watch me.

If you think it’s unacceptable to spend your Saturday morning lying in bed, tending a hangover...

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:50:37 -0400

If you think it’s unacceptable to spend your Saturday morning lying in bed, tending a hangover with liberal doses of cold pizza, and finishing your rewatch of Arrested Development, then I don’t understand your life choices.

"We [Fraction and his wife, Kelly Sue DeConnick] were pregnant at the time, and while I was out there..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:01:28 -0400

“

We [Fraction and his wife, Kelly Sue DeConnick] were pregnant at the time, and while I was out there I started to realize that if I had a daughter, there would come a day when I would have to apologize to her for my profession. I would have to apologize for the way it treats and speaks to women readers, and the way it treats its female characters.

I knew that if we had a daughter, because I know my wife and I know the kind of girl she wants to raise and I know the kind of girl I want to raise, she was going to look at what I did for a living and want to know how the fuck I could stomach it. How could I sell her out like that?” Fraction continued. “That conversation is still coming, and I’m bracing for it in the way that some dads brace for their daughter’s first date or boyfriend. I became acutely aware that I had sort of done that thing that lots of privileged hetero cisgendered white dudes do. ‘I’m cool with women, and that’s enough.’ It’s not enough. It’s embarrassing to say, because we somehow have attached shame to learning and evolving our opinions, culturally, but I became aware that there was a deficiency of and to women in my work, and all I could do at that moment was take care of my side of the street.

”

- Writer Matt Fraction on his role on expanding the profile of female characters in the Marvel Universe. (via goodmanw)

itsalwayssunnyinasgard: I doodled a thing. [x]

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:48:00 -0400

itsalwayssunnyinasgard:

I doodled a thing. [x]

i accept u daphne

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:42:58 -0400

i accept u daphne

Ignore this, it’s for linking purposes.

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:22:02 -0400

Ignore this, it’s for linking purposes.

How the Logic of "Friendzoning" Would Work If Applied in Other Instances:

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:43:30 -0400

*Man walks into a store and finds employee*
Man: Alright, I've had enough. Why haven't you guys hired me?!
Employee: Uh...well sir, when did you put in your application?
Man: I never filled out an application.
Employee: Well sir, we can't consider you for employment if you've never filled out an application.
Man: No, that's bullshit, because I've been coming here for years now, and every single time I tell you all how much I love this store and how much I appreciate your customer service, unlike some of your other customers might I add!
Employee: Well, but that doesn't-
Man: AND I even told you that I didn't have a job!
Employee: But sir, that doesn't indicate to us that you would like a job at our store. And again, if you've never filled out an application, we can't consider you. Besides, we're not hiring.
Man: OH! Not hiring, HA! What a laugh. I see your store go through seasonal workers all the time. They come and go like nothing, but you won't consider me as a part-time employee even though I KNOW you've been looking for workers to fill positions? That's insane!
Employee: Sir, we've been looking to hire a few people for management positions. Do you have any management experience?
Man: Well no, but what does that matter?
Employee: ...Well sir, that's what we're looking for. You won't be suitable for the position without management experience.
Man: Oh that's such a load of crap. You know, you'll be waiting around a long time for a manager if you don't lower your standards a little. Who cares if someone knows how to manage a store? I LOVE this store and I'm willing to work here, that's all that should matter to you.
Employee: That...doesn't make any sense.
Man: NO! I'm done. This is over. From now on, no more Mr. Nice Guy.
Employee:
Man:
Employee:
Man: Fuck you, slut.

albinwonderland: secondlina: kanthara: This is definitely...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:54:56 -0400

albinwonderland:

secondlina:

kanthara:

This is definitely inspired by the Cosplay ≠ Consent campaign (or more exactly, CONsent) and by an older but new to me story on The Mary Sue about a Black Cat cosplayer who had enough of this crap and told them so. It also started as just stick figures to fit today’s April Drawing Challenge, but got more defined as I kept at it. And there’s also the difference between “sexy” and “sexualisation” at play here, from today’s post in Less Tits n’ Ass. It’s a melting pot of many things, and I’m happy with how it turned out, although my original mind image definitely had a Kate Beaton+Adventure Time style, which I could not emulate without references.

Keeping the characters as simplified as possible means I can get away with gender-identifying the actors; I deliberately made the last character androgynous so there’s no real assignment of meaning other than standing up to the douchebags no matter who you are.

Hope you like!

So Awesome! I’m actually working on some art for this too! ARTISTS UNITE FOR THE CAUSE!

Aww look Mandy! Inspired by your bravery! ♡♡

Emmy Cicierega: Internet haters & anonymity

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:08:40 -0400

Emmy Cicierega: Internet haters & anonymity:

emmyc:

I noticed a lot of people getting a lot of anonymous/general hater crap lately! I guess springtime brings out the intensity of jerks

The best thing you can ever do on any website is turn anonymous comments off.

“Don’t feed the trolls” is probably the hardest internet advice to follow, but the…

TRUEST OF FACTS

jetgreguar: softroot: One day someone at Dark Horse asked if...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:26:07 -0400

jetgreguar:

softroot:

One day someone at Dark Horse asked if I was interested in writing a story about young Hellboy. I wasn’t, but instead of saying no, I said “What about two pages of Hellboy eating pancakes?” I thought it was a riot. I didn’t expect anyone else to like it, but it turned out to be a big hit with a lot of readers. It’s nice when that happens.

