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perigilpin: very different characters having to work together (◡‿◡✿) learning how to work well...

Sat, 04 May 2013 02:44:17 -0400

very different characters having to work together (◡‿◡✿)

learning how to work well together and becoming best friends (◕‿◕✿)

realizing they can’t live without each other (⊙‿⊙✿)

still-sophistory: why did I think it was a good idea to wedge my bed into a corner hemmed in by...

Wed, 01 May 2013 22:05:13 -0400

still-sophistory:

why did I think it was a good idea to wedge my bed into a corner hemmed in by bookcases and bedside tables so that any attempt to wrestle the mattress off and change the sheets inevitably becomes a full-fledged aerobic workout: the musical

bombsfall: A quick editorial cartoon about the intersection of...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:54:58 -0400

bombsfall:

A quick editorial cartoon about the intersection of self-pity, entitlement, rape, territoriality, misogyny and fear of women. You see it all over the place online in the form of Men’s Rights Activists (of whom there are a few reasonable non-misogynists), Men Going Their Own Way, Pick Up Artists, and dudes touting the “Red Pill”, because The Matrix is a good movie. Look any of these up if you have the stomach for it. These are extreme examples, but watered-down forms of these ideas are everywhere.

In lurking their blogs and youtube channels for a while, I’ve noticed that beyond the standard patriarchal chauvinism there is this deep fear of women - what they will do to me, how they will reject me, how they will use me, how they are changing society in a way that does not favor me, how they are making men into something I don’t like, how they are making themselves into something I don’t like, that they won’t give me what I want, and that they won’t give me what I think is rightfully mine. This goes beyond fear of feminism- this is fear of women at its purest. And that, to quote a puppet, leads to anger and hate. It’s sad.

I am a feminist. I think there’s enough ice cream to go around, but it does mean those of us with 3 scoops might have to give one or two up. Also, The Matrix is a fun movie but probably not anything you should be basing a philosophy on.

True facts about sloths [x]

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:15:17 -0400

True facts about sloths [x]

penguinsledding: “To JK Rowling, from Cho Chang” by Rachel...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:24:48 -0400

penguinsledding:

“To JK Rowling, from Cho Chang” by Rachel Rostad

Regardless of your opinion on the Harry Potter books (I’ve been madly in love with them since way back in elementary), you should watch this video. Be sure to actually listen to the poet and not immediately jump to the defense of the books that you love. It’s okay to love something and acknowledge that it has flaws.

missturdle: believemeitsdouche: all I really want in life is a weeaboo vs anglophile death...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:00:33 -0400

missturdle:

believemeitsdouche:

all I really want in life is a weeaboo vs anglophile death match

IN THIS CORNER, ORIENTALISM AND BUTCHERED JAPANESE!

AND IN THIS CORNER, BRITISH IMPERIALISM AND BENDYDICK CUMMERBUND!

WEEABOO VS. TEABOO.

ONLY ONE CULTURAL FETISHIZE MAY LEAVE.

dignified-and-old: It’s funny how often what BBC Sherlock fans get really worked up about is what...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:58:55 -0400

dignified-and-old:

It’s funny how often what BBC Sherlock fans get really worked up about is what makes Elementary so great

“He has FEELINGS and GROWS as a PERSON? He becomes LESS RUDE to Watson and treats her like an INTELLIGENT HUMAN BEING whose company he ENJOYS and BENEFITS FROM? Ugh Americans don’t know how to make good tv”

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Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:40:50 -0400

ussawesome: when you spell a word so wrong that spell check is like i dont know what to tell u man

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:36:29 -0400

ussawesome:

when you spell a word so wrong that spell check is like i dont know what to tell u man

sailorpizza: smallnightbird: smallnightbird: New species of...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:23:40 -0400

sailorpizza:

smallnightbird:

smallnightbird:

New species of bat found, Niumbaha superba, and it’s adorable.

Oh wow! I’m glad people are as excited about animals as I am. Here’s some additional photos. Fun fact: this bat is so different from others that a new genus was created!

gimme

this is just about the cutest thing i have ever seen *o*

realitymeansnothing: wow just shows how messed up the media is...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:08:53 -0400

realitymeansnothing:

wow just shows how messed up the media is seriously

rocketmf: Prince: You rely on someone else, they’ll just let...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:53:32 -0400

rocketmf:

Prince: You rely on someone else, they’ll just let you down.
Elika: You haven’t let me down.
Prince: You haven’t known me long enough.

