February 2012
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Me: We've already established that you're a more selfish person than I am, given that the worst nightmare I've ever had involved your death, and the worst nightmare you've ever had also involved your death.
Younger Sister: That us shows how compatible we are! We have the same worst nightmare!
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notes from a unicorn
A friend said she thought bi people didn’t exist. I said, “I’m sitting right here,” because that was my answer, but I was starting to believe her. I stopped telling people what I was. I let people think what they wanted, which was usually that I was like them.
About a year into being there, I thought, “Why don’t I just call myself gay?” I would see if I could do it before I told people, I...
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'He's doing that Bruno Mars thing at La MaMa.'
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My Dad, John Barrowman and Me: How Captain Jack... →
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There is an awful lot to be said about Jack’s position in the Whoniverse and to what extent overall he has been a positive representation of a queer character, but I know he’s had an important role to play in the lives of a lot of queer sci-fi fans. Aged fifteen, he made me feel that I was okay exactly as I was. If Jack could be a hero, so could I. I could dream of travelling in...
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Me: In my personal canon, since the divorce on the beach never happens, or at least doesn't last, Erik goes and gets tattoos on his lower abs/hips -- 'rage' on one side and 'serenity' on the other. And then the next time they're in bed, he's like, 'Make sure you really focus on that point between rage and serenity, Charles.'
Sister: Oh my god, worst line ever! I love it! And Charles wouldn't know if he was supposed to laugh or not so he'd just be super awkward. And then afterward, he'd cry and be like, 'THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL ERIK. THANK YOU.' And Erik would be like, 'What have I done?'
Me: 'It was a dick joke, Charles! Why the fuck are you crying?!'
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“Oh, I meant to tell you. A couple came in this morning, and in between making...”
– texts like this are why my sister is the greatest
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Watchcurator-of-curiosities:
Really? with Seth and Amy: Birth Control; or, why Amy Poehler is my favorite lady.
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why patriarchal men are utterly petrified of birth...
texturism:
male privilege has been with us for — how long? ten thousand years? a hundred thousand? contraception, in the mere blink of an eye in historical terms, toppled the core rationale that justified that entire system. and now, every aspect of human society is frantically racing to catch up with that stunning fact. everything will have to change in response to this — families, business,...
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Santorum says Obama agenda not "based on Bible" →
(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum challenged President Barack Obama’s Christian beliefs on Saturday, saying White House policies were motivated by a “different theology.”
A devout Roman Catholic who has risen to the top of Republican polls in recent days, Santorum said the Obama administration had failed to prevent gas prices rising and was using...
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an iliad (and stories of war)
i went to see an iliad last night: stephen spinella as the poet, retelling homer’s iliad, with an alternate-universe modern-day perspective. he is mesmerizing. there was a scene where he took an imaginary picture out of a suitcase, a photograph of a world war i battlefield, of trenches and bloodied bodies on a battlefield, and talked about how when you look at it, you think, well those are...
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“He sipped coffee and remembered beginnings.”
– Raymond Carver, from “The Augustine Notebooks”
(via dannygoodman.me)
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Joss Whedon's 'In Your Eyes' lands leads
Michael Stahl-David and Zoe Kazan have signed on to star in the sci-fi/romance indie In Your Eyes, which Brin Hill will direct from a script by Joss Whedon. Whedon’s Bellwether partner Kai Cole producing along with Night & Day Pictures’ Michael Roiff and David Rothernberg. The film is a described as a metaphysical love story about two seemingly polar opposites who are deeply connected in...
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dream:
I wrote a book about the romanticization of abusive men in fiction, using Edward Rochester, Dean Proffitt, and Chris Brown (because in the dream he was fictional, I guess?) as ‘case studies’.
It was hugely popular (???).
Then I went to dinner with William Shatner and Adele, because they were best friends and really wanted to meet me.
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your-bespoke-psychopath:
mswyrr:
#srsly #how cute are they? #with martha in ten’s coat #and donna smacking him one #LOL #favorite Team TARDIS #i actually kind of wish S3 & 4 had been two series with all three of them together? #instead of one series where ten is an emotionally abusive asshat to Martha #and then another where he’s marginally better to Donna except for the epic mental...
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wit
so most importantly, carra patterson may well be the new love of my life.
equally important: cynthia nixon is devastatingly wonderful and kind of perfect. i started crying about ten minutes in and didn’t really stop. i keep thinking of her face in certain moments and crying even though i’ve been home for like an hour at this point.
so maybe it’s just ‘cause there was this...
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listofnow replied to your photoset: Further dilemmas: I’m confident I’d look amazing…
I vote for both. but definitely the gold. the wrap/bodice part of it is really lovely.
Yes, I’m kind of obsessed with the bodice of the gold (as well as how floaty the skirt looks)!
At the end of the day, I do need work-appropriate dresses but I also want a graduation dress, and I think the gold...
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discussing TNG
Younger Sister: I think it's supposed to show that people in the future are like, cultural and stuff. Instead of spending all their free time on the internet, they put on plays!
Me: Hahaha. Imagine if it were written today when we know about the internet.
YS: I just say, "Shut up, people of the future! We write fanfic!"
Me: I mean... that's basically what Picard is doing during his Holodeck times.
YS: No, it totally is. OMG, imagine if TNG were written now. They'd totally have a holodeck episode with Downton Abbey! Thomas would take over, steal Geordi's visor, and then try to have sex with Data. Picard would be too busy drinking port with Lord Grantham to notice. Riker and Matthew would bond over how everything in their lives goes right and they hate it.
Me: Omg. Isobel would try to tell Beverly how to run Sickbay more efficently.
YS: YES.
Me: Sybil would fall in love with Wesley and Branson would be pissed. But he'd still love Wesley and want to be friends with him.
YS: Wesley would be like, "I can totally improve your car because I studied cars like this for fun because I am amazing!"
Me: Hahaha.
YS: Troi would go hang out with Anna and be like, "I sense something is troubling you," after O'Brien told her about Bates' trial. Worf would bond with Carson over honor and duty and stuff. OMG, somebody make this happen!
Me: SERIOUSLY. Violet would be hilarious.
YS: But somehow she and Guinan would become great friends
Me: Edith would hang out with Geordi because he can't see anything now.
YS: Yes, she'd totally take care of him. Mary would absolutely hate Riker. She might sort of bond with Troi over the non-existent complications keeping them apart from the guys they want to be with.
Me: lol. YES. I can see her hanging out with Anna and Troi.
YS: And then they could team up with Wesley to save Data from Thomas!
Me: And Anna finally being like... This is ridiculous.
YS: "You think you have problems? My husband is in prison for life! We LITERALLY can't be together. Pull it together, women!"
Me: Oh my god. This needs to happen SO MUCH.
YS: Picard would have absolutely no idea that anything had gone wrong until the rest of the crew burst into the library at the end.
Me: Amazing.
YS: "That was fascinating, wasn't it, Number One?" "Um, I'm pretty sure Data is scarred for life, sir." Wesley: "I AM AMAZING."
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