May 2013
12 posts
The Hawkeye Initiative: Special Guest Edition: The... →
thehawkeyeinitiative:
I recently received an email from an anonymous fan sharing how she pulled a Hawkeye Initiative themed prank on her CEO to illustrate a problem with some artwork. My personal compliments to her and her accomplice on a mission well done; they perfectly took they perfectly took the concept of The…
This is brilliant.
With all due respect to Disney Princesses, this is... →
Austin photographer Jaime Moore has recently celebrated her daughter’s fifth birthday. Wanting to do a creative shoot for Emma’s 5 year pictures, Jamie searched the web for some creative inspiratio…
seananmcguire:
thepioden:
hair-old-styles:
harrystyies:
What if oxygen is poisonous and it just takes 75-100 years to kill us?
My science teacher said he thinks that’s true actually
Yeah this is actually pretty much exactly what is going on. It’s why anti-oxidants are such a big deal. Bonus fact: oxygen oxidizes stuff in your cells or, in other words, it’s not toxic, just setting you on...
“The benefits of feminine privilege include having men pay for your drinks and...”
– Five Stupid Things About the Men’s Rights Movement - YouTube (via brute-reason)
Seanan's Tumblr: Seanan writes GLEE, world ends... →
seananmcguire:
So basically I got asked…
thestaticinhersmile asked: Well that just have me the terrifying concept of “what if Seanan wrote Glee.” Even if half the cast got eaten by zombies I’d still take it over the current writing…
I would be amazing as the head writer for Glee.
For one thing, after…
“The “end of a world” never is and never can be anything but the end of an...”
– René Guénon, The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times. 1945 (via denisforkas)
TELL THAT TO PLUTO YOU BASTARDS (via matociquala)
April 2013
17 posts
30 Days Of Sexism | Kotaku Australia →
wilwheaton:
thisfeliciaday:
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF A WOMAN IN GAMES AND/OR ON YOUTUBE!
Outraged comments from men who live their lives on the lowest difficulty setting in 3…2…
Reading the article just makes me feel so tired. So much stupidity and so little self-awareness…
Kyle Cassidy's Image Stream: Feminism, design,... →
kylecassidy:
What we talk about when we talk about pockets. Please feel free to share if you know people who’d benefit from the discussion. A few weeks ago Trillian and I were out somewhere and she asked “Oooh, can I get a cup of coffee?” and I thought “why are you asking me? You don’t need permission.” But…
YES.
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Seanan's Tumblr: Why Bond villains don't have... →
seananmcguire:
*bad guy turns around, cat in arms*
“Well, Mr. Bond. We meet again. But this time it is—”
*Maine Coon decides to flop on its back, revealing fuzzy belly, hitting bad guy in the nose with two-foot tail in the process*
“—oof, ack, dammit, Mr. Deathfang. Ahem. As I was saying, we meet—”
*Maine…
“It is a sign of my general blahs at my husband’s absence that I went for the...”
– Ursula Vernon (via fuckyeahursulavernon)
“Online discussion of sexism or misogyny quickly results in disproportionate...”
– Anita’s Irony is an Internet Law stated by Joseph Reagle (via femfreq)
melthedestroyer:
I just remembered that the Shadow Unit fandom actually had a term for the much less eloquent “ALL THE FEELS”
ECR, motherfuckers
March 2013
18 posts
Assassin's Rede
Sam: Hey hey hey I have a joke
Sam: What do you call it when Altair gets sick?
Knotta: what?
Sam: ASSASSIN'S CRUD
Jim: saM NO
Sam: OH YES
Sam: And when he has sex? ASSASSINS BREED
Jim: what do you call it when Altair tells vulgar jokes? ASSASSIN'S CRUDE
Sam: And when he's a smart aleck?
series: :|
Sam: A SASSY CREED
Jim: and then he has to travel on horseback
Jim: ASSASSIN'S STEED
Sam: And his favourite necklace
Sam: ASSASSIN'S BEADS
Jim: and when he had to stop off to use the bathroom
Jim: ASSASSIN'S PEED
series: I'm done with all of you
Jim: and when he wants to get drunk
Jim: ASSASSIN'S MEAD
Mage: when he's angry he's ASSASSIN'S TEE'D :|
Jim: and when he makes bread
Jim: ASSASSIN'S KNEAD
Jim: and when he goes to visit scandinavia
Jim: ASSASSIN'S SWEDE
Sam: AND HIS TUMBLR IS
Sam: ASSASSIN'S FEED
“Feminists do not want you to lose custody of your children. The assumption that...”
– Lindy West for Jezebel: “If I Admit That ‘Hating Men’ Is a Thing, Will You Stop Turning It Into a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?” (via lauratheoutlandish)
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Watchfluffyismyname:
andrewducote:
sararye:
AND THAT IS HOW YOU USE AN EFFECTS PEDAL
I was gaping the entire song this is insane
If I had a dollar for every time a musician made me feel like I’ve done nothing with my life, I’d be filthy, FILTHY rich.
Wouldve thrown my wallet.
me: All scientists are hipsters, that's why they wear glasses.
husband: No.
me: "I stopped working on electromagnetic induction. It was too current."
husband: No.
me: "I used to have a passion for oceanography but I got sick of talking about the mainstream."
husband: No!
me: "Of course I'm not a mathematician. Calculus-based models of the universe are SO derivative."
husband: ...
me: "I'm an expert on geothermal vents--"
husband: Oh my God.
me: "--They're probably too deep for you."
“Like most women, I currently live in a society where violence, harassment and...”
– Tiger Beatdown (via misanthropya666) One of the disagreements Will and I have every so often is over this kind of thing; I tend to be of the opinion that “Nobody deserves your attention unless you wish to give it to them”, while Will thinks “That’s how society...
February 2013
17 posts
“I am tired of being called a shrieking harridan for pointing out inequalities so...”
– Lindy West at Jezebel (re: Seth MacFarlane and the Oscars) pretty much summing up my reaction to every feminism blowup in fandom and out of it.
It’s 2013, people. Educate your fucking self.
(via duncatra)
Yes.
