I realize now that dying is easy. Living is hard

but i Stayed

[rockandrollchick29]

[sonofhistory]

Join the protect Maria Reynolds squad. Stop victimizing Alexander Hamilton. 

[milkystudies]

MY 3 STEPS IN STUDYING

Understanding the Topic This is the most important part. You have to understand what you’re reading and the concept behind your topic. If you don’t understand what the topic is about, how are you supposed to ace your test? With that being said, read over everything and if you don’t understand something, go over it again until you do. What I like doing is using a dictionary or thesaurus to help me understand words I’m not too sure about. This definitely helps me a lot and it also increases your vocabulary.

Making Notes This step connects with the previous one, as it allows you to show what you’ve just read and understood. It can also assist in further understanding, and help you out with preparing for essays etc. This is where I basically summarise the important points and have definitions of the key terms. Summarising is extremely useful because you’re writing it in your own words and it helps you with the structure of your sentences for your essays. You can also make sub headings and have a few dot points if it makes it easier for you to memorise. Flashcards are good too!!  Remember, highlighters, sticky notes and tabs are your best friends!! Don’t neglect them!

Revise Revise, revise, revise!! By now, you should understand pretty much everything, and all you need to do is memorise! Read over your notes and do practice questions! Don’t slack off after writing your notes by reading over them just once after you write them! Read over it a few times a day whenever you can. On the way to school, on your way home, while ads are playing on your tv or if you’re bored! Never sit down complaining about how bored you are but not wanting to do work, because trust me, I’ve been through this countless times and it ain’t helpful!! If you want, you can also ask a friend or family member to quiz you using your flashcards you made!

Good luck studying! But remember, health before study!!

[mermaid-hippies]

To Flatten A Heroine: Artist Puts Disney Princess Filter On 10 Real Life Female Role Models

Compliments of an invaluable introduction by WYSK Melissa Wardy, Women You Should Know had a chance to speak with David Trumble, an award-winning artist, cartoonist and illustrator about his prototype for Disney’s new “World of Women” collection. First unveiled in a May 2013 Huffington Post Parents blog, it features his princessified versions of ten of the world’s most inspiring women from past and present history. We love why he did it.

In addition to generously allowing Women You Should Know to run his original “World of Women” art, David also shared with us his reasons for drawing the thought-provoking cartoon. Here’s what he had to say (before & after images of each woman below).

“This was a response to the furor kicked up over the glossy ‘princessification’ of Pixar’s Merida character, both in image and doll form. I drew this picture because I wanted to analyze how unnecessary it is to collapse a heroine into one specific mold, to give them all the same sparkly fashion, the same tiny figures, and the same homogenized plastic smile.

“My experience of female role models both in culture and in life has shown me that there is no mold for what makes someone a role model, and the whole point of Merida was that she was a step in the right direction, providing girls with an alternative kind of princess. Then they took two steps back, and painted her with the same glossy brush as the rest. So I decided to take 10 real-life female role models, from diverse experiences and backgrounds, and filter them through the Disney princess assembly line.

“The result was this cartoon, which earned equal parts praise and ire from readers. Some didn’t get the joke, some disagreed with it, others saw no harm in it at all and wanted to buy the doll versions of them… it was a polarizing image, but I suppose that’s the point. The statement I wanted to make was that it makes no sense to put these real-life women into one limited template, so why then are we doing it to our fictitious heroines?

“Fiction is the lens through which young children first perceive role models, so we have a responsibility to provide them with a diverse and eclectic selection of female archetypes. Now, I’m not even saying that girls shouldn’t have princesses in their lives, the archetype in and of itself is not innately wrong, but there should be more options to choose from. So that was my intent, to demonstrate how ridiculous it is to paint an entire gender of heroes with one superficial brush.

“But that’s just me.” – David Trumble

http://www.womenyoushouldknow.net/flatten-heroine-artist-puts-disney-princess-filter-10-real-life-female-role-models/

[contrastwonderland]

watching Korean dramas like

Me: oh yes push her into a pool that will show her you like her, you attractive asshole fuck you

me: this whole show is absolute nonsense. i cant belive im watching it i have better things to do.

