i would compose a reply to all these
WHAT IF CAROLINE IS BEHIND THE SEXTAPE/HELPING WICKHAM theories
but it makes so little sense
on any level
that i cannot even think of where to start such a reply
and that’s not even getting into how fucking gross it is
so… good job, fandom?
…why is random people caring WAY TOO MUCH about people shipping movieverse sif/loki still a thing
i mean why was it ever a thing
BUT WHY IS IT STILL A THING!??!?!?!
how or why does it hurt you? it’s a tiny niche ship in a niche part of a giant fucking fandom full of random ass ships?
w h y d o y o u c a r e
i personally don’t give a fuck about thor comicsverse at all ever or any ships contained therein or any sif or loki ships in movieverse that aren’t sif/loki
but you don’t see me running around messaging random people my disapproval of their shipping choices
It would be awesome if people would stop interpreting the negative reaction to Joan Watson as either sexism or racism. I don’t give a damn if they make Watson Asian, it’s kind of weird considering the character isn’t but it doesn’t fundamentally change anything so it’s ok.
However swapping the p for a v changes quite a bit, and not being happy about that does not make someone sexist.
For one thing, odds are they are now going to hook Watson and Sherlock up. And I don’t see a problem with that except for the fact that they had to gender swap Watson to do it, implying that it wasn’t ok to hook them up when they were both men. And that just makes me sad. It’s 2012! It’s time people stop pretending that gay is a thing that only happens to a friend of a friend. Homosexuality is all around you and you know what’s awesome? Pretending it isn’t doesn’t make it go away. So mainstream media ignoring it in favor of heterosexual storylines doesn’t make the ‘problem’ disappear, it makes today’s youth, who I might add are more tuned into media than ever before, feel like their lives and romances are inferior because the characters they identify with are secondary or tertiary.
I’m not saying make Watson a man again and hook them up because Sherlock is a very famous work and actually doing that would piss off a lot of fans that don’t like slash shipping. But that doesn’t mean a channel can’t start fresh with some other show that doesn’t have a built in fan base already.
And take a cue from Torchwood when you do. You don’t see Jack Harkness angsting over his sexuality. You see him kicking alien ass and having a relationship with someone who happens to be a man. People who are of non heterosexual flavors don’t spend ever moment of their loves existentializing on their sexual identities. They do the same things as everyone else. Now show us that on television.What the fuck did I just read.
“Don’t actually make Sherlock Holmes queer, because that would just be too shocking! Make some other show gay, though; I wouldn’t have a problem with that. But not Sherlock Holmes. And not a show with an actual built-in fanbase. …But hypothetical lady!Watson/Holmes is still definitely homophobic, because of reasons.
So in conclusion, it’s probably for the best if you would all just keep your ladies and gays away from Sherlock Holmes, the end.”
(Also what in the fuck is ‘kind of weird’ about making Watson Asian? Jesus.)
Good lord, did you actually read what I said at all?
That isn’t even close to what I said. I said that they shouldn’t try it with Sherlock because those books are very well known pieces of literature, and people already have ideas of the way they should be, and despite how tumblr may make the rest of the world seem, not every fan is a slash shipper. So going in and actually producing a show about Sherlock in which he and Watson are a couple wouldn’t go over well with the general public. The same goes for suddenly making one of the characters a chick. It’s not gonna go over well with people who already love the source material.
And yes, lady!Watson/Holmes is homophobic because it implies that they couldn’t possibly have a relationship as two men.
“So in conclusion, it’s probably for the best if you would all just keep your ladies and gays away from Sherlock Holmes, the end.” Um, what? I have no problem with women on Sherlock Holmes. Irene Adler is awesome. I have a problem with taking a male character and suddenly deciding “you know what, let’s give him lady parts.” If they decided to make a female character male I would be just as upset.
As for the Asian part, I said that it didn’t matter. I said it’s kind of weird because I don’t see the point in changing a character’s nationality, but as long as it doesn’t affect the character’s personality I have no qualms with it whatsoever. And I don’t see why it would affect a character’s personality so I’m completely, 100% fine with it.
So next time you decide to complain about something, try actually reading what you’re complaining about.
Child…
I said that they shouldn’t try it with Sherlock because those books are very well known pieces of literature, and people already have ideas of the way they should be, and despite how tumblr may make the rest of the world seem, not every fan is a slash shipper. So going in and actually producing a show about Sherlock in which he and Watson are a couple wouldn’t go over well with the general public.
