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brookevangory: The bestselling #bvg bag ever! #tardis...

Mon, 27 May 2013 23:44:59 -0400

brookevangory:

The bestselling #bvg bag ever! #tardis #doctorwho #timelords

This makes my heart happy.

fripperiesandfobs: Dress, 1876-78 From the Metropolitan Museum...

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:01:14 -0500

fripperiesandfobs:

Dress, 1876-78

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:24:00 -0500

The Question

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:02:08 -0400

ispinworlds:

possibly triggery, so trigger warning for sexual assault?

good links about the difference between men and women when it comes to rape culture: the original essay is here (it’s about proto-rapists and the insidiousness of rape culture and it is fantastic), but this anecdote in the comments section stood out for me:

Not surprisingly, I have a story? It’s pretty long, and I’m sorry.

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Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:46:41 -0400

Charlotte: Temporary Tattoos Tutorial

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:40:17 -0400

Charlotte: Temporary Tattoos Tutorial:

charlotteisnotmyname:

Hey everybody!
If you ever thought about doing a tattoo, but you don’t really want it to be something permanent, this is the perfect tutorial for you!
I’m going to show you how to do temporary tattoos. They’re fun, quick and easy to do!

So first of, what do you need?

Pencil…

love just about everything about this fripperiesandfobs: Dress...

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:06:52 -0400

love just about everything about this

fripperiesandfobs:

Dress ca. 1880

From the Museum at FIT

beautiful

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:11:00 -0400

beautiful

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Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:35:15 -0400

ironfuckingmaiden: omg this is too perfect

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:34:39 -0400

ironfuckingmaiden:

omg this is too perfect

wow patheticperipatetic: I was bored and made this. Its a...

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:18:02 -0400

wow

patheticperipatetic:

I was bored and made this. Its a TARDIS based ring with a tension set 1CT Princess Cut center stone. The three round stones is the Police Box sign, the two sets of four baguettes symbolize the windows, and a small princess cut below that to symbolize the instructions found on the front of the Police Box.

"Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a great and glorious nation. Favourite amongst his..."

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:18:19 -0500

“Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a great and glorious nation. Favourite amongst his subjects was the court painter of whom he was very proud. Everybody agreed this wizzened old man pianted the greatest pictures in the whole kingdom and the king would spend hours each day gazing at them in wonder. However, one day a dirty and dishevelled stranger presented himself at the court claiming that in fact he was the greatest painter in the land. The indignant king decreed a competition would be held between the two artists, confident it would teach the vagabond an embarrassing lesson. Within a month they were both to produce a masterpiece that would out do the other. After thirty days of working feverishly day and night, both artists were ready. They placed their paintings, each hidden by a cloth, on easels in the great hall of the castle. As a large crowd gathered, the king ordered the cloth be pulled first from the court artist’s easel. Everyone gasped as before them was revealed a wonderful oil painting of a table set with a feast. At its centre was an ornate bowl full of exotic fruits glistening moistly in the dawn light. As the crowd gazed admiringly, a sparrow perched high up on the rafters of the hall swooped down and hungrily tried to snatch one of the grapes from the painted bowl only to hit the canvas and fall down dead with shock at the feet of the king. ’Aha!’ exclaimed the king. ’My artist has produced a painting so wonderful it has fooled nature herself, surely you must agree that he is the greatest painter who ever lived!’ But the vagabond said nothing and stared solemnly at his feet. ’Now, pull the blanket from your painting and let us see what you have for us,’ cried the king. But the tramp remained motionless and said nothing. Growing impatient, the king stepped forward and reached out to grab the blanket only to freeze in horror at the last moment. ’You see,’ said the tramp quietly, ’there is no blanket covering the painting. This is actually just a painting of a cloth covering a painting. And whereas your famous artist is content to fool nature, I’ve made the king of the whole country look like a clueless little twat.”

- Banksy (via youranonnews)

*sigh* I’m in love with him right now.

(via roewoof)

Wrapped by Jennifer Brdbury

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:45:55 -0500

Wrapped by Jennifer Brdbury:

Wrapped by Jennifer Bradbury
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Bradbury’s Wrapped is a fun and compelling tale. I laid down to start it one evening, and found myself finished before I fell asleep some four…

Idris: a work in progress

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:37:23 -0500

Idris: a work in progress

The Map of Time

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:07:24 -0500

The Map of Time:

The Map of Time by Félix J. Palma
My rating: 2 of 5 stars I’m not in love. I thought I’d be in love. I wanted to be in love, but I’m not. The Map of Time is written in three sections. I finished the…

Public Service Announcement: Making fudge or caramels this week? Always remember to test your candy thermometer.

