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kateordie: gingerhaze: An assignment for Advanced Digital! We...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:40:15 -0400

gingerhaze:

An assignment for Advanced Digital! We were supposed to make a gif portrait of a historical figure. I chose Julie d’Aubigny, 17th century swordsmaster and opera singer, responsible for the deaths of at least ten men in duels, and openly bisexual. After her lover was placed into a convent by the girl’s parents, d’Aubigny took the vows to enter the convent as a novice, then rescued her lover and set the convent on fire to cover their escape. Dang.

Noelle, I’m available for marriage.

livelongandbiteme: dontblinktheangelshavecamelot: Look! There...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:39:51 -0400

livelongandbiteme:

dontblinktheangelshavecamelot:

Look! There was a fan fiction article in today’s Washington Express (a free daily I newspaper put out by the Washington Post in Washington DC)

Link to the article online

Article credit, Beth Marlowe (Express)
Art credit, Patrick Leger (For Express)

“DAMMIT JIM”

"They always show the guys shouting “Death to America!!” Just once I wish the media would show us, I..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:36:50 -0400

“They always show the guys shouting “Death to America!!” Just once I wish the media would show us, I don’t know, baking a cookie. I’ve been to Iran, we have cookies, I swear. Just once, I want the media to be like, “Okay, we’re going to go to Mohammed in Iran” and then a guy would appear like “Hello, I’m Mohammed… and I’m just baking a cookie.””

- Maz Jobrani, an Iranian-American, on the way Middle Easterners are depicted in mainstream media. (via yourfriendlycomrade)

getoffmybloghoe: when you lose your phone in the blanket and you just

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:35:06 -0400

getoffmybloghoe:

when you lose your phone in the blanket and you just

Quill&Ink Cafe: Story Planning

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:33:49 -0400

Quill&Ink Cafe: Story Planning:

alexpowell-writer:

I used to think that story planning was just sequencing events one after another, writing down the order on a sheet of paper or a word doc.

It really isn’t.

Story planning is three or even four dimensional. Think of how a play in a theatre or a movie works. Your characters are moving around in a…

graciekane: Lord of the Rings illustrations | Magali...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:19:44 -0400

graciekane:

Lord of the Rings illustrations | Magali Villeneuve

jenyockney: A little UK bi history timeline from “Getting Bi in...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:19:22 -0400

jenyockney:

A little UK bi history timeline from “Getting Bi in a Gay / Straight World”, which you can get as real live inky bi booklet from BiPhoria

"I went in and auditioned for it and met him in person. And he kept on making me read all of these..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:14:21 -0400

“I went in and auditioned for it and met him in person. And he kept on making me read all of these other characters. I said, “Peter, I’m really flattered, but I would give all of your interest up in any of these other characters and sort of throw the bet all on the one I really want to play, which is the dragon.” He’s like, “Oh, no, no. It’s in the bag, mate. You nailed that audition.” I said, “Really?” He said, “He totally got what we want from you and that’s very exciting, but you could possibly be three or four other parts.” I was like, “What?””

- Benedict on his “Smaug” audition (x)

whenthefirenationattacks: archiemcphee: These awesome photos,...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:12:09 -0400

whenthefirenationattacks:

archiemcphee:

These awesome photos, in which rolling waves appear to be both perfectly frozen in time and miraculously made solid, are the work of French photographer Pierre Carreau.

Carreau “shoots waves with a variety of high speed cameras using various macro and wide angle lenses, capturing water shapes that appear more sculptural than liquid.”

Visit his Pierre Carreau’s website to view many more examples of his amazing work. He also offers prints of some of his images via Clic Gallery.

[via Colossal]

neilpatrickharry: pancakebatters: I just find it hilarious that eurovision was invented because...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:11:14 -0400

neilpatrickharry:

pancakebatters:

I just find it hilarious that eurovision was invented because europe was like “no more war guys, fight it out through songs”

i find it hilarious that it worked

mymindpalaceisatardis: pizza: an epic trilogy I would lick...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:10:58 -0400

mymindpalaceisatardis:

pizza:

an epic trilogy

I would lick his face

too-precious-for-this-w0rld: demeaniac: i-do-not-know-anymore: ...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:09:07 -0400

too-precious-for-this-w0rld:

demeaniac:

i-do-not-know-anymore:

floridahzn:

shychemist:

demeaniac:

I may be cool on the internet but IRL I’m a total failure

Replace flirt with just about any means of social interaction and GPOY.

…so is anyone gonna ship Online X IRL?

… well, NOW I am! Butthead!