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And yes, lady!Watson/Holmes is homophobic because it implies that they couldn’t possibly have a relationship as two men.
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I have no problem with women on Sherlock Holmes.
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I have a problem with taking a male character and suddenly deciding “you know what, let’s give him lady parts.”
oh my glob
that awkward moment when someone apparently doesn’t understand the words coming out of their own mouth
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Source: stilinskiesque
“On Saturday, February 18, 2012, the Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York presented the first Spirit of Freedom award to Jada Williams, a 13-year old city of Rochester student. Miss Williams wrote an essay on her impressions of Frederick Douglass’ first autobiography the Narrative of the Life. This was part of an essay contest, but her essay was never entered. It offended her teachers so much that, after harassment from teachers and school administrators at School #3, Miss Williams was forced to leave the school.We at the Frederick Douglass Foundation honored her because her essay actually demonstrates that she understood the autobiography, even though it might seem a bit esoteric to most 13-year olds. In her essay, she quotes part of the scene where Douglass’ slave master catches his wife teaching then slave Frederick to read. During a speech about how he would be useless as a slave if he were able to read, Mr. Auld, the slave master, castigated his wife.Miss Williams quoted Douglass quoting Mr. Auld: “If you teach that nigger (speaking of myself) how to read, there will be no keeping him. It will forever unfit him to be a slave. He would at once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master.”Miss Williams personalized this to her own situation. She reflected on how the “white teachers” do not have enough control of the classroom to successfully teach the minority students in Rochester. While she herself is more literate than most, due to her own perseverance and diligence, she sees the fact that so many of the other “so-called ‘unteachable’” students aren’t learning to read as a form of modern-day slavery. Their illiteracy holds them back in society.Her call to action was then in her summary: “A grand price was paid in order for us to be where we are today; but in my mind we should be a lot further, so again I encourage the white teachers to instruct and I encourage my people to not just be a student, but become a learner.”This offended her English teacher so much that the teacher copied the essay for other teachers and for the Principal. After that, Miss Williams’ mother and father started receiving phone calls from numerous teachers, all claiming that their daughter is “angry.” Miss Williams, mostly a straight-A student, started receiving very low grades, and she was kicked out of class for laughing and threatened with in-school suspension.There were several meetings with teachers and administrators, but all failed to answer Miss Williams’ mother’s questions. The teachers refused to show her the tests and work that she had supposedly performed so poorly on. Instead, the teachers and administrators branded her a problem.Unable to take anymore of the persecution, they pulled her from School #3. Wanting to try another school, they were quickly informed that that school was filled and told to try “this school.” During her first day at this new school, she witnessed four fights, and other students asked her if she was put here because she fights too much.Long story short, they took an exceptional student, with the radical idea that kids should learn to read, and put her in a school of throwaway students who are even more unmanageable than the average student in her previous school. To protect their daughter, her parents have had to remove her from school, and her mother has had to quit her job so she can take care of Miss Williams.To date, the administrators of School #3 have refused to release her records, even though she no longer attends the school, and they have repeatedly given her mother the run around. We at the Frederick Douglass Foundation have contacted school administrators in regards to this situation and have also been told to hit the pavement.That’s what we intend to do. If this school will sacrifice the welfare of an above-average student whose essay, that they asked her to write, they find offensive, we intend to make everyone aware of this monstrous injustice. The school has a job, and it is not doing it. We would like as many folks as possible to call the Principal of School #3 and complain about this injustice. Her name is Miss Connie Wehner, and she can be reached at (585) 454-3525. This treatment of Jada Williams cannot stand.
See Video of Jada reading her Essay Here
Read Related Blog posts Here, Here and Here”
A better article about what’s going on here.
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1) Yep. I’m going to stick with that. Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers was turgid and nearly unreadable! JMS’ run is eh. And I will reiterate that I… don’t care for Thor comics, in general, including Walter Simpson’s run. They’re overblown, melodramatic, the dialogue is always always ALWAYS completely laughable, the storylines are convoluted and utterly ridiculous even for superhero comics, they’re utterly joyless always, and Thor is a completely unlikeable douchebag. SORRY IF THAT HURTS YOU IN YOUR SPECIAL NERD PLACES? (I’m not sorry.)
2) Thor: The Mighty Avenger is perfect.