Me: *20 episodes in* FINALLY THEY ARE GOING TO KISS AND... A HUG, A FUCKING HUG. THAT DOESN'T DIFFUSE THE SEXUAL TENSION OK YOU CANT USE THAT EVERYTIME. I QUIT.

me: damn they are so cute together

Me: *clicks next episode*

[shecarriesaknife]

Why I think ru Paul's drag race is a better influence on young girls than Americas next top model

Antm: contestants come in one body type: skinny and tall Rpdr: contestants come in all shapes and sizes, from violet chachki with her teeny tiny waist to ginger Minj who’s big and beautiful Antm: focuses primarily on looks Rpdr: focuses on creativity, confidence, and personality Antm: some people can be beautiful Rpdr: ALL people can be beautiful. You can be a 6'4" 40 year old gay man and be beautiful. Antm: “you wanna be on top?” Rpdr: “if you don’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?”

[poees-deactivated20230305]

and we keep living anyway

[contrastwonderland]

who did this, alexander did you know????  srsly who did this, WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT?!?!?! 

*CRIES*

[chattyang-deactivated20190201]

Nosedive, Black Mirror (2016)

[raise-a-glass-to-hamilton]

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. -Mark Twain

[raise-a-glass-to-hamilton]

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. -Mark Twain

[hamiltonsource]

I heard that you learnt how to beatbox online. I did!

[homolkas]

Below are links to stream movies based on serial killers and true crime events. Some are good, some are bad, but all are free and should work in every region. I’ve linked youtube as often as possible to keep it easy, and none of the links require any type of signup or download. However, you may need to set addblock allowances or update javascript if you’re not already updated for some of them. This list is by no means exhaustive, so if you have any links you’d like to see added, feel free to submit them to me. Additionally, I checked each and every one of these to ensure they were working and didn’t appear to be wildly wrong, but if any are mislabeled, please let me know politely, as no mistakes were made out of willful ignorance. Enjoy!

AILEEN WUORNOS

“Monster” (2003)

“Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story” (1992)

ALBERT DESALVO

“Boston Strangler, The” (1968)

“Boston Strangler: The Untold Story” (2008)

ALBERT FISH

“Gray Man, The” (2007)

“In Sin He Found Salvation” (2007)

THE BELTWAY SNIPER ATTACKS

“Blue Caprice” (2013)

“D.C. Sniper” (2010)

“D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear” (2003)

BURKE & HARE

“Burke & Hare” (1972)

“Burke & Hare” (2011)

“Flesh and The Fiend, The” (1960)

CHARLES MANSON

“Helter Skelter” (2004)

“Manson Family, The” (2003)

“Manson Family Vacation” (2015)

CHARLES STARKWEATHER

“Badlands” (1973)

“Murder in The Heartland” (1993)

“Starkweather” + Part Two (2004)

DAVID BERKOWITZ

“Son of Sam” (2008) 

“Summer of Sam” (1999)

DENNIS RADER

“B.T.K.” (2008)

“B.T.K. Killer” (2005)

ED GEIN

“Ed Gein: The Butcher Of Plainfield” (2007)

“In The Light Of The Moon” (2000)

FERNANDEZ & BECK

“Honeymoon Killers, The” (1970)

“Lonely Hearts” (2007)

GARY LEON RIDGWAY

“Capture of The Green River Killer, The” (2008)

“Green River Killer” (2005)

HENRY LEE LUCAS

“Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas” (2009)

“Henry: Portrait of A Serial Killer” (1986)

“Henry II: Portrait of A Serial Killer” (1996)

HILLSIDE STRANGLER, THE

“Case of The Hillside Strangler, The” (1989)

“Hillside Strangler, The” (2004)

JACK THE RIPPER

“The Lodger: Story of The London Fog” (1927)

“Sherlock Holmes: A Study In Terror” (1965)

“Hands of The Ripper” (1971)

“From Hell” (2001)

“Razors: The Return of Jack The Ripper” (2016)

JEFFREY DAHMER

“Dahmer” (2002)

“Jeffrey Dahmer: The Secret Life” (1993)

“Raising Jeffrey Dahmer” (2006)

JOHN WAYNE GACY

“8213: Gacy House” (2010)

“Dear Mr. Gacy” (2010)

“Gacy” (2003)

“To Catch A Killer” (1993)

LEOPOLD & LEOB

“Compulsion” (1959)

“Swoon” (1992)

PAUL SNIDER (DOROTHY STRATTEN MURDER)

“Death of A Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story” (1981)

“Star 80″ (1983)

PETER SUTCLIFFE

“Peter” (2011)

“Red Riding: Year Of Our Lord 1980″ (2009)

