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rifa: hipsterinatardis: Fun fact: Dustin Hoffman and Bob...

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:28:01 -0700

hipsterinatardis:

Fun fact: Dustin Hoffman and Bob Hoskins decided secretly that they’d play Hook and Smee as a gay couple. When Spielberg, the director, found out, he was furious.

I just think it’s hilarious.

OH MY GOD

K, if we’re gonna spread this story around the internet, how about proof or a source?

Hoffman admits he and his British co-star had a hoot while filming STEVEN SPIELBERG’s 1991 blockbuster HOOK - once they realised their characters were supposed to be homosexuals.

The movie veteran tells Playboy magazine, “Bob Hoskins and I were rehearsing and suddenly we looked at each other and realised it at the same time. We said, ‘These guys are gay….’ and it was fun.

“Suddenly we rehearsed it that way: ‘Get over here, Smee. Give me a foot massage.’

“We went to Spielberg… and he said, ‘This is a kids’ movie.’

“Suddenly it made all the sense in the world. They were really good friends. They lived on a ship. They were devoted to each other.”

–Hoffman And Hoskins Turn Peter Pan Villains Gay

thedailywhat: Stats Pr0n of the Day: U.S. Map of Hate Speech on...

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:11:23 -0700

thedailywhat:

Stats Pr0n of the Day: U.S. Map of Hate Speech on Twitter

Since June 2012, Dr. Monica Stevens of Humboldt State University in California has been mapping more than 150,000 geotagged tweets that contain homophobic, racist or abliest language. The result is the Geography of Hate, an interactive map of the U.S. which reveals the hotspots of “hate tweets” across the country. A deeper analysis of the project is available at Floating Sheep.

Jesus.

"Two scenes stand out from the season. One is from Go On, in which widower Ryan King (Matthew Perry)..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:58:00 -0700

“Two scenes stand out from the season. One is from Go On, in which widower Ryan King (Matthew Perry) tried to recover from his wife’s death with the help of a support group, one of whose members was Anne (Julie White), who had also recently lost her wife. Over the course of the season, Anne and Ryan went through many similar challenges—returning to the dating scene after a long and happy relationship, wondering what their late partner would make of their new lives, general grieving—and as a mother, she faced some other issues that childless Ryan was spared.
It may seem ridiculous to trumpet a lesbian being permitted to experience such basic emotions. But until recently gay characters were almost exclusively defined by their sexuality, while also being denied the freedom to express it.”

- TV Will Be a Lot Less Gay Next Year - Gay TV shows cancelled: The New Normal, Smash, Go On, and more.

Photo

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:51:21 -0700

laughterkey: explore-blog: Cats may be famous literary pets,...

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:14:18 -0700

laughterkey:

explore-blog:

Cats may be famous literary pets, but who knew the propaganda art of the anti-suffragist movement had an entire cat-centric sub-genre? As felines represented the domestic sphere and thus the feminine, they were used to portray suffragists as incompetent and unintelligent.

The irony, of course, is that everyone knows how a cat boosts your creativity. For non-believers, there’s always The Cat-Hater’s Handbook, which now carries whole new undertones of misogyny.

I want my vote, too, kitten.

bobbycaputo: Redwood National Park, California Photograph by...

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:57:27 -0700

bobbycaputo:

Redwood National Park, California

Photograph by Zhao Duan Chan

Photographer Zhao Duan Chan captured this moment in California’s Redwood National Forest, where he and three friends had gone for a day trip. “As the sun started setting we ran back up another trail so as not to be stuck in the forest in the pitch-dark,” he says. “However, we had to stop for a moment in awe as the sun hit the horizon.”

reuters: Actress Angelina Jolie wrote in the New York Times on...

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:52:19 -0700

reuters:

Actress Angelina Jolie wrote in the New York Times on Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy to elude breast cancer, a disease which kills half a million around the world every year.

