Confessions of a Crazy Person

kawaii-santa-chan: kawaii-santa-chan: kawaii-santa-chan: there is no teacher in my history class...

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:40:17 -0700

kawaii-santa-chan:

kawaii-santa-chan:

there is no teacher in my history class rn and we are all just sitting here and being really quiet and whenever somebody opens the door, everyone turns around because we think its a sub but its not and then we just shush whoever walks in

update: we’re taking attendance and sending it down so nobody suspects that we dont have a teacher

UPDATE: THE PRINCIPLE WALKED IN AND DIDNT NOTICE ANYTHING

DOCTOR: What’s that supposed to mean? ROMANA: Well, to put it...

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:38:48 -0700

DOCTOR: What’s that supposed to mean?
ROMANA: Well, to put it very simply, Doctor, you’re suffering from a massive compensation syndrome.

Doctor Who “The Ribos Operation”

harleyquinn394: i-dont-understand-that-reference: danisalmostonfire: i-dont-understand-that-refere...

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:21:34 -0700

harleyquinn394:

i-dont-understand-that-reference:

danisalmostonfire:

i-dont-understand-that-reference:

i-dont-understand-that-reference:

today in science class we were talking about thunderstorms and we looked out the window and there was a storm in the distance so i quietly whispered “the oncoming storm” and the kid behind me banged his knee on the desk and choked i think i have found my soulmate

this wasn’t supposed to get any notes omg

i ship it

We are dating

fandomsandfeminism: allinom: fandomsandfeminism: Ugh. Yes. I...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:22:14 -0700

fandomsandfeminism:

allinom:

fandomsandfeminism:

Ugh. Yes.

I find the Snape/Lily narrative to be really horrific, honestly. The fact that we are asked to feel oh so bad for poor little Snape makes me a little bit queasy.

Because, yes, I do sympathize with Snape for having a rough childhood.

But he was a horrible friend to Lily. He ignored her feelings. He screamed racial slurs at her. He favored the idealized version of her he had built up in his mind over the REAL her (I think it is significant that James’ patronus is a STAG, showing compatibility with Lily; while Snape is a DOE, showing a mimicry of Lily). That idealization and inability to reconcile how his own actions contributed to the failure of their friendship literally KILLED Lily.

I understand that we can show some sympathy for him. Watching someone self destruct their own relationships because of abuse and peer pressure and the tribulations of childhood? That’s tragic.

But then he grows up to emotionally abuse Lily’s son for having a physical resemblance to her husband.

And we’re supposed to feel sorry for him? We’re supposed to think it’s lovely and sweet that Harry names his child after the teacher who emotionally abused him for years? Who emotionally abused OTHER children for years as well?

The fans who sit around and cry about how Lily SHOULD have picked Snape, how Snape DESERVED her? How James was a horrible douche and Lily was a bitch for choosing him? Ugh. No. nno no no no on oonononononononoooooo.

also snape actually ruined a mans career fully knowing he probably couldn’t get another one.

Oh the shit that went down with Remus makes me really want to break his teeth.

Remus had been HOMELESS. Remus had spent much of his adult life implied to be on the streets, unable to find work, and completely unable to make new friendships or relationships after Lily and James died, Peter vanished, and Sirius went to jail (ALL of which is DIRECTLY Snape’s god damn fault.)

And then just as Remus picks himself back up again? Becomes a positive force and father figure to Harry? Snape deliberately and purposely gets him FIRED so that he will be unemployed and potentially homeless AGAIN.

How the fuck am I supposed to show any sympathy for an adult who completely lacks the ability to show sympathy, or even human decency, to others?

zooophagous: oh my FUCKING GOODNESS LOOK AT YOU

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:37:40 -0700

zooophagous:

oh my FUCKING GOODNESS LOOK AT YOU

elpacer: feferisbueller: I FINALLY FOUND IT my life is...

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:35:42 -0700

elpacer:

feferisbueller:

I FINALLY FOUND IT

my life is complete i’ve only seen the last gif i have tears in my eyes i just

Woman: I'm smart

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:35:12 -0700

Woman: I'm smart
Patriarchy: Well you're probably ugly then
Woman: I'm creative
Patriarchy: You mean unattractive right?
Woman: I have all these incredible accomplishments
Patriarchy: Yeah but look how ugly you looked doing them
Woman: I have value
Patriarchy: Not if you're ugly lol
Woman: I'm conventionally-attractive & posted self-photos on my blog
Patriarchy: I'm so sick of these empty-headed chicks only caring about their looks. Just because you are attractive and get attention from men doesn't mean you are special or deserve respect. Why don't you read a book or do something productive with your life you dumb slut

odysseiarex: itscypher: dontcrosscross: Out Of A Whole Planet’s Population, One Hero Will Be...

