So I’ve seen a lot of very articulate shouting about lack of LGBT+ presence in media lately (there’s a show with a ship called Clexa and…that’s not a show I watch but I feel for the fans) and I have a question. I’ve been toying with the idea of a novel that’s basically “In which a bisexual technopath and her walking taser girlfriend go out and take down a corrupt government together” and I was curious if that was something people would be interested in?
Anonymous asked: *curtsies* Mighty duke, I've been taught at school that the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet is actually a sonnet, but you recently assured that this is incorrect. Could you please explain why? I'm starting to doubt everything my teacher says
*Curtsies* First things first: There is no such thing as ‘the balcony scene.’ Calling it ‘the balcony scene’ is a misnomer because there’s no actual balcony involved. ‘Balcony’ wasn’t even really used as a word until about the 1610s; Romeo and Juliet was written in the 1590s. Romeo says “What light through yonder window breaks?” She’s at a window. Not on a fuckin’ balcony. That’s people conflating what we have of the text and what we *think* we know of early modern theatre architecture and creating a balcony where no balcony exists in the world of the play. So that’s the first problem. Second problem: Romeo and Juliet do speak a sonnet together but it’s in the scene at the Capulets’ ball when they first meet, not in the incorrectly-termed ‘balcony’ scene. (It’s Act I, Scene 5 and it starts with If I profane with my unworthiest hand if you’re looking for it.) Yes, there is a sonnet. No, there is no balcony. And there definitely isn’t a sonnet on a balcony at any point.
Your abuser’s trauma doesn’t justify them abusing you.
Your abuser’s trauma doesn’t justify them abusing you.
Your abuser’s trauma doesn’t justify them abusing you.
Your abuser’s trauma doesn’t justify them abusing you.
Your abuser’s trauma doesn’t justify them abusing you.
Your abuser’s trauma doesn’t justify them abusing you.
Your abuser’s trauma doesn’t justify them abusing you.
Your abuser’s trauma doesn’t justify them abusing you.
Your abuser’s trauma doesn’t justify them abusing you.
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the funniest and best thing i’ve learned while doing research for this shakespeare project is that in the late 19th century, there was this group called the american acclimatization society and their thing was bringing european plants and animals to the u.s. so one member was this guy named eugene schieffelin and he was like obsessed with shakespeare, so he went, “hey, wouldn’t it be cool if we tracked down EVERY SPECIES OF BIRD SHAKESPEARE EVER MENTIONED and brought them ALL to America” so he rounded up like a hundred European starlings and released them in central park, and now there are upwards of 200 million starlings in North America and they cause around $1 billion worth of damage to crops every year, all because shakespeare mentioned them exactly ONCE in Henry IV part 1
#the shakespeare fandom is wild
Yes. Yes we are.
And then like twenty years later, because New Yorkers apparently HADN’T LEARNED ANYTHING FROM THIS MISTAKE…
Some people decided that Stanley Park in Vancouver just wasn’t a fun enough park without some cool squirrel like those grey squirrels hanging around in Central Park, and SHIPPED US A BUNCH OF SQUIRRELS AS A PRESENT.
Which the people of Vancouver responded with ‘wow, great idea, thanks!’ and then released the squirrels.
The Eastern Grey Squirrel is now one of the most pervasive invasive species in BC, and has totally decimated the population of native red squirrels, both by out-competing them for food resources and EATING THEIR BABIES.
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i’m mostly posting this as a reminder to myself, but i think other men struggling with body image or people who are dysphoric about their hips can benefit from seeing this too.
this is part of a body positivity campaign launched by clothing company dressman called #justthewayyouare and if you click that link there’s more body types being represented in their ads.
i have never seen any body positivity for men like this before, marketing ploy or not it DOES help me seeing my body type (wide hips and chub and all) being represented in a public space like this, especially with the word “perfect” attached to it.
i’ve came back to this picture for a while now as a reminder that my body is a valid body, and i hope it will help someone else too.
(credits to @oneflewovergeorgieboysnest for taking this picture and putting it on facebook)
This is important.
For mah dudes
Because men need body positivity too
Signal boost cause all you gents need to be happy in your skin too okay?
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GUYS I WAS LITERALLY AT THIS SPEECH, I WATCHED HIM SAY ALL OF THESE THINGS WITH MY NAKED TWO EYEBALLS HOLY HELL
Is it me, or the closer we get to the end of Obama’s term, the more he turns into that uncle at the cook out who is quiet the rest of the year but is roasting EVERYBODY today.
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I wear glasses. Can I manage without glasses? Well, yes, probably. I could squint a lot, constantly move up close to anything I want to see, take the bus or a taxi if I want to go anywhere. I could just accept that I’ll never be able to see eagles flying in the sky or whales jumping out of the ocean.
But why? Why try so hard to manage life when I could just put on a pair of glasses? No one would ever suggest a near-sighted person should just work harder. No one would say ‘Maybe that’s just your normal’ to someone that needs glasses. They would say ‘Let’s go to the eye doctor and get you a prescription so you’re able to see again.’
You shouldn’t have to try so hard.
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My doctor (paraphrased), when I expressed doubts about going back on an anti-depressant. (via
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This is such a good analogy because nobody thinks about it like this. If you wear glasses, you literally need constant use of a medical aid to experience the world like most people do. If it were anything besides glasses, that would be considered a disability. But needing glasses is an extremely common, visible, and accepted form of disability to the point that we don’t even consider it one, we just accept that some people need glasses and that’s perfectly normal and there’s nothing wrong with needing to rely on them.
That is how all disabilities and illnesses should be seen, and how we should look at treatment for them. You have a problem, and you need help dealing with it, and there’s nothing wrong with either of those things. That’s perfectly normal and that’s okay.
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Reblogging myself bc ^^that^^ was such a beautiful addition. ~JJ
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A group of young Black folks were denied to enter the rally because the are Black and Muslims. A white man, in front of them and police, tells the police he is a protester, police say it’s ok for him to enter.
Pure insanity. Do they have separate water fountains too?
Meanwhile folks are flocking into Bernie’s rallies, welcomed with open arms. Black, white, brown, young, old, women with hijabs, men with turbans… The whole lot of beautiful, wonderful Americans. #Love it!
“Them”
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if you give me a task with no deadline i will literally never do it but if you give me a deadline i will get it done exactly 1 hour before the deadline even if the deadline is in six years
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