-Mike Mignola

my favorite comic ever

some of my favorite dialogue ever written, never ceases to make me smile

One of my favourite Hellboy moments.

Well, this is breathtakingly horrible.

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:54:05 -0400

Well, this is breathtakingly horrible.:

This reads like someone just expanded on “Derailing for Dummies” (mirror) which they believed was a serious series of arguments. WHICH LOL.

If you really want to excel as a Privileged Person® you need to learn to value data, statistics, research studies and empirical evidence above all things, but especiallyabove Lived Experience©. […] because it calls on the Marginalised Person™ to do something that is simply impossible, and that is summate the entirety of their group’s experiences into a definitive example. It is important that you establish this precedent for the next couple of steps.

And as they do so, they cite MRAs which… I just can’t. Really? REALLY?

Oh, and ladies, did you know that Jezebel is our bible that speaks for all of us? Well IT’S WRONG AND THEREFORE SO ARE YOU!

djevojka: Bluegirl story, Sungwon The ghosts, they look so...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:39:13 -0400

djevojka:

Bluegirl story, Sungwon

The ghosts, they look so good *claps giddily*

gingerhaze:

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:49:02 -0400

gingerhaze:

GIVE IT. GIVE THIS TO ME AND NO BODY GETS HURT

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:24:42 -0500

GIVE IT. GIVE THIS TO ME AND NO BODY GETS HURT

A thing I am working on #art #painting

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:08:37 -0500

A thing I am working on #art #painting

emmyc: neil omg DEAD FOREVER.forever.

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:51:29 -0500

emmyc:

neil omg

DEAD FOREVER.

forever.

"I was reading a book (about interjections, oddly enough) yesterday which included the phrase “In..."

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:36:05 -0500

“

I was reading a book (about interjections, oddly enough) yesterday which included the phrase “In these days of political correctness…” talking about no longer making jokes that denigrated people for their culture or for the colour of their skin. And I thought, “That’s not actually anything to do with ‘political correctness’. That’s just treating other people with respect.”

Which made me oddly happy. I started imagining a world in which we replaced the phrase “politically correct” wherever we could with “treating other people with respect”, and it made me smile. You should try it. It’s peculiarly enlightening.

I know what you’re thinking now. You’re thinking “Oh my god, that’s treating other people with respect gone mad!”

”

- Neil Gaiman (via programmersbeingdicks)

<3

jingwencom: Motto in life! AMY you are my life coach

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:02:03 -0500

jingwencom:

Motto in life!

AMY you are my life coach

"Depression is humiliating. It turns intelligent, kind people into zombies who can’t wash a dish or..."

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:01:40 -0500

““Depression is humiliating. It turns intelligent, kind people into zombies who can’t wash a dish or change their socks. It affects the ability to think clearly, to feel anything, to ascribe value to your children, your lifelong passions, your relative good fortune. It scoops out your normal healthy ability to cope with bad days and bad news, and replaces it with an unrecognizable sludge that finds no pleasure, no delight, no point in anything outside of bed. You alienate your friends because you can’t comport yourself socially, you risk your job because you can’t concentrate, you live in moderate squalor because you have no energy to stand up, let alone take out the garbage. You become pathetic and you know it. And you have no capacity to stop the downward plunge. You have no perspective, no emotional reserves, no faith that it will get better. So you feel guilty and ashamed of your inability to deal with life like a regular human, which exacerbates the depression and the isolation. If you’ve never been depressed, thank your lucky stars and back off the folks who take a pill so they can make eye contact with the grocery store cashier. No one on earth would choose the nightmare of depression over an averagely turbulent normal life. It’s not an incapacity to cope with day to day living in the modern world. It’s an incapacity to function. At all. If you and your loved ones have been spared, every blessing to you. If depression has taken root in you or your loved ones, every blessing to you, too. No one chooses it. No one deserves it. It runs in families, it ruins families. You cannot imagine what it takes to feign normalcy, to show up to work, to make a dentist appointment, to pay bills, to walk your dog, to return library books on time, to keep enough toilet paper on hand, when you are exerting most of your capacity on trying not to kill yourself. Depression is real. Just because you’ve never had it doesn’t make it imaginary. Compassion is also real. And a depressed person may cling desperately to it until they are out of the woods and they may remember your compassion for the rest of their lives as a force greater than their depression. Have a heart. Judge not lest ye be judged.””

- Depression is not a synonym for being sad or having a bad day/bad week.

(via morningsuns)

Things I wished more people understood about this/me. Especially those close to me.

(via bottleage)

Always reblog.

(via stuckinthebelljarwithyou)

queer fashion tactics

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:12:26 -0500

sc0rnflakes:

fuckdudeskilldudes:

if i’ve said it once i’ve said it a hundred times:

lube is pretty much identical to anti-frizz serum

Youtube is chock full of curly/natural hair vloggers reviewing lube as a hair product.

Well many lubes do advertise that they’re “never greasy”.

Now *I* am curious. I did get a bunch of free sample during Pride…

Speaking up.

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:07:32 -0500

Speaking up.:

programmersbeingdicks:

Sarah Parmenter:

It’s with great sadness I have to speak up about something. I’m not sad myself, nor am I particularly hurt – but being scared into silence is not an option. The reason I’m sad is that the person involved with what I’m about to speak up about, could be a member of our community. Infact at the moment, everything is pointing to the fact they are. They are currently feeding off the suppression of this topic, so I’m writing publicly about it.