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The Impact of Aids on the Artistic Community

September 13, 1987

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chimericalbeing:

“I’d rather die than not care. My regrets are the one thing I don’t regret.”
—Inanna

storypraxis:

All-Star Superman.

One of my favorite things about All-Star Superman is that, after so many fan complaints that Superman is too powerful, the most beloved and critically acclaimed Superman story of all time literally opens with Superman becoming exponentially more powerful

If I were writing Aquaman, I swear to god, the first line of dialogue on the first panel of the first page of the first issue would be Aquaman smiling at a child and reassuring him, “Of COURSE I talk to fish.”

The problem with so many Aquaman runs is that they’re constantly on the defensive, trying to prove why Aquaman isn’t lame and why you shouldn’t think he’s lame.

Just….just fucking let Aquaman be cool and love being Aquaman. If Aquaman loves Aquaman, the reader will too. He’s a pirate-busting crime-solving wizard king married to a wizard queen from another dimension and is best friends with a fifth dimensional water wizard and an octopus who can play all the instruments. Motherfucker can talk to fish if he fucking feels like it.

Anyway, I guess this, together with my lack of craft and my unpleasant attitude, is why I will never be allowed to write Aquaman.

Finished reading Ancillary Justice last night, really liked that book! I drew Breq. 

calamityjon:

HORRIFIC (Comic Media, an imprint of Harwell Publications) sported the intriguing cover theme of slapping a terrifying or terrified face on the front of every issue. This must have looked amazing on the jammed magazine racks of the day, amidst all the cowboy heroes on their horses or the spacemen holding off alien invaders with nothing more than a ray-gun and a fainting female sidekick on one arm, to have these leering goon heads staring directly at you.

(As a sales gimmick, it didn’t serve much good in the long run – Horrific runs about a dozen issues)

To everyone who self-identifies as queer but worries about claiming that ID publicly b/c of passing privilege: You are real and valued and seen. We love you. We need you. We want you with us.

To everyone who isn’t or can’t be or chooses not to be visible in their queerness; to everyone still in the closet by choice or necessity; to everyone who doesn’t yet know where they fit: you are no less real. We love you always, and we are holding space for you.

You know what’s ironic, Anon? This probably wouldn’t have come up organically, at least not here.

If you listen to the podcast, you already know a few things about Miles and me. We try to keep the focus on the comics, but we’re also pretty open about our personal and political biases inasmuch as they inform our interpretation of and response to the material we’re discussing. You might also know that we try to make our community a safe and welcoming place for civil disagreement. We have listeners–and listen to voices–all over the political spectrum; because we believe strongly that no one learns in an echo chamber.

But you decided to force our hand, Anon. You are so deeply committed to never having your opinions challenged–hell, to never even hearing the voice of anyone who would consider challenging those opinions–that you decided to try to pressure us into silence. 

And I am really, really not okay with that. I am even less okay with the fact that you chose to do so at a time when you knew we were grieving for members of our community who were killed in a mass shooting.

So, guess what, Anon? Even though this is a largely apolitical platform; even though I believe strongly that an X-Men podcast is absolutely not an appropriate space to debate the topic, I’m going to make an exception. Just this once. Just for you.

We are vehemently in favor of gun control.

XO,
Jay

dear tumblr, 

why have you suddenly stopped working on chrome?

was it because i posted eight pictures in a row of cyclops yelling “THEY’RE NOT LASERS”?

if so, our priorities may be irreconcilable.

sincerely,
jay

superdames:

I’m just guessing that this is what she means.

tabbytyler:

Here’s what makes me mad.

Deanna Troi has so much potential and only got to show it a couple times.

The power to sense people’s emotions? That’s an incredible gift. Anyone can have a poker face, anyone can pretend not to feel…but you still feel.

Imagine Deanna Troi staring down a Klingon warrior and saying “you can’t hide from me…you’re afraid. You’re afraid and I can feel every ounce of fear.”

Imagine Deanna Troi getting Cardassian war criminals to confess.

Imagine Deanna Troi helping people with PTSD during the Dominion War.

Imagine Deanna Troi actually helping Picard through his PTSD.

Imagine Deanna actually using her powers.

Imagine Deanna with a storyline that didn’t have to do with a man.

