beloved of water

She/Her, bi, old for tumblr. Does not stay.(PS fandom stuff now at http://alsoablankslate.tumblr.com )

[steampunktendencies]

Just an amazing 200 years old secretary cabinet

[tarajenkins]

This porn was not tagged

[fuckyeahnaturalphilosophy]

Real-life footage of “the object”

[merythapy]

I’m so turned on right now

[katrinageist]

When I explain cultural misappropriation to children, I use the example of The Nightmare Before Christmas.  

It’s effective because especially for children, who don’t have enough historical context to understand much of the concept, you can still fully grasp the idea.  

There was nothing wrong with Jack seeing the beauty and differences in Christmas town, it’s when he tried to take what is unique about Christmas town away from those it originally belonged to without understanding the full context of Christmas things is when everything went wrong.

When Jack tries to get the folk of Halloween town to make Christmas gifts for children, etc., children understand that the Halloween town folk do not have the full context for the objects they are making, and they are able to see that the direct repercussions and consequences are very harmful.

[jumpingjacktrash]

what i like about this is the implication that if jack had taken the time to understand christmas town, bringing christmas to halloween town would not have been harmful. that’s how it works, folks. cultural sharing is GOOD, it’s only misappropriation when it’s done in ignorance and disrespect.

[kelseyridge13]

There’s an interesting level here in that Jack tried to understand Christmas town. He could see the magic while he was there, and he did try to explain it that way to citizens of Halloween town.  But they weren’t interested in the kind of life he was describing, so he started “rebranding” Christmas so that it was not like Christmas but was like Halloween. The people of Halloween town, never having actually encountered Christmas, have no way of knowing that what they’re being told about Christmas and “Sandy Claws” is inaccurate. Jack also tried to study Christmas and its culture, though he couldn’t quite get it; eventually, he literally decides to take it for himself, even as he knows it’s not really for him.  He started out feeling sad the others in Halloween town didn’t ‘get it,’ but he then decided it’s not important to fully ‘get it’ but instead to have it.

So it’s not just accidentally removing things form their context; he has intentionally disregard the meaning of the rituals he purports to be recreating, making them more fun for the recreaters but not like what the rituals are supposed to be and without the related significance.

[calamitycons]

This is the best way to conceptualize the wrong way to share culture I have ever seen and I think I finally get where people are coming from when they talk about “cultural appropriation.”

[okayilubuhbye-deactivated201611]

This is an EXCELLENT explanation through example!

[dynastylnoire]

@npr

[the-ace-of-space]

Ten years and people still walking out of a marvel movie before the end credits

[merythapy]

THIS

[thrashbeatles]

there’s a million things i haven’t done, but just you wait.

[thrashbeatles]

oh shit this is at 20k

[absynthe--minded]

there’s a Leia Little Golden Book and it is amazing

[fathercharlesoffdensen]

They even find a way to keep her out of that fucking slave bikini when she interacts with Jabba, wow

[wilwheaton]

This is the princess I want for my future granddaughters.

[wickedlovelyperfectlyimperf-blog]

This is a picture from the Curiosity Rover on Mars showing Earth from the Perspective of Mars. You are literally looking at your home from the Perspective of another planet. Epic times indeed

[blindtrip-blog]

group photo everyone

[cerulean-tmp]

everyone

[trencly]

hey i look really good in this one

[unforth-ninawaters-deactivated2]

GISHWHES TOOTHBRUSHING SURVEY!

Here are all the tooth brushing surveys that have crossed my dash. I’m putting it behind a “read more” so I can update it more easily and those updates will show up in reblogs.

If you’d like me to add your survey to this list, please message me by sending me your link, or post the link on this post. Also please let me know if I’ve accidentally double posted (ie, different members of the same team posting the same link) or if you’d like me to add your team name.

If you want to help Gishers, answer each survey and signal boost this post!

(read more! for the links…)

Keep reading

[superorganza]

this is the content i signed up for

[warmday]

sarah’s room vs. the labyrinth

[whats-out-there]

When they saw me in my space suit and the parachute dragging alongside as I walked, they started to back away in fear. I told them, don’t be afraid, I am a Soviet citizen like you, who has descended from space. And I must find a telephone to call Moscow.

Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel to space; upon re-entry Gagarin landed 280 kilometers away from the intended landing site, to the surprise of a farmer and his daughter who watched him fall from the sky (via whats-out-there)

[merythapy]

How to sightsee in Japan in the summer

Thinking about visiting Japan this summer? Get the need to know information before you go.

HEY FRIENDS

My sister started a travel website and I wrote a post for it. Please go check it out!

[merythapy]

Birds do it, bees do it...even rocks off the coast of Japan do it

[tastefullyoffensive]

[93gal-deactivated20131124]

Legitness!!

[biinarykid]

i enjoy how they didnt over sexualize their prince costumes. like esp with jasmine. she couldve totally been in aladdin’s vest, but nope. fully clothed. thanks. 

[captainthief]

laughing because Mulan looks the same

[wolfenartistofhetastuck-blog]

things i loved more then i expected, this

[al-the-stuff-i-like]

this is honestly one of my favorite posts ever

[cana-mochi]

Meanwhile the Princes:

[ithelpstodream]

[cookie-sheet-toboggan]

so is Victory

[ashermajestywishes]

LOVE TRIANGLE

[bsparrow]

Don’t forget Truth (Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind)

[justrollinon]

This must be why the Trump administration hates them all 

[acciowine]

The Four Horsewomen of the Trumpocalypse.

[krustybunny-deactivated20221129]

I’ve never reblogged anything so quick

[charliebowater]

“Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”

A little doodle for one the most beautiful lines from any poem, The Old Astronomer.

[jjonstark-deactivated20181228]

[merythapy]

Gillian Anderson as David Bowie is my entire sexuality

[listing-to-port]

Ten staples that every woman needs in her closet

1. A vast empty hooded cape that you can control with the power of your mind, sending it forth from you to terrify and amaze.

2. A dress that can be whipped off by a bare-chested dancer to reveal another, more sparkly dress underneath, for those occasions when you accidentally find yourself in the Eurovision Song Contest.

3. A formal grappling-hook, for arriving at all the best parties. Make sure to have yours personalised, so that you do not arrive at the party via the same grappling hook as another attendee.

4. A khaki tank top. That is, just the swivelly bit with the gun on. The caterpillar tracks bit is probably too big for a closet but can be stored in a shed or garage until it is needed.

5. A leather jacket tanned from the tattooed hide of the last bull to cross you, as a reminder to other bulls that you will be crossing this field now, thank you very much.

6. Pumps. You will thank me for this recommendation when your boat starts to fill with water. Using buckets to bail is just tedious and may require more crew members than are left after the mutiny.

7. Pencil skirt. Never forget, wear with the pencils facing outwards. Inwards is super-uncomfortable and much less helpful in getting personal space on metro systems.

8. A dragon-proof cardigan.

9. Trousers that can be worn by a horse, in case you should meet a horse that wants trousers or that curse ever comes to fruition.

10. A good book with a light attached, so that on bad days you can just get into the closet and read without having to bother about all that clothes stuff. Make sure not to sit on the pencil skirt.