January 2013
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Dear Liberal Allies – what your college courses on...
cognitivedissonance:
iaquariuschicken:
trungles:
I’m not angry or upset about anything in particular at the moment, but I thought I’d take a little time to write something out that had been bugging me about allies. It’s certainly not all-encompassing or totally comprehensive, but I hope it’s something I’ve been thinking about in terms of being a good ally and a good neighbor, especially here...
September 2012
4 posts
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theongreyjoy:
Where does Walt and Jess’s relationship go from here? Gilligan: That last scene had a very nostalgic and bittersweet feel … and it feels like a goodbye scene between those two characters. … Jesse is coming into his own. He was much less an assistant and more of a partner [this season] … The partnership does seem to be fractured; there’s no repairing the fracture
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aboutmaleprivilege:
Male privilege is oversexualizing a normal part of a woman’s body to the point where she is punished for wearing a pair of shorts at school. They are legs and they get me where I need to go. I don’t “display” them for your enjoyment, I just made a mistake by assuming that partially exposing an appropriate part of my body on an 80 degree day wouldn’t land me in detention.
I Bloom Blaum: Steven Moffat is a Douchebag - The... →
feministwhoniverse:
I have created this list because, whilst the occasional quote here and there containing problematic statements is easy to write off as ‘words being taken out of context’, seeing all of these quotes, articles, tweets, as well as some meta on major characters written by…
I Bloom Blaum: Giving Up On Doctor Who (Why I... →
leakynews:
Editor’s Note: Musician Alex Day brings us yet another reaction editorial, this time for the Doctor Who Season 7 Premier. He goes all out with both his opinions and explanation thereof, so it suffices to say - SPOILERS.
A while back, I wrote a post here on LeakyNews about…
August 2012
26 posts
times when jaime lannister was in love with...
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emily84:
crayjoy:
andhairgrowsback:
Oh, did you want us to fill in the list? Okay cool, I’ll start:
When instead of letting her die, he jumped into a bear pit weaponless (and one-handed) to save her.
^^^^^ THIS!!!!
Plus
When they reach King’s Landing at last they find Loras waiting to have Brienne executed (brat still blames Brienne...
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“The fundamental difference between the 19th century romantic novels and the...”
– Kristina Deffenbacher, Professor of English at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/159709-lesser-shades-of-jane/#.UCHs_6LE1jI.facebook
(via cmtilney)
What 19th century romance novelists were doing, which most modern ones are not, is very carefully...
For my fellow writers:
sheg0:
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writeworld - prompts, quotes, references, tips
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writingprompts - amazing and original picture prompts
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wordjournal - more words
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underhanded generosity: Teen Wolf and the... →
alocalband:
(Or, How Next Season will be the Year of Stiles)
So I have this theory that Teen Wolf is doing something really interesting in regards to the symbolism of the classical five elements and how the show uses those elements within their storytelling. It’s more than just the fact…
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http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/30/breaking-bad... →
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theongreyjoy:
houch:
I really don’t accept the idea or justification that Britta’s sudden change of character (especially in the third season) is due to the “pulling down of her apparent facade she’s created and showing the study group who she really is, and being comfortable”. It’s a cop out.
I think there is some merit, but also…not. As many people know, I spent a long time defending...
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Thirteen Instances of Caring: or, Why Mycroft...
shaddicted:
ibelieveinmycroft:
Mycroft Holmes bears the brunt of a lot of anger, both on our screens and off it. I understand; he’s a difficult character to get along with. We are given no black and white reason to like him. Sherlock, our titular character and protagonist, has an extremely antagonistic relationship with him. And the nature of narrative is that one is usually expected to side...
The Tale of Heisenberg
victorsmanreaction:
Breaking Bad is a really fucked up show. I’m getting better at introductions I promise. As expressed in my post about Jesse Pinkman (plugging this will never get old alright) BB is extremely corrupt. The two main characters are not your typical heroes. As a matter of fact, in the case of Walter White, I don’t think he’s much of a hero at all. This is the part where I warn you...
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How 'breaking bad' broke Jesse Pinkman
victorsmanreaction:
This is another one of my unnecessarily long posts about television. It is about Jesse Pinkman (don’t click if you don’t want spoilers obviously). I am tagging Aaron Paul because there’s a small section I dedicate to talking about his kickass acting. If you’re looking for sexy pictures of his cat puzzle I sadly can’t help you.
