Just April.

Writer. Editor. Single mom. Loves music and books. I have no idea what I'm doing here. Seriously. I'm old and I don't always "get" Tumblr. But I like all of the funny stuff people post on it. (Holy crap, there's a lot of kittens and porn on here!) (The Wonder Woman image on my background is by artist David Despau.)

[itsjustaprilnow]

RIP Prince Be

[huffylemon]

[bookriot]

Lately I’ve been reading a lot of sci-fi and fantasy, where the names are as fun as the stories. And I can’t help but imagine them as band names. I can just see them, lit up as banners on stages, with a group rocking out in front of them. Maybe on t-shirts in Hot Topic. Or just on t-shirts period. Authors, please make these shirts.

from Six Young Adult Characters Reimagined As Bands

[boggletheowl]

I’ve been getting a lot of these lately, and I guess I just want you all to know what I think when I read them.

[micdotcom]

17 Twitter reactions that point out the utter absurdity of the Rachel Dolezal interview 

4 words said it all, “I identify as black.” Reaction online was swift, with many people unforgiving of Dolezal’s justifications and taking to the Today Show’s official #OrangeRoom hashtag to share their opinions. One particular insightful tweet nailed the unfortunate likely outcome of all this.

[feministlisafrank]

Quote by Maya Angelou.

[chuckpalahniuk]

For the first few issues of the upcoming Fight Club 2 comic series, Dark Horse Comics is generating a letter column! The premise is simple…

Hey, would-be Space Monkeys!

Spread the word that “Tyler Durden Lives” and about “Rize or Die” and win. Write to us about your public mayhem to...

[hellyeahsupermanandwonderwoman]

Break Those Chains. 

International Women’s Day

[newshour]

As events commemorating “Bloody Sunday” continue this weekend, take a look back at some of the photos of our nation’s history leading up to the march from Selma to Montgomery and the subsequent passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

[flavorcountry]

Dr. Mae Jemison, MD, the first black woman in space and first actual astronaut to appear on a Star Trek show, one of the very few people on this planet of whom two pictures can be posted depicting them doing their job on a spaceship with entirely different contexts.

[simpleescapism]

Holy shit this is a serious contender for the best post I’ve ever seen on tumblr.

[itsjustaprilnow]

letlive. in Lincoln 3/5/15 - video by Randy Edwards randyedwardsphotos.com

[mccallspatternbehavior-blog]

Come on Gwen dance

It’s a girl party

GIRL PARTY GWEN

Gwennnn

Are you even a girl

[mccallspatternbehavior-blog]

Did anyone make fun of Jesus for wearing a robe

Idontfuckingthinkso

[outrageauxbonnesmoeurs]

Vintage women being badass. You’re welcome.

[the6thsiren-deactivated20210702]

50 Shades of Attempting to Pass Abuse Off as Romance

[femfreq]

One Week of Harassment on Twitter

Ever since I began my Tropes vs Women in Video Games project, two and a half years ago, I’ve been harassed on a daily basis by irate gamers angry at my critiques of sexism in video games. It can sometimes be difficult to effectively communicate just how bad this sustained intimidation campaign really is. So I’ve taken the liberty of collecting a week’s worth of hateful messages sent to me on Twitter. The following tweets were directed at my @femfreq account between 1/20/15 and 1/26/15.

Content warning for misogyny, gendered insults, victim blaming, incitement to suicide, sexual violence, rape and death threats.

Tuesday, January, 20th

Wednesday, January 21st, 2015

Thursday, January 22nd, 2015

Friday January 23rd, 2015

Saturday, January 24th, 2015

Sunday, January 25th

Monday, January 26th

[itsjustaprilnow]

#BUT IT'S ABOUT ETHICS IN JOURNALISM!!!

[kellysue]

Bitch Planet #1 Second Printing Variant Cover, featuring THE MODEL

[itsjustaprilnow]

I cannot wait for #2!