Imagine Deanna being complicated and emotional and fighting to figure out which emotions were even her own and fighting to not lose herself in what everyone else is feeling. Imagine the profound way she is affected everytime they rescue refugees from the Borg, surrounded by so much sorrow. Imagine the wierd guilt she feels after they escape the BORG because that lack of emotion…it’s almost a relief.

IMAGINE DEANNA TROI

Historian Molly Worthen is fighting tyranny, specifically the “tyranny of feelings” and the muddle it creates. We don’t realize that our thinking has been enslaved by this tyranny, but alas, we now speak its language. Case in point:

“Personally, I feel like Bernie Sanders is too idealistic,” a Yale student explained to a reporter in Florida.

Why the “linguistic hedging” as Worthen calls it? Why couldn’t the kid just say, “Sanders is too idealistic”? You might think the difference is minor, or perhaps the speaker is reluctant to assert an opinion as though it were fact. Worthen disagrees.

“I feel like” is not a harmless tic. . . . The phrase says a great deal about our muddled ideas about reason, emotion and argument — a muddle that has political consequences.

The phrase “I feel like” is part of a more general evolution in American culture. We think less in terms of morality – society’s standards of right and wrong – and more in terms individual psychological well-being. The shift from “I think” to “I feel like” echoes an earlier linguistic trend when we gave up terms like “should” or “ought to” in favor of “needs to.” To say, “Kayden, you should be quiet and settle down,” invokes external social rules of morality. But, “Kayden, you need to settle down,” refers to his internal, psychological needs. Be quiet not because it’s good for others but because it’s good for you.

Both “needs to” and “I feel like” began their rise in the late 1970s, but Worthen finds the latter more insidious. “I feel like” defeats rational discussion. You can argue with what someone says about the facts. You can’t argue with what they say about how they feel. Worthen is asserting a clear cause and effect. She quotes Orwell: “If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” She has no evidence of this causal relationship, but she cites some linguists who agree. She also quotes Mark Liberman, who is calmer about the whole thing. People know what you mean despite the hedging, just as they know that when you say, “I feel,” it means “I think,” and that your are not speaking about your actual emotions.

The more common “I feel like” becomes, the less importance we may attach to its literal meaning. “I feel like the emotions have long since been mostly bleached out of ‘feel that,’ ” …

Worthen disagrees.  “When new verbal vices become old habits, their power to shape our thought does not diminish.”

“Vices” indeed. Her entire op-ed piece is a good example of the style of moral discourse that she says we have lost. Her stylistic preferences may have something to do with her scholarly ones – she studies conservative Christianity. No “needs to” for her. She closes her sermon with shoulds:

We should not “feel like.” We should argue rationally, feel deeply and take full responsibility for our interaction with the world.

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Originally posted at Montclair SocioBlog. Graph updated 5/11/16.

Jay Livingston is the chair of the Sociology Department at Montclair State University. You can follow him at Montclair SocioBlog or on Twitter.

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eilamona:

You may have heard of INTPs’ the notorious tendency to bury problems and avoid communication. “It’s not worth my time,” we’d think, but the problem doesn’t go away and we may just break the threshold for the infamous Fe explosion later on.

For those with an important INTP in your life, here is how you deal with them when they’re giving you the silent treatment:

Call them out for being emotional and moody; it’s 98.75% guaranteed they won’t be silent anymore and you can talk.

Joking. Don’t do that. Ever. If you still want them to like you, at least.

In all seriousness, let’s first analyze the potential causes of this silence:

• There was a conflict between you, and your INTP didn’t feel that you understood their point of view.

• Or you were particularly adamant about your opinions (or the INTP perceived it that way), and your INTP thought there was no point trying to talk it out with you.

• There was an emotionally charged situation, and your INTP retreated into their personal space.

• You wanted your INTP to do something or change their behavior or point of view, but your INTP perceived it as you telling them what to do and naturally rebelled.

Now let’s look into the INTP’s mind:

• (especially for extroverts) We like to work out problems in our head alone first and fully form thoughts on the matter before sharing them. We can’t work it out on the go like extroverts. If you pressure us to talk before that, we’d feel extremely uncomfortable and at a disadvantage.

• We are not sure how we feel most of the time. We have the inner struggle between thinking we don’t feel anything but actually do, or knowing that we feel something but can’t figure out what it is, or actually not feeling anything but think we’re supposed to because other people would in this situation. It’s complicated.