And then you get to the end of the game and you remember this conversation and you feel like you’ve been punched in the gut.

pugletto: jhenne-bean: minuiko: “Can you feel the love...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:42:43 -0400

pugletto:

jhenne-bean:

minuiko:

“Can you feel the love tonight” scene based loosely on/inspired by Pug’s design of human!Simba, which I really like :D

/FUCKING EXPLODES

/SCREAMING

hannahorvath: working on my cover letter

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:00:15 -0400

hannahorvath:

working on my cover letter

Courtney Milan's tumblr: Steubenville's Jane Doe asked people to do something...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:21:08 -0400

Courtney Milan's tumblr: Steubenville's Jane Doe asked people to do something...:

createourownlight:

I’ve never asked anyone to reblog anything before, and I probably won’t again. But I am now - because this matters.

The Steubenville rape victim, when offered money for her legal expenses or counselling, asked that people donated to a shelter for abused women and…

ribbu: there’s a special place in hell reserved just for me it’s called the throne

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:44:13 -0500

ribbu:

there’s a special place in hell reserved just for me

it’s called the throne

"When some cultural critics fret about the “ever-more-appalling” YA books, they aren’t trying to..."

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:57:08 -0500

“When some cultural critics fret about the “ever-more-appalling” YA books, they aren’t trying to protect African-American teens forced to walk through metal detectors on their way into school. Or Mexican-American teens enduring the culturally schizophrenic life of being American citizens and the children of illegal immigrants. Or Native American teens growing up on Third World reservations. Or poor white kids trying to survive the meth-hazed trailer parks. They aren’t trying to protect the poor from poverty. Or victims from rapists.

No, they are simply trying to protect their privileged notions of what literature is and should be.”

- Sherman Alexie, Why the Best Kids Books Are Written in Blood (via hithertokt)

"“It is a pity the young Pi was not nominated There’s not much you can do. He’s an Indian actor and..."

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:22:52 -0500

“

“It is a pity the young Pi was not nominated There’s not much you can do. He’s an Indian actor and nobody knows him so he was easily overlooked.

With peer voting, people will vote for their friends or based on their impressions. He’s a newcomer and we often said he had never acted before—that’s a disadvantage to getting nominated. But I do think his performance was the purest performance.”

”

- Taiwanese director Ang Lee noting Hollywood’s tendency to overlook Asian actors to a Chinese radio station. Ang Lee was disappointed that Suraj Sharma was not nominated for Best Actor for his performance in The Life of Pi. Lee added that he felt Irfan Khan should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor, and that Zhang Ziyi was not nominated either for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, nor were any actors nominated for Slumdog Millionaire.

What’s a guy gotta do to get an Oscar? Here’s some trivia about Sharma’s work on the film, from FirstPost.com.

Sharma beat out 4,000 other applicants (Ang Lee decided from the start the role would not be whitewashed.)

Sharma had never acted prior to this so Ang Lee assigned him a pile of homework and made him act scenes from Teneesse Williams and other playwrights just for practice.

Sharma didn’t know how to swim when he was cast for the role. When he first started out he could only hold his breath for 14 seconds. In the end he was able to go for one minute and a half.

Sharma spent most of the movie filming in a pool emoting in front of a blue screen to an invisible tiger.

Sharma lost 20% of his body weight for the role, eating a diet that mostly consisted of tuna fish, just like his character, so his ribs would show.

Sharma cut himself up frequently while working on the boat and used those injuries in his acting. He would allow himself to get flipped along with the boat.

The production was banned from speaking to Sharma. Ang Lee and Sharma agreed that he would not to talk to other people for almost two months so he would understand what isolation was like.

1. This kid is badass.

2. When white actors like Christian Bale and Leonardo DiCaprio do stuff like lose 20% of their body weight or cut themselves and keep acting everyone cheers uproariously.

3. It is weirdly dismissive when films about characters of color get nominated but their actors do not. Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Slumdog Millionaire, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Last Emperor, etc.

4. As FirstPost points out, a lot of the Oscar snubbed actors that people are talking about like Leonardo DiCaprio have plenty of other opportunities to star in other big movies. When is the next big project for an actor of South Asian descent coming up?

(via racebending)

rrueplumet: LES MIS: WHAT THEY WERE REALLY THINKING a ghost,...

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:53:32 -0500

rrueplumet:

LES MIS: WHAT THEY WERE REALLY THINKING
a ghost, you say, a ghost maybe - good as long as it isn’t cholera.

confusedtree: Benedict Cumberbatch is always making the sort of face I make when I look at Benedict...

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:41:21 -0500

confusedtree:

Benedict Cumberbatch is always making the sort of face I make when I look at Benedict Cumberbatch