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Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:39:50 +0100

He has a name, but the people of our world know him better… as...

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:37:30 +0100

He has a name, but the people of our world know him better… as the Last Centurian.

devildoll: i would read a thousand comics that were all just...

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:37:16 +0100

devildoll:

i would read a thousand comics that were all just Tony trolling Bruce.

epistolaryconnotations: paulinegrint: theadventuresofcargline: do you ever stop and realize that...

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:31:54 +0100

epistolaryconnotations: paulinegrint: theadventuresofcargline: do you ever stop and realize that...

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Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:26:08 +0100

oddpicturesoddpeople: anathematic: hydrogeneportfolio: Minimal...

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:08:05 +0100

oddpicturesoddpeople:

anathematic:

hydrogeneportfolio:

Minimal Posters - Six Women Who Changed Science. And The World.

i would reblog this a million times if i could.

These would make great mini posters for my classroom.

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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:54:36 +0100

stfusexists: cracked: After going viral on Reddit’s ‘Funny’...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:11:47 +0100

stfusexists:

cracked:

After going viral on Reddit’s ‘Funny’ section for being odd-looking with facial hair, the girl above gave the following graceful and fresh response:

“Hey, guys. This is Balpreet Kaur, the girl from the picture. I actually didn’t know about this until one of my friends told on facebook. If the OP wanted a picture, they could have just asked and I could have smiled :) However, I’m not embarrased or even humiliated by the attention [negative and positve] that this picture is getting because, it’s who I am. Yes, I’m a baptized Sikh woman with facial hair. Yes, I realize that my gender is often confused and I look different than most women. However, baptized Sikhs believe in the sacredness of this body - it is a gift that has been given to us by the Divine Being [which is genderless, actually] and, must keep it intact as a submission to the divine will. Just as a child doesn’t reject the gift of his/her parents, Sikhs do not reject the body that has been given to us. By crying ‘mine, mine’ and changing this body-tool, we are essentially living in ego and creating a seperateness between ourselves and the divinity within us. By transcending societal views of beauty, I believe that I can focus more on my actions. My attitude and thoughts and actions have more value in them than my body because I recognize that this body is just going to become ash in the end, so why fuss about it? When I die, no one is going to remember what I looked like, heck, my kids will forget my voice, and slowly, all physical memory will fade away. However, my impact and legacy will remain: and, by not focusing on the physical beauty, I have time to cultivate those inner virtues and hopefully, focus my life on creating change and progress for this world in any way I can. So, to me, my face isn’t important but the smile and the happiness that lie behind the face are. :-) So, if anyone sees me at OSU, please come up and say hello. I appreciate all of the comments here, both positive and less positive because I’ve gotten a better understanding of myself and others from this. Also, the yoga pants are quite comfortable and the Better Together tshirt is actually from Interfaith Youth Core, an organization that focuses on storytelling and engagement between different faiths. :) I hope this explains everything a bit more, and I apologize for causing such confusion and uttering anything that hurt anyone.”

Really disgusted by all the hate those Redditors heaped on this woman. Equally floored by her pure awesomeness in the face of that noise. You go girl, you rock!

swaggerofftothetardis: Companions doing exactly as they’re...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:37:31 +0100

swaggerofftothetardis:

Companions doing exactly as they’re told.

starsinthegutter: did-you-kno: Lost Generation. I’m a part of...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:27:43 +0100

starsinthegutter:

did-you-kno:

Lost Generation.

I’m a part of Lost Generation

and I refuse to believe that

I can change the world

I realize this may be a shock but

“Happiness comes from within”

is a lie, and

“Money will make me happy”

So in thirty years I’ll tell my children

They are not the most important thing in my life

My employer will know that

I have my priority straight because

Work

Is more important than

Family

I tell you this

Once upon a time

Families stay together

But this will not be true in my era

This is a quick fix society

Experts tell me

Thirty years from now I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce

I do not concede that

I will live in a country of my own making

In the future

Environmental destruction will be the norm

No longer can it be said that

My peers and I care about this earth

It will be evident that

My generation is apathetic and lethargic

It is foolish to presume that

There is hope

And all of this will come true unless we reverse it.

Source

that is so fucking cool.

asexual-not-a-sexual: I think this speaks for itself. Accepting...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:18:14 +0100

asexual-not-a-sexual:

I think this speaks for itself. Accepting a person doesn’t mean you get to put limits on their freedom. You can’t be an ally and want us to stop talking, or labeling, or demanding to be heard.

