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[karolinarunaway]

Hi! I was wondering if you ditched your curious cat Saltzpen account? It’s been awhile and I remember all the interesting questions you got, so is it still active or nah?

I did, sorry :( it was getting a lot of traffic and whenever I’d tweet something there was always someone in the inbox with something annoying to say lmao, the negatives outweighed the positives unfortunately. I did have some great convos on there with people though which is a shame, but twitter has been so much more enjoyable since then so I probably won’t start it up again

[lotttiematthews]

Examples of Chekhov’s gun in Knives Out (2019)

Chekhov’s gun (Russian: Чеховское ружьё) is a dramatic principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed.

“If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it’s not going to be fired, it shouldn’t be hanging there.”

“One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn’t going to go off. It’s wrong to make promises you don’t mean to keep.“ - Chekhov, letter to Aleksandr Semenovich Lazarev, 1 November 1889.

[lotttiematthews]

Examples of Chekhov’s gun in Knives Out (2019)

Chekhov’s gun (Russian: Чеховское ружьё) is a dramatic principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed.

“If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it’s not going to be fired, it shouldn’t be hanging there.”

“One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn’t going to go off. It’s wrong to make promises you don’t mean to keep.“ - Chekhov, letter to Aleksandr Semenovich Lazarev, 1 November 1889.

[theblasianbarbie]

Hello, everyone!

This week is the last week for us to raise the remaining $4,279 to make my short film Before, After & In Between

It’s important to help out black indie female filmmakers and it sucks when the door is a bit too heavy for you to open by yourself. I was the only black woman to graduate in Pratt Institute’s Film/Video program in 2018–alongside only four other women and 2 other black people. This made me realize I had to be in this 100% and fully prepared to fight for it. I also learned battles are not won alone–we need allies and I am asking for your help. I am asking you to set the stage (and to maybe lower the mic stand a bit, I’m 5'2) so I can find and share my voice with an audience of people who are constantly overlooked.

Writing this film pulled me out of a 2 year long depression. I keep fighting for this film to get made and it’d be a shame if not being able to raise the necessary money were the reason the story of a lifetime could not be told.

Please donate! Even $5 can help.

7 DAYS $0/$4279 LET’S GO! SUPPORT BLACK WOMEN IN FILM!

[tshifty]

Elizabeth Warren absolutely murdering Michael Bloomberg over his appalling history with women during the Democratic debate

[longjump5o6]

[diversehighfantasy]

Racism in the Star Wars fandom: The Tumblr Years

In December 2014, the first trailer for The Force Awakens dropped.

On Tumblr, the Star Wars fandom started to come out of dormancy for the first time.

Keep reading

[tooquirkytolose]

Straight Men just Be Like That sometimes

[garnetrena]

Some people in the notes keep defending Straight White Men while other notes just explain that it’s Facts:

Like… This post isn’t about forgetting a name/age because of memory loss, social anxiety or dyslexia. This post is specifically about how Straight Men aren’t involved enough in their kid’s education and well-being. It’s about the inequity of gender roles, and how men aren’t expected to care too much about their children.

We have a concept for this in French: “la charge mentale” (the mental load). It explains how women are expected to do all the chores and to remember everything which is relevant about the children’s development, while the men just… aren’t.

Source: Emma

[pryzzm]

if you literally dont know how to spell ur kids name because of “women take care of the kids” or whatever then what the fuck are you doing my dude

[snowysnowwish]

reminded me of this video

https://youtu.be/jHPbOGEUvZA

[goodness-gracious-great-balls-of]

Deadass how dads are. I was legitimately SHOCKED when I asked my dad if he even knew what high school I was attending, he got it right after a few seconds to think. But like how do these dads think it’s okay to not know literally jack shit about their kids?

[boopboopboopbadoop]

My dad thought I was left handed for 13 years, then after 5 more years, I reminded him about it and he was like “wait… you’re not?”

How many times do I have to remind him I’m right handed

[a-bisexual-teenager]

My dad didn’t know what my first words were and he and my mom lived together until I was 4.

[phatwithanf]

The only straight men I’ve seen who aren’t like this (with exceptions of course nothing is ever certain) are oldest brothers.

[canaryarrow]

Okay. Let them hear the Black Damn Canary.

[gwendy85]

The ManDADlorian

My very first The Mandalorian art guys. Also my very first artwork of a Mandalorian, of a Yoda species, and my very first Star Wars artwork that I turned into an animation. I really love this show and hope to see more great things come from it. Can’t wait for what’s next! Babie Yoda Uwu is too adorable.

DO NOT REPOST!

[doortotomorrow]

“Seen my dad, have you?”

[iredreamer]

[goodobservationshirley]

Sister of the year, Mary Hamilton.

[bedabug]

jane fonda got arrested the third week in a row at climate change protests. this time with ted danson

[satirewrites]

[whelvenwings]

I literally don’t get people who complain that other people are just projecting onto characters like “you’re just using that character to explore and actualise yourself” well done james that’s what stories have been for for centuries what the fuck is your point

[thebloggerbloggerfun]

[phoebedynevors]

Barbie Ferreira photographed by Elisabet Davids for Ravelin (2016)

[balenciagaah]