• If we’re convinced that your thoughts are solid and will never change (those with Te tend to come off this way), we would see no point in discussing and wouldn’t bother with you anymore. It’s a waste of energy. It’s what INTPs tend to do when we think something or someone is not important enough to bother.

So when your INTP goes quiet, here’s what you do:

Let them know your point of view without trying to “prove” or “convince” or demand an immediate response.

Simply say: “We may have a misunderstanding. This is what I really meant when I did that. I hope you understand me now and I want to understand you too. I will now give you space but I’ll be waiting for you here when you want to discuss.”

We will respect that you respect our space, and if we like you enough, we’ll come around to clear things out.

Some people think it’s best to leave us alone - this is dangerous. Leaving us alone without saying anything makes it so easy for us to bury feelings and detach for the moment, which will later come out as either an explosion or walking away without you even knowing why.

Instead, state your point of view as an opinion, not as a fact. Let your INTP know that their opinions are important too (even if you may not agree).

Once they come out to talk to you, don’t expect them to tell you how they feel. Don’t expect their explanations to have any emotion in it, and don’t push it out of them. I’d say, getting them to tell you their thoughts is good enough because now you can work it out. INTPs only share what they really think on a deeper level with people they trust, with people who are important to them. It is a good sign.

Good luck with your INTP! Feel free to message me in the ask box if you have any questions.

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khymeira:

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dr-kara:

scifigrl47:

One last post on the subject, and then, I promise, I am done. 8)

One last question.  

Imagine a girl.  Who loves Captain America 2, even though she never saw the first one.  Or who has been watching Battlestar Galactica reruns non-stop for the last couple of months.  Or who found that old Orlando Bloom folder and thought about PotC movies for the first time in years.

Imagine that girl, having an idea.  How awesome would it be if Peggy time traveled to the present to help Steve?  Or if Starbuck was a Cylon?  or if Elizabeth’s best friend from childhood showed up and they ran off to be lesbian pirates?

What if.

What if she could find herself, find a place for herself in a world, in a place that she loved?  What if between work and school and family and friends and afterschool activities and a thousand other things, what if that girl wrote her story?  HER story.  One unique to her, even if it was every trope in the entire world, all rolled into one monstrosity on FF.net.

Maybe she wants to be a writer someday.  Or a filmmaker.  She wants to create comics.  Or tv shows.  Or run websites.  Or maybe not any of that.  Maybe she wants an audience.  Maybe she just wants to share this one story with a community she loves.

But she writes it and she posts it and someone says, “Mary Sue.”

And if she knows anything about fandom, if she’s been on the internet, she knows that’s bad.  She knows that means she’s failed somehow, that this story, this fun thing that she’s thought so much about, is somehow unacceptable.

She’s told that her female characters are unwelcome.  Her story is unwelcome.  She is unwelcome.

Maybe she shrugs it off and keeps writing.  Maybe she conforms, writes fewer ‘Mary Sues,’ and more canon white het males.  Maybe she grows up and becomes a screen writer and carries a life time of ‘girls don’t belong’ judgments into everything she creates, perpetuating the cycle. 

And maybe she just stops trying to find herself in that world.  Maybe she internalizes it.  Maybe she keep dreaming, but never posts another word.

I am adult, with experience, and a job, and something of a readership.  And let me tell you, the first time that landed in my comments, it hurt.  There was a drop of shame in my stomach, a little roll of nausea.  That I had created A MARY SUE.

My first thought?  How to devalue the character.  How to lessen her.  How to strip her of the things that made her funny, made her clever, made her loyal and strange and amazing.  Because my readership, I thought, didn’t want amazing.  

Amazing was a failure, somehow.

I caught myself doing it.  I caught that thought before it got too far.  I caught myself thinking, “does she really need to be here?” when I never thought that about any of the male characters.  I caught myself.

And then I got angry.

I got angry with myself, that I was so easily browbeaten.  That I had almost let one anonymous voice, one mocking, disdainful voice, change how I saw this character.  That I almost let someone do that to her.

That I had come so close to writing her out.  Because she was a Mary Sue.

I don’t care if you use the term as gender neutral.  It’s not.  It carries connotations in fandom.  It carries shame.  It carries the unspoken weight of ‘fake geek girl’ and ‘codebabes’ and ‘I like my fangirls like I like my coffee, and I HATE coffee!’  It is another attempt to shame and silence, and I am done with it.

And if my niece grows up in ten years, and gives me her fic, about how Angelica Perfecton gets engaged to Spider-Man and saves Tony Stark by fixing his armor and teaches Steve Rogers how to paint?

