theaustinstollhaus:

theaustinstollhaus:

The tennis girlies on my dash are reaching levels of baroque-period yaoi the world has never seen before.

I have no idea what’s happening at Wimbledon but I have to assume it’s just some version of this:

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yuriartillery:

tumblr really is the only place where you can post “i want that pretty girl to break up with her boyfriend to lez out with me” and somebody with their harry potter house in their bio will tag it “#omg this is exactly minky and scrod” and then you click over to their blog to find out who minky and scrod are and it’s two men from an usamerican children’s cartoon with a majority female cast

theaustinstollhaus:

theaustinstollhaus:

I must admit, I have a soft spot for historians and archeologists who have combed through the ancient legends and discovered that the Faraway Lands of Monsters and Magic are like, real places you can get to on a bike.

This is about the book I’m reading explaining that Gilgamesh’s great trek in search of immortality was, in fact, a seven-hour car ride.

thesweetiepienovels:

“No one is coming to save you.” I disagree ! I believe many people made up of many small moments come to save pieces of you , even if just briefly. The mentor who believed in you . The friend who said they’re proud of you. The family member that makes you laugh . The random person who held the door for you out of nothing but kindness. The teacher who took extra time to help you understand. The person who smiled at you when you walked into a store. The little kid who looks up to you. The person who randomly complimented you. Being “saved” isn’t about being whisked away and all your hardships gone, it’s about the people and things that remind you life is not all hardships, it is kindness, love, gentleness, softness, care, thoughtfulness. It is many moments made up of your lifetime that keeps you going and showing you the world is still beautiful, and will always be. Despite.

headspace-hotel:

teaboot:

teaboot:

Thinking back to the good early days before my skin grew back when people could shake their heads at me and say “masks are a government conspiracy” and instead of navigating the bullshit like a normal person I could pull mine down and say “I have chemical burns on my face”

things people expect in a political confrontation:

  1. Facts
  2. Logic
  3. Emotional outbursts

Things they are never prepared for:

  1. Open sores

This post: “Thinking back to the good early days before my skin grew back”

Me: off to a compelling start

libraford:

I heard on the radio that sugars and carbs work better when they bond to fiber and protein, so I thought id make more conscious decisions around that when I choose my lunch options. Its early yet, but I do feel like I don’t get the afternoon crash that I used to.

So like… yes its okay for me to have the coke with lunch, but not the coke by itself. I should also be having meat or a grain or both. Yes, the candy bar is okay, but one with nuts in it is more likely to be what I need for the day.

Like… yes, balanced meals. But sometimes convenient is what you got, so learning how foods bond together made that work better.

Anyways, thanks NPR, for telling me some food science that wasn’t body shame-y!

orvillepeckspocketpussy:

Brian David Gilbert in a mid shot saying "Animal abuse is wrong"ALT
Brian David Gilbert in a close up saying "and if you needed me to tell you that..."ALT
Brian David Gilbert in a close up saying "I'm glad I told you that"ALT

one thing i am quite grateful to Brian David Gilbert for is the phrase “If you needed ME to tell you that… I’m glad I told you that.”

it has been etched into my brain for the past six years, fundamentally altering how i consider knowledge gaps held by others, as well as myself. people usually need to be told stuff before they can know it! that’s how knowing stuff works! this is an extreme example played for laughs but it’s a legitimately helpful philosophy!!

tlirsgender:

tlirsgender:

tlirsgender:

tlirsgender:

Btw if people keep telling you to stretch but never told you how to actually do it right you’re supposed to go slower than you think & just hold it until you feel the muscle relax. Like how anal works

Also the muscle that goes up to your temples and gives you headaches is the same as the one that clenches your jaw & it goes down the sides of your neck so stretching your neck helps with headaches and jaw tension. You can also massage it with a vibrator

Stretching as far as possible immediately is not the goal you just bend until it feels tight. It’s not supposed to Hurt You Worse. It won’t hurt if you’re doing it right. Much like another activity

Many are saying “we’re on the celibacy website these people don’t know how anal works either” I know. That’s my secret second lesson

lordcryosrealmoftrash:

frozenartscapes:

jammatown919:

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When fans notice their demon hunting injuries

Pro: She successfully deflects the focus away from their demon hunting injuries and get them freaking out about something else

Con: The fans are now freaking out about something else

I imagine all 3 were panicking and while Mira and Rumi were pacing trying to figure something out, Zoey just came up to them said “don’t worry, I’ve fixed it”

popli-teal:

hyperrbolic-orange:

nealashitposts:

nealashitposts:

So I’ve got this friend whose nervous because she’s trans and dating this guy who she hasn’t told yet because they’ve only been on a two dates. For this story let’s call the friend Jane and the guy she was dating Jason. Happy ending don’t worry.


So I tell Jane to bring her boy over to a bbq I’m having and she can tell him she’s trans at my place surrounded by queer and trans people who love her and will support her if he ends up being awful.


She waits till the end of the bbq to tell him the news, by which point the rest of us have learned that Jason is a kind, friendly, empathetic, hard working, dummy. So we sit down, all of us a little worried about this gym bro’s reaction when she tells him she’s trans, and that she understands if he doesn’t want to keep dating her it’s no big deal.


