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actually on this topic

manpain is a META concept that exists to discuss FICTIONAL SEXISM. in real life, if you laughed about “someone’s manpain”, you would be a disgusting piece of shit for a human being no matter what your gender was. if you were laughing that someone’s life was destroyed by the death of their mom or their fiancee you would be a fucking shitheel not worth my time, and i would not watch a fucking tv series about you.

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I see so many arguments on here about whether masculine or femine women are demonized by society, and few people seem to figure out that the answer is both.

Broader society says that women have to be feminine, so in that way gender-nonconforming, masculine, and androgynous women are punished. But it also says that femininity represents stupidity at best and outright manipulative evil at worst, so if you want to be a smart and worthwhile woman, you’d better distance yourself from all that girly stuff.

Attitudes against femininity have been internalized in communities of women notably outside the norm, like sapphic women or nerdy women or academic women or what have you- but that’s only because society told us that being feminine was inherently unintelligent or heterosexual. And that same society uses women within those communities saying “hey, wait, there’s actually nothing wrong with presenting this way and it’s kind of messed up that we’ve been taught that” to turn around and victimize gnc women even more with ridiculous ideas like “butch privilege” or makeup being inherently empowering to everyone.

Really, you can’t win. If you’re feminine, you’re a frothy, empty-headed little bauble. If you’re masculine, you’re inherently broken and trying to be a man. We’re all screwed over equally and in a thousand different insidious ways regardless of presentation. There is no way to win this game. There is no way to be what you’re “supposed” to be because, by being a woman, you’re always inherently doing something wrong in the eyes of the patriarchy.

So fuck them all, support your sisters, and be exactly how you want to be.

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I LOVE that supernatural establishes that dean sees Bobby as a father by having him say it multiple times, but it establishes that Sam sees Bobby as a father figure by having him try to kill Bobby for a spell that requires patricide. Thank you supernatural very cool.

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i don’t make many actual historical posts on here, but aside from having studied history, I research in my spare time as well, and I love a historical ~mystery~

(This might not be a mystery to some, but it was to me, so if it was a mystery to you too look no further xD. Equally, I’m sure someone else has made a post about it at some point).

But! I’ve seen this...interesting image floating around a lot, credited to the dubious artistic talent of Alexander Hamilton:

And though incredibly hilarious, I wanted to know if it was actually his dodgy ass talent or not?

Well, after much wasted(?) time and ridiculous stubbornness, I have located it xD

It is on page 76 of “New York August 31 1776: Pay Book of the State Company of Artillery Commanded by Alexr Hamilton” which can be found in the Library of Congress online.

https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss24612.031_0422_0606/?sp=2&r=0.444,-0.677,1.111,1.354,0

So, ~there you have it folks~. Assuming Hamilton was the only one keeping records in here and doodling (which seems likely), he did indeed draw such a bizarre and nightmarish picture, and we can all officially make fun of him for it forever 🎉

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tricky words I always see misspelled in fics: a guide

Viscous/vicious – Viscous is generally used to describe the consistency of blood or other thick liquids. Vicious is used to describe something or someone who is violent. 

Piqued/Peaked/Peeked – To pique someone’s interest is to catch or tease their attention. When something peaks, it reaches its total height or intensity. To peek (at) something is to look briefly, or glance. 

Discrete/Discreet – this is a tough one. Discrete means to be separate, or distinct, i.e., two discrete theories. Conversely, when someone is discreet, they are being secretive or cautious to avoid attention. 

Segue/Segway – one is a transition between things, the other is a thing you can ride at the park and definitely fall off of.

Conscious/Conscience/Conscientious – to be conscious is to be awake, i.e., not unconscious, or to be aware of something. Your conscience is the little voice in your head telling you not to eat the entire pint of ice cream. Finally, to be conscientious is to be good, to do things thoroughly, to be ruled by an inner moral code. 

Hope this helped! Please add more if you think of them!

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hello????? they look amazing!!!

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i am once again thinking about the fact that they used so much fake blood on hannibal that mold started growing on the bottom of the sets. like that means something right

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you don’t know how happy this makes me. i’m still crying. we’ve won.