Then I will be so overjoyed that she is a fan.  That she is a fan who CREATES.  Who makes the space safe for herself.  Who dreams big.  Who wants to be the center of the world she loves so much.

Because it is her right to do that without shame.

“I don’t care if you use the term as gender neutral.  It’s not.  It carries connotations in fandom.  It carries shame.  It carries the unspoken weight of ‘fake geek girl’ and ‘codebabes’ and ‘I like my fangirls like I like my coffee, and I HATE coffee!’  It is another attempt to shame and silence, and I am done with it.”

baruyon:

I’m told I can post my variant cover illustration for BOOM! Studios’ Over the Garden Wall #1, so here it is. :) I really hope you like it!

Oh, DAMN. I kinda want to embroider this for real.

I think you have misunderstood my tweets greatly. Firstly, having someone I love and friends I talk to and tweet about does not magically make me immune to mental illnesses. I can tweet about those things and how great they are but it’s very rare to find a tweet where I’m actually saying “I’m happy”, especially without a thick coating of sarcasm. Likewise, any perceived internet fame I may possess again does not make me immune to mental illness, in fact in some situations it makes it harder to avoid. I don’t feel like we should assume everyone is okay just because of how their outer shell is presented, so many people are struggling in silence or don’t feel like they should “bother” anyone.

I also think you’re trying to portray seeking sympathy as if that’s a bad thing? I don’t think I’m tweeting for sympathy, I’m mostly tweeting out of desperation haha, but even if it was for sympathy why would that be wrong of me? Trying to grab the attention of anyone who can offer help to someone shouldn’t be shunned like that, again it seems to be the mentality of “oh but you can’t possibly be ill because you have all this STUFF!” or “don’t bother other people with your problems”. That’s an unhealthy view and one that makes it harder for others to get help.

I don’t know what you have personally experienced or may be going through, and I appreciate the sentiment behind “clearly you have an issue get help”, but you are speaking to someone who has been fully aware of their issues for a whole decade now, who has sought so many different treatments, doctors and options, and having exhausted all the things I am prepared to do I now find myself struggling again. After experiencing at least 5 different therapists of more than 1 session (and several others of just one session), 4 types of medication (anti-depression, anti-anxiety, anti-psychotic), 2 different 10+ week courses of group-based CBT and 1 year long course of intensive 1-on-1 CBT, 1 hospitalization for self-harming, countless doctors and nurses across 4 different cities, and both NHS funded and private routes for most of the above, not to mention all the things I messed up and burned along the way like jobs, relationships and friendships, well I don’t really know what else you expect me to do, these are things I’ve been experiencing for 10 years and things I will continue to experience until I don’t think I need to any longer.

Thank you for your message but things just aren’t always as simple and black & white as they seem, and my heart goes out to anyone else who may feel like they just have to suck it up and be silent. I want to scream and shout about my problems because I want other people to see that they aren’t alone, and maybe even get a sliver of hope out of me. Because if I’ve been through all of that crap and I’m still here, still standing and speaking up and shouting then you can damn well bet all of you out there struggling have a fighting chance too. Keep going. I so very much believe in all of you and I refuse to accept that this is the best it’s going to get for any of us.

Keep on keepin’ on.

comicbookuniversity:

The Masculization of Feminist Utopia Fiction: The Subversion of a Revolutionary Icon 

By Weird Beard

The first official photo from of Diana and the Amazons before Diana’s time as Wonder Woman via Entertainment Weekly; pictured is Gal Gadot as Diana, Robin Wright as General Antiope, Connie Nielson as Queen Hippolyta, and Lisa Loven Konglsi as Lieutenant Menalippe. 

This image places front and center the warrior aspect of Amazons with a display of armor and weapons not too dissimilar from any number examples of how women are dressed and armed in other fantasy films, TV shows, comics, etc. While this is not necessarily a negative interpretation of historical or fantastical Amazons, this image does seem to project a spirit of fierce warrior ethos that stands in direct opposition of the original intention of Wonder Woman creator William Marston’s vision. Marston was a psychology professor and a staunch feminist with outspoken beliefs. Removed from this image is any hint of a philosophy of peace over violence or a rejection of patriarchal models of violence. Instead, we see the culmination of a trend that has been ongoing since Marston’s untimely departure from the title that has slowly transformed this feminist icon into another patriarchal strong woman type with hints of her creator’s intentions occasionally asserting themselves. 

