Quantcast
Channel: *~.'.~*
Viewing all 18448 articles
Browse latest View live

"I want to enjoy this beautiful photo, but what we really should be discussing is a detailed medical..."

$
0
0
“I want to enjoy this beautiful photo, but what we really should be discussing is a detailed medical history of the subject.”

- Something never said by anyone except people wanting to say “Ew, fat!” without having to acknowledge to themselves that they are an asshole (via red3blog)

beautiful-minerals: Top Grade Lander Blue Turquoise.

This is What Happens When a Sinkhole Swallows Your Town

likeafieldmouse: Dennis Oppenheim - Two-stage Transfer Drawing...

$
0
0




likeafieldmouse:

Dennis Oppenheim - Two-stage Transfer Drawing (1971)

"As I run a marker along Eric’s back he attempts to duplicate the movement on the wall. My activity stimulates a kinetic response from his sensory system. I am, therefore, drawing through him"

Photo

sagittariidae: Bivalvia, Ernst Haeckel. 

omgthatdress: Dress Madeleine Vionnet, 1924 Musée Galliera de...

cartoonhangover: If you haven’t seen the brilliant second part...


"The issue is NOT that Moffat didn’t cast a woman (or a non-caucasian of either gender). It’s that..."

$
0
0

The issue is NOT that Moffat didn’t cast a woman (or a non-caucasian of either gender). It’s that the thought of casting one NEVER SEEMED TO ENTER INTO THE EQUATION. It’s as ludicrous to him that a woman would be the Doctor as a man would portray The Queen. Both represent a type of drag performance that might be amusing but certainly not authentic. And given that science fiction/fantasy is a place where “what if” and “why not” have their safest homes, it’s disheartening to see limitations put on a show that is, by its design, utter limitless […]

Had I not heard these rumblings before today’s special, Moffat’s comment about The Queen probably wouldn’t have raised an eyebrow. Had Moffat’s companions been strong, independent figures that weren’t ignorant of their own origins, Moffat’s comments would have gone unnoticed. Instead, his comments formed a triptych along with the other two elements that suggest a large, systemic problem that has absolutely no bearing on Capaldi’s capacity to play the Doctor but everything to do with Moffat’s ability to steer that ship.

Instead of focus on the new Doctor, maybe we should be focused on getting a new showrunner. The TARDIS can go anywhere in time and space. But Moffat seems stuck on the same patch of antiquated soil.



-

-“‘Doctor Who’: Peter Capaldi can stay but Steven Moffat needs to go”

Sometimes you find an article that’s so incredible you just want to copy-paste the entire thing into a post and put giant flashing neon signs on it that scream:

This is one of those posts.Seriously, go read the whole thing.

(via whovianfeminism)

Agreed. Read it all.

(via helms-deep)

Thin Privilege Checklist

$
0
0

sugaredvenom:

  • I can be sure that people aren’t embarrassed to be seen with me because of the size of my body.
  • If I pick up a magazine or watch T.V. I will see bodies that look like mine that aren’t being lampooned, desexualized, or used to signify laziness, ignorance, or lack of self-control.
  • When I talk about the size of my body I can be certain that few other people will hope they are never the same size.
  • I do not have to be afraid that when I talk to my friends or family they will mention the size of my body in a critical manner, or suggest unsolicited diet products and exercise programs.
  • I will not be accused of being emotionally troubled or in psychological denial because of the size of my body.
  • I can go home from meetings, classes, and conversations and not feel excluded, fearful, attacked, isolated, outnumbered, unheard, held at a distance, stereotyped, or feared because of the size of my body.
  • I never have to speak for size acceptance as a movement. My thoughts about my body can be my own with no need for political alliance relative to size.
  • I can be sure that when I go to a class, or movie, or restaurant that I will find a place to sit in which I am relatively comfortable.
  • I don’t have to worry that if I am talking about feeling of sexual attraction people are repelled or disgusted by the size of my body. People can imagine me in sexual circumstances.
  • People won’t ask me why I don’t change the size of my body.
  • My masculinity or femininity will not be challenged because of the size of my body.
  • I can be sure that if I need medical or legal help my size will not work against me.
  • I am not identified by the size of my body.
  • I can walk in public with my significant other and not have people double take or stare.
  • I can go for months without thinking about or being spoken to about the size of my body.
  • I am not grouped because of the size of my body.
  • I will never have to sit quietly and listen while other people talk about the ways in which they avoid being my size.
  • I don’t have to worry that won’t be hired for a job that I can do because of the size of my body.

Photo

natgeofound: Frozen walleye pike kiss the snow in Mille Lacs,...

$
0
0


natgeofound:

Frozen walleye pike kiss the snow in Mille Lacs, Minnesota, 1959.Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie, National Geographic

Auto-reblog for Mille Lacs, Minnesota!

fieldmuseumphotoarchives: Fossil Friday… What do we have here?...

$
0
0


fieldmuseumphotoarchives:

Fossil Friday… What do we have here? There is that Megalodon fossil from earlier this week. Please note.. Hands Off!

© The Field Museum, CSGEO2978.

Hall 36. Paleontology: Titanothere Uintathere, Irish Deer or Elk, hadrosaur, Megalodon jaw with modern shark jaw for comparison. Fossil skeletons or specimens. All specimens on pedestals with signs that say “Hands Off”, radiators and buckets of sand for fire protection nearby. Field Columbian Museum

8x10 glass negative

1895 

1895!

also - Hands Off!

bad-ass-fat-ass: Who is this? Anyone know?

mouffettefatale: Fairytale In The Supermarket | The Raincoats


natgeofound: A 1936 color photograph shot in Berlin on...

$
0
0


natgeofound:

A 1936 color photograph shot in Berlin on Afgacolor, a German film.Photograph by Hans Hildenbrand, National Geographic

Photo

squishythings: Nooo we are out of milk and acceptable milk substitutes for coffee nooooooooo it...

$
0
0

squishythings:

Nooo we are out of milk and acceptable milk substitutes for coffee nooooooooo it will be a morning of glarbleflargh

This is the worst.  Every time it happens to me I swear I am going to buy an emergency tin of powdered creamer, but I never do.

fancybidet: the-pietriarchy: mixmastacopycat: the-pietriarchy:...

$
0
0


fancybidet:

the-pietriarchy:

mixmastacopycat:

the-pietriarchy:

jenjenacts:

the-pietriarchy:

New Doctor Who theme alterations for the 12th Doctor revealed.

This is why I gave up on this show. I used to sit down on the bed and watch the old Doctor Who on T.V. with little brother and sister and my Mum. We used to absolutely love it. When the new Doctors showed up, still good! Really good. Then things started getting ridiculously mental and childish and stupid a little while after 11 showed up (don’t get me wrong, he’s a brilliant actor, and I don’t blame him for anything), and now the show had just fucking gone downhill. Please don’t tell me this is actual music for the new Doctor. Please just tell me it’s not. Jesus fucking Christ this show has been butchered.

human life is incredible

I hate the excessive need to “modernize” everything in TV. It’s like, this wouldn’t be so bad if they actually made it still feel sci-fi, but now it’s this weird new-age bullshit, like they’re trying too hard to be “progressive”. I know I’m making a big deal out of a THEME SONG maybe, but thing is, they’ll probably end up carrying this ideology into the series itself. Where the fuck are things going.

it keeps happening

dying!!!!

Better than a rickroll

the-pietriarchy: dr who fans do not like the seinfeld theme: a...

Viewing all 18448 articles
Browse latest View live