Rise Up, Oh Heart, For There is Another Battle to Win

psiioniic-miracles:

lost-and-maybe-found:

alt-j:

nah I think we should really stop glorifying cigarettes

you sound boring.

You sound like you’ve never had the scent of cigarette smoke ingrained in your clothes to the point where people in middle school thought you smoked at eleven because your parents couldn’t be bothered to go outside. You sound like you’ve never had your mother flick cigarette ashes out of the car window and have them fly into your face. You sound like you’ve never been kept up at night by the sound of your dad hacking up a lung because he has to get up for his midnight smoke. You sound like you’ve never had to run into a convenience store to get your mother cigarettes as soon as you turned eighteen and cringed at touching the box because you know they’re not only killers but government sanctioned killers because they can not only tax the shit out of them but ensure people buy more at the cost of young lungs and a once beautiful home now plagued with the smell of smoke and ash. You sound like you’ve never had a great grandmother who stopped smoking 30 years before her death who still got lung cancer and subsequently died. You sound like a Fucking ignoramus. Smoking isn’t Fucking cool, it isn’t fun to glorify, it’s disgusting and makes not only you but your children smell bad. Makes not only you but your children cough, get cancer, get sick.

You sound like a Fucking moron. Smoking isn’t cool. Grow the Fuck up.

beefgordita:

JUST SO Y’ALL KNOW THE BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN HAS LAUNCHED AN OFFICIAL STORE SO YOU CAN BUY BERNIE MERCH THAT WILL HELP SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN AND SINCE SANDERS’S CAMPAIGN IS FULLY FUNDED BY DONATIONS I.E. PEOPLE BELIEVING IN HIS CAUSE IF YOU WANT TO HELP OUT THIS IS A GOOD WAY HOW BECAUSE 1) DONATION AND 2) WEAR A SHIRT OR PUT A STICKER SOMEWHERE AND THEN BAM ADVERTISING AND RAISING BERNIE AWARENESS THAT IS ALL

killerville:

bilborhymeswithdildo:

marvel are not fucking around with antman they know no one gives a shit about that movie and so they slip not only cap but our sweet prince bucky into the fucking end credit scene so we have to see the whole movie marvel is across this shit well played

omg guys the end credits scene will be on the internet 8 seconds after the premiere. don’t give antman money.

aspookybunny:

In Jurassic world when the pterodactyl picked up and threw down the baby triceratops I saw the exact moment I’d risk my life to save a baby dinosaur and try to fight a full fucking grown pterodactyl

johanirae:

muslimahs-in-comics:

it’s misogynist, heavy-handed, and undoes nearly all of the feminist brilliance from the film. Graphic rape & abuse, graphic violence… like, honestly. Don’t inflict this comic on yourself, and don’t give Vertigo any money for creating this kind of misogynistic trash. 

here’s a pretty good article from the mary sue detailing why you should avoid it, and gives a few reasons to be furious w/o having to buy this nonsense.

Thank heavens the movie was nothing like the comic, whew.

wandablakes:

the best part of jurassic world is that it sets up claire to be the damsel in distress and that owen is inevitably going to have to save her, but more often than not it’s claire who’s saving the day. and she does it without losing any of femininity, she kicked ass and outran a t-rex while wearing her floaty skirt and heels god bless

lascivuus:

nesgadol:

reblog if ur mom is smart and beautiful

I scrolled passed then I felt guilty

thedatingfeminist:

gemsforsocialjustice:

Stop saying characters who act slightly different are autistic.

Stop saying characters that are both male and friends are gay. 

Stop saying characters who don’t act like their gender norms are trans. 

Stop saying characters who never mention anything about sex are asexual.

Because these “headcanons” keep harmful stereotypes from finally dying off.

Nope.

I’m going to say it.

Marginalised kids who, in their hunger for any scrap of media representation, latch onto the smallest hints that their beloved characters might be like them, are not responsible for any part of their own marginalisation. Ever.

If someone looks at a character and sees a reflection of themselves and it makes them feel good to pretend that the representation that doesn’t actually exist for them is there somehow? Good for them.

It’s respectability politics garbage to tell marginalised kids that they need lots and lots of evidence that their favourite characters are like them before they’re even alowed to imagine it, just in case someone higher in the kyriarchy sees it and thinks, “Ah! This stereotype is Now Officially Confirmed and I can Be Oppressive with a Clear Conscience.”

Stop blaming marginalised people for their own oppression 2kEver

psychoticflyingdragonbunnies:

whitegaysaintshit:

Gay people can be racist

Gay people can be misogynistic

Gay people can be transphobic

Your problematic behavior is not excused because you have been oppressed. You are continuing the cycle of oppression to other marginalized communities and you of all people know better.

Shape. The. Fuck. Up.

My brother and his husband are the biggest pieces of shit when it comes to racism and transphobia. Please don’t think just because someone is oppressed that they won’t oppress others and treat them like shit. Don’t let them get away with it.

margotmoonshine:

valerie-an:

do you ever want to gently float up to someone and whisper “this isn’t a debate; i am actually educated on the subject and i’m telling you you’re wrong”

my life

justdrinktea:

medusas-heir:

imtootiredtothinkofaname:

aspieat221b:

Looking for a random cause of death for a character? Click here.