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:34:50 -0700

odysseiarex:

itscypher:

dontcrosscross:

Out Of A Whole Planet’s Population, One Hero Will Be Chosen: It’s Probably Going To Be A White Dude

Well we are the majority the odds are in our favor

no yoU AREN’T THAT WAS THE POINT OF THIS POST YOU DENSEHEADED DINGLEFRICKER

teenss-forev3r-y0ung: keepita-secret: misjudging: 7-tease: -u...

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:34:30 -0700

teenss-forev3r-y0ung:

keepita-secret:

misjudging:

7-tease:

-uhhleeseeuhh:

lolzpicx:

GO HOME KITTEN, YOU ARE DRUNK.

WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED

oh my god it’s like he started to hover away but his front half’s antigravity didn’t activate

favourite.

I’m about to pee my pants

i cant stop watching ommgg

lindsaychrist: i miss tumblr like from a couple years ago people used to be so funny and now...

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:33:43 -0700

lindsaychrist:

i miss tumblr like from a couple years ago people used to be so funny and now everyone gets offended by everything like i made a post about broccoli last week and got told to check my “veggie privilege”

HEY MAN I EFFING LOVE BROCCOLI AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I CAN’T EAT IT. I HAVE AN EFFING MEDICAL CONDITION, OKAY? YOU DAMN RIGHT YOU BETTER CHECK YOUR VEGGIE PRIVILEGE.

GOD,

gallifreybureauoftourism: throwitinasupernova: merewetherdreams...

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:01:57 -0700

gallifreybureauoftourism:

throwitinasupernova:

merewetherdreams:

adambloghart:

And we let him carry the torch?

That is talent

How exactly does somebody realize they can do this?

Ladies and gentlemen, our fearless leader.

pluckypalaeontologist: pinecounty: necroluste: J.R.R...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:54:03 -0700

pluckypalaeontologist:

pinecounty:

necroluste:

J.R.R Tolkien, looking at flowers.

Apparently people hated to go for walks with him because he would stop and look at every tree for like 20 minutes.

EXPLAINS THE BOOKS

winterforlovers: “Sometimes we’ll be out and Thomas will be...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:53:48 -0700

winterforlovers:

“Sometimes we’ll be out and Thomas will be doing something cute and Gen will say ‘Oh I wish we had a camera’ and I just say “Give it 30 minutes and we can find it on google!”

- Jared talking about the paparazzi taking photos of them.

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Thu, 23 May 2013 14:09:41 -0700

alycetrelawny: The Problem with ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ raisingmyprophet: naturalmomma: For months,...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:07:56 -0700

alycetrelawny:

The Problem with ‘Boys Will Be Boys’

raisingmyprophet:

naturalmomma:

For months, every morning when my daughter was in preschool, I watched her construct an elaborate castle out of blocks, colorful plastic discs, bits of rope, ribbons and feathers, only to have the same little boy gleefully destroy it within seconds of its completion.

No matter how many times he did it, his parents never swooped in BEFORE the morning’s live 3-D reenactment of “Invasion of AstroMonster.” This is what they’d say repeatedly:

“You know! Boys will be boys!”

“He’s just going through a phase!”

“He’s such a boy! He LOVES destroying things!”

“Oh my god! Girls and boys are SO different!”

“He. Just. Can’t. Help himself!”

I tried to teach my daughter how to stop this from happening. She asked him politely not to do it. We talked about some things she might do. She moved where she built. She stood in his way. She built a stronger foundation to the castle, so that, if he did get to it, she wouldn’t have to rebuild the whole thing. In the meantime, I imagine his parents thinking, “What red-blooded boy wouldn’t knock it down?”

She built a beautiful, glittery castle in a public space.

It was so tempting.

He just couldn’t control himself and, being a boy, had violent inclinations.

She had to keep her building safe.

Her consent didn’t matter. Besides, it’s not like she made a big fuss when he knocked it down. It wasn’t a “legitimate” knocking over if she didn’t throw a tantrum.

His desire — for power, destruction, control, whatever- - was understandable.

Maybe she “shouldn’t have gone to preschool” at all. OR, better if she just kept her building activities to home.

I know it’s a lurid metaphor, but I taught my daughter the preschool block precursor of don’t “get raped” and this child, Boy #1, did not learn the preschool equivalent of “don’t rape.”

Not once did his parents talk to him about invading another person’s space and claiming for his own purposes something that was not his to claim. Respect for her and her work and words was not something he was learning. How much of the boy’s behavior in coming years would be excused in these ways, be calibrated to meet these expectations and enforce the “rules” his parents kept repeating?

There was another boy who, similarly, decided to knock down her castle one day. When he did it his mother took him in hand, explained to him that it was not his to destroy, asked him how he thought my daughter felt after working so hard on her building and walked over with him so he could apologize. That probably wasn’t much fun for him, but he did not do it again.

