better a witty fool than a foolish wit

Game of Thrones S03: My Understanding so Far

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:01:59 +0100

Game of Thrones S03: My Understanding so Far

calanthe: ifeelbetterer: mach712: celeryandhummus: (x) kris...

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:56:08 +0100

ifeelbetterer:

mach712:

celeryandhummus:

(x)

kristen loves women and she doesn’t take shit

It’s wonderful how much of this game she is not playing.

I wish there was a way to make clear how very much I support Kristen Stewart, Anne Hathaway, and Scarlett Johanson totally not accepting interviewers’ sexist bullshit.

Still love her. And she seems so much happier and more outspoken now she isn’t in Twilight.

malindalo: jhameia: kynodontas: tangledaxon: Cover reveal...

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:00:36 +0100

malindalo:

jhameia:

kynodontas:

tangledaxon:

Cover reveal for Ascension. It’s gorgeous and I couldn’t be happier with it. I hope you love it too!

Art by Scott Grimando, cover design by Sherin Nicole.

#QUEER #POC #POLYAMORY

:’)

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

I had to reblog and add the cover copy, because OMG:

Alana Quick is the best damned sky surgeon in Heliodor City, but repairing starship engines barely pays the bills. When the desperate crew of a cargo vessel stops by her shipyard looking for her spiritually-advanced sister Nova, Alana stows away. Maybe her boldness will land her a long-term gig on the crew. But the Tangled Axon proves to be more than star-watching and plasma coils. The chief engineer thinks he’s a wolf. The pilot fades in and out of existence. The captain is all blond hair, boots, and ego… and Alana can’t keep her eyes off her. But there’s little time for romance: Nova’s in danger and someone will do anything - even destroying planets - to get their hands on her!

My prayers have been answered: Space opera with queer women of color!!

I thought that the cover looked awesome, but the summary ups that by 1000000% \o/

Elementary Demonstrates the Right Way to Update a Classic Hero

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:33:00 +0100

Elementary Demonstrates the Right Way to Update a Classic Hero:

There’s a popular misconception — the fault of many an adaptation — that Holmes is a supergenius accompanied by an admiring everyman and surrounded by dunces. Conan Doyle’s Watson and Gregson would beg to differ, and so this Holmes lives in no such vacuum; he’s never the only clever person in a room. When he reveals his addiction, Gregson (not unkindly) points out that as a detective, he had that covered. His sponsor Alfredo’s skills in the repossessionary arts outclass Holmes’s by a mile. He acknowledges Moriarty as more than a match for himself. Even housekeeper/librarian Ms. Hudson has the effortless memory to which Holmes aspires.

And in Watson, he’s found an equal — and that’s what the show’s not-so-secretly about.

lifeandotheroddtales: Different Sherlock portrayals as cats....

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:25:48 +0100

lifeandotheroddtales:

Different Sherlock portrayals as cats. Because I can.

House is the uncontrollable crazy cat.

Robert Downey Jr. cat is the flaunting type.

BBC Sherlock is the brooding cat.

Elementary Sherlock is the cuddly one.

Canon Sherlock is an awesome YouTube keyboard cat that Watson is always impressed by.

dark-siren: Oh, I’d actually completely forgotten about this...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:14:39 +0100

dark-siren:

Oh, I’d actually completely forgotten about this film! It was so good. I think I need to watch it again now.

This film is how I discovered Sigur Ros and Peter Dinklage. <3

Amazon Publishing Introduces “Kindle Worlds,” a New Publishing Model for Authors Inspired to Write Fan Fiction—Launching with an Initial License of Popular Titles from Warner Bros. Television Group’s Alloy Entertainment

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:56:34 +0100

Amazon Publishing Introduces “Kindle Worlds,” a New Publishing Model for Authors Inspired to Write Fan Fiction—Launching with an Initial License of Popular Titles from Warner Bros. Television Group’s Alloy Entertainment:

charmingpplincardigans:

Congratulations, Amazon. This is the exact opposite of the spirit of fan fiction. I hope it crashes and burns.

World Licensors benefit from Kindle Worlds because:

It’s an entirely new way to monetize their valuable franchises

It allows them to extend their Worlds with new stories and characters and more deeply engage with existing fans, while also reaching new audiences

Amazon Publishing will work with them to establish content guidelines that balance flexibility and openness for writers with what’s reasonable for the franchise

femmeempathmagus: deafmuslimpunx: exquisitedialectics: takealo...