“We often speak of ‘Mommy’s mommy’, and I find myself trying to explain the illness that took her away from us. They have asked if the same could happen to me,” wrote Jolie, 37.

“I have always told them not to worry, but the truth is I carry a ‘faulty’ gene.”

The Oscar-winning actress said her doctors had estimated she had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer.

“Once I knew this was my reality, I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much as I could. I made a decision to have a preventive double mastectomy,” she said.

Continue reading: http://reut.rs/128fT6G

REUTERS/Toby Melville

ikenbot: cultural appropriate 101

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:12:41 -0700

ikenbot:

cultural appropriate 101

evangotlib: kvknowsherfun: illbeyouronemandisneyland: skarlett...

Sun, 12 May 2013 06:07:00 -0700

evangotlib:

kvknowsherfun:

illbeyouronemandisneyland:

skarlettfever:

“Five cute boys, stuck in a van with nothing much to do, decide to reenact The Book of Mormon’s opening number, because why not? Says a commenter on Towleroad: “The line between Mormon missionaries, chorus boys, and gay porn is so thin sometimes…”

Marry me. All of you. You win.

Love this.

Perfect. We have spent many afternoons dancing to this soundtrack with Chloe. But now that she is older and understands - and, more importantly, repeats - words we’ve shelved it for a while.

dreamdefenders: On April 22, 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot was...

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:56:04 -0700

dreamdefenders:

On April 22, 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot was arrested at her Polk County high school for conducting a science experiment. The teen, who has no criminal history and maintained good grades, suddenly found herself trapped in Florida’s insidious school to prison pipeline; which has continually funneled mostly youth of color out of Florida’s schools and into the criminal justice system.

According to a report by Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice, over 57% of the state’s 96,515 youth incarcerated in 2012 were Black and Brown. In Kiera’s home of Polk County, Sheriff Grady Judd has presided over a system in which youth have continually been cycled through county jails in which severe abuses have been alleged including the use of pepper spray and the holding of juveniles in cages.

During the 2013 Florida Legislative Session, Dream Defenders worked with allies in the Florida Campaign for Juvenile Justice to reform Florida’s broken juvenile justice system. Despite repeated community visits to the state capital, briefings and press conferences by advocates and sponsoring legislators, the 2013 Legislative session closed with no action on critical bills such as SB 1374/HB 1039 which would have reformed Florida’s Zero Tolerance law at play in this case.

While Kiera navigates the legal ramifications of her unjust case Polk County Superintendent John Stewart has made the decision to place Kiera in an “alternative school” as he considers expulsion proceedings. Dream Defenders find these actions by Superintendent Stewart reprehensible. Dream Defenders demands that Stewart drop all expulsion proceedings against Kiera Wilmot and allow her to return to her enrollment at Bartow High School.

Dream Defenders calls upon all local, state and national allies to TAKE ACTION to ensure Kiera does not become another casualty of the school to prison pipeline.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Sign the petition to get Kiera back in school

Spread these images by tweeting them, reblogging them and posting them on instagram.

Contact Polk County Superintendent John Stewart by calling: (863) 534-0521

Sample Script:

Superintendent Stewart,

My name is _____________ and I am calling to express my concern about the expulsion proceedings against Kiera Wilmot. Florida has been among the national leaders in furthering a school to prison pipeline; with zero tolerance policies being used to lock up, expel and divert youth from their right to an education. Ms. Wilmot’s case is another example of the state and your office criminalizing and derailing the future of a girl of color. Your handling of her case has been irresponsible and reprehensible. Ms. Wilmot’s actions and intent simply do not warrant expulsion or placement in alternative schooling. I am calling on you to immediately drop all expulsion proceedings against Kiera Wilmot and allow her to return to her regular enrollment at Bartow High School.

In order to make an impact in this case we will need the support of thousands.

Please share this message with family and friends. Let’s ensure there is

#JusticeForKiera

ooo

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:54:29 -0700

ooo

sure

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:37:08 -0700

sure

poynterinstitute: instagram: Photojournalists Sharing the...