When Marston originally created Wonder Woman, he and artist H.G. Peters, an artist known for his illustrations in support of the suffragette movement, positioned Wonder Woman to stand in opposition of other heroes (particularly Batman and Superman) in methodology, rather than heroic intent. As it has been noted, Marston was “struck upon an idea for a new kind of superhero, one who would triumph not with fists or firepower, but with love,” and it was his wife, Elizabeth, who suggested that it should be a woman rather than a man. Marston said of the burgeoning comic book medium and superhero genre that “comics’ worst offense was their blood-curdling masculinity.”  Marston’s issue with comics and the heroes who filled their pages wasn’t necessarily the violence on display, so much as it was patriarchal social structure and associated ideas the narratives perpetuated. By creating Wonder Woman, Marston wanted to create a hero who fought not only those who threaten others with immediate injury and death, but a hero who would fight the root causes of violence through non-violent means. Marston made this intention behind Wonder Woman clear when said, “Frankly, Wonder Woman is psychological propaganda for the new type of woman who, I believe, should rule the world.”

(Wonder Woman leads the Calvary to battle against the Nazis in her very first issue with art by H.G. Peters)

While Marston’s feminist views may have been closer to a hardline position and his stories having some interesting views on sexuality (which upsets some people more than others), his Wonder Woman stories provided a nearly instantly successful character for girls and boys alike to look up to and to show that women were just as capable as men in the noble calling of the hero. His stories were filled with Wonder Woman providing more than just a few punches to fulfill that primal thrill, since they also provided Wonder Woman many chances to rebuke patriarchal social standards and ideas when she was confronted with their personified extremes. The Nazis and World War 2 proved to be a perfectly complimentary historical element to include in Marston’s popular feminist narrative as many Nazi ideas were patriarchal in nature, and allowed Diana a dramatic and patriotic backdrop as she helped defend America the “last citadel of democracy, and of equal rights for women.” 

And we cannot forget that Wonder Woman was not the only strident warrior in the fight for equal rights as her human best friend Etta Candy was often fighting side by side with her superhero friend, reinforcing Wonder Woman’s role as a figure of inspiration and proving that any woman can join the fight for equal rights. 

But, upon Marston’s death in 1947, the energetic and idiosyncratic passion that fueled Wonder Woman’s comics to selling in the millions and making her an icon who could stand alongside Superman and Batman seemed to go away with her creator. Creative talents following Marston did not seem to understand what made her work as a character, and she has languished in creative limbo since with a few bright spots, mostly in recent years. This is not to be dismissive of the work by those who followed in Marston’s footsteps as the writer of the title or the enjoyment had by those who enjoyed work in the post-Marston era that is otherwise known as the majority of her publishing history. Certainly, the popular work of George Perez, Gail Simone, Greg Rucka, and even Brian Azzarello should all receive praise for their additions and innovations they’ve done with the character, but considering the long history of the character and her seeming lack of a big library of ‘classic’ stories in the same manner as her peers have, it seems obvious that editorial did not have a clear idea of what creative direction the character should have to recapture her once incredible success. Certainly, the behind the scenes decision making process was more complicated than we have access to, but there’s no denying that Wonder Woman has always been at her most relevant and successful when dealing with feminist issues and that this seems to be missing from a large volume of her stories. 

(First issue cover to a story that every Wonder Woman fan should read with art by Terry and Rachel Dodson) 

One of the key ways that creators have leaned on to make their run Wonder Woman work is to emphasize her warrior aspect, and again, this is not necessarily a bad thing. Wonder Woman certainly is a warrior and Marston himself never backed down from this element of the character, but since for many years this has been one of the primary elements of the character that writers’ have focused on more has come at the detriment of her other roles as an ambassador or a scientist. After her creator’s departure, Wonder Woman’s title took a similar path to that of Superman’s Silver Age adventures with her stories often alternating between her cartoony childhood and rescuing stalwart love interest, Steve Trevor. The Bronze Age saw Wonder Woman lose her powers and her people as she reinvented herself into globe-trotting martial artist, not radically dissimilar from the reinvigoration of what was happening to Batman at the same time, and still later in the Bronze Age her title returned to telling stories set during the time of greatest era: WW2. With Crisis on Infinite Earths, all members of DC’s Trinity saw a back to basics approach with high profile creators leading the way, and Wonder Woman’s Modern Age began with an emphasis on perceived lost elements of her origin in the form a greater emphasis on her ties to Greek mythology. The ‘90s saw her become the goddess of truth, and be replaced by her mother and a fellow Amazon named Artemis on two separate occasions, of which the latter occasion resulted in one Diana’s most controversial wardrobe choices.