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:37:00 +0100

femmeempathmagus:

deafmuslimpunx:

exquisitedialectics:

takealookatyourlife:

Aiya Van Kooten everyone

When Aiya Van Kooten stood face-to-face with a burglar in her bedroom, her left eye twitched, then she went into “predator mode”.

“I screamed at him… jumped off my chair, leaped over my bed and sprinted after him down the stairs,” she said.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8626910/Predator-mode-scares-off-burglars

This is the best story of my life

“Although she was the only one home, Van Kooten said she had no regard for her safety - instead, she said she was just overwhelmed with “rage“….. ummmmm Hero!!!

Haha, badass Muslim woman. Love it!!!

Real living Superheroine.

Why aren't more people freaking out about the new Venezuelan labor law?

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:33:32 +0100

bluandorange:

monetizeyourcat:

dancepunksnotdead:

You know, the one that gives housewives/full-time mothers a pension— wages for housework?

It’s ONLY A HUGE VICTORY FOR FEMINISM, SOCIALISM, AND WOMEN OF COLOR. Not a big deal or anything. Tumblr is mysteriously silent about this.

http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift

holy shit!

fucking COOL

Not Your Damsel: what if my writing is bad, aka fuck that bullshit

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:29:43 +0100

Not Your Damsel: what if my writing is bad, aka fuck that bullshit:

fuckyourwritinghabits:

Okay, so you want to write things. Many things. Beautiful things! Things that seem so awesome in your head! But you have just one tiny, itty-bitty problem:

Everything you write is total, complete shit. It’s so shit you want to print it out just so you can set it on fire so nobody else will ever see it. Maybe someone told you your writing was shit. Maybe you have a bad writing habit or something that plagues you constantly (mine is typos. Horrible, horrible typos). Maybe your idea is so awesome that you’re afraid you’ll ruin it. Well, I have a awesome, wonderful news just for you. One of those secrets that people forget to share. Here it goes:

Writing crap is good for you.

You don’t believe me. Crap is crap! Writing isn’t worth it if all you’re going to write is crap, right? Wrong. Fucking wrong. Fuck that shit so hard. Fuck it until it burns. Writing crap is good for you. Crap is the fertilizer in which your ideas grow. Your shitty first draft will become a beautiful flower, even if it takes many washings to get the stink off. What is crap now can be remade into not crap later, even if that later is much, much later.

Or maybe your crap isn’t worth rewriting. Maybe it’s just best to bury it quietly, with a fond farewell or a bottle of whiskey. You know what? It still did you good to write it. Crap today will improve your writing in the future. It will! You’ll learn where your strengths are. You’ll improve your weaknesses. You’ll reuse ideas you buried, or retweak them in ways you like.

Don’t be afraid to write crap. Don’t feel bad if you think you are writing crap. Everyone writes crap. Your favorite book had a shitty first draft. Your favorite authors had bad writing days. The journalist you admire had her stories rejected. The blogger you follow left his shitty posts on the drawing board.

Everyone writes crap. Don’t let it stop you from writing at all.

native-detroiter: afternoonsnoozebutton: mr-cappadocia: You...

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:51:58 +0100

native-detroiter:

afternoonsnoozebutton:

mr-cappadocia:

You didn’t think too deeply about this did you? Of course not. If you were prone to thinking deeply about things… you probably wouldn’t be a Feminist, now would you?

I’m screaming “THAT’S THE POINT THAT’S LITERALLY THE POINT YOU JUST MADE THE EXACT POINT” at my computer screen right now.

cappadocia being a dumb fuck as always

"I have been praised too much; showing your contempt for women, you pretend that I alone am admirable..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:41:04 +0100

“I have been praised too much; showing your contempt for women, you pretend that I alone am admirable because of the good fortune of my intellect. But I, compared to other women who have won splendid renown, am little but a mousling. You disguise your envy in dissimulation, but cloak yourself in apologetic words in vain … Do you suppose, O most contemptible man on earth, that I think myself sprung [like Athena] from the head of Jove? I am a school girl, possessed of the sleeping embers of an ordinary mind. Indeed I am too hurt, and my mind, offended, too swayed by passions, sighs, tormenting itself, conscious of the obligation to defend my sex. For absolutely everything — that which is within us and that which is without — is made weak by association with my sex.”