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magnetsyo:
The ending of tonight’s episode, “Fifty-One,” reminded me of the ending of “Fly” from season three. They both concluded with Walter lying in bed staring at something (tonight, the watch from Jesse; in “Fly,” a fly on the smoke detector), perhaps pondering a recent day full of intense conversations.
In “Fly,” Walter had spent the day in the lab with Jesse trying to eradicate...
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mindovertimes:
do you know why the newsroom is perfect
to the people bitching about the characters: SURPRISE, HUMANS ARE FLAWED. DIDNT SEE THAT ONE COMING DID YOU?? I know, who would have thought, right?!! but yes, they are flawled. THE WOMEN. AND THE MEN. IF I SEE ONE MORE POST ABOUT HOW THE WOMEN ARE ALWAYS THE WEAK ONES IN THE SHOW I AM GOING TO REBLOG YOU AND MAKE FUN OF YOU BECAUSE YOU’RE...
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Use of colour in Breaking bad
kinderblum3n:
‘We know that colour is important to Vince Gilligan. The characters themselves have dressed in certain colours over the course of the series. Walt, for instance, used to wear mostly beiges, he graduated into dark blues, and now he wears a lot of black, representing his transformation from nice guy to anti-hero to villain. Likewise, Skyler used to wear a lot of blue. Now, when she’s...
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Posey: The creator of my show always mentions, “Yeah, he’s a good actor, but he’s also ethnic. And he’s the lead of our show, so that’s going to help us.” It’s weird the way that he says it, but it’s true, and it’s cool, and I’m totally stoked.
Ugh Jeff Davis is such a toolbag.
is it just me, or is tyler...
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why i am sick of bellatrix vs. molly and your...
femmedelascaux:
bellatrix isn’t punished by JK for being a fighter instead of a mother or a ‘bad woman’, and molly isn’t put on a pedestal by JK because of her billion children and motherly trappings. that is just the most basic shallow contextless reading of the characters and it makes me want to SCREAM.
1. bellatrix isn’t ‘punished’ for ‘atypical femininity’.
she’s a rich aristocratic...
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Anonymous asked: How would you want Sterek to...
thebrotherswinchester:
OKAY
First of all, it has to be slow. Like, really slow. I think at one point Jeff Davis said his ideal show length is 5 seasons, so I wouldn’t want it to even START happening (physically, not emotionally) until like the middle/end of the 4th season. And then they wouldn’t actually ~*get together*~ until literally like the end of the 5th season.
Let me explain.
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Sean T. Collins: There's been a backlash against Skyler, something she has in common with women characters on a variety of big dramas about men who tend behave much worse than they do. Do you have a sense of why this happens? Does it faze you at all?
Anna Gunn: Some of it is still the double standard in our society – that it’s more acceptable for a man to be this antihero badass doing all these things that break the law or are really awful. People watching want to be Walt, or they identify with him. He doesn’t have to answer to anybody. He does what he wants. There’s a fantasy element to that, I think. I also think that in some ways, there’s kind of a sexism to it, honestly. Sometimes . . . [pauses] I’ve been told particularly, how do you say . . . non-flattering or just really vicious – you could use the word vitriolic – angry stuff about Skyler, or about other female characters on other shows. The hatred and the vitriol and the venom and the nastiness and the attacks are so personal sometimes that it feels like, "Oh gosh, OK, I get that you don’t like Skyler, you like Walt, you’re on his side, but it just feels different." I don’t feel like that stuff would be written about a male character. Honestly, Skyler is sometimes the biggest impediment to Walt doing whatever he wants. For the people who love Heisenberg, who love the badass Walt, when Skyler says, "No, you shouldn’t do that," they’re like, "What is her deal!? What’s wrong with her?" [Laughs] I can understand that. I can. But having looked at articles that cite other female characters being attacked like this, I find it disturbing just in terms of a cultural phenomenon. I'm not saying everyone who's into the show and has an opinion is like that, but I feel there's an element of that in there, and it's an interesting gender issue. I'm glad that people are talking about it.
theongreyjoy:
Q- Hey Yvette! Huge fan of your work on Community! Thanks for doing an AMA. Because I know that questions about Dan Harmon are inevitable, I am just going to ask if you are able to speak at all about your perspective on working with him, and the situation surrounding his exit. Thanks!
