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Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
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PUT YOUR BEARD IN MY MOUTH
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INTERVIEWĀ WITHĀ THEĀ VAMPIREĀ 3.01:Ā DetroitĀ TVLTwT/IWTVTwTĀ Version.
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WTF are those obelisks on the right?ā¦
Tasty obelisk fries..
āItās digestibleā has got to be the laziest goal Iāve ever seen achieved by a food product.
āItās digestibleā
āItās digestibleā is pertinent!! Okay, for those of you who havenāt researched Crisco for writing fic about gay sex in the mid-late 60s:
The first-edition ofĀ The Joy of Gay Sex, published in 1977, declared, āVegetable shortening may be the best lubricant, since it is not only greasy but also digestibleā[4]Ā Such a statement perhaps gives new meaning to the companies boastful declarations that āIts digestibleā and āCrisco has been making life in the kitchen more delicious for years.āĀ Similarly, in the 1978 sex manualĀ The Advocate Guide to Gay Health, Crisco even earned an entry in the bookās index.Ā Discussions of the shorteningās use as an anal lubricant indicate its popularity, with statements such as: āThe lubricant, typically the cultic Crisco, must be copious.ā[5]Ā In fact, Crisco was so synonomus with gay sex that discos and bars around the world took on the name, such as Crisco Disco in New York City, which was one of the premiere clubs during the 1970s and early 1980s.Ā Other clubs or bathhouses, such as Club Z in Seattle, even featured murals with Crisco.Ā Thus, Crisco was conversely also one of many things that led to the formation of gay identities during the 20thĀ century.
from this essay: http://www.columbia.edu/~sf2220/TT2007/web-content/Pages/drew2.html
The more you know! :D
I have learned a new thing today.
Love this post for so many reasons but most especially because this is from all the way back in 2012 and and yet not a single blog in this thread is deactivated
I enjoy that not only does this have a link to an actual source, but the link still fucking works.
but @rhea314 you didnt include a picture of the crisco disco! AND MY GOD THE DJ BOOTH WAS A GIANT CRISCO CAN!
Go dance and get fisted. Fucking iconic.
Love the gay history, but i just wanna correct that the āitās digestibleā in the gay stuff was a reference to criscoās tagline it had been using since 1911, the actual meaning of its digestible is because itās main competition came from āenhancedā lards which were rendered pig fat mixed with non food thickeners that literally did not digest and caused people to basically just shit out pig cream, since crisco was veggie based the body digested it along with the food
And in case you were still wondering, @mudwerks.. Tuna Croquettes
This post is the opposite of net zero information. Not only did I learn several new facts about gay history but also we rounded our way back to the original question of the tag line and the mini obelisks.
Itās a net profit of information. 12/10 post
Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 - )
āUhura never had another name during the series. One of the fan writers wrote āUpendaā - which means āpeaceā in Swahili, I understand ā not officially, but in some of their fan writings. And it sort of took hold. But when they were going to do the official history of Star Trek in a published book, the writer called Gene and asked him was āUhuraā her first name or her last name? Gene said, āWell, Nichelle and I never decided.ā We always leaned towards it being her last name because itās taken from the Swahili āuhuruā which means freedom. So it would sort of be like the same as āFreeman.ā So he said, āYou can make it her last name.ā The writer said, āWhat about her first name? Iāve come up with one in Swahili. Itās Nyota.ā Gene said, āI canāt give you that permission because Nichelle and I named her together, and she has rights to that, so youāll have to call her and get her permission.ā So he gave him my number, and he called me and I laughed and was delighted. He said, āI have a name and itās Nyota.ā I said, āThatās quite beautiful. What does it mean?ā He said, āIt means āstarā.ā I said, āYou can have my permission!ā So I have since said that her name is Nyota Upenda Uhura, which would mean a free-floating star: āstar of freedom and peaceā. I like that.āĀ Ā Ā ā NICHELLE NICHOLS
Dear Readers,
The good news is that I've completed the full manuscript for John Rich & The Big Picture, formatted it and killed some darlings, and have sent it to my agent. What started out as a practice novel has become, truly, A Regular Novel. That practice workedāI learned so much! You guys taught me so much. With your gasps, groans, and laughter, you showed me what hit and what didn't. Thank you.
The inconvenient newsāI will be closing this Tumblr in the next few days. This is, yes, for #publishing reasons. You will only be able to read John Rich & The Big Picture at the dedicated website for the foreseeable future.
Tumblr is where I got my start sharing stories. I love how I can, like, post 400 words of smut and have that up for 48 hours. I can type up a random thought on the current chapter I'm working on. I can rant. Or drop a poll about whether or not you think John is inspired by John Mulaney. (For legal reasons, he's not. Why would you even think that?) Tumblr is a great place to build community, but not the ideal place potential publishers wants certain stories to exist. (That gay hockey comic is an anomaly.)
Chapter 19 and all subsequent chapters will be up on okjohnrich.site. You'll read the ending there. That site, too, will have to be taken down at some point, but I'll let the finale breathe before putting it under lock and key. This means your friends should start reading now before they have to buy the eBook for the price of two Manhattan lattes.
Thank you for reading, Ngozi
Sous La Glace, Georges Leonnec for La Vie Parisienne, 1926
The caption is a little fuzzy, but I think the meaning is āHas the Parisienne become economic? You see a lot less panties this year!ā :D
youre becoming part of this post @18-1-9
happy pride month !
