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cozcat: slytherinweasley7: Probably one of the worst...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:01:20 -0400

cozcat:

slytherinweasley7:

Probably one of the worst moments of all time.

Look how he reaches for her. His best friend. He just wants her to show some recognition. That she is still in there somewhere. He just wants his best friend back.

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:29:26 -0400

"I want to stress this again: In many, many parts of the country right now, if you want to go to see..."

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:02:47 -0400

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I want to stress this again: In many, many parts of the country right now, if you want to go to see a movie in the theater and see a current movie about a woman — any story about any woman that isn’t a documentary or a cartoon — you can’t. You cannot. There are not any. You cannot take yourself to one, take your friend to one, take your daughter to one.

There are not any.

By far your best shot, numbers-wise, at finding one that’s at least even-handedly featuring a man and a woman is Before Midnight (on 891 screens) so I hope you like it. Because it’s pretty much that or a solid, impenetrable wall of movies about dudes.

Dudes in capes, dudes in cars, dudes in space, dudes drinking, dudes smoking, dudes doing magic tricks, dudes being funny, dudes being dramatic, dudes flying through the air, dudes blowing up, dudes getting killed, dudes saving and kissing women and children, and dudes glowering at each other.

Somebody asked me this morning what “the women” are going to do about this. I don’t know. I honestly am at the point where I have no idea what to do about it. Stop going to the movies? Boycott everything?

They put up Bridesmaids, we went. They put up Pitch Perfect, we went. They put up The Devil Wears Prada, which was in two-thousand-meryl-streeping-oh-six, and we went (and by “we,” I do not just mean women; I mean we, the humans), and all of it has led right here, right to this place. Right to the land of zippedy-doo-dah. You can apparently make an endless collection of high-priced action flops and everybody says “win some, lose some” and nobody decides that They Are Poison, but it feels like every “surprise success” about women is an anomaly and every failure is an abject lesson about how we really ought to just leave it all to The Rock.

”

- At The Movies, The Women Are Gone : Monkey See : NPR

The whole article is fantastic, as is pretty much everything Linda Holmes writes.

(via kdhart)

toxicnotebook: KNAPP The Post-War collection A/W 2012/2013

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:49:56 -0400

toxicnotebook:

KNAPP The Post-War collection A/W 2012/2013

newyorker: “We can let our ideals suffocate us or we can...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:04:51 -0400

newyorker:

“We can let our ideals suffocate us or we can survive…Nuclear energy—now in its fourth generation—is at least as safe as any other form of power. Fukushima was a disaster, but was it worse than the fact that our atmosphere now contains more than four hundred parts per million of carbon dioxide, a figure that many climate scientists believe assures catastrophe? Sadly, we may soon find out.”

Michael Specter explains why he believes it’s time to go nuclear: http://nyr.kr/11C61Bi

celeryandhummus: remember that guy who reblogged a popular post to say that it makes sense for...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:26:56 -0400

celeryandhummus:

remember that guy who reblogged a popular post to say that it makes sense for white men to be the main characters in everything because white men are “the majority of the people in the world”

i try not to remember that

but i do

all the time

When the Earth Stood Still by Elizabeth Gadd on Flickr.

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:13:42 -0400

When the Earth Stood Still by Elizabeth Gadd on Flickr.

odditiesoflife: Dreams in Blue Each year these blossoming blue...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 06:05:22 -0400

odditiesoflife:

Dreams in Blue

Each year these blossoming blue fields attract thousands of tourists. Hitachi Park is located in the Ibaraki Prefecture on Honsyu in Japan. Its a beautiful spectacle during the flowering of the nemophila. Nemophilas are annual flowers. The word is a combination of the Greek words “nemos” (small forest) and “phileo” (love). The Japanese word “hitachi” translates to dawn. Taken together: “small forest love in dawn.” A blue heaven on Earth.

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Sun, 09 Jun 2013 22:52:40 -0400

I’ve been analysing Lana del Rey/Lizzie Grant for three days now and still can’t tell...

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 19:55:00 -0400

I’ve been analysing Lana del Rey/Lizzie Grant for three days now and still can’t tell whether she’s shallow, a genius, or the puppet of a genius.

EDIT: When I say ‘analysing’, I mean guilty pleasure jamming non-stop and trying to justify it to myself by doin’ some research and critical thinking -hey! Maybe my BA is actually helping me… hahah… ha…

Yoyo, I served Martin Freeman at work today. Didn’t realise it was him until he said...

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 02:41:13 -0400

Yoyo, I served Martin Freeman at work today.

Didn’t realise it was him until he said goodbye.

He wore sunnies and a beanie, and avoided eye contact.

He bought The Guardian for $7.

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Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:38:20 -0400

becks28nz: Lord of the Rings : Gender Swapped

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:42:45 -0400

becks28nz:

Lord of the Rings : Gender Swapped

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Sun, 02 Jun 2013 23:37:43 -0400

This is one of the best lines in the history of anything.

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:34:55 -0400

This is one of the best lines in the history of anything.

rikaorlanda: TODAY IN TURKEY National Protest: Istanbul:...

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:32:24 -0400

rikaorlanda:

TODAY IN TURKEY

National Protest: Istanbul: 01-02JUNE2013

classiestpenguin: owls with cat heads

Fri, 31 May 2013 01:27:25 -0400

classiestpenguin:

owls with cat heads

belikeotherpeople: “After the recent birth of my child,” said...

Thu, 30 May 2013 19:33:51 -0400

belikeotherpeople:

“After the recent birth of my child,” said a deadpan Garai, the picture of innocence in a white lacy dress, “I had the misfortune of having 23 stitches in my vagina. So I didn’t think I’d be laughing at anything for a long time.” She then paused until the audience’s surprised roars subsided, before adding cheerily: “But tonight’s nominees have proved me wrong.”

sogreat

thatzak: simplypotterheads: In February, Scholastic revealed...

Thu, 30 May 2013 17:01:26 -0400

thatzak:

simplypotterheads:

In February, Scholastic revealed they would be revamping the covers of our beloved series for the 15th anniversary of the release of Sorcerer’s Stone by releasing a preview of the book’s new art. Today, artist Kazu Kibuishi, who is responsible for the redesigns, has revealed the second book cover while on-site at Book Expo America. We’re excited to see the rest of the covers, so far they’ve been gorgeous!

Click here to see the preview of the new Sorcerer’s Stone cover art

This looks like The Magic Treehouse.

hermionejg: neoplastik: ONLY 90’S KIDS WILL GET THIS: crippling debt and ceaseless unemployment

Thu, 30 May 2013 05:20:03 -0400

hermionejg:

neoplastik:

ONLY 90’S KIDS WILL GET THIS: crippling debt and ceaseless unemployment