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Oh look! I wrote a thing! Plus a sketchy sketch

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:43:37 -0500

Oh look! I wrote a thing! Plus a sketchy sketch:

The lovely people at SF Signal ask the SciFi/Fantasy community a question and publish the answers. I participated this last time, and you can read it here. I would highly recommend reading the super smart people who answered, especially Chuck Wendig, who is a vulgarity-laden drunken master of words and wisdom. He scares me a&

Hill Of Thorns: Male Comedian Devastated by Rape ... ... ... Joke Reception.

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:14:47 -0500

Hill Of Thorns: Male Comedian Devastated by Rape ... ... ... Joke Reception.:

hillofthorns:

Bryan Corbin’s supporters have been sporting white ribbons symbolizing their belief that comedians should have carte blanche to say whatever they want about rape and not have anyone respond negatively.

Popular 27 year old comedian Bryan Corbin has been hailed a rising star of the comedy…

gaysealapproves: I found this nice tutorial/anatomy advice...

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:21:30 -0500

gaysealapproves:

I found this nice tutorial/anatomy advice spread created by meghanhetrickof deviant art.

She gave me permission to post it up here to share so go make sure to visit her and look at her other creations of goodness!

Felicia's Melange: Star Trek Movie: SPOILERZZZZ

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:49:22 -0500

Felicia's Melange: Star Trek Movie: SPOILERZZZZ:

thisfeliciaday:

You are officially spoiled if you read below, NO COMPLAINTS!

Up front I will say I enjoyed this latest Star Trek movie a lot. It was super noisy, but enjoyable, beautifully executed, and I particularly like some of the secondary characters, Spock was excellent, etc etc. I just want to share an…

"I’m absolutely down for defending the first-class status of genre fiction that boldly goes where no..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:09:04 -0500

“I’m absolutely down for defending the first-class status of genre fiction that boldly goes where no or few stories have gone before. But if you think that working science fiction and fantasy relieves you of your obligations to coherent plotting and character behavior, or if it’s an engine to deliver free naked ladies, then you can stay in your mom’s basement, and off my bandwagon.”

- Alyssa Rosenberg, in Damon Lindelof’s Blithe Treatment Of ‘Star Trek’ Sexism And Why Genre Fiction Gets No Respect (via themarysue)

Drinking & Drawing: Three Floyds edition

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:16:58 -0500

Drinking & Drawing: Three Floyds edition:

There is a brewery in Indiana called Three Floyds that makes some fine beer. They’re off the first exit, so it’s close enough to drive out on a weekend, have some tasty beverages and food, then drive back with a case of Zombie Dust in the back. In addition to being fantastic brewers, they also&

Does Han Solo complain about the Friend Zone when he thinks a girl he likes doesn't like him back?

Fri, 10 May 2013 21:35:43 -0500

fuckyeahmelancholy:

NO.

artforadults: Soufiane Idrassi That first image there.

Fri, 10 May 2013 21:28:46 -0500

artforadults:

Soufiane Idrassi

That first image there.

This is nothing but today: Fairy tales are NOT all straight white heroes and women sans agency! I swear!

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:53:18 -0500

This is nothing but today: Fairy tales are NOT all straight white heroes and women sans agency! I swear!:

seananmcguire:

I re-blogged a picture of a little girl, dressed as Tiana, hugging the face actress who plays Tiana at one of the Disney Parks, and noted that everyone should have their princess. And a few people have now contacted me basically going “no, only straight white people can have…

dies from the fierceness

Thu, 02 May 2013 13:23:20 -0500

*dies from the fierceness*

hollyblack: sarahreesbrennan: If you follow me on twitter, you...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:32:08 -0500

hollyblack:

sarahreesbrennan:

If you follow me on twitter, you know I watch Game of Thrones. Admittedly, my roommate and I watch it pretty casually: we call it Game of Boobs and every time there’s a scene with boobs we take a tea break. (We like to have a lot of tea breaks. And boy, we get a lot of tea breaks.)

I’ve read the books (BECAUSE I HAVE READ ALL BOOKS) though my roomie hasn’t. So I went in hoping Brienne would be amazing, and hoping as I still hope that she and Jaime would GET MARRIED and be TOGETHER 5EVA.