There was a third child. He was really smart. He asked if he could knock her building down. She, beneficent ruler of all pre-circle-time castle construction, said yes… but only after she was done building it and said it was OK. They worked out a plan together and eventually he started building things with her and they would both knock the thing down with unadulterated joy. You can’t make this stuff up.

Take each of these three boys and consider what he might do when he’s older, say, at college, drunk at a party, mad at an ex-girlfriend who rebuffs him and uses words that she expects will be meaningful and respecte, “No, I don’t want to. Stop. Leave.”

The “overarching attitudinal characteristic” of abusive men is entitlement

YES. This is why I’m so big on consent for kids and not doing things against their consent!

this is everything.

chilling.

fishingboatproceeds: TRIGGER WARNING: Rape, misogyny, general...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:04:41 -0700

fishingboatproceeds:

TRIGGER WARNING: Rape, misogyny, general horribleness

I am asked all the time why I think Professional Internet Types tend to be male more often than female. Is it because women aren’t as aggressive about building an audience and so struggle amid the media saturation? Is it because women aren’t as funny, or aren’t as talented, or blah blah blah?

Maybe we need to consider that one of the central reasons women artists/vloggers/musicians/etc. are less likely to rise to prominence online is that whenever women build an audience online, men threaten those women with rape and murder. And unlike traditional celebrities, most of these women do not have the resources to hire the kind of lawyers and bodyguards that one needs to stay safe.

Like all misogyny, and I want to emphasize this, this is bad not just for women but also for all human beings. We are better off as a species if everyone has a chance to be heard, and we are worse off if talented people like Kitty Pryde don’t have the basic safety and security that one needs in order to effectively make and share stuff.

But it’s not just these kinds of horrifying threats (which as pointed out above is “the most normal thing”).

I also want to say something to all those guys who are like I was as a teenager: You’re not a sick person trying to get someone’s attention by harming or threatening them, but you do have a weird relationship with the women who make work you like. You think that if this person knew you, you could be friends…maybe more than friends. And so you want to get her attention, so you can get to know each other, because then you’ll definitely become friends or maybe—

Stop.

When you start falling down that rabbit hole, stop. I know it’s hard. But stop.

What we love—even if these people make highly personal and confessional vlogs or whatever—is the stuff they make, not the people themselves. And what we really want is for more of that stuff to exist in the world. So the only proper way to be a fan is to let them be, so that they can bring more good and useful stuff into the world for us to enjoy.

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Thu, 23 May 2013 14:02:25 -0700

explore-blog: Salesmanship, another ingenious newspaper...

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:21:13 -0700

explore-blog:

Salesmanship, another ingenious newspaper blackout by Austin Kleon. (Psychologists would agree.) Find more in his fantastic Newspaper Blackout and let him tell you how to steal like an artist

alexandraerin: ericainchoate: Some days i think fatphobes are...

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:17:12 -0700

alexandraerin:

ericainchoate:

Some days i think fatphobes are just jelly.

Beach bodies.

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Thu, 23 May 2013 11:16:09 -0700

Confessions of a Crazy Person

kawaii-santa-chan: kawaii-santa-chan: kawaii-santa-chan: there is no teacher in my history class...

DOCTOR: What’s that supposed to mean? ROMANA: Well, to put it...

harleyquinn394: i-dont-understand-that-reference: danisalmostonfire: i-dont-understand-that-refere...

fandomsandfeminism: allinom: fandomsandfeminism: Ugh. Yes. I...

zooophagous: oh my FUCKING GOODNESS LOOK AT YOU

elpacer: feferisbueller: I FINALLY FOUND IT my life is...

Woman: I'm smart

odysseiarex: itscypher: dontcrosscross: Out Of A Whole Planet’s Population, One Hero Will Be...

teenss-forev3r-y0ung: keepita-secret: misjudging: 7-tease: -u...

lindsaychrist: i miss tumblr like from a couple years ago people used to be so funny and now...

gallifreybureauoftourism: throwitinasupernova: merewetherdreams...

pluckypalaeontologist: pinecounty: necroluste: J.R.R...

winterforlovers: “Sometimes we’ll be out and Thomas will be...

“Sometimes we’ll be out and Thomas will be doing something cute and Gen will say ‘Oh I wish we had a camera’ and I just say “Give it 30 minutes and we can find it on google!” - Jared talking about the paparazzi taking photos of them.

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alycetrelawny: The Problem with ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ raisingmyprophet: naturalmomma: For months,...

fishingboatproceeds: TRIGGER WARNING: Rape, misogyny, general...

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explore-blog: Salesmanship, another ingenious newspaper...

alexandraerin: ericainchoate: Some days i think fatphobes are...

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“Sometimes we’ll be out and Thomas will be doing something cute and Gen will say ‘Oh I wish we had a camera’ and I just say “Give it 30 minutes and we can find it on google!”

- Jared talking about the paparazzi taking photos of them.