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Art blog: woop woop Sorry for the visual diarrhea for some reason I can't change my theme for pc!!!!

[mysharona1987]

[bisexual-detectives]

Eurovision just disqualified a contestant because he's being investigated by the police for an undisclosed incident and "While the legal process takes its course, it would not be appropriate for him to continue in the Contest." but a country on trial FOR A FULL BLOWN GENOCIDE is fine. I have no more words.

[buglordsupreme]

Reminder: in life you can and will fuck up, sometimes catastrophically. But you will never ever have a “erasing 68 years of credibility, love, cultural impact and devotion over a moroccanoil sponsorship” level of fuck up.

[leyfin]

sobbing and crying at the woman who stole a meth addicted kitten from her dealer and then she and the kitten got clean together

[leyfin]

thats love baby!!

[amygdalae]

Laios' childhood dogs' names, if any anime watchers were curious

[beaft]

ever since i was a little girl i always knew i wanted to be some sort of horrendous freak

[everydaylouie]

Beginning Artist 🌻

[monotcchi]

EVERYBODY SAY THANK YOU TO KUI-SENSEI FOR THE HAPPY NEW YURI!!!

[kaban-bang]

Shoutout to Ryoko Kui for always drawing Falin & Marcille like a couple in her modern AUs.

[hellenhighwater]

just abruptly remembered that one of my friends had the absolute best college job, which I am still envious of. If it paid more I would quit lawyering right this minute and go get this job; it didn't pay enough to live on, but the temptation remains.

She was on call 24/7 as an operator for the Grammar Hotline.

Which is, yes, a phone line that you could call at any hour of the day or night to have your emergency grammar questions answered.

Literally none of her calls were boring. It was like 80% writers who had worked their way into a grammatical corner and 20% people having the pettiest arguments who needed an arbiter to decide who was right, and 100% of the time she got to be the platonic ideal of a stuffy librarian. Best job ever.

[jadedgenasi]

I've seen this before, but it's been years and it just came across my Twitter in its dying days. The words are from a favorite author of mine, Maggie Stiefvater, and they are the words I most need to hear when it comes to dealing with chronic pain and illness. I didn't need this the first time I saw it, six years ago. I need it now. Maybe you do, too.

[artwheat]

this animal

[lover-suggestion]

today i overheard a girl say "no, f*ck that. i will be lovely to everyone. maybe some people will remember they have a heart."

[lover-suggestion]

[memeclassheroes]

[brawltogethernow]

Oh they made the person reviewing these startle-laugh until they cried for sure.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Ok this wikipedia article is pissing me off so much 

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

yeah i’m gonna re-write this fucker

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

goddamn. there is so much bias in the first paragraph alone:

this is an EXCELLENT example of the way word choice and tone can be used to create bias and transform the truth to suit the writer’s purposes.

Here’s my re-write: 

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

i got rid of the passive tone (which distances Profumo from his actions), and changed the photo. notice how the original writer chose a photo taken before the scandal, portraying Profumo in a respected position of power, a powerful man seated at a desk. I chose a photo taken in the aftermath. Which would you say more accurately reflects the context? 

some other changes:

“denied impropriety” like he’s some maiden aunt clutching at pearls. No, what he actually did was:

oh, and he wasn’t

he was, in fact

after lying through his teeth. now here’s my favorite bit:

what does that MEAN? what the hell does that MEAN??? oh boo hoo hooey the Prime Minister’s self-confidence was damaged, how dreadful for the poor dear. the poor sweet man…

fuck that. in fact, Profumo’s actions

of the government, and rightly so.

oh, and the young woman in question was a model, not a “would-be” model. But ultimately her profession has no relevance here–what is relevant is that a middle-aged man in a position of power slept with a 19-year-old. I wonder what motive the original author could have had, to choose to emphasize her career over the fact she was still a teenager…

Words can be used to bend anything. Pay attention to tone. Pay attention to authorial intent. Pay attention to what is included and what isn’t. Question everything. But especially question the language used to describe historical and current events. Every writer has an agenda–look for it. Above all: 

Read critically.

ko-fi / paypal

[heywriters]

Reblogging because this lesson is important to writers as well as readers. You can tell the exact same story many ways just by changing the tone, the wording, or the angle of the metaphorical camera.

If you are writing a piece of historical fiction, or a fantasy loosely set in the real world, be aware of these angles when doing research. It can help you 1) not misrepresent the past, and 2) create the tone you want in your interpretation.

[flagellant]

kill the shift manager in your brain

[flagellant]

you are not wasting time you are vibing. you are not being unproductive you are literally chilling. make a grill cheese with cheddar cheese and slather a piece of the bread with some honey and maybe you'll relax

[lightasthesun]

I miss the era where there'd be outtakes to animated movies like toy story or early 2000s barbie movies that shit was hilarious and so wholesome

[night-city-valentines]