this boy in my high school literally was SO quiet and never spoke and then……,…„„ he…did this
So, in the middle of everything today, we ran across a hellaciously distressed momma mallard and a bunch of her baby ducks that had fallen down a sewer grate. Another guy was already trying to fish them out, so my friend and I called animal control before we tried to fish the rest of them out. When Animal Control got there, we had all of them out and the mother duck quacking very happily. I was surprised - none of us got snapped at or hurt. I was even holding onto a bag at one point that had all of them in it and she just watched me.
I love how the duck is perched on the guy’s butt
“HOOMANS, PLEASE HALP, HOOMANS!”
petition for hank green to write a song entitled ‘benedict cumberbatch’ in which he lists all of the names we can give benedict cumberbatch and still understand that it’s benedict cumberbatch
make hank green find the thing
We [Fraction and his wife, Kelly Sue DeConnick] were pregnant at the time, and while I was out there I started to realize that if I had a daughter, there would come a day when I would have to apologize to her for my profession. I would have to apologize for the way it treats and speaks to women readers, and the way it treats its female characters.
I knew that if we had a daughter, because I know my wife and I know the kind of girl she wants to raise and I know the kind of girl I want to raise, she was going to look at what I did for a living and want to know how the fuck I could stomach it. How could I sell her out like that?” Fraction continued. “That conversation is still coming, and I’m bracing for it in the way that some dads brace for their daughter’s first date or boyfriend. I became acutely aware that I had sort of done that thing that lots of privileged hetero cisgendered white dudes do. ‘I’m cool with women, and that’s enough.’ It’s not enough. It’s embarrassing to say, because we somehow have attached shame to learning and evolving our opinions, culturally, but I became aware that there was a deficiency of and to women in my work, and all I could do at that moment was take care of my side of the street.
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| — | Writer Matt Fraction on his role on expanding the profile of female characters in the Marvel Universe. (via balphesian) |
Every time I think of the black market, I actually imagine a market, with little stalls selling illegal things like nuclear weapons and organs.
Have I ever mentioned how much I loved Tamora Pierce’s books when I was younger? No? I’m mentioning it now. Thanks to the illustrators for making reasonable and gorgeous drawings of young women! Also thanks, Tamora Pierce, for literally making me the person I am today.
-Satya
PS: You apparently visited my college the year before I started there and I’m heartbroken. Ah, well. Mastiff was beautiful.
#pissed we didn’t get more shots of this dress LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS #wizardwear fashion pls #also UGHHH FLEUR and UGHHHH FLEUR/BILL #i am all over that shit #GORGEOUS FRENCH GIRL WHO IS ALSO THE STRONGEST AND MOST CAPABLE STUDENT AT HER SCHOOL #(her co-ed school thank you VERY much) #WHO SHACKS UP WITH THE SUPER HOT ALSO CAPABLE GINGER BRITISH ~BAD BOY~ WHO BREAKS CURSES FOR A LIVING #and then isn’t even phased for a fucking second when he gets bitten by a fucking WEREWOLF #I AM BEAUTIFUL ENOUGH FOR ZE BOTH OF US I THINK #yeah girl #you go get your people don’t let his stuffy relative hold u down yeah #the realest
“What kind of bird are you?” – Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
One of the new paintings for my cinema-inspired solo show, which opens June 7th at Bottleneck Gallery! Strictly limited edition giclée prints will be available at the show and online afterwards!
Commentary.
In February, I posted two pieces in Bed-Stuy on Tompkins and Halsey. These two pieces got the most attention of any pieces I’ve put up so far. Within a few days, someone had written his response to the work directly onto the posters. From there, a woman wrote a response to him. And it went on and, on with different hand-written comments creating this kind of interesting discussion. The pieces remained up until a week or so ago, when the phallic image was drawn. That’s when I decided to try to take them down.
The “Stop Telling Women to Smile” piece remained in tact enough for me to include it in the exhibition. I thought it was important to present in the show, so that people could view these written reactions.
I love when assertive women scare men to such an extent that they have to resort to infantile shit like this.
They think it will shut women up, but it really just fuels everything further, I hope they know that.
The “devolution” of the poster is more interesting to me than the originals, which I’ve reblogged before.
The fact that a man decided to comment on the poster physically, and was the first to do so, says a lot. Whenever women defend ourselves we get these counter arguments. We get people in general, and not just men, trying to cut down our personal initiatives. And when women, like on the poster, attempt to hold a real discussion we get the brunt of the “dick solution” where we are told that we hate men, we haven’t had a “dick that was good” or we get a penis drawn on the poster meant to make a social commentary about our “place.”
I’ve reblogged the individual posters before because I understand them as a victim of the suggestions. But I’m reblogging them now to show the attempt to keep women in their societal place in our culture.
An excellent example of men not getting the point about street harassment.
“You find our unwanted projections of our opinions of you to be bothersome? Well … well … well … DICKS, THAT’S WHAT! DICKS!!!”
Serious grade-schooler shit here. Grow the fuck up.
1. Does the image show only part(s) of a sexualized person’s body?
BMW2. Does the image present a sexualized person as a stand-in for an object?
Four Loko3. Does the image show sexualized persons as interchangeable?
Mercedes Benz
4. Does the image affirm the idea of violating the bodily integrity of a sexualized person who can’t consent?
Duncan Quinn
5. Does the image suggest that sexual availability is the defining characteristic of the person?
American Apparel
6. Does the image show a sexualized person as a commodity that can be bought and sold?
Red Tape Shoes
Not sure if I’ve reblogged this before but it’s worth it if I have because so many people get this wrong.
We are the generation of nostalgia. We grew up in the age of transition. From hand-written letters to electronic mails. From film to digital. We were fascinated by new things, neglecting the way we spend our afternoons. Cupcakes and tea. Play-Doh and Polly Pockets. Young and naive. Technology completely changed the way we waited and we grew up too fast. The simple things in life seems more meaningful now. We grew up in the age of transition and have become the generation of nostalgia.
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| — | This is the best/truest thing I’ve read in so long (via thesleepingfawn) |
CERSEI LANNISTER IS NOT A CHAMPION OF FEMINISM
CERSEI LANNISTER IS THE EPITOME OF INTERNALIZED MISOGYNY
CERSEI LANNISTER EMPOWERS HERSELF BY OPPRESSING OTHER WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND PEOPLE OF LOWER CLASSES.
WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING
NO ONE THINKS CERSEI LANNISTER IS A CHAMPION OF FEMINISM
NO ONE EVER
