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lego-loki: I attended the premiere of my film ‘Only Loki Left...

Sun, 26 May 2013 00:57:03 +0100

I attended the premiere of my film ‘Only Loki Left Alive’ tonight.

night-panda: zombiesandporn: I know one person who wouldnt...

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:32:17 +0100

zombiesandporn:

I know one person who wouldnt like the season finale

I bet Ten would’ve been a bit conflicted as well… Well maybe not as much.

corywho: celeryandhummus: our kids will probably attend a middle school dance where the theme is...

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:46:03 +0100

corywho:

celeryandhummus:

our kids will probably attend a middle school dance where the theme is the 2010’s

they’ll wear leggings with ugg boots and twerk to “call me maybe”

torrilla: Tom Hiddleston attends the ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’...

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:48:06 +0100

torrilla:

Tom Hiddleston attends the ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ press conference during The 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festival on May 25, 2013 in Cannes, France [HQ]

He looks a bit worried here. Like “Oh no! I forgot to work a Shakespeare reference into that answer!”

From my walk to pick up my parcel, the woodland at the bottom of...

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:25:00 +0100

From my walk to pick up my parcel, the woodland at the bottom of my street in full bloom now spring’s properly here.

Look what I received today as a belated birthday present!

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:17:46 +0100

Look what I received today as a belated birthday present!

skijumpsallygotthehiddles: hiddlecrotch: I WANT TO SEE THIS...

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:39:09 +0100

skijumpsallygotthehiddles:

hiddlecrotch:

I WANT TO SEE THIS MOVIE

RIGHT

NOW

Please, please, please. Let me have it right fucking now!

fictitiousfake: J.K Rowling said that her inspiration for Hagrid came from when she was 19 in a...

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:11:07 +0100

fictitiousfake:

J.K Rowling said that her inspiration for Hagrid came from when she was 19 in a pub in the west country and this terrifying looking guy came in with these other biker guys and the only thing he talked to J.K about was how his cabbages were getting on

shapinguptobeprettycondomz: so-fizzle-my-nizzle: so-fizzle-my-n...

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:28:38 +0100

shapinguptobeprettycondomz:

so-fizzle-my-nizzle:

so-fizzle-my-nizzle:

A small puppy wandered up to U.S. Marines from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion 6th Marines, in Marjah, Afghanistan on *****. After following the Marines numorous miles, a soft hearted Marine picked the puppy up and carried the puppy in his drop pouch. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl Charles T. Mabry II)

LOOK AT THAT PUPPY

LOOK AT THAT MOTHER FUCKING PUPPY

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Fri, 24 May 2013 19:46:22 +0100

L.J. Smith Got Fired from writing her own novels, the Vampire Diaries series.

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:35:26 +0100

L.J. Smith Got Fired from writing her own novels, the Vampire Diaries series. :

I was already aware if this but I suppose a lot of people won’t be. If you think Amazon Worlds is a good idea, go read the article again and pay attention to the name of the company involved.

brianlamontburgess3: .

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:20:52 +0100

brianlamontburgess3:

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Thu, 23 May 2013 21:39:24 +0100

lis4ralin: Fangirl Challenge - Female Characters [3/10] -...

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:11:00 +0100

lis4ralin:

Fangirl Challenge - Female Characters [3/10] - Maleficent (Kingdom Hearts).
“You poor, simple fools! You think you can defeat me?! ME, the mistress of all evil?!”

nomadamsterdam: Ottawa-raised Somali sisters Ilwad Elman, 23,...

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:42:52 +0100

nomadamsterdam:

Ottawa-raised Somali sisters Ilwad Elman, 23, and Iman Elman, 21, pose inside the Elman Peace Centre, a rape crisis shelter in Mogadishu. Ilwad works at the centre, while Iman is a commander in the Somali military leading a battalion of 90 men.

irresponsibleeyouth: The trick is to not let people know how really weird you are until it’s too...

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:14:28 +0100

irresponsibleeyouth:

The trick is to not let people know how really weird you are until it’s too late for them to back out.

isahbellah: kissedmequiteinsane: madehimsaycomfychairs: liggyt...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:46:22 +0100

isahbellah:

kissedmequiteinsane:

madehimsaycomfychairs:

liggytheauthoress:

freesamuel:

beehives:

Harvey used to be a fighting dog. His ears torn from battles he was forced into. He flinches when you talk too loud around him. He gets so excited when you prepare his food, as in disbelief that he’s actually going to eat this many days in a row and when you put the food down he kisses you in gratitude. He’s afraid of thunder, soda cans, the TV and when baby Nick Fury meows when he’s hungry. When we first picked up Harvey from the pound half of his face was missing and he was severely underweight.Now he’s a kitten baby sitter. FIGHT BSL IN YOUR COUNTY.