“This Is Personal” (2000)

RICHARD RAMIREZ

“Manhunt: Search For The Night Stalker” (1989)

“Night Stalker, The” (2002)

RICHARD SPECK

“100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck” (2012)

“Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck” (2007)

TED BUNDY

“Bundy: An American Icon” (2008) 

“Deliberate Stranger, The” (1986)

“Riverman, The” (2004)

“Stranger Beside Me, The” (2003) 

“Ted Bundy” (2002)

ZODIAC KILLER, THE

“Curse of The Zodiac” (2007)

“This Is The Zodiac Speaking” (2007)

“Zodiac” (2007)

“Zodiac, The” (2005)

VARIOUS

“10 Rillington Place” (Serial Killer John Christie) (1971)

“A Is For Acid” (Serial Killer John George Haigh) (2002)

“Alphabet Killer, The” (The Alphabet Murders) (2008)

“Angst” (Serial Killer Werner Kniesek) (1983)

“Bully” (The Murder of Bobby Kent) (2001)

“Chapter 27″ (Mark David Chapman/Murder of John Lennon) (2007)

“Chaser, The” (Serial Killer Yoo Young-chul) (2008)

“Citizen X” (Serial Killer Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo) (1985)

“Cleveland Abduction” (Rapist and abductor Ariel Castro) (2015)

“Cold Light Of Day” (Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen) (1989)

“Countess, The” (Serial Killer Elizabeth Bathory) (2009)

“Craiglist Killer, The” (Murderer Philip Markoff) (2011)

“Cruising” (Serial Killer Paul Bateson) (1980)

“Deadly Tower, The” (Mass Shooter Charles Joseph Whitman) (1975)

“Frozen Ground, The” (Serial Killer Robert Hansen) (2013)

“Freeway Killer” (Serial Killer William Bonin) (2009)

“Gerry” (The Murder of David Coughlin) (2002)

“Guyana Tragedy” (Jim Jones/Jonestown Mass Suicides) (1980)

“Harold Shipman: Doctor Death” (Serial Killer Harold Shipman) (2002)

“Hunt For The I-5 Killer, The” (Serial Killer Randy Woodfield) (2011)

“In Cold Blood” (Mass Murderers Perry Smith, Richard Eugene) (1967)

“Karla” (Serial Killers Paul Bernardo, Karla Homolka) (2006)

“Kemper: The CoEd Killer” (Serial Killer Ed Kemper) (2008)

“Lies My Mother Told Me” (Laren Sims Story, Murder of Larry McNabey) (2005)

“Memories of Murder” (The Hawaseong Murders) (2003)

“Out Of The Blue” (The Aramoana Massacre) (2003)

“Perfect Husband, The” (Murder of Laci Peterson) (2004)

“Perfect Murder, Perfect Town” (The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey) (2000)

“Point Of Origin” (Serial Arsonist John leonard Orr) (2002)

“Rampage” (Serial Killer Richard Trenton Chase) (1987)

“See No Evil” (Serial Killers Myra Hindley, Ian Brady) (2006)

“Snowtown Murders, The” (Serial Killer John Justin Bunting) (2011)

“Vows of Deception” (The Murder of Jimmy Grund) (1996)

“Young Poisoner’s Handbook, The” (Serial Killer Graham Young) (1995)

“Zero Day” (Columbine High School Massacre) (2003)

[untitled61064]

reasons to learn languages

you can travel the world and talk to natives

you can make friends with someone who you wouldn’t talk to otherwise

it gives you advantages when you’re looking for jobs

it’s fun and rewarding and impressive

you can say something secret aloud in another language because no one else can understand you

your future best friend or significant other could be a speaker of that language

it feels good to understand a stranger’s conversations

it feels good to have a fluent conversation with a native and understand everything 

[arizonafruitjuice]

Peggy in the streets, Maria in the sheets.

[contrastwonderland]

Me: C'mon, Alexander Hamilton wrote 51 essays in the span of 6 months, you can get up and do something.

Bed: Say No To This

[lifeinpoetry]

You only have to look at the Medusa straight on to see her. And she’s not deadly. She’s beautiful and she’s laughing.

Hélène Cixous, from “The Laugh of the Medusa” (via lifeinpoetry)

[contrastwonderland]

Duolingo: You have mastered the skill Plurals!

Me: Yay, I mastered plurals!!

Narrator: She did not master plurals.