reptilia2003:

which could mean nothing

sylvies-kablooie:

i do unironically think the best artists of our generation are posting to get 20 notes and 3 reblogs btw. that fanfic with like 45 kudos is some of the best stuff ever written. those OCs you carry around have some of the richest backstories and worldbuilding someone has ever seen. please do not think that reaching only a few people when you post means your art isn’t worth celebrating.

oneheadtoanother:

One of the worst things the internet has done to me personally is convince every under-40 progressive democrat that they are fighting the same fight as leftists just in a more mature and realistic fashion. The radlib phenomenon here has grown exponentially since 9/11 and really hit escape velocity after Occupy and the first Bernie Sanders campaign. Now every lefty space is full of shit like that “not socialist as in I don’t want to work but socialist as in [description of Keynesian capitalism with a welfare state]” post. People want the zesty aesthetic of radicalism without having to break with the comforts of the liberalism they grew up with or are surrounded by socially. It’s less the stolen valor that bothers me and more the fact that it takes a lot more vetting to figure out who’s actually down vs who thinks they are but whose politics are still riddled with unexamined liberalism. (The situation is predictably much worse here on tumblr because fandom queers want to feel like liberation activists while devoting 95% of their conscious thoughts to fandom shit.)

lonestarbattleship:

It’s Nerf or dishonor

source

mephistopheles:

the wrath of khan is like really insane bc khan is like ‘im going to make kirk suffer the way i suffered when my wife died’ and then he kills spock

puppetshell:

cali:

almost a perfect 90° angle

constructed a machine to debride starlight from this

bencan-t:

Ok I saw Chris Fleming live last year and he has finally posted a video of the bit that has my favorite thing he’s ever said which is:

“[St. Vincent] said ‘I am so glad that I moved to New York City and met all the freaks like me.’ Those aren’t freaks, St. Vincent, okay? Those are attractive people with heavily vetted idiosyncrasies. Every eccentric fashion choice has been run through a think tank of NYU undergrads that would blow your hair back. You wanna see a freak? Go to Albany.”

pluvioseprince:

here is period cramps kabru

thenervebible:

CONNIE PANZARINO at a pride march in Boston circa 1990

ALT

the cyborg & the crip by Alison Kafer

prouvaireafterdark:

listen I know it’s heartbreaking that Claudia dies and it’s understandable to wish she didn’t, but let’s please not accuse the writers of fridging her. to do so is a fundamental misunderstanding of the story and is frankly insulting to the intelligence and skill of the writers of the show.

Claudia’s death, and the overwhelming grief and regret her parents experience because of it, is quite literally the point of the entire story. she dies because Anne’s daughter Michele died of leukemia when she was five years old and there was nothing she or her husband could do to prevent it.

writing IWTV was how Anne coped with the unimaginable loss of a parent losing her child. she created a story about a little girl that could not die and then killed her anyway. Claudia’s death is a senseless, unavoidable tragedy, just like Michele’s was. the grief that haunts Louis and Lestat for the rest of their lives is the same grief that haunted Anne and her husband.

so when you’re accusing people of killing Claudia off to benefit a story about two men, please remember that in real life sometimes parents lose their children. please remember Michele Rice.

she’s the reason Claudia exists.

she’s also the reason Claudia cannot be saved.

doctorsicko:

Gomez, lighter for scale

fravery:

Blue Birch Woods no.1

by Jef Bourgeau.

breezybeej:

hey has anyone found a way to act on your desires without opening yourself to failure

renthony:

I need people to stop buying into the idea that “small business” = “ethical business.” Many small businesses are wonderful, and absolutely deserve your support, but plenty others aren’t. If you’re genuinely concerned about where you spend your money, you have to do your due diligence even if a business isn’t a mega-corporation.

The lady who owned the small business I used to work at was horrible to work for, gave free coffee to cops, treated us all like shit, and got pissed if you didn’t worship the ground she walked on for giving you a job. I would never work for her again, and if someone asked me if they should apply to work for her, I’d tell them to run for the fucking hills. The turnover rate was atrocious when I worked there, and I wouldn’t be surprised if she still burns through employees at an unholy rate.

Small businesses are just as capable of worker abuse as big businesses, and they frequently get away with it because people refuse to believe that their beloved Mom & Pop Shop is run by rancid assholes who think Jeff Bezos has the right idea about how to run a business.

Small business owners CAN be better! They CAN be pro-worker and pro-union! But it’s not inherent, and small business owners can be some of the most abusive pieces of shit you’ve met in your life.