May 2013
Don't be a giant freakazoid.
emilybing:
If you haven’t already, go to RenewWarehouse13 and do your part to prevent the show from getting cancelled!
And don’t forget to tweet the frak out of #RenewWarehouse13. Don’t have a Twitter account? Go on, make one! It’ll really help!
Let’s snag, bag and tag this, guys!
Filmmaker Brings Attention To A Latina Soldier Who...
fylatinamericanhistory:
nbclatino:
The U.S. military may have recently lifted the ban on women in combat, but Loreta Velazquez, a wealthy Cuban planter’s daughter who immigrated to New Orleans in 1849, secretly fought in the U.S. Civil War 150 years ago — first as a soldier in the Confederate Army, and later as a Union Army spy.
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I wrote a post about this woman last year! PBS...
nuclearworld:
Woman has a lot of sex: Whore.
Man has a lot of sex: God.
Woman is virgin by choice: Pure magical creature.
Man is virgin by choice: Loser.
society u ok
“Why is diversity in fiction important? Because diversity in life is important....”
– Sarah Ockler talks to white authors about what doesn’t count as diversifying fiction, why certain fears hold some people back, and responsibility (via richincolor)
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“The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be...”
– Aristotle (via writingquotes)
I had a high school teacher tell me this once too—that the most difficult thing to do in writing is to come up with good metaphors, and if you can, you’re a genius. I believe it.
By the way, we have a neat article called 5 Tips for Becoming A Genius Creating Great...
“Women are afraid of meeting a serial killer. Men are afraid of meeting someone...”
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When Strangers Click, a 2011 documentary about online dating.
It reminds me of that famous Margaret Atwood quote: “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” It also reminds me of something written by one of the mods of Sex Worker Problems: “Misandry...
PSA: Your Default Narrative Settings Are Not... →
psdo:
Recently, SFF author Tansy Rayner Roberts wrote an excellent post debunking the idea that women did nothing interesting or useful throughout history, and that trying to write fictional stories based on this premise of feminine insignificance is therefore both inaccurate and offensive. To quote:
“History is not a long series of centuries in which men did all the interesting/important...
z3kro:
“Your assignment is to write a short fictional story”
“But keep it realistic, no fantasy worlds”
Personal Look into the life of Jack Kirby The King... →
alexhchung:
The Life & Times of Jack Kirby artbook featuring photographs, artwork and a never-before-seen play written by The King. What an amazing Kickstarter project!
Help Jack Kirby's grandson kickstart a book...
warnerbrothersforever:
DONATE HERE
Jack Kirby, creator and co-creator of damn near the entire Marvel Universe, as well as the creator of DC characters such as DARKSEID, ORION, MR. MIRACLE, ETRIGAN THE DEMON, KAMANDI, and scores more, has been gone for some time, but there is still so much of him we never saw.
Jack’s grandson, Jeremy Kirby, would like to show us a bit more. Jeremy’s goal here...
in response to the "nigga" meme: latinagabi:... →
latinagabi:
fuckyeahcracker:
Tumblr stay sympathizing with serial murderers and Nazis, falling for nazi propaganda, defending Hitler and shit in the tens of thousands of notes but they can’t even humanize or listen to People of Color talking about racism and oppression for 3 seconds. Wow.
defending nazis doesn’t anger them, but try to defend your cultural identity from cultural...
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“Whenever I start feeling too arrogant about myself, I always make a trip to...”
– Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on being detained at the U.S. Airport—twice. (Once, he was detained while promoting a film called “My Name is Khan” which was ironically about a person with the last name Khan suffering from repeated racial profiling.)
Multiple actors and other prominent...
Reblog If You Ever Used One Of These or Just Know...
mech-tech:
reblogthings:
that is a sad number of reblogs
The Health Toll of Immigration →
latinosexuality:
A growing body of mortality research on immigrants has shown that the longer they live in the United States, the worse their rates of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
opening line to this story is shit we’ve known, as colonized ppl, those working to decolonize and resist have known for generations!!!
” Becoming an American can be bad for your health.”
clearly...
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PSA
wackyshenanigans:
Psychotic means “has a mental illness that causes hallucinations” not “evil person.”