OP: After I customized my car with this wrap, it got hit four times in 24 hours because it's pink.
Cnetizens: This is basically a full-on social experiment.
OP also posted photos from the scene. He was waiting for the police to show up.
Cnetizens:
Trevor Noah interviewing Judith āBadassā Heumann
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Iām glad so many people have discovered Judith āJudyā Heumann through this silly little gif set. I am sorry to say she has died at the age of 75. She was known as the mother of disability rights. In 1970 she sued the Board of Education to become a licensed teacher and she won. In 1977 she was one of the organizers of the 504 Sit-in, a 24 day protest for disability rights. You can learn more about her story from her book Being Heumann, the picture book Fighting for YES! or the documentary Crip Camp.
Judy Heumann believed in the inherent value of each disabled individual and would never back down on what she thought was right. Her friends and fellow activists remember her as a strong leader.
Judy Heumann
December 18, 1947 - March 4, 2023
May her memory be for a blessing.
Small Independent Deer Does Its Errands
Fun Fact!
Skipper is in part the reason Jazzie existed during the late 1980ās and into the early 90ās.
Rewinding back to 1986, back when Barbieās teenage cousin was just a concept. There was Skipper, who nowadays is a teen, but back then she was de-aged to 8 years old. This is because parents were scandalized by Growing Up Skipper, who was created by a mother with a tween daughter.
I wonāt argue that she isnāt a bit odd in practice, but I am all for the intent. And I could say a lot about how the few dolls representing realistic aspects of girl/womanhood went on to be gags in the Barbie movie. But thatās for another day because I am getting off the original topic.
Back to Skipper, with her now being a young girl again, Jazzie was meant to fill the gap between Skipper and Barbie. She was smaller and slimmer than Barbie to combat complaints that Barbie was too curvy and mature. Ironically, that was the same reason Midge was created back in the 60ās.
Unfortunately, Jazzieās smaller proportions became a double-edge sword because her smaller size meant she couldnāt share a wardrobe with Barbie and her friends. Personally, I think oversized can be a legitimate style and there are work arounds, but in any case it led to her downfall.
I do want to mention that Jazzieās other purpose in the brand was to compete with Hasbroās Maxie line. So of course, Jazzie needed a couple friends to go along with her. There was Dude, whose name I thought was a joke until I saw it on the box. But he can fit Kenās fashions, which leds me to wonder about the double standard at play. She also had two girl friends, Stacie and Chelsie. Not to be confused with Barbieās sister Chelsea, who was previously Kelly.
My understanding is that when the line underperformed, Mattel wanted to get some use out of Jazzie, so the obvious solution was sticking her as a side character in a few Barbie lines.
Jazzie & Friends:
"Ironically, that was the same reason Midge was created back in the 60ās." That should be Francie, not Midge (who shared Barbie's body so much that Midge's name was added to the back, above the name Barbie, so a lot of people who don't know much about vintage Barbie will mis-identify Barbie as Midge XD)
Just about every aspect of Jazzie and her friends were recycled from previous Mattel doll lines--the 'girl' bodies were modifications of the 1978 Starr and Her High School Friends line, while Jazzie used Starr's friend Kelley's head sculpt, and Jazzie's friend Chelsie used Starr's friend Tracy's head sculpt. Jazzie's friend Stacie used the early 1970s Barbie friend Steffie sculpt, and Dude was 100% Barbie & The Rockers Derek. Using existing parts meant they could have the line in production as fast as possible, to compete against Maxie.
I heard Midge was meant to be the younger, less āmatureā alternative to Barbie. But I am loving the fellow Barbie people on my reblogs!
I have a lot of thoughts about Midge and how Mattel treated her, but my knowledge is tied more to Happy Family era than 60ās
When Midge was introduced in 1963, a big selling point was that she was able to share Barbie's clothes--it was her personality that was meant to be less ~sophisticated~ than Barbie
Francie, introduced in 1966, was promoted as Barbie's cousin, younger and more trendy
In fact, Francie made Barbie look so dowdy and out of date that they updated Barbie the next year, to be just as groovy and Mod
But she was still far curvier than Francie (incidentally, Skipper got trendier, too)
(If you like toys from that era in general, the Plaid Stallions blog can be a lot of fun)
Midge herself disappeared before getting a trendy new look, but her headsculpt reappeared as a groovy new friend called P.J. ...although that "old" sculpt for P.J. was quickly replaced with the then all-new Steffie sculpt, which would go on to have a few appearances as Midge in the 1980s, too, before the Diva sculpt took over as Midge until Life in the Dreamhouse, when Midge was once again Steffie. Re-using existing assets was completely normal in the era before computer aided design made creating things from scratch much less labor- and resource-intensive.
I am living for the Barbie history lessons this has sparked!
a Barbie legacy š©·
Chat I saw my engineering profs at the lawn party last night and they were wasted #jayvikkissweek
The 72-year-old British actor also had roles in shows including Merlin and Little Britain.
Really sad news, everyone.
Rupert Giles, you phenomenal character. Anthony Head, you incredible actor, who brought such subtlety to this role. At times dark, at times comedic, always hot.
The watcher we needed and deserved.
THE MAGICIANS S01E01 ā Unauthorized Magic
