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Faberry!AU | Historical Faberry. Quinn as a knight, Rachel as...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:32:17 -0400

Faberry!AU | Historical Faberry. Quinn as a knight, Rachel as her queen.

quinnfabrai: Faberry Week: day 4 - Historical AU

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:31:51 -0400

quinnfabrai:

Faberry Week: day 4 - Historical AU

Kisses!

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:58:44 -0400

Kisses!

"Never ignore a person who loves you, cares for you, and misses you. Because one day, you might wake..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:01:38 -0400

“Never ignore a person who loves you, cares for you, and misses you. Because one day, you might wake up from your sleep and realize that you lost the moon while counting the stars.”

- Nico Lang (via rainydaysandblankets)

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Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:07:31 -0400

#pink

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:26:44 -0400

#pink

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Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:09:37 -0400

racking-focus: look for it…

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:05:07 -0400

racking-focus:

look for it…

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Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:03:55 -0400

nethenclawpuff: rectumofglory: while perusing my uni library...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:32:02 -0400

nethenclawpuff:

rectumofglory:

while perusing my uni library today i found this book and nearly screamed because its a book on tv fandoms and the cover is a tng medieval fanart.

i am really going to miss my uni library when i eventually graduate.

I love that book. It was written before the internet and e-mail as we know it was a thing, sor of the primordial news-net thing was cutting edge, but it’s still really accurate in a lot of ways. My only quibble is that its slash section falls into the trap of ‘slash is all about the sexy times and/or lack of good female characters’. But that’s a very common thing even now twenty years on.

"I adore the way fan fiction writers engage with and critique source texts, by manipulating them and..."

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:29:26 -0400

“I adore the way fan fiction writers engage with and critique source texts, by manipulating them and breaking their rules. Some of it is straight-up homage, but a lot of [fan fiction] is really aggressive towards the source text. One tends to think of it as written by total fanboys and fangirls as a kind of worshipful act, but a lot of times you’ll read these stories and it’ll be like ‘What if Star Trek had an openly gay character on the bridge?’ And of course the point is that they don’t, and they wouldn’t, because they don’t have the balls, or they are beholden to their advertisers, or whatever. There’s a powerful critique, almost punk-like anger, being expressed there—which I find fascinating and interesting and cool.”

- Lev Grossman (via theadventuresofcargline)

This is very true - I’ve seen innumerable fanfics of people saying, “I could do this better than they did.”

And quite frequently, they do.

(via lil-miss-choc)

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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:28:59 -0400

shall-we-dance-luvly: Yes!

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:11:18 -0400

shall-we-dance-luvly:

Yes!

The Walking Dead: 400 days

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:05:22 -0400

The Walking Dead: 400 days

gazzymouse: fromthemindofatwentyorotherlycan: divergentpotterja...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:57:20 -0400

gazzymouse:

fromthemindofatwentyorotherlycan:

divergentpotterjay247:

banana-karenina:

wildwildeyes:

bookshop:

teiledesganzen:

ronstormer:

effinglioness:

ninjabrianhasanstd:

mortallyfoolish:

Elle Woods was hollering back before the movement. This is why i love this movie. It’s so progressive. Elle is a femme feminist who comes by it the hard way. She doesn’t change for the bookish people, the elitists, or for the feminists. She just does what she needs to do, and what she wants, even when at first it was chasing a boy. Then the movie drops the romance. IT DROPS THE ROMANCE. chick flicks don’t do that. Emmett asking her out is a footnote at the very end. And this whole time, she is classy, and lady like, and has pride in herself and her work. She’ll go to a costume party as a playboy bunny, but like hell will she sleep with her professor for an internship. Elle is my feminist role model

Same.

Elle Woods 4ever

I remember listening to my DAD defend Legally Blonde. An uncle was saying “Oh look, it’s that stupid movie again.” as he flipped through the channels. My dad responded with “Oh yeah, that movie where the blonde girl with great grades works really hard to get into pre-law, studies hard and proves herself to her peers and bosses while maintaining her integrity and not sleeping with her boss? What a terrible message to send girls.”

Also, I love this movie because Reese Witherspoon.

And don’t forget that she has serious female friends and wins the case by way of her specialist knowledge of so-called “feminine things” that no one else takes seriously enough to even bother with.

The movie also passes the Bechdel test.

LET’S NOT FORGET that even though it starts with a situation where two girls are rivals for the same guy, they BOTH choose to ignore the social codes (and hollywood bylaws) that tell them they should be cat-fighting and trying to one-up each other, and instead they realize that they make good working partners and better friends and screw rivalry, AND ALSO HAVE EACH OTHER’S BACKS RE: WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT. And that it portrays sororities as places where women can learn to work together and respect each other and help each other out, which sets the stage for the way Elle treats everyone she meets for the rest of the movie. OH AND IT HAS A FAT SIDE CHARACTER WHO OVERCOMES EMOTIONAL ABUSE, IS NEVER FAT-SHAMED OR USED AS THE BRUNT OF A FAT JOKE, AND LANDS THE HOTTEST MAN IN THE ENTIRE FILM.

Also, Elle still stays true to herself in a professional setting. Even when it’s tough for her, she always keeps being her bubbly, peppy self. She doesn’t let what others say about her stop her from being a kickass lawyer that also is unafraid to express herself how she wants to.

Also, Elle and Vivian both realises how stupid what-his-face was, and he ends up single, barely graduating and with no promises of employment.

AND they made it into a kickass musical without loosing any of the message.

The musical is just as amazing but even better because at the end ELLE gets on one knee and proposes to EMMETT!

vanillaska: Official Playstation Used Game Instructional Video...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:17:14 -0400

vanillaska:

Official Playstation Used Game Instructional Video (x)

DOING IT RIGHT FUCK YEAH

dieceased: remember that one time you called your teacher mom

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:47 -0400

dieceased:

remember that one time you called your teacher mom

panoptic: Kolam (via Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today is OK) Kolam...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 22:12:58 -0400

panoptic:

Kolam (via Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today is OK)

Kolam is a rangoli traditionally composed of geometric lines and shapes, drawn around a grid pattern of dots. It is drawn by south Indian women with rice or chalk powder in front of their homes.

Seriously questioning my life decisions… I’m having an awful time in grad school. Not...

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:15:34 -0400

Seriously questioning my life decisions…

I’m having an awful time in grad school. Not grade wise, I have gotten all As this past year… But I’m not sure if I’m on the right path. I keep oscillating between loving and hating it.

A part of me almost wishes for a family emergency so I could move back home.

I don’t know if I’m tired of the Great Plains and just need to be in a bigger city or if I’m just insecure.

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Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:33:54 -0400