3) It’s cute that you think that a ship I started shipping in May of this year somehow determined my long-held opinion about comics that I’ve been reading since I was four!!1 And also that shipping something somehow renders one’s opinions invalid. By cute I mean, incredibly ridiculous, offensive, lacking in even the most basic logic or reason, and also fuck you.
4) I… know… that Sif/Loki isn’t canon… and will never be canon…? Have you confused me with someone who gives a shit?
5) Have you like been sitting on this for a long time, Anon, trying to keep it in, your impotent nerd rage burning in your chest that I should DARE not like the same comics you like!!1 AND THEN TO SHIP ~FANON~ ON TOP OF IT until you couldn’t take it anymore and were forced to send me this random ass ask when I haven’t even mentioned Thor comics in months and months? Seriously wtf, yo?
6) AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU TOO?????
attacking someone because they did not respond with enough speed, alacrity, enthusiasm, whatever to your social overtures
while giving no thought to the million other considerations such as their mental health, social anxieties, energy level or even the reliability of the methods through which you made your ovetures
and thus accusing them of being mercenary such that they only associate with ~people deemed cool/talented/awesome/popular enough~
is not
actually
a good way to make friends with them.
[Image description: an ad by Summer’s Eve, advertising feminine hygiene products. Over a painting of Helen of Troy, the copy reads “It was more than her face that launched a thousand ships. A war was fought. A whole city fell. And thousands died. Because of a beautiful face? We think not. Although you’ll be hard-pressed to find any mention of her V in any history book, you can bet Helen of Troy knew what was up. Ad you can bet she knew how to take care of hers too. Just imagine if she’d had Summer’s Eve Cleansing Wash and Cleansing Cloths. pH-balanced, they help get you fresh and keep you fresh all day long. No telling how many ships would have been launched then.”]
(via uteruses-before-duderuses.)
#SHE LAUNCHED SHIPS LITERALLY OUT OF HER VAGINA
Is this seriously a thing now, world? IS THIS WHAT WE HAVE BECOME. I’m also amazed at the fact that they got through the entire ad without having to expressly say what they make or what it’s for once!
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meatandsarcasm | resurrectedrule | corruptpolitics:
For instance, last month a Democrat offered up a bill that should have been uncontroversial: It would have officially repealed the state’s primitive anti-homosexuality law, already long overturned by the state’s Supreme Court. But no: the Tea-Partying Republicans running the House committee overseeing the bill simply killed it in the crib.
According to Peterson, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, there are at least two prosecutable offenses—felonies punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $50,000 fine. One is the “recruitment” of non-gays. “Homosexuals can’t go out into the heterosexual community and try to recruit people, or try to enlist them in homosexual acts,” Peterson says. He provides an example: “‘Here, young man, your hormones are raging. Let’s go in this bedroom, and we’ll engage in some homosexual acts. You’ll find you like it.’” Peterson hasn’t actually seen this happen, he says, because “I don’t associate with that group of people at all… I’ve associated with mainstream people all my life.”
I italicized the part that I imagined must be said in a British accent.
“In my mind, if they were engaging in acts in public that could be construed as homosexual, it would violate that statute. It has to be more than affection. It has to be overt homosexual acts of some kind or another… If kissing goes to that extent, yes. If it’s more than that, yes.”
The GOP and Tea Party once again turn their attention toward making freedom illegal in America. Yay.
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drst:
Last week, crafting marketplace Etsy.com published the real name and purchasing history of their buyers to the Web. These purchases include sex toys, gay literature, drug pipes and other presumably private transactions.
[…]
In reverse, an Etsy.com visitor can search for a sex toy shop, and follow that store’s recent purchases to a list of shoppers complete in some cases with real name, location and photo. No login is required for either search. Etsy has also published users’ “favorites”, which had appeared to users to be a way of privately tagging items.
The changes are retroactive to all prior Etsy users. My 2009 purchase — my only activity on the site — popped up in a Google Alert for my name. I’ve since closed my account.
Please reblog. Etsy made no attempt to let users know this was happening and the management is not responding to anyone. The only way for people to hear about this is through online friends.
ETSY, NOOOO.
wtf Etsy.
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Source: drst
You don’t even need to compare her to her father. Just look at how she was drawn in Generation X.
Holy shit, Marvel. That is INCREDIBLY gross.
