The Road Not Taken

[tolstoyevskywrites-deactivated2]

Important ideas to consider when creating characters who are black and indigenous people of color. (x)

[fixyourwritinghabits]

There is a lot of discourse in the notes here that seems to boil down to ‘but I liked that character,’ and it’s important to realize this is not post criticizing these characters, it’s a post heightening how BIPOC often fall into these stereotypes, how important it is to keep an eye out for them, and especially how important it is to get BIPOC feedback on your work. We all absorb these things unconsciously, and it takes work to pry them loose.

[ampervadasz]

Unmute !

[brighid45]

There is nothing as eerie as having an owl fly over you at night. You can *sense* something’s there, but it’s utterly silent in passage.

[memewhore]

[sindri42]

This improves the scene immeasurably by shifting it from an everyday occurrence in a world where spontaneous musical numbers are a normal, expected thing, to a bunch of guys being totally and unapologetically Like That.

[stilesisbiles]

theatre kids

[gamsee]

today this white girl asked me why my hair is so curly and i said im black and she told me to say african american

[dynamics-of-an-asteroid]

Parts Unknown: Newfoundland

[calmandtalented]

[retroactivebakeries]

#funny he was an anti-monarchist because this is some king shit

[theycantalk]

[murdershegoat]

Dozens of NYC Subway riders, fresh off a Robyn concert, singing “Dancing On My Own” while waiting for the E train. (Video by Triszh Hermogenes) 

[abonethrownfromthevoid]

Losing my mind over this

[fenrislorsrai]

Girl Scout Cookie Time!

You can buy cookies online from any troop with a page set up.  People bought so many cookies from troop 6000 (who is based out of a homeless shelter in NYC) that is broke the counter on the website.

Here’s six troops from high poverty areas that may struggle to reach their goals. Individual troops list on their page what they’re doing with funds. for many of these its simple things like badges or craft supplies. Get yourself some cookies.

troop 168 Sabra Grande, Puerto Rico 

 Troop 3559 Chinlee, Az (Navajo nation)

 Troop 31897 Meadow Bridge, West Virginia 

Troop 70115 Rena Lara, Mississippi 

 Troop9626 Kykotsmovi Village, AZ  -Hopi Nation

Troop 30349 Darien, GA 

You can also just donate cookies on there and they’ll be distributed to the local community. (I work at food pantry here and clients are always excited to see cookies on the shelves)

You can look up your local troop by zip code on https://www.girlscouts.org/   If they’re similarly struggling to raise funds, reblog and add ‘em on to the chain.

[gilajames]

Troop 9626 Hopi Nation is ONE GIRL.  Her goal is to sell 3,000 boxes of cookies.

ONE GIRL.  Show her some love.

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

The guy behind the counter at the post office was just like, "can I getcha anything else? Stamps? Pint of blood?" And the ten seconds it took me to remember my mask has vampire teeth printed on it was the longest most bewildering moment of my year so far

[chewbacca]

Work Bitch (2013)  |  The Witch (2015)

[karehastation]

THE BEST THING EVER

[gothbloc]

are you serious

[silentbutlively]

THIS is what the internet was made for

[countesssrostova]

some trump supporter interrupted a reporter to yell "at least we're not burning businesses down" and like

[allstrangenature]

I can barely contain myself right now

holy shit

HOLY SHIT

[27dragons]

holy CRAP.

Artists, creators, students, and researchers of all types, take note:

Digitized photos and text. 2D and 3D object renders. Music and other sound files. Videos. Research datasets. Collections metadata.

On a Creative Commons Zero license: Take what you want. Use it. No permission or attribution required. Yes, even for commercial use.

There is a lot wrong with the world at the moment, but the Smithsonian… the Smithsonian is right.

[zuzuyams]

Eugene gets me

[megs-mayhem]

@unpretty

[unpretty]

it’s DIRT

[ceekari]

unmute for comically aggrieved farmer

[human-collector]

holy shit is that Max from roosterteeth?

YES it IS holy crap.

[ampervadasz]

[bunjywunjy]