Time you enjoy wasting, is not wasted.

im-cool-like-that: Cute Little Husky Puppy

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:20:07 -0500

im-cool-like-that:

Cute Little Husky Puppy

GOING TO CLASS ON A MONDAY

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:29:14 -0400

howdoiputthisgently:

WHEN SOMEONE IS AN AGGRESSIVE CUDDLER

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:25:17 -0400

howdoiputthisgently:

The Unapologetic Afro-Indigenous Radical Feminist: The Glorification of White Crime

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:37:43 -0400

The Unapologetic Afro-Indigenous Radical Feminist: The Glorification of White Crime:

lapocketrocket:

Take a facet of crime, and then look at television shows/movies that feature those criminals as protagonists.

White mobs.

White pirates.

White serial killers.

White political corruption

White drug dealers

I mostly want to talk about this as a TV phenomenon, but pick a crime, any crime, and Western media has probably made a movie/TV series/play/etc. with a white person that romanticizes the criminal activity. No matter what, a white person can do whatever terrible crimes and still have a TV/movie fanbase that loves them.

When you see black or brown people committing crimes on screen, you are to see them thugs and criminal masterminds and people to be beat down.

When you see white people committing crimes on screen, you see a three-dimensional portrait of why someone might commit that crime, how criminals are people too, and how you should even love them for the crimes that they commit because they’re just providing for their families or they’ve wronged or they’re just people and not perfect. This is particularly a luxury given to white male characters, since there few white female criminals as protagonists.

If and of the above shows were about black or brown folks, there would be a backlash of (white) people claiming that TV and movies are romanticizing criminals and are treating them too much like heroes and that it will affect viewers and encourage violence and “thuggish” behavior. And yet fictional white criminals get to have a deep fanbase who loves these white criminals, receive accolades and awards, get called amazing television that portray the complexities of human nature. Viewers of these characters see past the atrocious crimes and into their humanity, a luxury that white characters always have while characters of color rarely do. The closest that mainstream TV has come to showing black criminals as main characters is probably The Wire, and even then, the criminals share equal screen time and equal status as main characters as the police trying to stop them.

The idea that crime can be so heavily romanticized and glorified to such a degree is undoubtedly a privilege given to white characters. The next time you hear someone talk about Dexter Morgan or Walter White in a positive way, it may be an opportunity to rethink how white people can always able to be seen as people no matter what they do, while everyone else can be boiled down to nothing but a criminal.

YES YES ALL OF THIS

photojojo: Black and white photographs are recreated...

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:35:55 -0400

photojojo:

Black and white photographs are recreated by Federico Pietrella using nothing but a date stamp!

Photographs Converted to Pointillism Using an Ink Stamp

via KoiKoiKoi

eccecorinna: hotelsongs: carecub | xekstrin |...

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:33:24 -0400

eccecorinna:

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carecub | xekstrin | wrathofprawn:

for those not in the know, night witches were russian lady bombers who bombed the shit out of german lines in WW2. Thing is though, they had the oldest, noisiest, crappest planes in the entire world. The engines used to conk out halfway through their missions, so they had to climb out on the wings mid flight to restart the props. the planes were also so noisy that to stop germans from hearing them combing and starting up their anti aircraft guns, they’d climb up to a certain height, coast down to german positions, drop their bombs, restart their engines in midair, and get the fuck out of dodge.

their leader flew over 200 missions and was never captured.

how the fuck is this not taught in every single history class ever

pretty sure I’ve reblogged this before but it can happen again

iraffiruse: Frozach Submitted

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:28:11 -0400

iraffiruse:

Frozach Submitted

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notesfromarcadia: The end to a perfect day of hiking.

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:08:18 -0400

notesfromarcadia:

The end to a perfect day of hiking.

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iraffiruse: Frozach Submitted

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:07:49 -0400

iraffiruse:

Frozach Submitted

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staypozitive: Greatest love blog on Tumblr.

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:55:09 -0400

staypozitive:

Greatest love blog on Tumblr.

zygoma: JUGUM PENIS This evil-looking contraption was designed...

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:32:27 -0400

zygoma:

JUGUM PENIS

This evil-looking contraption was designed to waken a male sleeper should an erection occur. It was part of the drive against the ‘moral weakness’ that was masturbation, which was thought to be a source of mental and physical ill health. [source]

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This is someone dying while having an MRI scan. Before you die,...

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:39:13 -0400

This is someone dying while having an MRI scan. Before you die, your brain releases tons and tons of endorphins that make you feel a range of emotions. Tragically beautiful.

banedoyle: angellust155: hummingbirdprince: pro-bending-fire-f...

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:37:55 -0400

banedoyle:

angellust155:

hummingbirdprince:

pro-bending-fire-ferrets:

luseylottay:

funkeecephalopod:

Her parents died in a rainstorm.

After seeing that last set a few months ago this is so different and really sad.

It’s even worse when you see all the adults’ reactions.

Because they know what she’s talking about.

No wonder she attacked Mertle like that

Oh my God, the adults. I’m not sure if the two ladies know, but you can definitely see it in the faces of the teacher and drummers.

Oh wow I never realized that. I honestly thought she was just being random. I can definitely see why she would attack Mertle for that now.

This is one of the reasons why I’m so bugged when people say the only good Disney movies were the ones in the 90’s and beforehand. Seriously how deep is this?

Tumblr, stop breaking my heart…