M from Generation X to X-Factor:
Re-reblogging for the excellent visual.
SERIOUSLY MARVEL HOW CAN YOU BE THIS FUCKING SHAMELESS?!
cbs pilot two broke girls: seriously, you named the asian character “rice lee”? Oh boy. So the other day, I get these audition sides passed along to me, for Two Broke Girls, the new CBS comedy from Sex and the City creator Michael Patrick King. The show is described as a “multi-camera comedy about two 22-year-old girls who tackle life in New York: two broke girls, one expensive city.”
The show — at least, the pilot episode — features an Asian character named Han Lee, described in the script as 33, Korean Born, Lovable, Thin Man; Thick Accent. And it’s pretty much downhill from there.
From what I’ve seen, the running joke appears to be that Han Lee adopts a new, more “American” name (“Bryce Lee” — which at some point becomes “Rice”) and is constantly getting his funny-but-lovable bad English corrected. I’m reposting relevant parts of the script below:INT. DINER - THE NEXT NIGHTHa! Asian man in funny pants. The hijinks continue. Page 10:
MAX ENTERS, WEARING A COOL VINTAGE COAT AND CARRYING A TRAY COVERED IN TINFOIL. HAN LEE (33, KOREAN BORN, LOVABLE, THIN MAN; THICK ACCENT) COMES OUT FROM THE KITCHEN. HE IS DRESSED VERY “AMERICAN PREPPY” BUT HAS HIS KHAKI PANTS BELTED UP WAY TOO HIGH ON HIS TORSO. LEE HOLDS OUT A PAY ENVELOPE TO MAX.LEE
Hello today. I have check for you.
MAX GLANCES AT HIS PANTS AS SHE TAKES THE CHECK.MAX
Thanks, camel toe.
LEE
What means camel toe?
SHE POINTS TO HIS CROTCH WHERE THE PANTS ARE HIKED UP. HE LOOKS DOWN, EMBARRASSED.LEE(CONT’D)
Oh. Okay.
HE TURNS AROUND AND TUGS ON HIS PANTS, PULLING THEM LOWER. HE TURNS BACK AND LOOKS TO MAX FOR APPROVAL. SHE NODS.MAX
Nailed it. Way to go, Han.
LEE
I am no longer Han Lee. I have a new American name to go with changing neighborhood.
MAX
To go with the changing neighborhood—the changing neighborhood. We’ve gone over this.
LEE
Oh, Okay. The changing neighborhood.
HE POINTS TO HIS NAME TAG. SHE LOOKS. THEN BACK UP AT HIM.MAX
“Bryce”? Your name is Bryce Lee?
(OFF HIS NOD) I can’t decide if that’s racism or plagiarism.Ooohhh snap! You see what they did there? With the mixing of the Rs and Ls joke? Damn, that is some original shit. And “Rice”? Who is the comedy genius coming up with this stuff? And it continues on page 22:LEE
Why no? Blonde good for business and she worked in all good restaurants in Manhattan.
MAX
You are not hiring someone who refers to the color yellow as “mustard.” No way, Rice.
LEE
It’s Bryce.
MAX
You don’t pronounce your R’s, I don’t pronounce by B’s.
LEE
You show her strings.
MAX
Ropes. And no. That would require me to be patient and listen and that’s just not my thing.
MAX TURNS AND LEAVES. LEE FOLLOWS AFTER HER.LEE COMES OUT FROM THE KTICHEN CARRYING A WHITE PLASTIC CHRISTMAS TREE LOADED WITH LIGHTS AND ORNAMENTS. EXTENSION CORDS TRAIL BEHIND. HE PUTS IT ON THE COUNTER AND SMILES.Isn’t it great? These kind, know-it-all white girls teaching the wide-eyed, dumbass new immigrant about American customs and holidays? The way this guy is acting, they must not celebrate Christmas in Korea. Oh, wait. But they do.MAX (CONT’D)
Rice. Come on. What are you doing?
LEE
Christmas tree. Americans like holidays.
MAX
It’s September.
CAROLINE
I think it’s pretty
LEE
(TO CAROLINE) Don’t encourage this. (THEN TO LEE) You give me no choice. Holiday pop quiz: February.
LEE
(QUICKLY)
Valentines.
MAX
April?
LEE
Easters bunny.
MAX
October?