- Laura Cereta, addressing the overly-patronising praises heaped upon her writing by various men, who singled her out as a prodigy among women (via fuckyeahrenaissancewomen)

bunnyfood: Oklahoma Tornado Survivor Finds Missing Dog...

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:23:41 +0100

bunnyfood:

Oklahoma Tornado Survivor Finds Missing Dog Mid-Interview

(via tyleroakley)

cryptoscience: todayinhistory: May 21st 1924: Leopold and...

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:16:39 +0100

cryptoscience:

todayinhistory:

May 21st 1924: Leopold and Loeb kill Bobby Franks

On this day in 1924, University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr murdered 14 year old Bobby Franks. The pair killed the boy as a ‘thrill killing’ in their attempt to perform the perfect crime. However, the two were caught and put on trial. They used their wealth and influence to hire famous defence lawyer Clarence Darrow who argued the pair could not be held morally accountable because they had been raised thinking they were superior and thus are not to blame for their actions. He was successful, and the men avoided the death penalty, instead getting life imprisonment.

omg the middle class. They don’t know any better!!!!!!

fuckyeahmexico: Projecto para un fin de semana, transforma tu...

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:14:18 +0100

fuckyeahmexico:

Projecto para un fin de semana, transforma tu barbie en Frida Kahlo.

bemusedlybespectacled: ramoorebooks: opinionatedlez: Here are...

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:31:28 +0100

bemusedlybespectacled:

ramoorebooks:

opinionatedlez:

Here are some awesome and empowering quotes from several very strong female celebrities.

And Kristen Stewart.

No, you know what? Fuck you.

Let me tell you about Kristen Stewart.

Let’s talk about how she’s the centerpiece of one of the most inexplicably popular misogynistic pieces of film shit and somehow gets blamed for it sucking, despite the fact that, hey, the books were actually worse. For those who were lucky enough to escape reading the actual books, her apparent lack of emotion is 100% accurate to Bella’s character, because Bella is in fact not a character but a blank white wall for fourteen-year-old girls to project themselves onto. Robert Pattinson is not the only one in the cast who hates Twilight, thank you.

Let’s talk about how she got crucified in the media for having an affair with a married man, when that man was her director. And let’s remember that she was called all manner of things for “ruining her relationship with RPattz” when she wasn’t even engaged to the dude, let alone married with kids. But oh no, she gets called a slut because she’s Kristen Stewart, she gets her career fucked because she’s Kristen Stewart, and the dude gets off scott free.

Let’s talk about how she is incredibly shy and anxious (rather, incidentally, like Chris Evans) but does film anyway, because she’s just that awesome.

Fuck your noise. She’s not the best actor in the world but she sure as hell doesn’t deserve that kind of shit.

lycanandproud: scottsredhoodie: #oh my god jim you can’t just...

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:27:32 +0100

lycanandproud:

scottsredhoodie:

#oh my god jim you can’t just ask people why they’re white

#star trek into whiteness

McGonagall is the best teacher everyone else can go...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:41:30 +0100

McGonagall is the best teacher everyone else can go home.

THE RUNAWAY QUEEN IS ON THE LOOSE!

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:52:43 +0100

sarahreesbrennan:

maureenjohnsonbooks:

Friends, I am excited. As you may know, I have been working on a series called THE BANE CHRONICLES, based on Cassie Clare’s books—specifically, on the adventures of Magnus Bane.

My first offering in the series, THE RUNAWAY QUEEN, is NOW OUT.

It has everything a story really requires: Revolutionary Paris, a hot air balloon, great clothes, huge wigs, moving furniture, dashing counts, and a monkey. Oh, and the queen. And some vampires. And other stuff.

YOU MIGHT LIKE IT.

And here is a piece of ART created by Cassandra Jean after she read the story. BATHTUB MAGNUS. You’re welcome.

Maureen and Cassie are both so good. So good at riting. I have attempted to bribe them to write one lousy story to make me look better but thus far, NO DICE.

They also have an innate grasp of LE HISTORICAL and which periods are fun and interessante and why and I think this is AMPLY DISPLAYED in this fine tale of finery!

Downloaded my copy about 20 minutes ago. :3

ticktocksheep: queersuperteens: muffarino: Friendly reminder...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:47:58 +0100

ticktocksheep:

queersuperteens:

muffarino:

Friendly reminder that Tom Felton improvised this scene because he forgot his line.

A+ acting, would cackle again.

I love how he looks genuinely impressed in the last gif.