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:18:26 -0500

Public Service Announcement: Making fudge or caramels this week? Always remember to test your candy thermometer.

Stalking his Stocking: 42 Ideas for Him

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:32:08 -0500

Stalking his Stocking: 42 Ideas for Him:

1. Socks. Come on, stockings in the stocking, it’s a pun that makes itself. I hear Gold Toe are still made in the USA, as are those from the Fox River Mills, which makes the iconic Red Heel socks. As…

early-onset-of-night: OUR ABORTION WAS DIFFERENT: WHEN THE...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:14:40 -0500

early-onset-of-night:

OUR ABORTION WAS DIFFERENT: WHEN THE ANTI-CHOICE CHOOSE

Rick Santorum, former Pennsylvania senator and likely presidential candidate, wants all abortions outlawed. He has even said that abortion providers should be “criminally charged.” Clearly, his compassion for zygotes, fetuses, and other squishy, jelly-like substances not fully alive is without question. When it comes to actual human beings, however, there is some doubt. He voted to cut every social and welfare program that came before him as senator, and not just those helping women and girls, but those helping the poor, immigrants, children in general, and, of course, education.

Mr. Santorum doesn’t hate all people, however. As a Republican, he loves rich people, white people, business people, and Christians. The real Americans, he calls them. There’s one other person he loves, too: his wife, Karen Santorum.

He loves her so much, in fact, that in 1997 when she became seriously ill during the 2nd trimester of her pregnancy, he didn’t want her to die.

In the 19th week of her pregnancy, Karen discovered during a routine exam that the fetus she was carrying had a fatal defect and was going to die inside of her. A long-shot surgery was performed that required cutting directly into the womb. It carried a high risk of infection and was performed not to save the fetus, but to reduce Karen’s complications while she attempted to go full term.

Two days later, she became severely feverish. She was rushed to the hospital and placed on intravenous antibiotics, which reduced her fever and bought her some time, but could not eliminate the source of infection: the fetus.

Karen was going to die if her pregnancy was not ended, if the fetus was not removed from her body. So, at 20 weeks, one month before what doctors consider ‘viability’, labor was artificially induced and the infected fetus was delivered. It died shortly thereafter.

They named it Gabriel Michael Santorum.

The event is obviously tragic, especially for Karen, who, like her husband, opposes any and all forms of abortion, even when it saves a woman’s life. As her fever subsided, she realized what was happening and asked for drugs to stop the labor, saying, “We’re not inducing labor. That’s abortion. No way.” But it was too late.

Today, hindsight being 20/20, Karen says she would have authorized the procedure after all, justifying the saving of her own life by explaining that her other children would have lost a mother.

Indeed.

The procedure, whereby labor is induced to remove the fetus before it has any chance of surviving on its own, is considered by Mr. Santorum to be a ‘partial-birth abortion’, and he is correct. He also personally authorized one to save his wife, whom he loves.

Mr. Santorum is opposed to any and all forms of abortion. Incest? Too bad. Rape? Too bad. Twelve years old? Too bad. Wife, mother, daughter, lover, friend dying? Too bad.

This hypocrite needs to be kept out of all elective offices for the rest of his life.

“Abortion in any form is wrong,” said Santorum in 2000, three years after the tragedy. “Except for my wife. If your wife’s life was at stake and the only thing that could save her was an abortion, well, too bad. Your wife will have to die. It was different with my wife. You see, I love her. I don’t even know your wife’s name.”

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Thirty-Two Things

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:41:37 -0500

Thirty-Two Things:

By the time I finish writing this, I will be turning thirty-two.
It probably feels a lot like thirty still, which, surprisingly, feels a lot like twenty-three. I will wake up in a few minutes to…

Do Not Censor Me

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:39:23 -0500

Do Not Censor Me:

The First Amendment falls apart when government censorship threatens to put purveyors of legal content under scrutiny for any possible trace of copyright infringement. Censorship silences. The…