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tealin: The Glorious 25th of May (from 2006) oh my gods...

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:33:08 -0400

The Glorious 25th of May

(from 2006)

oh my gods that’s nobby nobbs isn’t it AND THE HIPPOS ON THE FLAG

twin-city-ankh-and-morpork: (x) “Don’t put your trust in...

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:08:33 -0400

(x)

“Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions. People die, and nothing changes.”

- Terry Pratchett, “Night Watch”

tealin: Fun fact: the beets are painted with actual beet...

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:37:21 -0400

tealin:

Fun fact: the beets are painted with actual beet juice.

If you have a pie crust recipe and a cheese substitute you can easily make this vegan.

I just got an enormous wave of nostalgia and an enormous wave of hunger at the same time.

Nothing is true, everything is permitted. Finished AC1 last...

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:54:00 -0400

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

Finished AC1 last night. Great game. Thought Altair’d make a great model for action pose practice *_*

portraits of my space wife staring into the middle distance,...

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:14:00 -0400

portraits of my space wife staring into the middle distance, volume 17 (subtitle: lopsided faces)

speaking of which this looks pretty great if you look at it from the middle distance

“‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women, Cattle and Slaves’ Narrative” by Kameron Hurley â A Dribble of Ink

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:56:58 -0400

“‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women, Cattle and Slaves’ Narrative” by Kameron Hurley â A Dribble of Ink:

komiyan:

coelasquid:

I’m going to tell you a story about llamas. It will be like every other story you’ve ever heard about llamas: how they are covered in fine scales; how they eat their young if not raised properly; and how, at the end of their lives, they hurl themselves – lemming-like- over cliffs to drown in the surging sea. They are, at heart, sea creatures, birthed from the sea, married to it like the fishing people who make their livelihood there.

This kind of reminds me of a thing I talked about on a character design panel I did once, separating what you think you know from what you know you know.

Very interesting, and very much worth a read for any writers/creators out there.

Ah! I’m glad I found it - I had the article open in a tab, wanted to reblog it.

Why Do Men Keep Putting Me in the Girlfriend-Zone?

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:21:00 -0400

Why Do Men Keep Putting Me in the Girlfriend-Zone?:

You know how it is, right, ladies? You know a guy for a while. You hang out with him. You do fun things with him—play video games, watch movies, go hiking, go to concerts. You invite him to your parties. You listen to his problems. You do all this because you think he wants to be your friend.

But then, then comes the fateful moment where you find out that all this time, he’s only seen you as a potential girlfriend. And then if you turn him down, he may never speak to you again. This has happened to me time after time: I hit it off with a guy, and, for all that I’ve been burned in the past, I start to think that this one might actually care about me as a person. And then he asks me on a date.

I tell him how much I enjoy his company, how much I value his friendship. I tell him that I really want to be his friend and to continue hanging out with him and talking about our favorite books or exploring new restaurants or making fun of avant-garde theatre productions. But he rejects me. He doesn’t answer my calls or e-mails; if we’d been making plans to do something before this fateful incident, these plans mysteriously fail to materialize. (This is why I never did get around to seeing the Hunger Games movie. Not to name any names, but thanks a lot, Tom.) Later, when I run into him at social events, our conversations are awkward and lukewarm. This is because the moment we met, he put me in the girlfriend-zone, and now he can’t see me as friend material.

I must say that I find this really unfair. I mean, I’m a nice girl. I have a lot to offer as a friend, like not being a douchebag and stuff. But males just don’t want to be friends with nice girls like me. They can’t help it, I guess; it’s just how they’re wired, biologically. Evolution conditioned our male hominid ancestors to seek nice girls as mates and form friendship bonds only with the other dudes that they hunted mammoths with. It’s true—I know this because I studied hominids in my fifth-grade science class.

So what’s the answer? Should I take up mammoth-hunting in an attempt to appeal to the friendship centers of men’s primal lizardbrains? Should I keep making guy “friends” and then prevent them from making a move on me by subtly undermining their self-confidence? Should I just give up on those manipulative, game-playing, two-faced bastards once and for all? I don’t know. I mean, I’d really like to have a true friendship with a guy someday, but it’s so hard to trust and respect them when they never say what they mean—and you never know when you might be relegated to the girlfriend-zone.

source: literaryreference

i find it amusing how Strong Black Tea and Brandy are of similar coloring i find this amusing...

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:34:12 -0400

i find it amusing how Strong Black Tea and Brandy are of similar coloring

i find this amusing because i just stored my iced tea in an empty brandy bottle

invaderxan: Take the nerd power back! Rachel Edidin, editor...

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:40:00 -0400

invaderxan:

Take the nerd power back!