What this large scale view shows is that DC, in doubt of what to really do with her, molded her creative direction based on her peers, rather than seeking a direction more in line with her creator’s vision. This is by no means a necessarily evil thing for DC to have done, because as much as the audience may like or desire to see certain directions from characters, DC is still a business that needs to make a profit. Profit has been one of the often cited reasons for Wonder Woman not receiving as much attention in other media as compared to her caped friends, but as Jill Lepore says on this reason being false, “They’re about politics. Superman owes a debt to science fiction, Batman to the hardboiled detective. Wonder Woman’s debt is to feminism.”  And it’s the perceived and actual fear of the damage the F word, feminism, would do to alienate DC’s fan base. Wonder Woman cannot be separated from the politics of the First Wave Feminists, but without her creator there to mold the direction of her stories, the corporate aspect of the storytellers at DC saw this as too much of a liability in the market. And considering the public perception of feminism in America throughout the 20^th and early 21^st century, this was not wrong per se, but it is certainly a form of betrayal to the original essence of a character who is so overtly political. And this is why we have gotten this Wonder Woman:

As Grant Morrison said of this photo of Wonder Woman, “You see the latest shots of Gal Gadot in the costume, and its all sword and shield and her snarling at the camera. Marston’s Diana was a doctor, a healer, a scientist.”

Gone is the Amazonian medical tech of the purple rays, the lasso as more than just a tool to gain intel, or the island dedicated to criminal reform, and in comes the sword and sandals fantasy type story. What’s lost in this conversion is the spirit of peace over violence and the fictional elements that arise out of this mindset; as the audience, we’ve lost out on the exploration of what an ancient feminist utopia might look like and what lessons of philosophy, art, and civics might be learned from such a place. Instead we’re given something closer to Xena, who as entertaining and progressive as she is, still does not push the boundaries against the patriarchy as Marston intended Wonder Woman to do. Wonder Woman was not just representative of what one woman could do; she was the pinnacle of her society and a shining light from a world cut off from man’s world. 

And the image released last week, shows that while Marston’s imagery is still beloved and seen as powerful, the lessons learned from the comics are lost on the executives behind the upcoming film. This isn’t to say that the film will be bad, but that we shouldn’t expect a feminist marketing campaign from the studio. Maybe and hopefully, Gadot will be as wondrous as her character’s namesake and Patty Jenkins will have directed a film that satisfies both men and women alike. If buzz from the recent release of Batman v Superman: Morning of the Bro Battle is any indication, seeing Wonder Woman is the primary appeal for audiences and she is the best thing about the film.

But most importantly, hopefully her film will help inspire little girls around the world to fight for equal rights in the law and an equal place in society just as Wonder Woman originally set out to do.  

porpentine:

PSYCHO NYMPH EXILE exhibit at Compliance Division in Portland, starting Thursday, April 7, 2016, at 6 - 9PM, running to the 30th, with open hours on Saturdays and Sundays 12pm-5pm.

There will be free stickers! And previews of my unreleased work!

portlaaaaaaaand come to this with meeeeeeee

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hannahblumenreich:

that take-out is going to be freezing by the time it gets home.

I like that before he turns on those bad guys, he does what she asks and takes her home. That sounds like no big deal, but if he’d pushed it and been like “No, seriously, I can take them out in a minute flat,” he’d be sending the message that it’s more important for him to prove his dominance over these guys than it is to listen to her and what she wants.

You might think that’s a big leap, but why does Spidey want to beat these guys up, even at the end of the story? Because he wants them to stop. But walking that girl home DID that, and it kept the power with her. She approached him, she came up with the solution, and he followed her instructions. Street harassment is all about taking power from women by making them have to change their behavior, to smile or walk faster or take a different route. Beating up these guys won’t give any of their victims back that sense of control, of having a solution that will work with any friendly guy. There’s only one Spider-Man, after all, and even if these guys never bother another woman, that’s not going to stop it from happening again somewhere else.