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Unsolved True Crime Season 6 - Bloopers, Goofs, And Outtakes

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it seems like it’s normal to follow several hundred blogs on here?? why do you guys hate yourselves so much i follow 68 blogs and it’s a lot sometimes

#9

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Apparently a lot of people get dialogue punctuation wrong despite having an otherwise solid grasp of grammar, possibly because they’re used to writing essays rather than prose. I don’t wanna be the asshole who complains about writing errors and then doesn’t offer to help, so here are the basics summarized as simply as I could manage on my phone (“dialogue tag” just refers to phrases like “he said,” “she whispered,” “they asked”):

“For most dialogue, use a comma after the sentence and don’t capitalize the next word after the quotation mark,” she said.

“But what if you’re using a question mark rather than a period?” they asked.

“When using a dialogue tag, you never capitalize the word after the quotation mark unless it’s a proper noun!” she snapped.

“When breaking up a single sentence with a dialogue tag,” she said, “use commas.”

“This is a single sentence,” she said. “Now, this is a second stand-alone sentence, so there’s no comma after ‘she said.’”

“There’s no dialogue tag after this sentence, so end it with a period rather than a comma.” She frowned, suddenly concerned that the entire post was as unasked for as it was sanctimonious.

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I think I deserve financial compensation from Eric Kripke for letting them have that stupid line in 5x19 Hammer of The Gods where Balder says it’s the “Judeo-Christain apocalypse.” Sir Kripke, as a fellow Jewish person, you should know that there’s nothing Judeo about Book of Revelations. I expect a check in 3-5 business days

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Conservatives be like

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today i’ve seen a lot about disney ‘copyrighting’ loki. the whole thing seemed rather ridiculous to me, so i decided to do some research; it’s still a sketchy situation all around but as someone who is close with people who are practicing norse pagans, i felt like it was important to share.

firstly: the mouse did not, actually, do anything here in regards to the redbubble artist. it was actually redbubble that sent the email and took the work down, because the artist was copying a shirt from the comics. as in, it’s literally on the cover of a comic book, same text, color, and all.

the email alert to the artist was likely auto-generated. the email states: “…in most cases, this means that the rights holder did not specifically identify your work for removal.” so redbubble is being overly cautious here.

is it silly? yes. we won’t argue that point. it’s two words on a t-shirt.

secondly: that article is poorly researched and written. their “source” for their claim that disney might trademark mythological depictions of loki is the artist who was copying the shirt. according to the article: “Even art specifically of the Norse deity, which predates the MCU character by a handful of centuries, could be claimed, according to an artist who posted a takedown notice of their Loki art from Redbubble.”

‘could be claimed,’ says the artist. so what i’ve just read is that disney isn’t actually claiming anything. the artist is upset that their copied work was removed from redbubble by redbubble and is making baseless claims.

then i got to thinking about “the rights holder,” being the mouse. where does that leave us? do they hold the rights to loki? can they even do that?

the answer is no — sort of.

from what i can tell (and again, i’m an internet random, so i may be wrong!) it appears that the mouse is not copyrighting the norse gods, they’re trademarking their particular versions of loki — so comic depictions, movie depictions, etc. “marvel’s loki,” vs norse loki, basically, or “loki as depicted by tom hiddleston.” meaning any unauthorized art that could be linked to disney’s trademarked version of loki is within the company’s rights to have removed. but again, in this situation that started the whole kerfluffle, it was redbubble that removed it.

then i got to thinking a little more: what’s the difference between trademark and copyright?

as it turns out, copyright and trademark are two very different things. here’s an article that details it fairly clearly, but this snippet below is a pretty good summary.

“Overall, copyright protects literary and artistic materials and works, such as books and videos, and is automatically generated upon creation of the work. A trademark, on the other hand, protects items that help define a company brand, such as a business logo or slogan, and require more extensive registration through the government for the greatest legal protections.”

so disney has trademarked their particular version of loki. trademark is also limited to a particular context. the mouse trademarking loki in the context of a superhero/comic book world means that he cannot be made into a comic book hero or villain by anyone but marvel.

tl;dr — don’t panic if you are someone who counts loki or anyone else in the norse pantheon among your deities. a very overzealous redbubble, not disney, was the one who took down the shirt and sent the email, and they state in that email that “in most cases, the rights holder did not identify your work for removal.” the article that claims that disney is trademarking loki is poorly researched, written, and designed to freak you out.

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A Story In Two Parts

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KING SHIT