Looking for a random city? Click here.

Looking for a random city that people have actually heard of? Click here.

Need a random surname for a character? Click here. (They also give prevalence by race, which is very helpful.)

Helpful writing tips for my friends.

smallirishpotato

OH SHIT.

A couple more resources I have open constantly:

Random motivations for your characters here!

Need some character quirks? Here and here! 

Having trouble with backstory? Here! (They have an option for fortunate and unfortunate backstories)

slagarthefox:

fangirlsdilemma:

theoldestrainbow:

Despite Twilight’s flaws I think we can all appreciate what Rosalie Hale did to her gang of rapists after she became a vampire

One of Twilight’s biggest flaws was always that um, how do I put this? It has these kickass supporting characters with these fascinating back stories and instead we have to pay attention to this truly boring couple instead of hearing about Jasper fighting in a vampire war, or Alice as a psychic girl in a 1920’s mental institution, or Carlyle as a vampire doctor trying to atone for all the murdering he did.

Or Leah as the ONLY BIOLOGICALLY FEMALE WEREWOLF IN THE WORLD, or that other vampire baby from South America.

Or pretty much anything beyond Bella and Edward staring at one another and crying.

I’ve heard that a lot.

Even a lot of people that HATE Twilight are intrigued by the supporting characters and sincerely wish we had gotten a book about one of them instead.

It’s like Meyer made the most boring characters she ever conceived the stars and made her actual good ideas background ornaments,  

nottheaverageasian:

nottheaverageasian:

I didn’t let a white boy in my class use a sharpie today and he said “wow looks like someone’s on their period” and his entire group of friends started laughing and I think that basically sums up the humor of a typical white boy

I am a 14 year old asian boy and at least i have the dignity to not use “kthxbai”

history-jokes:

just-shower-thoughts:

In a few generations, kids will be frustratedly trying to remember today’s date for a U.S. history test.

January 26, 2015 - we’re creating and living through history

shadesofmauve:

carriepika:

icantevensleep:

The problem with being introverted is that there is no polite way to say “I love you, but I’m tired of being with you right now.”

This post makes me so sad because I remember when my husband felt he couldn’t say this to me. Because society had pounded it into his head so thoroughly that it ‘wasn’t polite to ask for alone time’ that he felt he wasn’t allowed to. And he was SO MISERABLE. I, being an extrovert myself, had no idea. It wasn’t until, after lots of trial and error and lots of fighting and crying that we finally figured it out.

Saying ‘I love you, but I’m tired of being around people right now. I need time to recharge.’ is NOT IMPOLITE. If someone you say it to thinks it is? Then they need to learn what being introverted means. You can try to help them understand that you need to recharge your batteries. If they refuse to accept it… well, then, you’re never going to work anyways. Because you should NEVER sacrifice your mental health just to keep from hurting someone else’s feelings.

You can ask for alone time politely. There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s not being mean. It’s not being rude. Explain that you need time to recharge. That you just need to be alone with yourself for a while. It’s so important. And the people who truly love you in return will learn and adapt as much as you do.

Also, the various little coping mechanisms and patience-snaps that creep in when someone is pushed past what they can handle are usually MORE apt to cause pain, confusion, or anger than being straight up honest about needing some time and space.

(My sweety and I have similar issues as outlined above; believe me, it’s FAR nicer for both of us when he says ‘I need some quiet’ than when he tries to grit his teeth and bear it!)

The same goes for anyone dealing with chronic pain, incidentally. For your own health and happiness and that of everyone around you, learn to tell people when you need to bow out before it hits a crisis point. You’re not being rude by knowing your own limits, but you might be rude when you’re really hurting or super overwhelmed.

If the other party can’t handle that, remind yourself that it is their problem, not yours.

megphail:

c0ffeekitten:

herpowerisherown:

hush-lullabye:

So a Greek mythology headcanon where Aphrodite can appear either male or female, and she looks like a really fucking sexy guy to gay dudes because that’s who they find attractive
And some Greek bro is out with his buddies when she shows up and he’s all “Wow look at how ripped this dude is no homo” and his buddies are all “What the fuck man that’s a beautiful lady” and that’s how he finds out he’s hella gay

OMG you just opened a door to some amazing head canons
How do you see Aphrodite if you’re ace, aro, Demi, pan, bi???

I bet if you’re bi/ pan, she shifts between genders.

If you’re ace, instead of looking super hot, she looks pretty ordinary, but still aesthetically pleasing, and she has a very kind face and a sweet voice and intelligent eyes. So, romantically appealing.

If you’re demi then she starts off at regular pretty level, but gets steadily hotter as you fall for her.

If you’re aro-ace, she’s invisible (and it pisses her off SO MUCH but she can’t do anything about it).