Rachel Edidin, editor of Dark Horse Comics staged a revolution to try and usurp the so-called “idiot nerd girl” meme. I find this delightful.

Extreme pixie rock hard, baby.: tHREE HUNDRED (AND tHREE) FOLLOWER GIVEAWAy

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:26:09 -0400

Extreme pixie rock hard, baby.: tHREE HUNDRED (AND tHREE) FOLLOWER GIVEAWAy:

mervall:

Okay so I’m in a whole raving shit ton of fandoms and people follow me for like a bunch of different reasons so it was really difficult to work out what sort of thing I should give away because I like everything right?

then it occurred to me who the fuck cares what I like this is about what…

AM I EVEN ELIGIBLE FOR THIS OR AM I DISQUALIFIED

in any case ilu lady you are the coolest

other-wordly: pronunciation | ‘os-tra-“nen-E note | generally...

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:09:22 -0400

other-wordly:

pronunciation | ‘os-tra-“nen-E
note | generally used as an art term
Russian | остранение

Anna this is you

men, you walk a little taller when women tell you you’re hot because that is saying i and...

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:53:57 -0400

men, you walk a little taller when women tell you you’re hot because that is saying

i and women like me might be available to you

women are afraid or angry when told they are hot by men because that is saying

i might just avail myself of you

it’s the same words but the context that women are considered prizes to be conquered by men makes it mean something totally different

"I wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy. But..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:27:00 -0400

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I wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy. But it is one I am very happy that I made. My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don’t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer.

It is reassuring that they see nothing that makes them uncomfortable. They can see my small scars and that’s it. Everything else is just Mommy, the same as she always was. And they know that I love them and will do anything to be with them as long as I can. On a personal note, I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.

”

- ANGELINA JOLIE

This is the important thing.

(via piratesherlyholmes)

sad-teeth: So today Angelina Jolie had double mastectomy,...

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:10:06 -0400

sad-teeth:

So today Angelina Jolie had double mastectomy, which is the removal of one’s breasts, to prevent Breast cancer. So instead of praising Angelina on her bravery, men on Twitter decided to ridicule her, even calling her stupid for removing her breasts. For those of you on Tumblr that are attacking Feminists about being delusional about sexism against women and misogyny here’s your fucking proof that sexism and misogyny exists.

That is some depressing ass shit.

brandy with a few drops of honey in it sweet ambrosia from heaven

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:37:00 -0400

brandy with a few drops of honey in it

sweet ambrosia from heaven

the trouble with ebook readers is that if you spy somebody...

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:01:32 -0400

the trouble with ebook readers is that if you spy somebody reading a good book on the bus it’s less like ‘hey i saw your book cover i like that book too’ and more like ‘hey so i was creepin’ on your book…’

Photo

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:51:02 -0400

WIPs…

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:11:23 -0400

WIPs…

stonelions: Lady Zaeed just wouldn’t be very lady-like so uh,...

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:42:49 -0400

stonelions:

Lady Zaeed just wouldn’t be very lady-like so uh, she pretty much. Just looks like Zaeed.

I tried guys. Maybe she’d cougar on Manranda, would that make it better?

SCREECHING

stonelions: The genderbending continues, this time with...

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:40:59 -0400

stonelions:

The genderbending continues, this time with objectification. Face forward, Manranda, you are distracting the entire squad.

Except for Garrus.

hi stonelions i might be pawing through your ME tag also this is the best

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tealin: The Glorious 25th of May (from 2006) oh my gods...

twin-city-ankh-and-morpork: (x) “Don’t put your trust in...

tealin: Fun fact: the beets are painted with actual beet...

Nothing is true, everything is permitted. Finished AC1 last...

portraits of my space wife staring into the middle distance,...

“‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women, Cattle and Slaves’ Narrative” by Kameron Hurley â A Dribble of Ink

Why Do Men Keep Putting Me in the Girlfriend-Zone?

i find it amusing how Strong Black Tea and Brandy are of similar coloring i find this amusing...

invaderxan: Take the nerd power back! Rachel Edidin, editor...

Extreme pixie rock hard, baby.: tHREE HUNDRED (AND tHREE) FOLLOWER GIVEAWAy

other-wordly: pronunciation | ‘os-tra-“nen-E note | generally...

men, you walk a little taller when women tell you you’re hot because that is saying i and...

"I wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy. But..."

sad-teeth: So today Angelina Jolie had double mastectomy,...

brandy with a few drops of honey in it sweet ambrosia from heaven

the trouble with ebook readers is that if you spy somebody...

Photo

WIPs…

stonelions: Lady Zaeed just wouldn’t be very lady-like so uh,...

stonelions: The genderbending continues, this time with...

“‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women, Cattle and Slaves’ Narrative” by Kameron Hurley â A Dribble of Ink