LEE THINKS. NOTHING. BEHIND MAX CAROLINE TRIES TO HELP HIM BY MOUTHING “HALLOWEEN” AND MAKES “BOO” MOTIONS LIKE SHE’S SCARING SOMEONE. MAX LOOKS OVER AND BUSTS CAROLINE MID-BOO.LEE
Oh. Halloweens!
MAX
(TO CAROLINE) If you help him how will he learn?
LEE
What is September?
MAX
September has nothing.
BEAT. LEE LOOKS DISAPPOINTED. VERY DISAPPOINTED.MAX (CONT’D)
Fine, you can have Halloween early. Three pumpkins and that’s it.
LEE
Oh, okay.
LEE, DELIGHTED, PICKS UP THE TREE AND WALKS AWAY. MAX GETS UP AND PUT ON HER COAT. CAROLINE FOLLOWS, PUTTING ON A FANCY, EXPENSIVE LEATHER JACKET.
I’m not making any of this up. This is an actual pilot, written by comedian Whitney Cummings and starring Kat Dennings. I’ve got no problem with the premise of this show, but all this cultural competence nonsense surrounding the Asian character is utterly idiotic. Someone appears to have created this character in a fit of inspiration after watching Sixteen Candles.
I’m all for more interesting, fully-fledged characters on network television, and there have definitely been some solid strides made in recent years… but this does not sound good. I pray that this character gets re-tooled before they go into production. (Thanks, Ken.)I…I just can’t.
stfufauxminists | timekiller-s | corruptpolitics:
Our goal is to make the gathering look as greedy and goonish as we know that it is, ding their credibility with the media and exploit the lazy reporters who just want dramatic shots and outrageous quotes for headlines. Even if it becomes known that we are plants the quotes and pictures will linger as defacto truth.
This needs to be exposed, and widely.
Reblog for exposure, pls.
what.
Holy shit, they’re evolving into Scientologists.
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Source: headphonesnotrequired
Just when I think I’ve finally met a well-adjusted woman, she admits to me that she was raped. It’s official. I attract tragic women. I’ve read enough about this to know why, but it still doesn’t cease to amaze me. I hate to judge someone because she has confessed a terrible past, but I know how it will end. In the end, I’m the one who gets screwed.
Then he talks about how “damaged” women like this “make” him say and do bad things to them. And wonders why the girls he dates are always too busy to make him the center of their lives!
WORD UP: WE AVOID YOU BECAUSE YOU’RE AN ABUSIVE FUCK WHO SHAMES US FOR BEING RAPED.
On days like this, the Inga Muscio point — that the balance of power between men and women is preserved by women’s silence, and that public humiliation of men like this is a real nice way to restore the balance of power; sure it scares them, so maybe it will scare them enough to MAKE THEM STOP TREATING US LIKE SHIT — is very, very compelling.
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20something WOC trying to be a dope person.
currently hella into: the adventures of brienne of tarth and some hobo. elementary. gravity falls. green lantern: the animated series. october daye. women of the otherworld.
perpetually hella into: over-investing in narratives. all the women you hate. loving superhero comics more than you will ever know. hating superhero comics more than you will ever understand. stories about feelings. video games. romance novels. being painfully earnest. faces that need to shut up. sif/loki sif/loki sif/loki.
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So I got to see the new “Sleepy Hollow” pilot and GUYS.
GUYS.
“You will not apply my precept,” he said, shaking his head. “How often have I...
Neptune polaroid
guess who is owned by Microsoft
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[Image description: an ad by Summer’s Eve, advertising feminine hygiene products. Over a painting of Helen of Troy, the copy reads “It was more than her face that launched a thousand ships. A war was fought. A whole city fell. And thousands died. Because of a beautiful face? We think not. Although you’ll be hard-pressed to find any mention of her V in any history book, you can bet Helen of Troy knew what was up. Ad you can bet she knew how to take care of hers too. Just imagine if she’d had Summer’s Eve Cleansing Wash and Cleansing Cloths. pH-balanced, they help get you fresh and keep you fresh all day long. No telling how many ships would have been launched then.”]
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ratsoff:
(via uteruses-before-duderuses.)
#SHE LAUNCHED SHIPS LITERALLY OUT OF HER VAGINA
Is this seriously a thing now, world? IS THIS WHAT WE HAVE BECOME. I’m also amazed at the fact that they got through the entire ad without having to expressly say what they make or what it’s for once!
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