As an aro ace I strongly approve of this unique opportunity to piss off a Greek god without being murdered or getting turned into a tree or some shit

prosthetical:

goldenheartedrose:

autisticwolfesbrainisautistic:

napoldeinlove:

vikingqueen:

chastityandperversity:

shadowstep-of-bast:

carpeumbra:

No you don’t understand how frustrated I am that we always depicted the Apostles as old men, especially when it comes to during-Jesus-alive stuff.

They were probably late teens to early 20s, given the time and the description and some Biblical passages.

They were not ancient old men with long beards and wrinkles at the Last Supper.

They were young adult rebels with a cause.

where my punk-rock apostles at

I can’t remember where, but the bible says that Jesus was the only one who was old enough to pay the temple tax required by Jewish law, none of the disciples had hit that age. A quick google tells me that Jewish men pay it from the age of 20 - all of the disciples were teenagers.

Not all of them! Matthew 17:24-27 addresses the issue of the temple tax, in which Jesus tells Peter to get a four-drachma piece from a fish’s mouth to account “for my tax and yours”. In addition, Peter is the only person directly mentioned to have a mother-in-law; Jesus heals her in according to three accounts (Matthew 8:14-17, Mark 1:29-31, and Luke 4:38).

So! The “Disciples were ancient old men with long beards and wrinkles" factoid is actually just statistical error. The average disciple was under 20. Simon Peter, who lived with his mother-in-law and his fishing boat and payed the temple tax was an outlier adn should not have been counted.

…did someone really make a Spiders Goerg reference?

Well this made my morning.

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zeloswildeer:

blushyarmin:

lordofthescience:

royaltyspeaking:

How to tell if it was a gunshot or fireworks: gunshots don’t echo, fireworks do. 

thaNK YOU SO MUCH

the fact that anyone might commonly need to know this terrifies me

clearly you’re not from america

pretty-boy-jon:

ooswinssouffle:

appropriately-inappropriate:

rukafais:

graveyardhorse:

korrakun:

my favorite college experience is when i had a 7am class and the kid next to me literally poured a monster energy drink into his coffee said “i’m going to die” and drank the whole thing

i knew a guy who brewed his instant coffee with monster instead of water. three cups in two hours. i think he ascended to the astral realm

the survivability of the human race never ceases to amaze me

TABI ANECDOTE

My final year I lived with engineering masters students. One night, I’m finishing up my final paper, I’m juuuust backing up my final copy, and my housemate’s cat knocks a vase over onto my laptop.

Which wouldn’t be a problem except my cable had been chewed on (thanks Kobe), so the wiring was exposed. Circuits short out, I fling myself back to avoid electrocution and by the time we get the situation handled, my laptop AND my external hard drive have been fried by the surge.

I mean, fried. Like, they-are-vaguely-smoking fried.

I start to cry, because there goes fifty percent of my final grade.

Ahmad just goes “it’s okay, we will fix”. I’m like “how the fuck do you propose that?” And he’s like “I have spare laptop.” “THIS IS DUE IN THE AM!”

And he looks me dead in the eye and goes, “I said I will help. Go get the laptop.”

So off I go. By the time I make it downstairs, there’s this chemical /reek/ in the kitchen. I go in and there he is, methodically crushing caffeine pills with the bottom of a glass on a ceramic plate, periodically dusting the powder into a cooking pot. Meanwhile, his coffee pot is chugging away on the counter.

As I watch, he takes the coffee pot, empties it into the cooking pot, lets THAT come to a boil and dumps in some of his Turkish coffee, AND the remaining caffeine pill powder, which by now is starting to look uncomfortably like coke.

He lets that steep, and by now the coffee/burning smell is so strong it’s woken up all six of the other housemates, who have all come downstairs and are vacillating between staring at my laptop and at this concoction with undisguised horror.

He pours this sludge into a mug, stirs in about four /tablespoons/ of sugar and slides it my way.

I figure that I’m probably dead either way regardless, so I suck it back, filtering the grounds through my teeth as I go.

I’ve had three sips when it hits, and I feel my heart trip on a beat. I must have gone white cause he nods, all pleased, and points me at his laptop.

Long story short, I got an week’s extension, didn’t sleep for five days, had a conversation with my BLINDS in SPANISH, and got a B+, with a note that it was an “engaging read and well-written, when intelligible”.

To this day, coffee any stronger than a pale off-beige makes my chest hurt.

I honestly thought he was going to drink the coffee and perform was magic on the laptop but.. nope. even better. Honest to god, I really want to know how that conversation with the blinds went. 

Bruh. BRUH.

Let’s play “spot the college student who just earned a degree”, because I read this and laughed so hard I literally sobbed.  For ten minutes.  Uncontrollably.  My chest is killing me.

jovialjane:

neoliberalismkills:

I’m pregnant, I can’t work, I’m dysphoric and depressed and my partner just moved away and I need an abortion and I have no other way of getting money right now, I need to collect $400 ($300 procedure, $100 sonogram) paypal is eattherichh@gmail.com please help if you can

please please help this sweet, amazing person.