why don't you do what you dream bastian?

wherein a 1987-born is slowly consumed

[eaststatepress]

Tumblr is where I come to just post chain letter bad karma these days. Don’t read it! You’ll have OBLIGATIONS

[eaststatepress]

#myfivexmen

[victorious]

Reblog this and money will be entering your life this week

[atl-definedbody]

Just doing what i was told

[callmemaria17]

It’s always good to be hopeful

[lovejustrochelle]

Not taking any chances.

[stevienick]

Catherine O'Hara wearing a glove as a headband in BEETLEJUICE (1988) || Catherine O'Hara wearing a wig as a hat in SCHITT’S CREEK (2019)

[eaststatepress]

[eaststatepress]

What this administration looks like every time a mouthpiece gets in front of a microphone. 

[liquidisedfish]

i just need some luck, don’t mind me

[liquidisedfish]

i’m sorry i keep reblogging but it’s exam time

[theconcealedweapon]

[flange5]

It’s a test to see who has external support:people from upper middle class backgrounds and higher--people with substantial disposable wealth in their families--in other words, preserving the status quo by limiting access to these jobs to people who come from wealth. 

Once widespread loans made college (the previous litmus test for entry level positions to middle/upper level jobs) more accessible at least on paper, internships helped to reestablish those bars to people who didn’t have the option to forego paid work and didn’t have families who could afford to subsidize them not getting paid for their labor. 

[eaststatepress]

Mood. 

[yesterdaysprint]

Searle’s Cats, Ronald Searle, 1968

[eaststatepress]

[sirfrogsworth]

Isn’t that part of the point of the Amazonians? That they’re an entire island full of beautiful women that are also superhumanly strong and powerful? After all, Wonder Woman isn’t the only person from there that’s as strong as she is without her special enchanted armor, so traditional armor isn’t quite as necessary as it normally is.

The Amazons are good warriors, but still just as mortal as you and me. They definitely need the armor. Wonder Woman is part god, which gives her more protection, but even she is vulnerable. If the Amazons were swimming or hanging out at the beach, bikinis would probably be totally fine. But in this scene they are guarding treasure. They are essentially bank guards. How many bank guards do you recall wearing leather bikinis? What if these guardians had been male? Would a speedo seem like proper guarding attire? 

A lot of people are trying to find ways to justify the skimpy outfits after the fact. More freedom of movement being the main one. I just don’t know if for that purpose the next logical alternative to armor would be a leather bikini. If we are all super honest with ourselves, we know that the filmmakers saw an opportunity to put some Amazons in sexy costumes and they took it. I don’t know why that is so hard for some people to admit. 

I compare it to Hooters restaurant. They try to advertise it as a family friendly place with good wings and a lovable owl for a mascot. The orange hotpants and tight shirts are just a comfortable uniform allowing them the freedom of movement to do their waitressing duties. Hooters being a slang term for boobs is just a coincidence! I mean, you can clearly see the owl represented on their shirts. 

And as innocent as they try to make it sound, we all know they were trying to cater to men with pretty girls in tight outfits. It’s even possible the name was really meant to reference boobies and the owl is a scapegoat. Or a scapeowl? Can an owl be a goat in this analogy? Anyway… the point is when men deny all this and try to say they only go there for the delicious wings, it seems pretty silly. And when men deny these leather bikinis were made primarily to look sexy, it also seems a little silly.  

I’m not saying Justice League is quite that blatant. I’m not even saying this is a huge scandal worthy of the mass internet outrage. And I don’t think people wanting logical armor that covers vital organs and doesn’t have huge metal boobs that guide swords straight into the heart is them being feminist buzzkills. Nerds usually love logic and realism! Why are they fighting this? 

Maybe this wasn’t a big enough deal to justify all the twitter screaming in capslock, but I do think it is worthy of discussion. And maybe that discussion will cause filmmakers to be more mindful in the future. A few of my female friends who were huge fans of the Wonder Woman movie felt disappointed by this. I don’t think it is fair to dismiss these feelings. It felt like progress was being made and this was a step back. It didn’t ruin their day or anything… it’s just something that kinda makes you involuntarily roll your eyes. One of my friends quite enjoyed the movie. As always, it’s possible to be critical of aspects of media and still enjoy it. 

[septictankie]

Oh my gooooooddd

[rubitrightintomyeyes]

[blackleatherbag]

[library-mermaid-blog]

Customers who get angry when I read them their total cost are so compelling to me. Take charge of your narrative, Janice. Be the hero of your own story. You are the one who is purchasing $113.67 worth of adult zen coloring books, Janice. It’s not me you hate, Janice. It’s not me.

[sandandglass]

[theweirdwideweb]

:-O

[battlships]

It’s not actually known if lemons were made by humans or if they were just natural hybrids of citrons and sour oranges. Apparently it’s super common for citrons to fertilize basically anything they’re near.

[morbidlyqueerious]

great now we gotta kinkshame the fruit

[themarginalthinker]

Everything about this post is going in so many directions at once