Author: marcythewerewolf

bedlamsbard:

geardrops:

tierradentro:

“Medea”, 1868, William Wetmore Story.

mood

#honestly this is hilarious #look at her. look at her annoyed contemplative expression. #gazing down on her peacefully playing children like “hm” #“shouuuuuld i murder them?” #“murder these kids right here?” #“on the one hand: murdering my own kids seems bad.” #“on the other hand: fuck a Jason.” #“gosh. who knows. a real dilemma. we got ourselves in a dilemma here girl.” #“on the OTHER other hand: i already got this knife out of the drawer.” #“so i guess murder. probably. ugh what a mess.” (via sashayed)

Too Much Sitting, Too Little Exercise May Accelerate Biological Aging

ucsdhealthsciences:

“Our study found cells age faster with a sedentary lifestyle. Chronological age doesn’t always match biological age,” said Aladdin Shadyab, PhD, lead author of the study with the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health at UC San Diego School of Medicine.  

Too Much Sitting, Too Little Exercise May Accelerate Biological Aging

micdotcom:

Betsy DeVos has no idea what the difference between proficiency and growth is

  • Department of Education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos’s Senate confirmation hearing was Tuesday. 
  • Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) described an experience contrasting proficiency to growth and used that to ask DeVos for her views on the debate. DeVos couldn’t answer the question. Read more

Betsy DeVos cites danger of “grizzlies” as reason to allow guns in schools

  • Also during her confirmation hearing, DeVos cited grizzly bears as why the federal government not to take action against guns in schools.
  • DeVos said in Wyoming, “I’d imagine there’s a gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies.”
  • One Wyoming teacher explained to Mic that fences and bear spray are used to ward off bears. Read more

Teachers union chief says Betsy DeVos “is a trainwreck waiting to happen”

  • Lily Eskelsen Garcia, president of the National Education Association, said in an interview that DeVos is unqualified and has the wrong vision for the nation’s schools.
  • “I don’t think you will find one human being who could actually point to something who could say, ‘Because she did this, it really improved those traditional, neighborhood public schools,” Garcia said. “What you’re seeing here is a trainwreck waiting to happen.”  Read more

Monarchs with dubious claims to the throne positivity post!

mystriga:

Shoutout to monarchs who are like the cousin of a deposed monarch, no matter who’s in charge now, your claim to the throne is valid.

Shoutout to monarchs who attained power by killing their relatives your claim to the throne is valid.

Shoutout to monarchs who were the previous monarch’s captain of the guard before murdering them, your claim to the throne is valid.

Shoutout to puppet child monarchs, your claim to the throne is valid and even though you’ll likely never properly rule, for even a day in your life – that shouldn’t stop you from feeling like a valid monarch.

Shoutout to monarchs who won the throne through buying it in an auction held by the pervious monarch’s murderous guards, your claim to the throne is valid.

Shoutout to monarchs who came to power after being the common or foreign born spouse of a previous monarch, your claim to the throne is valid.

Shoutout to monarchs in empires which have been divided between claimants, your claim to the whole empire is valid, and don’t let anyone hold you back from starting a long protracted civil war to take over the whole empire.

Shoutout to monarchs who exterminated all other claimants in a long protracted civil war, your claim to the throne is valid, no matter how much of your own country you destroyed to sit on the throne.

Shoutout to monarchs who are being imprisoned in a monastery or oubliette, as the person who took your kingdom from you fears their enemies rallying around you – your claim to throne is still valid – even if you stand little chance of escape and a high chance of being killed someday soon.

Shoutout to monarchs who were overthrown by violent revolution- your claim to the throne is still valid.

Shoutout to monarchs who hold on to the titles of countries that longer exist, your claim to the throne is valid.

Shoutout to monarchs who rule one country, but don’t give a fuck about it – and spend all their time trying to gain control over another country- your claim to the throne is valid.

Shoutout to monarchs who are random commoners impersonating the dead son of a previous monarch, your claim to the throne is valid.

elphabaforpresidentofgallifrey:

ct-hardcase:

I just realized that finding makeup would be a pain in the ass in the star wars universe

“fuck, I found this foundation in my shade of pink, but it’s for a different skin type, WAY too oily for me”

“why does everyone insist that mascara is the best thing since sliced bread? MY SPECIES DOESN’T HAVE EYELASHES”

“why is makeup humanocentric, not everyone is a different shade of beige dammit”

*angry feminist twi’lek ranting about how they don’t need eyebrows to look beautiful*

*angry togruta yelling as they try to keep their foundation off of their skin markings*

“This foundation is gray but it’s warm gray, fuck”

Coruscant makeup shops would either have to specialize or be huge

if you’re on a planet where your species is the minority, good luck finding items that need to work with your skin tone/type/your body hair or lack of

“I loved that eyeshadow but it’s 4 systems away and they don’t take Republic credits”

meychan:

are straight people ok

Honestly, this is something I’m very interested in the theory of, just because it shows how society influences different people, and how people respond by projecting their fears onto fiction. 

Because as a young woman- not even a straight one, but a young woman period, I grew up very aware of the threat of an unhappy marriage or of arranged marriage. It was in kids cartoons where the villain wanted to marry the heroine as part of his evil plot. It was in books I read in elementary school, historical fiction full of people living in arranged marriage- invariably straight ones. We discussed it in social studies class. Sure, it wasn’t something I ever expected to happen to me, but I knew it was a huge part of history and that a lot of people lived through those experiences to this day. When I got older it was a joke, “Yeah right, we’re going to marry you off.”

And yeah, it was a threat but it was also something that could be worked through. Because all those historical fiction books were full of relationships that blossomed either around or through those arranged marriages. The dysfunction of a bad marriage was something that could not be fully escaped, but it was something that had to be survived. 

I think for same sex couples, the ideal is to forge a relationship despite societal conventions fighting against it. For straight couples, you have to acknowledge the fact that you might get pressured into a relationship that you don’t want, with someone you could conceivably be attracted to. And yeah, there is something fascinating about that. Not even in a cheesy romance novel way, I’ve always liked the potential for survival and even strong platonic bonds forged in the face of a forced relationships. It’s comforting, in a way. 

Because yeah, it’s a power trip in a lot of ways, the idea that something like arranged marriage or a terrible relationship, something that young people (especially young women) have been taught all their lives to fear and be aware of, can be reworked into something manageable. That it can end well, or that at the least that it can be survived. It’s like apocalypse survival fiction. Sure, it’s a terrible event, but at least people make it through and get a happy ending. 

Fiction is about exploring what scares you, for better or for worse. And while there are a lot of Bad Things that come with the genre, especially when they get romanticized, I think it’s still important as a way to work out all that societal baggage anyone growing up with a grasp of history and sociology inevitably has. 

shelikestowakeupandjustfakeit:

honoriaw:

madamehardy:

culturenlifestyle:

Force of Nature: Mother Nature Furiously Spins the Earth

Italian sculptor Lorenzo Quinn sculpted his project Force of Nature I and II, after being a witness to the devastating destruction of hurricanes in Thailand and in the Southern United States. Constructed from bronze, stainless steel and aluminum, the work reflects nature’s perceived powerful energy, which is unpredictable, beautiful, yet dangerous. By omitting Mother Nature’s face, Quinn reminds us that there is no sense of security or protection from the Earth itself. We are not in control, sudden destruction awaits at any time. 

Damn, I love this.

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