December 2012
HOW TO SEW SLEEVES WITHOUT WANTING TO MURDER...
cowbuttcrunchies:
thevvioletprince:
vintage-aerith:
Someone asked that this be rebloggable so HURR YOU GO
Patterns are really dumb in telling you to finish the body of an outfit, then finish the sleeve, then attach a circle to a circle. It’s possible to do, don’t get me wrong, but unless you have a lot of experience it’s sometimes very aggravating trying to evenly distribute the sleeve...
“We tell people they are “strong” when we are uncomfortable with their pain and...”
– Captain Awkward, “The lie of ‘strength” (via tillyyyyyy)
Nusantara Ghosties
rubato:
candareen:
Daniel incites me to look up, explore, and explain the strangest things about the motherland. Here’s to a friend who cements my Southeast Asian identity in America.
Binte Abdul Rashid, Nurul Huda. 2009. “Telling Singapore Ghost Stories: Delving into the ‘Ghosts’ within.” MSS thesis, National University of Singapore.
Binte Abdul Rashid, Nurul Huda, and Goh Shuzhen. 2008....
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A Brief Introduction to Romani History
collective-history:
The Romani are an ethnic group living mostly in Europe, who trace their origins to the Indian Subcontinent. Romani are widely known in the English-speaking world by the exonym G*****s
Romani are widely dispersed, with their largest concentrated populations in Europe, especially the Roma of Central and Eastern Europe and Anatolia, followed by the Kale of Iberia and Southern...
260 School Children Killed in Chicago in 3 Years... →
“I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love...”
– Voltaire, Candide: or, the Optimist (via acideyedrops)
Strange Shapes » Interview with Bolaji Badejo,... →
wildunicornherd:
A lot of behind-the-scenes goodness in here. Some tidbits:
That infamous chestburster scene was actually a total surprise to the actors, but it wasn’t the only genuinely frightening moment:
Most of the footage shot of the Alien didn’t work, but there is one brief cut of Bolaji going through one of his miming routines in the suit, in the sequence where he attacks Veronica...
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rubato:
jhameia replied to your post: * jhameia replied to your post : piercing anon:…
Yeah, got mine in 2006. When modeling my rule of thumb for photographers is “if the camera catches it u r doin it rong”
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what kind of modeling do you do? also I got mine… uhhh… wow maybe in 2010? can’t remember anymore… either way it took me a LONG time to get used to it
Mostly art nudes.
Mine healed...
sometimes, you only get one chance to make up for...
[Trigger warning: rape]When hundreds of women... →
sourcedumal:
eclecticpurple:
ohfuckitszombieoprah:
juicy-r:
At 3pm on August 13 2004, Akku Yadav was lynched by a mob of around 200 women from Kasturba Nagar. It took them 15 minutes to hack to death the man they say raped them with impunity for more than a decade. Chilli powder was thrown in his face and stones hurled. As he flailed and fought, one of his alleged victims hacked off his...
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And now, a joke.
beforetheworldgoesheadlong:
alexandraerin:
How did the witch find the coffee table in the dark?
Widdershins.
*cackles*
jadedcattybitchery:
6 Ways to Talk to Your Son About Male Violence and Healthy Masculinity
Boys as young as 4 year old are told to “be a man!”, usually in response to them crying or showing fear.
And as they grow up, they’re bombarded with messages that say to be a “manly” man, they need to:
Be big and strong
Be physically aggressive and ready to fight
Show no emotions – especially fear...
….. I have 30 more followers to get to 1000 followers.
Why?
Who are you?
Why are you here?
Especially you people who started following in the last couple of weeks?
What earthly reason do you have for wanting me on your dashboard when all I do is reblog from finer sources?
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So!
kiriamaya:
[content note: murder, suicide, racism]
thecurvature:
I blogged about the story here on Christmas Eve in which a man — a white dude, unsurprisingly — set his house on fire, waited for firefighters to show up, and shot them all, killing two.
It’s unsurprisingly enormous local news, and it’s my understanding that it has at least marginally made national news, as well. Seven houses...
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“When a man once aggravated her by remarking that an educated woman is...”
– -Medieval European History about Christine de Pizan (via beccar0ni)
Those mofos were so pressed after she said that that we still feel that shit centuries later.
(via eshusplayground)
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Transgender Killings Rise in Turkey (tw) →
undergroundbookbat:
I had That Stupid Fucking Conversation about One Direction and teenage girl self-esteem last night (because I made my family spend Christmas Eve talking to me about One Direction, because: CONTAGION) and I just want to reiterate that my stance on “confidence is sexy” is
F U C K T H A T
I mean, have you ever heard the conversations that men have about women who think they’re...
WANTED: 50, 000 Interested Readers
vividlyvisceral:
Hi there. My name is Vivid, otherwise known by my pen name, L. Holland. Don’t be surprised that you haven’t heard of me: I’m not a published author. But you can help with that, just by reading this.
Early this year I did some inquiries regarding book publishing. I was in the early planning stages of my first novel, and wanted to know how to go about getting my work published...
nethilia:
azzandra:
bemusedlybespectacled:
asksecularwitch:
bunnypunx:
can we talk about how cishet guys are always so proud of themselves for “finding” a girl’s clitoris
it’s in the same place every time man this isn’t fucking i-spy
So much truth I can’t even.
Also, on quite a lot of people, it sticks out. It’s not lurking in the darkness like some extremely sensitive and phallic...
Grammar
moniquill:
andreamaille:
“And fuck grammar and the rules. I don’t understand why we need to always follow the rules. I never understood Grammar Nazis and the need to correct what doesn’t need correction. Their are so many places to go beyond the page. Its ridiculous to think that you’re credibility as a writer (as an intellectual) rides on you’re ability to follow rules of language. Lets go...
the best part of baking is definitely the aftermath of licking up all that batter
Ran out of space in the cupcake pans.
Next best thing: Use actual porcelain cups.
Hope they don’t shatter or something.
moniquill:
wittywallflower:
Writing is weird.
One minute you are telling a story.
The next minute you are researching the average amount of snowfall Edinburgh gets.
Oh not that’s not even the wrid part.
The weird part is having to explain to someone why your google history includes things like ‘How to make napalm’ and ‘how to make thermite’ and ‘death by exsanguination’ and ‘temperature...
White women have resources to hold a for profit...
blackamazon:
So I’m gonna sit here and try to not blow my top at the idea and memory of how many folks came for strugg about twerking for Mother’s Day and the rise of a class of it
I’m gonna try as my excedrin migraine keeps me up to not bring up that the folks quick to put strugg on blast were black and profiting from trying to embarass and shame strugg but have no commentary on this
I will...