Bummer time: There will always be more assholes like this. But! I like to think that there will also be good guys who can and will do what Spidey does here. In that context, those last panels where he’s glaring at the guys take on extra weight. Spidey knows that guys like this aren’t just a challenge to overcome, an opportunity to show off his powers and his gallantry. They’re the enemy, not just of women but of decent guys who don’t want to be painted with the same brush, who want women to feel safe walking home at night. I like to think that’s all of you.

wraithlings:

Celestial Mapping and Celestial Proportions by Tallmadge Doyle

He's working on THE FOUNTAINHEAD.

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-powered by earth’s yellow sun 

-have flying dogs i guess 

-weak against kryptonite and magic 

-visible underpants sometimes 

-also maybe there is a kind of kryptonite that makes them very stereotypically gay? 

-can definitely beat batdelegates in a fight 

-super-weaving

““Dear 1037148,” wrote one admirer to a golden elm in May. “You deserve to be known by more than a number. I love you. Always and forever.””

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Email-a-Tree Service Doesn’t Go As Planned in the Best Possible Way - The Atlantic

Melbourne gave their trees ID numbers and email addresses so residents could report downed branches or other problems. Instead, people starting writing their trees love letters. 

Sometimes, the trees even write back: 

To: Green Leaf Elm, Tree ID 1022165   29 May 2015   Dear Green Leaf Elm, I hope you like living at St. Mary’s. Most of the time I like it too. I have exams coming up and I should be busy studying. You do not have exams because you are a tree. I don’t think that there is much more to talk about as we don’t have a lot in common, you being a tree and such. But I’m glad we’re in this together. Cheers, F”

29 May 2015  Hello F, I do like living here. I hope you do well in your exams. Research has shown that nature can influence the way people learn in a positive way, so I hope I inspire your learning. Best wishes, Green Leaf Elm, Tree ID 1022165

I am so completely charmed by this. 

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THIS IS MISSING THE BEST ONE

To: Willow Leaf Peppermint, Tree ID 1357982 29 January 2015 Willow Leaf Peppermint, Tree ID 1357982
Hello Mr Willow Leaf Peppermint, or should I say Mrs Willow Leaf Peppermint? Do trees have genders? I hope you’ve had some nice sun today. Regards, L

30 January 2015 Hello, I am not a Mr or a Mrs, as I have what’s called perfect flowers that include both genders in my flower structure, the term for this is Monoicous. Some trees species have only male or female flowers on individual plants and therefore do have genders, the term for this is Dioecious. Some other trees have male flowers and female flowers on the same tree. It is all very confusing and quite amazing how diverse and complex trees can be. Kind regards, Mr and Mrs Willow Leaf Peppermint (same Tree)

this is correct

i am at peace

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I hope the botanist who answers these emails loves their job as much as I love them.

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AMAZING

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paging @editorincreeps and other Tree Thinkers

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Haha woo boy (gets out the handkerchief) 

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Second Wachowski filmmaker sibling comes out as trans - Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News Archive - Windy City Times:

The context here is absolutely horrid–Lilly Wachowski came out because it was that or be outed by press, without her consent–but you should click through and read her actual statement, because it is phenomenal:

“But these words, ‘transgender and ‘transitioned’ are hard for me because they both have lost their complexity in their assimilation into the mainstream. There is a lack of nuance of time and space. To be transgender is something largely understood as existing within the dogmatic terminus of male or female. And to ‘transition’ imparts a sense of immediacy, a before and after from one terminus to another. But the reality, my reality is that I’ve been transitioning and will continue to transition all of my life, through the infinite that exists between male and female as it does in the infinite between the binary of zero and one. We need to elevate the dialogue beyond the simplicity of binary. Binary is a false idol.”

Thanks, Deadpool! As predicted by many (including Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn), it looks like studios are already taking the wrong lesson from the record-breaking, R-rated superhero film. While Fox has already given the green light to an R-rated Wolverine sequel, Warner Bros. is getting a jump start on their own edgier superhero offerings, as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will have an R-rated alternate version when the film hits DVD and Blu-ray.

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Prof. Carol Tilley, who previously revealed that anti-comics crusaderDr. Fredric Wertham’s research wasn’t all that is at it again. While rummaging through the archives at the Billy Ireland Library she found an unknown comic by an unnamed artist that satirized Wertham’s anti comics crusade. It was called “The Uncanny Adventures of (I Hate) Dr. Wertham.” […]