He’s baffled, so we explain what trans is, and after the disclosure that she hasn’t had bottom surgery yet…

“Oh you have a dick?”

“… yeah.”

He look’s around at the room full of people with baited breath, his clearly a little afraid girl friend says

“Oooohhhh! I get it! You think- don’t worry Babe! Watch this!”

And ya’ll this man jumps up, runs into the kitchen and returns with one of the bratwurst we had for grilling and proceeds to tilt his head back, put it down his throat, hold it in his mouth for a moment, and spit it up without even a whisper of a gag and then looks around at the group absolutely beaming with pride.


My mans saw his worried girlfriend and her support network and thought to him self “Oh they don’t think I can’t please my girl, but I’ll show them!”

I do feel the need to add that later he excitedly tell the group that as a straight guy, he never thought that skill would be useful outside hotdog eating contests.

“Man its too bad that im straight since I’ve got like no gag reflex and all.”

“Honey, I must tell you, i am in fact trans and I have not had bottom surgery.”

“My god… everything’s coming up Jason.”

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specialagentartemis:
“1-420-666-6969:
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“spaceraptor:
“thebristolboard:
““The Militarization of the Police Department – Deadly Farce,” an original painting by Richard Williams from “The 20 Dumbest People, Events, and Things of 2014″...
specialagentartemis:
“1-420-666-6969:
“pennamerequired:
“spaceraptor:
“thebristolboard:
““The Militarization of the Police Department – Deadly Farce,” an original painting by Richard Williams from “The 20 Dumbest People, Events, and Things of 2014″...

specialagentartemis:

1-420-666-6969:

pennamerequired:

spaceraptor:

thebristolboard:

“The Militarization of the Police Department – Deadly Farce,” an original painting by Richard Williams from “The 20 Dumbest People, Events, and Things of 2014″ in Mad magazine #531, published by DC Comics, February 2015.

Here’s the original, for comparison. And here’s a bit more about the artist and why he created the piece above for MAD Magazine.

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Richard Williams on Norman Rockwell:

“For most people, he was the painter of ‘America,’” he added. “But even he said his vision was what he wanted ‘America’ to be. It was a mythical ‘America,’ a place where all people were decent, honest and full of good will. His work was full of gentle humor that made you feel a little better; even if you knew it wasn’t really true… you just wished it was. My parody of Rockwell’s painting simply says, ‘That myth is dead.’”

I think it’s relevant to add that even Norman Rockwell chose to leave his cushy job at the Saturday Evening Post because he wanted to make artwork that was more radical. The Post had rules that wouldn’t allow him to do artwork depicting black people as anything other than servants. The job paid really well and that was a huge reason he continued on. But he wanted change that and so he moved to Look magazine.

A lot of people know about the very first piece he did when he left the post which was the The Problem We All Live With which depicts Ruby Bridges walking to school under federal protection.

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But I don’t think enough people know about Murder in Mississippi which depicts three real civil rights activists who were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan and sherriffs. The magazine ran the sketch instead of the finished piece because they felt it had a more striking statement to accompany the article. Norman Rockwell would finish that version after publication which is here

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Rockwell’s legacy is sanitized because he decided to maintain his job at the Post for so long despite his frustrations with not being able to express himself. The civil rights movement was just his final straw to change what he could with the little time he had left. Look magazine received a lot of hate for Rockwell painting these as well.

Another favorite piece of mine is The Right to Know which depicts an integrated populace questioning their government. In 1968, the year of Vietnam and the year the Fair Housing Act only just got signed in months prior:

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But I think it’s important to include the caption Rockwell originally wrote for the piece as well. I think it represents how a 74 year old Rockwell felt about the America he believed in and the people in it:

We are the governed, but we govern too. Assume our love of country, for it is only the simplest of self-love. Worry little about our strength, for we have our history to show for it. And because we are strong, there are others who have hope.

But watch us more closely from now on, for those of us who stand here mean to watch those we put in the seats of power. And listen to us, you who lead, for we are listening harder for the truth that you have not always offered us.

Your voice must be ours, and ours speaks of cities that are not safe, and of wars we do not want, of poor in a land of plenty, and of a world that will not take the shape our arms would give it.

We are not fierce, and the truth will not frighten us. Trust us, for we have given you our trust. We are the governed, remember, but we govern too.

Regarding Norman Rockwell, I also want to shout out “New Kids in the Neighborhood (Moving Day)” in 1967:

A Norman Rockwell painting. In a suburb, as movers move furniture out of a moving van, two groups of children, two Black kids and three White kids, face each other with curiosity.

Also for LOOK magazine, but leaning on his themes of youth and suburban life. Expressing both hope for the curiosity and open-mindedness of children, and the bitter recognition of the suspicion of adults towards racial integration (see the face peeking out of the window in background). It’s notable that this is what he wanted America to be, too. He hoped for a better future.

I think that MAD Magazine artwork is really good and really poignant, and it’s also interesting to put it in conversation with Norman Rockwell’s own political evolution in his art as well.

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