Unfamiliar tropic

Art student always out of time

[yeahponcho]

poncho needs a bra

[andthenshefellandbrokeherbrain]

Dan poncho your Bobbie s

[95megaphones]

@iguanamouth

[makemelaughblog]

[prokopetz]

I’ve seen this image going around, and I feel compelled to point out that it’s only half-right. It’s true that high heels were originally a masculine fashion, but they weren’t originally worn by butchers - nor for any other utilitarian purpose, for that matter.

High heels were worn by men for exactly the same reason they’re worn by women today: to display one’s legs to best effect. Until quite recently, shapely, well-toned calves and thighs were regarded as an absolute prerequisite for male attractiveness. That’s why you see so many paintings of famous men framed to show off their legs - like this one of George Washington displaying his fantastic calves:

… or this one of Louis XIV of France rocking a fabulous pair of red platform heels (check out those thighs!):

… or even this one of Charles I of England showing off his high-heeled riding boots - note, again, the visual emphasis on his well-formed calves:

In summary: were high heels originally worn by men? Yes. Were they worn to keep blood off their feet? No at all - they were worn for the same reason they’re worn today: to look fabulous.

[nebcondist1]

so then how did they become a solo feminine item of attire?

[prokopetz]

A variety of reasons. In France, for example, high heels fell out out of favour in the court of Napoleon due to their association with aristocratic decadence, while in England, the more conservative fashions of the Victorian era regarded it as indecent for a man to openly display his calves.

But then, fashions come and go. The real question is why heels never came back into fashion for men - and that can be laid squarely at the feet of institutionalised homophobia. Essentially, heels for men were never revived because, by the early 20th Century, sexually provocative attire for men had come to be associated with homosexuality; the resulting moral panic ushered in an era of drab, blocky, fully concealing menswear in which a well-turned calf simply had no place - a setback from which men’s fashion has yet to fully recover.

[rifa]

FASHION HISTORY IS HUMAN HISTORY OK

[alliartist]

Thank you, history side of tumblr. That “stay out of blood” thing has been driving me mad.

[casey-jane-lewis]

Wait. So, you’re telling me that the reason straight boys dress horribly is because they’re not over a 100 year old gay panic?

You’re telling me that the gross, baggy, shapeless menswear that has been almost singlehandedly ruining my life is the result of a bunch of dudes in the 1900’s collectively going ‘AAAAH WHAT IF THEY THINK WE’RE GAY’

Fuck that shit. BRING BACK MENS HEELS

BRING BACK MENS TIGHTS

MAKE MEN SEXY AGAIN

[cremblr]

Im the hundred year old gay panic

[xmadam-me]

My life right now. 💀

[angfdz-deactivated20160505]

me when y’all lie on the dash

[becausebirds]

OY-YOY-YOY-YOY-YOY

[upworthy]

If your nude photos are posted online without your permission, Microsoft and Google want to know.

For years, most victims of revenge porn — people who have had their nude photos shared online without permission — basically couldn’t do anything about it.

According to one study, over 50% of all adults engage in sexting, and 70% admit to having received a nude photo online or over the phone.

And yet, despite the fact that we all (or at least more than half of us) do it, there’s still this weird, persistent, harmful notion that if your naked pictures get leaked or shared maliciously by an ex online, it’s your fault for taking them in the first place.

It’s completely backward, but sadly, the law seems to at least kind of agree.

As of September 2014, New Republic found, putting someone else’s illicit photos online without their consent was illegal in just 16 states, though laws have been proposed in more states. Not only is it typically impossible to prosecute the perpetrator, they note, it’s impossible to legally compel websites to take the images taken down most of the time.

But thankfully, Microsoft and Google — which operate two of the biggest search engines on the web — don’t think it’s your fault. And they’re finally saying “Enough is enough.”

[gjmueller-deactivated20181226]

Here’s how to report a non-consensual image posting on Bing.

And here’s how to do it on Google.

[marieluc76]

Boost!

[the-perks-of-eating-pussy]

important

[osomuchsons]

The Science Fiction pamphlet(?) at a library, which states in the top right corner:

This week’s question: In Osomatsu-san, Jyuushimatsu practices swinging by tying Ichimatsu to his bat. Is he going to be alright?

Then in the bottom, you can see them calculating the Force and stuff.

[maromaru]

im fucking crying my therapist has these little mamushka dolls in her office and the first one is so pretty like

and then it just goes downhill from there

[breakcorechoirboy]

[amlights]

ART BY  トメコ

[bunloaf]

SeeU & Fox | obsidian [pixiv]

[awidevastdominion]

a viewing tower for fish made with an old fish tank and a couple of cinder blocks

[gawd-desses]

[wannabeanimator]

DreamWorks to Show Two Versions of KFP3 in China

via Cartoon Brew:

“Like Americans, Chinese audiences will be able to see Kung Fu Panda 3 on January 29, but unlike Westerners, Chinese moviegoers will be able to choose between two different versions of the film: the American version dubbed with Mandarin voice actors, and the ‘Chinese edition’ with new mouth movement and body language that matches the nuances of the Mandarin-language voice actors.

The extra animation in the Chinese edition also allowed the animation crew at Oriental DreamWorks to gain production experience on a major DreamWorks project without affecting the workflow of the main production. DreamWorks is developing its Chinese outpost with the vision that someday it will produce films independently of the American operation.”

[iguanamouth]

draw a creature that is a mix of two words that rhyme

[just-shower-thoughts]

Trillions of cells with clearly defined purposes and functions come together to form a single organism that agonizes over its purpose in life.

[spykids2]

[tach0la-deactivated20180420]

me

[nellmusic]

151212 Epik High with Kim Jongwan (Nell) @ Epik High Concert

[weeping-wandrian]

why the fuck does english have a word for

but not for “the day after tomorrow”

???

[jaimetalangue]

French has both

[spanishskulduggery]

English actually does have a word for “the day after tomorrow”. It’s called “overmorrow”. But no one uses that word anymore.

But wait, there’s more! We also have the obsolete word “ereyesterday” for “the day before yesterday”.

[actuallyclintbarton]

….Fuck it, I’m doing the thing. I’m bringing overmorrow back.

not sure about ereyesterday yet, but definitely overmorrow.

[random-stuff-thrown-into-a-pot]

Well it is “Vorgestern” and “Übermorgen” in German, which literally means “Beforeyesterday” and “overtomorrow” so yeah. @languageoclock

[languageoclock]

defenestration das Fenster etymology ftw

[langsandlit]

From Modern Latin defenestration (1618); from Medieval Latin fenestra (f.s.) 

formed from

the Latin preposition de, meaning away from but sometimes used as well as an intensifier,

Lat. fenestra (window; Italian: finestra, French: fenêtre)

-tione(m), a suffix with which deverbal feminine nouns are formed. It implies the existence of an action and its effect; e.g. Eng. creation, election, translation, etc.

[languageoclock]

nice

[langsandlit]

Your lack of enthusiasm is bewildering