right in the feels

OH MY GOD THE KITTEN IS LIKE THE SIZE OF HIS EAR I CANNOT EVEN EVER AGAIN

bless these precious babies, man

i see no difference

this is too precious

the kitten’s name is NICK FURY

the dog’s name is HARVEY

harvey’s a kitten sitter

ALSKDJFRYUGT

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Thu, 23 May 2013 19:17:56 +0100

Sometimes, I say smart things.: Fanfiction & Capitalism, and Why I Think They Are Related [TW for homophobia, mentions of sexual violence, capitalism]

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:00:29 +0100

Sometimes, I say smart things.: Fanfiction & Capitalism, and Why I Think They Are Related [TW for homophobia, mentions of sexual violence, capitalism]:

hobbitdragon:

Lots of really amazing writers denigrate their work (or have their work denigrated by others) because they write fanfiction rather than “real stories.” The more I think about this, the more messed up I think this is, and I’d like to talk about why.

Part of the reason fanfic is often denigrated is because a lot of it is erotic, a lot of it is about escapism and wish-fulfillment, and a lot of it is queer. So much fanfiction is queer, in fact, that it should come as no surprise that it is widely reviled and made into a joke; homophobia is still very real and I trust that I don’t have to explain how it would cause queer literature to be denigrated.

But that still leaves the fact that a lot of fanfic is erotic. Given that I’m a sex educator, I’ve seen first-hand the effects of sex-negativity and its accompanying effects of silence and shame. People’s lives are ruined or ended every day by what they did not know, have had hidden from them, and could not find out for themselves. I’m not exaggerating this in the slightest; ignorance about sex and sexuality regularly causes death, either from dangerous abortion procedures, suicide, disease, or murder. With that degree of violence surrounding sexual information, I see an obvious connection between cultural sex-negativity and the fact that erotic literature is so widely viewed is worthless. Of course this extends to fanfiction.

The fanfiction which isn’t directly sexual is often still about wish-fulfillment of desires other than sexual ones, many of which center around the desire to be loved and able to recover from trauma. Hurt/comfort is one of the most popular genres in fandom, and this is for good reason. The fact that anyone sees a problem with people exploring pain and recovery and love is deeply disturbing. Why would anyone complain about people spending time fulfilling their desires in a way that hurts no one? The only answer I can think of is “Because people are supposed to suffer.” I obviously disagree with this.

And this is, finally, where capitalism comes into it. One of the biggest reasons people see fanfiction as a waste of time is that it’s unpublishable because of copyright infringement. And since fanfic can’t be formally published, no money can be made from it. This is, fundamentally, the ONLY difference between fanfiction and “real” stories—copyright infringement prevents fanfiction from being given a monetary venture.

We might like to hope that published material is, somehow, of better quality than that which is unpublished or unpublishable. But this is not true, as anyone who has tried and failed to get published will tell you. More crap gets published every year while more masterpieces languish in anonymity than we can ever truly know, because it’s not about quality, it’s about money.

Which then begs the question: if the only difference between fanfiction and “real fiction” is the capacity to make money, why is fanfiction considered so worthless? Because capitalism wants us to believe that monetary value is the ONLY system of value with any meaning.

Nevermind the fact that many of us have learned more about consent, negotiation, gender, and sexual orientation from fanfiction (and other ‘unpublishable’ content on the internet) than we ever did from anything published or offered to us in school. Nevermind the fact that fanfiction is the first and ONLY place many of us will ever see people like us being represented. Nevermind that fanfiction is often written to help us explore and heal from issues of trauma, abuse, internalized bigotry, and self-loathing. Nevermind that fanfiction gives so many of us access to characters we love, cherish, admire, and look up to being like us, feeling like us, loving people like us, or just plain representing us in a way we often cannot get from the real people in our lives as a result of bigotry and shame.

In this homophobic, sex-negative, capitalist society, minorities of all sorts are supposed to be worthless and fandom is often the only place they can seek representation. In this bigoted, capitalist society we are not supposed to believe that our pleasure and fulfillment is worthwhile. We are not supposed to see ourselves as having intrinsic value. Lots of us need escapism because the world around us hates us so much that the only way to survive it is to escape it sometimes into a created place that views us as valid and good. Fanfiction, moreso than mainstream published media ever can, gives value and space to people and feelings and experiences that are given no space or value elsewhere.

But we are supposed to think that’s worthless.

Fenced-In Acre: My preliminary thoughts on Kindle Worlds

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:32:10 +0100

Fenced-In Acre: My preliminary thoughts on Kindle Worlds:

gisellelx:

…because I’m up to 926 words on this other blog post and I haven’t even started talking about the Twilight fandom’s P2P situation nor this thing with Amazon.

The Amazon thing is interesting, and conceptually, I don’t have an issue with it. My sole opposition to P2P has always been that its nature…