February 2012
Why is everyone freaking out over a female Watson?
It’s hardly the first time classic characters and historical figures have had their genders switched. Elizabeth I has been played by two different men in films, and even more often in theater. It happens all the time in Shakespeare, most recently with Helen Mirren playing Prospero/Prospera in The Tempest. If you strip the characters down to their basics, there’s nothing about...
“Rick, I’m sorry that hearing that JFK speech on religion makes you throw up, but...”
– JON STEWART, on Rick Santorum saying JFK’s historic speech on the separation of church and state makes him want to “throw up,” on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
“Please accept me because I have so much love to give.”
– Composer Ludovic Bource, in his acceptance speech for “The Artist,” which won Best Score. Such a lovely sentiment. (via whoischrisjones)
Why is Twilight in the Great Movie montage?
It should be illegal to juxtapose clips from Twilight with clips from The Princess Bride.
Meryl dressed to coordinate with the Oscar she...
Spotted!
gossipwesteros:
Khaleesi-to-Be D, taking one hot bath before her wedding to Khal D. Man, I wonder if that’s foreshadowing anything?
A topless RS and TG in the stables. Waiting for someone, boys?
Lonely Boy on his way to A’s rooms with a poorly concealed package. Hey Lonely Boy is that a sword in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Hey, it wouldn’t be the first time siblings got to...
The Greatest (Fiction) Books of All Time, As Voted... →
lifeworldsanddreamscapes:
Great list … but unsurprisingly, overwhelmingly reflects male authors. It will be wonderful when female literary fiction authors are given equal recognition to male authors. I wonder what a 21st century list will reveal? Will time be enough to change this trend?
Many have argued that the issue of recognition of female literary fiction authors is more deeply structural...
“Let’s talk about magic. Because music, at its best, is a kind of magic that...”
– Florence Welch. (via streetlamp-amber-wanderlust)
partytights:
One Week - Barenaked Ladies
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[TW] RAPE IS MORE COMMON THAN SMOKING IN THE U.S. →
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catamite:
I want to graffiti that headline EVERYWHERE.
Sooooo money goes towards preventing and legislating against smoking but not rape prevention… I mean, how much fucking money goes into those worthless ads about quitting smoking? How much of that could go towards sexual education?
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DAMN IT.
“Forever is composed of nows.”
– Emily Dickinson (via girlwithoutwings)
“Now because the majority of abortions are performed in the first trimester, if...”
– JON STEWART, on Virginia’s inhumane, inhuman and shameful “personhood” law that requires women wanting to get an abortion to, in essence, be subject to rape, on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
What drove me crazy in this segment is how the Governor believes PAT DOWNS AT THE AIRPORT are too...
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Finally decided on a Senior Show idea...
A sequence of marriage counseling sessions between Hera and Zeus, with special appearances by Echo, Heracles, and others. Get ready, it’s literally going to be epic.
Teens Post 'Am I Pretty or Ugly' Videos →
This just breaks my heart.