Wildish Woman in training. Jane Austen heroine in training. Doctor Who Companion in training. Watson's warrior in training. Disney Princess in training. Warehouse Agent in training. House Stark. Narnian. Battlestar call sign: Leopardess. Ravenclaw. INFJ. Occasional human being.
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Every year white people add 100 years to how long ago slavery was. I’ve heard educated white people say, ‘slavery was 400 years ago.’ No it very wasn’t. It was 140 years ago…that’s two 70-year-old ladies living and dying back to back. That’s how recently you could buy a guy.
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Louis C.K. (via 30thcenturyboy)
Sylvester Magee, the (probable) last American born into slavery died in 1971.
The last living child of former American slaves, Mississippi Winn, died in 2010.
Slavery in the territory that is now the United States lasted more than 330 years. We will be 330 years removed from slavery in the year 2195.
(via fishingboatproceeds)i hate it when adults assume i’m on the internet all the time by choice. if i had enough money to travel around and etc, do you think i would be withering away my youth behind a computer screen you useless paperclip.
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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
well this just made my childhood 1000% better
Oh wow this makes so much sense now. EVERYTHING FALLS INTO PLACE
Gonna rewatch Hook one day.
i wanna see this movie now
source: Dustin Hoffman and Bob Hoskins played Peter Pan villains CAPTAIN HOOK and SMEE as “a couple of old queens,” because they felt JM BARRIE created them gay.
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.”
I love this movie even more now
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i did a thing
this obviously isn’t exhaustive - these aren’t all the reasons why these women are feminists, and it’s certainly not all the feminists in pop culture at the moment
if i forgot anyone please put them in the reblogs
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.’
—C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain (via ophaelia)
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im pretty content with life because of this okay
and queue the tears
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50 Ways to Pretend to Be Smarter
In which Grace teaches you how to fake being smarter than you are in 50 easy steps. Some of them might possibly involve cheese. Maybe.
Today’s paternity leave video is brought to you by the delightful: http://www.youtube.com/dailygraceA+++. Who needs me when there is Grace?
(Alice is doing great. Thanks for all your kind wishes.)