Yvette- Harmon is very dear to me. He gave me the job of a lifetime and from my first...
fritfilter:
Personal History: Hannibal Buress « The FADER
>Looking back, some of those shows were really tough, but when you do comedy in a situation that’s not ideal and you’re able to pull it off, you can go to a place where people are there specifically for comedy and it’s way easier. Performers improve by performing. It’s just fun to shift your brain into a different mode, because so...
July 2012
29 posts
Why boys don't read girls (sometimes)
feministdisney:
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shannonhale:
When I do book signings, most of my line is made up of young girls with their mothers, teen girls alone, and mother friend groups. But there’s usually at least one boy with a stack of my books. This boy is anywhere from 8-19, he’s carrying a worn stack of the Books of Bayern, and he’s excited and unashamed to be a fan of those books. As...
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A Message About Race and Racism in Teen Wolf
jeffdavis75:
I have seen a number of posts regarding race and racism in Teen Wolf that reference a quote I made in an interview about my efforts in trying to build a world in the show that is somewhat idealized. The critiques are all fair and insightful. I do think it may interest some of my more vocal critics to know the difficulties of approaching these kinds of subjects in television.
First...
“I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes...”
– Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. (via riverran)
#mary shelley #this quote though #it’s all kinds of wonderful #hey remember that time one asswipe was like you have 30 seconds to name something invented by a woman… #…and Mary was like SCIENCE FICTION MOTHERFUCKERS #that was awesome #thanks Mary Shelley...
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IOU Explanation – 53-8-92 – Grimm’s Fairy Tales...
eva-christine:
We know that Moriarty leaves Grimm’s Fairy Tales as a clue for Sherlock to find the abducted children. But what if he also leaves this book as a clue to the IOU riddle?
It’s obvious that Sherlock doesn’t believe for one second in the binary code – the “code” he’s tapping out in Bart’s is completely different from Moriarty’s “Partita No. 1” sequence.
And yet, this scene in...
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yeseri:
Open The Door by Renay
This one’s really, really amazing. Like wow, i haven’t read such a good written fic in a looong time. Holy everything, me gusta.
IN DEFENSE OF RUBY SPARKS: a paranormal romantic...
skaro:
I don’t know if anyone is going to read this, and I don’t really mind if they don’t since this is mostly me just venting my feelings about the reactions to the plotline of this movie.
I’ve been looking into this movie for awhile, was about to embark on an adventure to a midnight showing only to discover that it’s not playing it my city. I am angsting pretty hard about this, but I think...
sassafras-ash:
AV Club: Zoe Kazan on love, relationships, and her new film
So I have the idea of a man having an idea of a woman. This resonated emotionally with me, based on previous relationships I’ve been in. I’ve had a feeling that there’s this person called Zoe Kazan, and the person I’m with loves her, but that person is not me. It’s sort of five shades off from me. And I don’t know what...
I'm Not Done Talking About (500) Days of Summer
inconnumag:
At first I was like, “what a sweet cute indie movie!” And then I was like, “ew, no, Zooey Deschanel is the worst.” But then I thought, “wait a second, this movie is literally perfect.” And everyone who left the theater thinking, “Summer sure was a bitch to Tom” was completely missing the point. Including me.
[omg more like 500 summers on a bus]
This is the part where I talk about...
“Girls and women of the world, could we stop apologizing for wanting and eating...”
– an excerpt from this beautiful article that everyone should read (x)
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“I think the major problem here is that women were clamoring for “strong female...”
– http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/08/18/why-strong-female-characters-are-bad-for-women/
(via damespock)
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OMAR TAANTI DELVES INTO THE MURDEROUS, CINEMATIC...
letmitchellshake:
Amelia Sparks is on death row. She might live to have her eyes stung by sunshine, have her lungs fill with city air and taste adventure once again. She might not. Her quest might end with her slumped in the executioner’s chair, twitching. We don’t know how this story finishes. If it finishes. But we do know how it begins. It begins with a lonely woman feeling angry with life,...
Oh hey look; another spirited defense of...
theongreyjoy:
Under the cut because under the cut
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I See Your Value Now
easternepiphany:
or, Why Jeff and Abed are my brotp.
I’m going to blab about five different episodes: Pilot, Home Economics, Contemporary American Poultry, Critical Film Studies, and Introduction to Finality.
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