December 2011
Written World: Winding Down →
I am getting really tired of this idea that...
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
So, I would like any person who is privileged in some way who has learned even a little bit about how to change their views toward marginalized groups and how to respectfully engage marginalized groups to raise their hand.
*raises hand*
*Raises hand*
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Dispatches From The Fridge: Last Dispatch of 2011 →
yo guys listen up
crowry:
guys there is this thing
it’s pretty great
it’s called reverse image search
see what you do is you go here
and you drag your unsourced image and drop it into the search bar
like wow what a hot piece of art, how am i ever going to find the source for this with my unlimited internet resources! i guess i will just not even try!!!!
no.
drag that shit and drop it as instructed.
...
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Things I realized re-watching Granada Holmes
1) A disproportionate number of male Sherlock Holmes villains get done in because they assume a woman they’ve treated like shit won’t turn on them.
2) The canon had a femme fatale already, which was why the Granada writers felt no need to remake Irene Adler to fit that stereotype. They just adapted the story with Isadora Klein. This sort of sense, using what’s actually there...
I am falling in love with Kyle Rayner.
darkestelemental616:
Slowly but surely, I am growing to love his character in ways I had never thought possible.
Much like the Robins in terms of Dick Grayson, Hal Jordan was always my Green Lantern. Coming back into comics years after the fact left me with no Hal Jordan at all and three utter strangers.
I hated them all on principle.
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“Well, I’ve changed the course of music five or six times. What have you done...”
– Miles Davis to Nancy Reagan at a White House dinner in 1987 after she’d inquired as to what he’d done with his life to merit an invitation. source (via marxisforbros)
Eh this is completely wrong. He was actually quite fond of the Reagans. It was at a White House dinner however. Here is what...
How to play the Granada Holmes Drinking Game:
supersonicbionic:
Take a sip for the intro, because goddamn, is that intro ever fucking beautiful.
Take a sip from your drink every time Holmes is needlessly dramatic. (Ex: Leaping from his seat at the dinner table to pose by the fireplace)
Take a sip from your drink every time outrageous facial hair comes on screen (this only counts for the first appearance of its outrageousness)
Take a sip...
Greg Lestrade is actually the combination of two...
leftinstitches:
People have been saying that the first name Greg isn’t canon. In all actuality there are two detective inspectors in the books, DI Gregson and DI Lestrade. BBC/Moffat/Gatiss combined the two characters to create Greg Lestrade.
And aren’t we glad? Just look at that silver fox!
I’m with you that cutting out Gregson is probably where they got the first name, and we...
“The default psychological state of the Right has always been paranoia. Right...”
– Going Joad (via azspot)
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“No wonder some women are unconsciously passive aggressive when expressing anger,...”
– Why Women Aren’t Crazy (via lagrandefille)
I hate when people claim that women are crazy or complicated or don’t know what they want because fuck you. When a woman is vocal about her opinions, desires, feelings, you call her a bitch or crazy or hysterical. Women have been taught that the only way...
I think I'm cursed.
My first career field was in Aviation, an industry that’s pretty much down to the bare bones due to the security regulations enacted after 9/11. My second one is in the IT industry, which will be mutilated beyond all recognition post-SOPA. I expect I’ll have to cross-train again, but I’m afraid if I go to motor pool we’ll all suddenly stop driving.
Thought of the Day
fyeahlilbitoeverything:
speedforceorg:
Does anyone else find it odd that the same Geoff Johns who wrote Ignition to demonstrate why the Flash shouldn’t be slow, decompressed and dark, would go on to write such slow, decompressed and dark stories as Flash: Rebirth, The Dastardly Death of the Rogues (which at least wasn’t so dark, but was definitely decompressed), The Road to Flashpoint and...
“When we consider the myriad school shootings that have occurred between ...”
– Michael Kimmel: Men, Masculinity, and the Rape Culture (via mollay)
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The Only Celebrity Interview You'll Ever Need to... →
lankyguy:
threestories:
Here is where I write a generic post-ironic comment vehemently agreeing, as well as a pithy insight about the banality of pop culture intended to distract you from the fact that I read all this crap daily anyway.
Spot on. Makes me glad I rarely read those kinds of interviews, not from any point of insight, but I just don’t care about celebrities. I’m too...
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“Another important factor has been the rise of consumerism among children in...”
– When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink?
White people don't want to believe that pure... →
paradiscacorbasi:
dingane1:
howtobenoladarling:
knowapower:
amouthygirl:
lasteclipse:
For real. Bring it up. Watch the reactions.
This link is one of the most exciting things that has happened to me today.
Interesting, I find it funny that people who live outside of Europe yet who are European in heritage have grown to disregard this.
um black historians been saying this shit for...
“And now for a real world example and a demonstration of why my friends are...”
– Caphesuada, “Girls are not like apples and other hard facts about the world,” Social Justice League
the-houxbois-academy:
All I’m saying is that if you think using a muslim artist’s work without their permission to post anti-islamic bigotry is a thing that shouldn’t be happening, you might want to let those responsible know.
Oh my god. I just… Oh my god. “I know, I’m gonna take someone’s art, and write over the face of it how it makes me uncomfortable but...
2011 is almost over. Inbox me something you've... →
Midwest Mountain Mama: Why the Internet Matters... →
blackamazon:
I can ignore you.
I can for the most part block you or avoid you.
If I am pseudonymous and reasonably good with protecting my identity , the average imposing ” nice white liberal”has no recourse against me.
IF I am not a cyber community with varying resources and distances…
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tall, dark, and bishoujo.: are we still on this... →
talldarkbishoujo:
Regarding this financial aid wank going around my dash:
I’ve worked in FA off and on for like, the last 5 or so years (most recently as an FA counselor at a for-profit, at least until I moved back east and became funemployed) and quite honestly the average person has no fucking clue how higher ed…