even labeled the person on the horse as “Onfim.”

Fantasies of becoming a mighty warrior were not the only things that Onfim thought up though. In another example, he took the piece of bark that he was practicing on (left), turned it over (right), and drew a picture of himself disguised as a wild beast (which he identified by writing “I am a wild beast” [Ia zver’] over it). The beast, with its long tongue (or fiery breath), is apparently still a friendly beast as it is carrying a sign that reads “Greetings from Onfim to Danilo” [Poklon ot Onfima ko Danile]. Danilo (i.e., Daniel) was probably a friend, perhaps even a schoolmate sitting next to Onfim.

Onfim liked to draw people and while his artistic aptitude may have been lacking, he was prolific.”

source: http://www.goldschp.net/SIG/onfim/onfim.html

suicide club: obscenepromqueen: National Institute of Mental Health abandoning the...

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:24:40 -0400

suicide club: obscenepromqueen: National Institute of Mental Health abandoning the...:

obscenepromqueen:

National Institute of Mental Health abandoning the DSM

hobbitdragon:

In a potentially seismic move, the National Institute of Mental Health - the world’s biggest mental health research funder, has announced only two weeks before the launch of the DSM-5 diagnostic manual that it will be “re-orienting its research away from DSM categories”. In the announcement, NIMH Director Thomas Insel says the DSM lacks validity and that “patients with mental disorders deserve better”.

WOW WOW WOW YESSSSSSSSS

well that was unexpected.

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Wed, 08 May 2013 16:22:11 -0400

The first two lines of 30 Rock.

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:21:49 -0400

The first two lines of 30 Rock.

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Sun, 05 May 2013 23:20:02 -0400

zoro4rk: The first one was a little bit too much, so I removed...

Sun, 05 May 2013 10:06:14 -0400

zoro4rk:

The first one was a little bit too much, so I removed some of the pokémon (original post)
Graveyard Pokémon ver. 2

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Sat, 04 May 2013 09:20:20 -0400

baejk: oogie boogie

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:29:26 -0400

baejk:

oogie boogie

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Fri, 03 May 2013 18:08:12 -0400

jcstearns: Dear LEGO - Take the Street Harassment Out of Your...

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:01:14 -0400

jcstearns:

Dear LEGO - Take the Street Harassment Out of Your Stickers

My son is just getting into Legos, so I thought he’d love these stickers. Then I took a closer look and saw that one of the construction workers (the only one wearing “cool” sunglasses) was labeled “Hey Babe!”

I was stunned. Maybe it’s the fact that I just saw the team at Hollaback speak this month, or maybe it is that this is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, or maybe it is just that street harassment sucks. But chances are it was all three of these things that made me so mad to see a brand I love pushing this sort of thing.

The Hollaback website notes that street harassment is the most prevalent form of sexual violence for both men and women in the United States. Internationally, they point out, “studies show that between 70-99% of women experience street harassment at some point during their lives.”

Lego hasn’t really been on a roll recently when it comes to gender and its toys. See for example this post over at Ms. Magazine that picks apart the images of beauty in Lego’s new line of toys for girls (and check out the great ad from 1981 to see how far they have fallen).

Needless to say, I didn’t buy the stickers.

(UPDATE: LEGO has responded to the concern over these stickers - Read more)

racialicious: nitanahkohe: thenoobyorker: From...

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:01:24 -0400

racialicious:

nitanahkohe:

thenoobyorker:

From Facebook: Happy May Day, Seattle! — at De Acción Nacional Pro-Reforma Migratoria/National Day for Immigration Reform.

BOOM!

aloverthatsighs: This body of work is an exploration of the...

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:57:02 -0400

aloverthatsighs:

This body of work is an exploration of the extent of cultural appropriation and encourages a discussion about it. I give the appropriator and the appropriated the opportunity to defend themselves and create a dialogue between them, while maintaining a neutral stance myself. I am not attacking those who appropriate, merely educating and creating awareness. I’m also exploring appropriation myself, and discovering the carying degrees of it within this visual conversation.

I’d like to make this a long term exploration, with a lot more participants as a form of generation-wide debate. If you’d like to be photographed to add your point of view, please do not hesitate to pop me a message here or an email at sanaahamid@yahoo.com and we could work something out!

nymphadoralupin: i may be a little bit drunk but i know what i...

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:38:47 -0400

nymphadoralupin:

i may be a little bit drunk but i know what i gotta do

feminismissexy: Mmmmmmph

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:36:11 -0400

feminismissexy:

Mmmmmmph