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:26:34 -0700

instagram.com/p/Rg5b6WPRD_/#benlowy

instagram.com/p/XsMVZ4wFhy/#yamashitaphoto

instagram.com/p/Y_wsyErw7i/#ivankphoto

instagram.com/p/X0XR_mFPf6/#michaelchristopherbrown

instagram.com/p/Y6Z8dWFaa4/#kevinfrayer

instagram.com/p/WRV1sVkaFF/#philmoorephoto

poynterinstitute:

instagram:

Photojournalists Sharing the World through Instagram

Photojournalists from around the globe have begun using Instagram as an important part of their storytelling, using the intimacy and immediacy of mobile photography to open up new avenues of engagement with their audiences.

From Hurricane Sandy’s destruction to baseball’s opening season, photojournalists are capturing and sharing the world’s stories with people in real time through Instagram.

To tune into the news as it unfolds, be sure to follow these photojournalists:

Michael Christopher Brown, documents life in Congolese refugee camps — @michaelchristopherbrown

Ben Lowy, a conflict and feature photographer based in New York City — @benlowy

Phil Moore, a British photojournalist based in East Africa — @philmoorephoto

Kevin Frayer, the chief photographer for the Associated Press in South Asia — @kevinfrayer

Ivan Kashinsky, a freelance photographer based in Quito, Ecuador — @ivankphoto

Michael Yamashita, a documentary photographer for National Geographic specializing in Asia — @yamashitaphoto

This is a cool way to directly follow photojournalists, instead of waiting for their work to run in newspapers or other publications.

100% men.

biologyhearts: jamiedole: 45 Vintage Sexist Ads That Wouldn’t Go Down Well Today The sad thing is...

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:33:04 -0700

biologyhearts:

jamiedole:

45 Vintage Sexist Ads That Wouldn’t Go Down Well Today

The sad thing is the patriarchy still has these views, and many adverts are still sexist. It’s just the over-sexualisation of women, and the dominance of men that are prominent in current adverts.

Oh totally, they still have these views, they just know they’re not allowed to print them anymore. So they’ve taken to more subliminal tactics, or more visual tactics, which is harder to argue about than words.

afternoonsnoozebutton: Wow we’re really whitewashing a shitton...

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:45:26 -0700

afternoonsnoozebutton:

Wow we’re really whitewashing a shitton of really cool characters this year. Khan, the Mandarin, and Tonto? For fuck’s sake.

The last one is the icing on the cake. WTF is wrong with everybody?

45 Vintage Sexist Ads That Wouldn’t Go Down Well Today

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:08:00 -0700

Yes, yes it is.

"There's no excuse for ignorance of what to put in her douche."

lol, jesus, LOOK PRETTY SO YOUR HUSBAND DOESN'T CHEAT ON YOU ANYMORE.

45 Vintage Sexist Ads That Wouldn’t Go Down Well Today

interweber: RIP Go On NOOOOOOOOO SAY IT AIN’T SO

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:11:14 -0700

interweber:

RIP Go On

NOOOOOOOOO SAY IT AIN’T SO

throwingshadepodcast: It’s officially SUMMERTIME!!

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:09:26 -0700

throwingshadepodcast:

It’s officially SUMMERTIME!!

popculturebrain: The Bluth Banana Stand hits NYC Monday across...

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:38:10 -0700

popculturebrain:

The Bluth Banana Stand hits NYC Monday across from Radio City.

FINALLY SOMETHING’S HAPPENING WHILE I’M THERE!!!

Now You See Me Official Opening Scene (2013) - Mark Ruffalo,...

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:59:40 -0700

Now You See Me Official Opening Scene (2013) - Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman Movie HD (by movieclipsTRAILERS)

Are you fucking kidding me? The ONE woman in this trailer is the one who fucks up? UGH.