…sue me.

tumblr: where you can ship your online and irl self and no one thinks your insane

tyleroakley: buzzfeed: George Takei responds to “traditional”...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:08:45 -0400

tyleroakley:

buzzfeed:

George Takei responds to “traditional” marriage fans.

George Takei is flawfree.

vegansanfrancishet: So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:07:51 -0400

vegansanfrancishet:

So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these days. I also work as a barista/cashier pretty regularly these days. A few weeks back, I had a customer come in, a fairly typical, sheltered, suburban soccer mom, and she ordered a latte from me. She saw my brightly colored nails and said, “Wow, you’re so brave! My son asked me about painting his nails, and if it’s okay for boys to do that. Now I’ll tell him there’s a cool guy who does it too!” It was a nice moment, very cute.

Then, last week, she came in again, and said, “Hey, I’m so glad you’re here! I want you to meet someone!” She then brings her son forward, and says, “Okay sweetie, show him what you did!” And he throws his hands up, showing off his bright, sparkling blue nails. He shows them off, and I show mine off to him. He smiles. We fist bump.

Guys, I’ve only wanted to cry once at work before, and that was when someone ordered a large dry soy cappuccino on ice.

This time, though. This was a good cry.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 23:06:43 -0400

valeria2067: iamnerd01000101: theblueboxonbakerstreet: THIS...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:06:21 -0400

valeria2067:

iamnerd01000101:

theblueboxonbakerstreet:

THIS SCENE WAS LITERALLY THE TEXTBOOK DEFINITION

#you know it’s bad when you’re less progressive than a show from the 60’s

that ran through my head when I saw this scene, seriously…

My thought, too. Then I figured that perhaps this was for all of the dudebros who were panicking about their sexuality because of Benedict Cumberbatch. They could blame those awkward boners on Miss Eve, instead.

the Rumblr: “Women are bitches,” says a young man as he sits down. Apparently a...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:04:49 -0400

the Rumblr: “Women are bitches,” says a young man as he sits down. Apparently a...:

therumpus:

“Women are bitches,” says a young man as he sits down. Apparently a woman at the bar wouldn’t give him her number. He’s talking to the man sitting on his left in spite of the fact that I am sitting two feet to his right and at the same table.

I’ve spent the last couple months in the company of writers, mostly poets, mostly men. I am growing weary. The group I hang with is large and fluid—I’m not naming names, not pointing fingers, I like these people—and yet an issue I cannot ignore has begun to emerge: when it comes to many of the men in the company, mid-thirties and younger, making conversation, even with women present (older, younger, students, professionals, I’m a grandmother for Christ’s sake), the topics frequently revolve around who is sleeping with whom, which female is more fuckable, which poop or dog-cum reference is the funniest, and what is the latest text from “the Korean girlfriend.”

KMA Sullivan’s Women are Bitches, up today on The Rumpus.

deauthier: In La Femme à Paris the author Octave Uzanne dubbed...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:48:15 -0400

deauthier:

In La Femme à Paris the author Octave Uzanne dubbed a woman’s clothing ‘her offensive armour’ - but, in reality, fashion seldom offers protection from the violence of the modern world. The clothing adopted when a woman is at her most vulnerable to attack - the heels, furs and jewels of evening attire - actively works against the idea of self-preservation.
Nick Knight sought to challenge this: born from a desire to protect his own two teenage daughters and inspired by the ‘Slutwalk’ movement of women reclaiming the right to dress as they wish without being seen to invite attack, Knight decided to address the notion of self-defence through a fashion shoot. For this, he chose to collaborate with two much-celebrated and empowered female fashion figures - model Lara Stone, and stylist Carine Roitfeld - to redefine the notion of ‘Power Dressing’ for the twenty-first century.
Specially trained for this shoot in the techniques of Krav Maga, a self-defence system developed by the Israeli Defence Forces, Stone defends herself in a series of scenarios whilst modelling a selection of Spring/Summer 2012’s finest fashions, selected by Roitfeld and captured by Knight in stills for V magazine and on fashion film for SHOWstudio. These films serve two functions - showcasing next season’s key styles, and offering instruction to women, a high-fashion ‘how to’ of self-defence.
Pushing the boundaries of fashion editorial beyond aesthetic, and countering the ‘Brutal Chic’ of violent fashion imagery that dominated in the seventies, Knight, Roitfeld and Stone offer a true vision of ‘Power Dressing’ for a modern and truly powerful woman.

Krav Maga - Knife Threat to Body: Prada - Lara Stone and Nick Knight.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 22:41:43 -0400

tyleroakley: (via “HOW I BROKE MY BODY”)

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:01 -0400

tyleroakley:

(via “HOW I BROKE MY BODY”)