The Sound And The Fury

"On the surface, I'm resourceful, I'm creative, I'm young, unscrupulous, highly motivated, highly skilled. In esssence what I'm saying is that society cannot afford to lose me, I'm an asset." But look deeper; I'm too passionate and intense. I'm more than a little bit ridiculous. I dream of a world so much bigger than the one I currently inhabit.

[pyramage]

[bethrevis]

you could kill a man in any of these dresses, and pretty sure no jury would convict you. those are killing-men dresses, that’s what i’m saying

[turdrese]

GOrgeous

[bitesnsmiles]

[diablodancer]

“Half a capital and half a country town, the whole city leads a double existence; it has long trances of the one and flashes of the other; like the king of the Black Isles, it is half alive and half a monumental marble.” (x)

[brutereason]

Let’s examine a traditionally male-dominated role that is very well-respected, and well-paid, in many parts of the world—that of a doctor. In the UK, it is listed as one of the top ten lucrative careers, and the average annual income of a family doctor in the US is well into six figures. It also confers on you significant social status, and a common stereotype in Asian communities is of parents encouraging their children to become doctors. One of my lecturers at university once presented us with this thought exercise: why are doctors so highly paid, and so well-respected? Our answers were predictable. Because they save lives, their skills are extremely important, and it takes years and years of education to become one. All sound, logical reasons. But these traits that doctors possess are universal. So why is it, she asked, that doctors in Russia are so lowly paid? Making less than £7,500 a year, it is one of the lowest paid professions in Russia, and poorly respected at that. Why is this? The answer is crushingly, breathtakingly simple. In Russia, the majority of doctors are women. Here’s a quote from Carol Schmidt, a geriatric nurse practitioner who toured medical facilities in Moscow: “Their status and pay are more like our blue-collar workers, even though they require about the same amount of training as the American doctor… medical practice is stereotyped as a caring vocation ‘naturally suited‘ to women, [which puts it at] a second-class level in the Soviet psyche.” What this illustrates perfectly is this—women are not devalued in the job market because women’s work is seen to have little value. It is the other way round. Women’s work is devalued in the job market because women are seen to have little value.

Patriarchy’s Magic Trick: How Anything Perceived As Women’s Work Immediately Sheds Its Value | Crates and Ribbons (via muffdiver)

"Women’s work is devalued in the job market because women are seen to have little value."

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[preciousdeans]

[nothingbutsoundandfury]

This is my favourite piece of Dr Who dialogue. 

[nonsensenonstar-deactivated2012]

[sixpenceee]

Shain Erin’s morbid mummy and zombie dolls.

Dare devil activities: purchase one and sleep with it for a night

Here’s her official website

[reneeruinseverything]

Gareth Pugh | Spring 2015 Ready-to-Wear - http://www.reneeruin.com/2014/09/gareth-pugh-spring-2015-ready-to-wear.html

[samwesson]

[rhetthammersmithhorror]

[nothingbutsoundandfury]

I would like this to be a thing in my city. 

[bellecs]

[agnusmonster]

This song makes me want to step on a thousand shirtless men while wearing high heels

[odddaysgeorge]

The musical equivalent of red lipstick. 

[beastlyworlds]

September 1st thoughts

[adeadedskull-deactivated2016010]

[myloish]

[veinedcity]

[gael-garcia]

Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan on the sex scene [in Kill Your Darlings] that made headlines +

[nothingbutsoundandfury]

I'm so gratified when celebrities use their status to speak out about things that are wrong in society.  Yes Daniel and Dane. THANK YOU for saying the obvious.

[bettersupes]

New superhero comic, Spark!

Hey, everyone! This is the creator of Little Girls Are Better At Designing Superheroes Than You, here with a post I thought you all might like. Writer Ted Anderson and I have made a pitch for a superhero comic!

The comic is about nine-year-old Lucia Marquez-Miller, who loves engineering, and uses her telekinetic powers to build and take things apart with her mind. She calls this power her spark!

As Spark, the world’s youngest superhero, she’s a junior member of a superhero team while also trying to live a normal life. Can Lucia juggle her friends and family while also saving the world from supervillains?

We’re posting a 15-page standalone comic here on tumblr to give readers an idea of what the book would be like.

Click “read more” below to continue reading the comic!

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[nothingbutsoundandfury]

Such great role-modelling! Dad as a chef, mom as a businesswoman, both working together, good parent-kid relationship, great costumes that are functional instead of titillating for the heroes, and the fact that it shows a variety of races and sizes of women….epic.