My engagement with Game of Thrones has really been stepped up this season, because I remembered how much I liked this, and the actors are killing it.

It was always going to be my kryptonite, because I love sass and also BRAVE LADIES!!! (I don’t know why, as I’m a total coward myself.)

I also love me some TROPE SUBVERSION. I have never met a trope I didn’t want to subvert.

So seeing the brave warrior clasp the swooning damsel, and having the brave warrior be a lady and the swooning damsel a dude, is something I very much enjoy. Hence my reblogging of these pictures.

And of course, it’s more complicated than that: the swooning damsel is a guy we’re introduced to as a VERY BAD MAN (which is true), and someone who has a lot of manly power—son of a powerful dude, awesome at fighting—and who becomes a stronger character for having many traditional markers of strength taken away from him.

So, the two things I love. 1) Trope subversions and 2) Complications.

Yeah, Sarah kept talking about this amazing lady that was coming and I was looking forward to her, but I had no idea she was going to break my heart with love every moment that she was on screen. This scene just about killed me.

"If owning a gun and knowing how to use it worked, the military would be the safest place for a..."

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:33:44 -0500

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If owning a gun and knowing how to use it worked, the military would be the safest place for a woman. It’s not.

If women covering up their bodies worked, Afghanistan would have a lower rate of sexual assault than Polynesia. It doesn’t.

If not drinking alcohol worked, children would not be raped. They are.

If your advice to a woman to avoid rape is to be the most modestly dressed, soberest and first to go home, you may as well add “so the rapist will choose someone else”.

If your response to hearing a woman has been raped is “she didn’t have to go to that bar/nightclub/party” you are saying that you want bars, nightclubs and parties to have no women in them. Unless you want the women to show up, but wear kaftans and drink orange juice. Good luck selling either of those options to your friends.

Or you could just be honest and say that you don’t want less rape, you want (even) less prosecution of rapists.

When people scoff at the message that we need to teach people not to rape they make the assumption that the lesson goes: “Rape is bad. Don’t do it.” That is not what the lesson looks like. The lesson, once it is adopted, will be that every single person out there, regardless of any defining personal characteristics, is a human being of value, and with a right to make their own decisions about what bodily contact to have with others. There is nothing a person can do that makes them less deserving of that right. Violating any person’s right to control the when, what and who with of their sexual interactions is wrong. Do it and you will be punished, and you will deserve it.

N.B. While not all those who are raped are women, and not all rapists are men, much less rape apologists; rape prevention myths are always targeted at women, and this post reflects this. My language in the final paragraph is very consciously gender-neutral.

”

- A Short Post on Rape Prevention (via stfuconservatives)

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Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:15:06 -0500

gingerhaze: An assignment for Advanced Digital! We were...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:10:36 -0500

gingerhaze:

An assignment for Advanced Digital! We were supposed to make a gif portrait of a historical figure. I chose Julie d’Aubigny, 17th century swordsmaster and opera singer, responsible for the deaths of at least ten men in duels, and openly bisexual. After her lover was placed into a convent by the girl’s parents, d’Aubigny took the vows to enter the convent as a novice, then rescued her lover and set the convent on fire to cover their escape. Dang.

frompillow: Out by sixteen or dead on the scene, but together...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:09:33 -0500

frompillow:

Out by sixteen or dead on the scene, but together forever. United against life as we know it.

‘cause you know this helps your day.

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:57:38 -0500

‘cause you know this helps your day.

nothing-rhymes-with-ianto: “It’s only forever/not long at all....

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:22:17 -0500

nothing-rhymes-with-ianto:

“It’s only forever/not long at all. Don’t tell me truth hurts little girl/cuz it hurts like hell.”

Truth.

Bad. Ass.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:15:38 -0500

Bad. Ass.

youngbadmanbrown: Wonder Woman: teaching men to respect women...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:09:10 -0500

youngbadmanbrown:

Wonder Woman: teaching men to respect women since 1941

How books are made. #tsoop

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:41:09 -0500

How books are made. #tsoop