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emergencysalsa: jeremyrenners-butt: BUT WE WANTED DAVID...

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:40:23 -0400

jeremyrenners-butt:

BUT WE WANTED DAVID TENNANT.
DAVID TENNANT RUNNING WITH THE TORCH IS A FIXED POINT IN TIME YOU CANT JUST… OH MY GOD I STAYED UP FOR THIS AS WELL

FFS.

Time can be rewritten.

mynoseitches: littleminimia: my favorite time of day the only...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:17:56 -0400

mynoseitches:

littleminimia:

my favorite time of day

the only time of day

Photo

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:08:12 -0400

"I don’t like this expression “First World problems.” It is false and it is condescending. Yes,..."

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:02:34 -0400

“I don’t like this expression “First World problems.” It is false and it is condescending. Yes, Nigerians struggle with floods or infant mortality. But these same Nigerians also deal with mundane and seemingly luxurious hassles. Connectivity issues on your BlackBerry, cost of car repair, how to sync your iPad, what brand of noodles to buy: Third World problems. All the silly stuff of life doesn’t disappear just because you’re black and live in a poorer country. People in the richer nations need a more robust sense of the lives being lived in the darker nations. Here’s a First World problem: the inability to see that others are as fully complex and as keen on technology and pleasure as you are.”

- “What’s Wrong with First World Problems” (via grrrlstudies)

Sooo…privilege problems? What’s a good replacement?
(via seriesofnonsequiturs) How about just “problems”?

deuteronomy210: Sport. This is how I see sports.

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:12:26 -0400

deuteronomy210:

Sport.

This is how I see sports.

I am pretty wisdomous.

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:39:31 -0400

I am pretty wisdomous.

Itnwould be inconceivable not to reblog Inigo.

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:36:49 -0400

Itnwould be inconceivable not to reblog Inigo.

I would be inconceivable not to reblog Inigo.

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:34:59 -0400

I would be inconceivable not to reblog Inigo.

For the confusèd among you.

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:32:15 -0400

Old English (Anglo-Saxon): Eft he axode, hu ðære ðeode nama wære þe hi of comon. Him wæs geandwyrd, þæt hi Angle genemnode wæron. Þa cwæð he, "Rihtlice hi sind Angle gehatene, for ðan ðe hi engla wlite habbað, and swilcum gedafenað þæt hi on heofonum engla geferan beon."

Middle English: In þat lond ben trees þat beren wolle, as þogh it were of scheep; whereof men maken clothes, and all þing þat may ben made of wolle. In þat contree ben many ipotaynes, þat dwellen som tyme in the water, and somtyme on the lond: and þei ben half man and half hors, as I haue seyd before; and þei eten men, whan þei may take hem.

Early Modern English: But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she Be not her maid, since she is envious; Her vestal livery is but sick and green And none but fools do wear it; cast it off. It is my lady, O, it is my love!

Modern English: Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.

justjasper: gender equality isn’t about forcing people out of traditional gender roles, it’s about...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:12:17 -0400

justjasper:

gender equality isn’t about forcing people out of traditional gender roles, it’s about giving people the choice to live their lives how they want to, regardless of whether it meets traditional expectations or not, without being shamed for it

"Human beings took our animal need for palatable food … and turned it into chocolate souffles with..."

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:54:17 -0400

“Human beings took our animal need for palatable food … and turned it into chocolate souffles with salted caramel cream. We took our ability to co-operate as a social species … and turned it into craft circles and bowling leagues and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We took our capacity to make and use tools … and turned it into the Apollo moon landing. We took our uniquely precise ability to communicate through language … and turned it into King Lear.

None of these things are necessary for survival and reproduction. That is exactly what makes them so splendid. When we take our basic evolutionary wiring and transform it into something far beyond any prosaic matters of survival and reproduction … that’s when humanity is at its best. That’s when we show ourselves to be capable of creating meaning and joy, for ourselves and for one another. That’s when we’re most uniquely human.

And the same is true for sex. Human beings have a deep, hard-wired urge to replicate our DNA, instilled in us by millions of years of evolution. And we’ve turned it into an intense and delightful form of communication, intimacy, creativity, community, personal expression, transcendence, joy, pleasure, and love. Regardless of whether any DNA gets replicated in the process.

Why should we see this as sinful? What makes this any different from chocolate souffles and King Lear?”

- Greta Christina (Sex and the Off-Label Use of Our Bodies) (via metatheatre, sexisnottheenemy) (via paintupurple) (via nancaia) (via moniquill) (via littlegoldenapple) (via succulentsaskie) (via bebinn) (via politicalcanuck) (via danikathelesbrarian) (via lesbianoutlaw) (via bubonickitten) (via every-inch-but-one) (via ellejohara) (via aforaffort) (via timemachineyeah)