Acceptance has no exceptions. Period.

Lemony Snicket’s short letters for his dead ex-fiancee written...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:58:07 +0100

Lemony Snicket’s short letters for his dead ex-fiancee written in his books “A Series of Unfortunate Events”

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Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:59:23 +0100

What makes me laugh (and the only thing which makes me laugh) about appropriation of Hinduism is...

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:49:52 +0100

What makes me laugh (and the only thing which makes me laugh) about appropriation of Hinduism is...

fyeahwiccanraven: jasonsaurusrex: lupinatic: here-is-the-place...

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:10:23 +0100

fyeahwiccanraven:

jasonsaurusrex:

lupinatic:

here-is-the-place:

When people say these books are children’s books, as if to demean them, I balk. These books dealt with themes that adults do not fully understand or wish to. It dealt with racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, prejudice, and general ignorance. These books taught us that it doesn’t matter how you were raised, but that you get to choose to be kind, loyal, brave, and true. They taught us to be strong under the pressures of this world and to hold fast to what we know to be right. These books taught me so much, they changed me as a person. So just because they’re set against a fantastical backdrop with young protagonists does not mean that their value is any less real.

This.

First book: Starts with the double murder of a pair of twenty-one year olds who were much missed and leaving their baby son a war orphan. A child growing up in abusive conditions that would give Cinderella the horrors. Dealing with peers and teachers who are bullies. The fickleness of fame (from the darling of Gryffindor to the outcast.) The idea that there are things worth fighting and dying for, spoken by the child protagonist. Three children promptly acting on that willingness to sacrifice their lives, and two of them getting injured doing so.

Second book: The equivalent of racism with the pro-pureblood attitude. Plot driven by an eleven year old girl being groomed and then used by a charming, handsome older male. The imbalance of power and resultant abuse inherent in slavery. Fraud perpetuated by stealing something very intimate.

Third book: The equivalent of ableism with a decent, kind and competant adult being considered less than human because he has an illness that adversely affects his behaviour at certain times. A justice system that is the opposite of just. Promises of removing an abused child from the abusive environment can’t always be kept. The innocent suffer while the guilty thrive.

Fouth book: More fickleness of fame. The privileged mistreating and undermining the underprivileged because they can. A master punishing a slave for his own misjudgment, and the slave blaming herself. A sports tournament which involves mortal risk being cheered by spectators. A wonderful young man being murdered simply because he was in the way. A young boy being tortured, humilated and nearly murdered.

Fifth book: PTSD in the teenage protagonist. Severe depression in the protagonist’s godfather, triggered by inherited mental health issues and being forced to stay in a house where abuse occured. A bigoted tyrant who lives to crush everyone under her heel, torturing a teenager for telling the truth in the name of the government (and trying to suck his soul out too). The discovery that your idols can have feet of clay after all. An effort to save the life of someone dear and precious actually costing that very same life. The loss of a father-figure and the resultant guilt.

Sixth book: The idea that a soul can be broken beyond repair. Drugs with the potential for date rape are shown as having achieved exactly that in at least one case, resulting in a pregnancy. Well-meaning chauvinism trying to control the love life of a young woman. Internalised prejuidce resulting in refusing the one you love, not out of lack of love but out of fear of tainting them. The mortality of those that seem powerful and larger than life.

Seventh book: Bad situations can get worse, to the point where even the privileged end up suffering and afraid. More internalised prejudice and ~~fear~~ hysterical terror of tainting those you love. Self-sacrifice and the loss of loved ones, EVERYWHERE. Those who are bitter are often so with a reason. The necessity of defeating your inner demons, even though it’s never as cool as it sounds. Don’t underestimate those that are enslaved. Other people’s culture isn’t always like your own. Things often come full circle (war ending with the death of a dearly-loved pair of new parents and their orphaned baby son living with his dead mother’s blood relative instead of his young godfather). Even if ‘all is well’ the world is still imperfect, because it’s full of us brilliant imperfect humans.

So… still think that Harry Potter is a kid’s series with no depth?

"Except you can’t show a topless woman on TV - and you can’t defibrillate a woman in a bra. So..."

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:29:48 +0100

“Except you can’t show a topless woman on TV - and you can’t defibrillate a woman in a bra. So...

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