glitter & cat hair

From sci-fi to broadway to baseball. This is the place you will find things that amuse me and inspire me, random thoughts that make their way through my brain, and sometimes even links to some stuff I've been working on.

[dduane]

Ben Franklin’s preferred daily schedule.

[tastefullyoffensive]

Disney Princesses Reimagined as a Potato (via imgur) Previously: Disney Princesses as Sloths

[bobbycaputo]

[glitterandcathair]

What does it say about me that I'm most bothered by the Enterprise in Leia's photo?

[micdotcom]

Not all women got the right to vote in 1920 (x)

[laughterkey]

If your feminism isn’t intersectional, it ain’t shit.

[screenshotsofdespair]

via seasentinel

[joaniefan83]

Just found it… Is ’t it beautiful???

[tngface]

[glitterandcathair]

GPOY

[micdotcom]

On Tuesday, at the United State of Women Summit in Washington D.C., first lady Michelle Obama sat down with Oprah Winfrey for a wide ranging chat. When the topic turned to what men can do for equality, Obama had two repeating words, “Be better.” She also doled out advice for women and the confusion about “bravery.”

[wilwheaton]

I don’t recall a First Lady in my lifetime who was anywhere close to as inspirational and amazing as Michelle Obama.

[trekkiefeminist]

When it came out in 1966, I started watching it…I was the right age, fifteen, sixteen, thereabouts…and I wrote an endless ‘Mary Sue’ novel when I was a kid… I was that age I really needed Trek, because I was in the homely adolescent stage when boys were terrifying and Star Trek provided a world of hope. And Uhura provided confirmation that women could get somewhere and you know, I really needed it in those days.

SF writer A.C. Crispin, quoted in Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth by Camille Bacon-Smith (1992). (via trekkiefeminist)

[astrotheyge]

[treksource]

Karl Urban Almost Passed On Star Trek Beyond, Here’s What Changed His Mind

Star Trek fans may be surprised to learn that Karl Urban almost didn’t return for the latest blockbuster, Star Trek Beyond.

“[Having Justin Lin direct] was a breath of fresh air, and I really appreciated Justin’s intimate knowledge and understanding of the character dynamics. I was on the fence about doing the movie until I spoke with Justin [because] I had a conflicting schedule, and I had a decision to make about which film to do, and I was no longer under contract to do a third picture. So I had a decision to make, and it was talking with Justin that enabled me to commit to it. I mean, he gets [Star Trek].”

[womenofstartrek]

[glitterandcathair]

Queen.

[thetrippytrip]

[petr1kov]

roommates.mp4

(as requested by @hntrgurl13)

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this is the apex we can all go home

[oneofthosecrazycatladies]

[trekkiefeminist]

Happy International Women’s Day to all the fabulous Trek fans who believe a better and more equal future is possible.

[thelookingglassalice]

[rhube]

BABIES!!!

[roachpatrol]

so the best thing about this is that bobcats, like just about every feline besides lions and domestic cats, are pretty solitary. they don’t really have friends. they aren’t really equipped to make friends. 

domestic cats, on the other hand, do know how to make friends. they are friendly to the point that lots of feral cats live in colonies— the females hang out together, even raise kids together, and the males like to spend nonsexual time with their baby mommas. they groom each other, play around, and have a particular tail position to signal to one another— straight up with the tip curled— that they’re friendly and happy to see each other. cats learned how to be chill with each other in order to take full advantage of human food sources: an ancient granary supplies enough rats for a lot of cats, as does a modern lady with a big bag of frisky bits, so it would be a waste of time and energy for any one cat to try and stake the entire foodsource out for exclusive use. less fighting means more eating and resting which means a longer, nicer life and a lot more kittens. 

so this stray cat, she obviously has no colony if she’s wandering around and sneaking into zoo enclosures, so she’s like ‘hey! there’s food here! what up, other cat, let’s be friends, let’s be friends and share that food’. and the bobcat is like ‘??????’ because actually wild cats are pretty cautious about initiating hostilities and anything new and aggressive makes them very worried. and the domestic cat is like ‘haha cool, ok, we’re friends now, big guy. no problems.’ and the bobcat is like ‘????? well…?? ok?’ and then they are friends. 

the super interesting thing about most wild cat species is they don’t really have the capacity to make friends on their own, especially outside of sibling bonds, but, if someone comes along and does all the friend-making themselves, they’ll totally roll with it. zoo cats can get really attached to their caregivers— or, in this case, a very confident little calico demonstrating exactly why her species has been so darn successful over the last nine thousand years . 

so anyway that is the best thing: bobcats are not equipped to make friends, but luckily for this bobcat this homeless lady did not give any shits and made friends anyway. and now they are both happy. 

[reaj3asa]

#THE FACT THAT THE KEY TO DOMESTIC CAT’S SUCCESS IS THAT THEY LEARNED  #THE MEANING OF FRIENDSHIP #IS A FUCKING HOOT

[bigbardafree]

I, for one, am so thankful that carrie fisher exists and knows that nobody in space is straight