Redhead312

This section intentionally left almost blank. I'll get to writing a better bio later. For now, enjoy: Doctor Who, Frozen, Writer stuff, Social Activism, and Cats. So many cats.

[honiebeam-deactivated20250805]

Last year for my fall undergrad thesis (2021), I illustrated dust jackets for Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series. Each cover was meant to focus on the different arenas portrayed in the books alongside little details for avid readers. When lined up on a shelf, the book spines create on continuous city scene. For my thesis display, the book titles and author’s name were printed in reflective gold to stand out. A very fun project.

[dykeseinfeld]

i am once again thinking about how suzanne collins went back to her 10 year old series to publish a prequel to say “just in case it wasn’t clear. you are the capitol. you are not from district 12, you are not the uprising. you are sitting in your house, enjoying a level of wealth unimaginable to billions, and you are watching the hunger games for your entertainment. you are reveling in it, all its violence and romance, and you got caught up in it and its characters. but this story is about you. i am stripping away the entertainment and the characters and the distraction because this story is about your horror and and complete and total lack of empathy and perspective. that is what it has always been about. look at it.” and some people still don’t get it. anyway very iconic of her

[underahauntedsky]

Me when Katniss starts singing Hanging Tree in Mockingjay knowing it's honoring the spirit of Lucy Gray and unknowingly pissing off Snow 😏😏😏😏😏😏😏

[vir-adahlen]

going through a hunger games phase in 2020 which is what it is

[dahlialips]

oh to be a lesbian in the medieval times and i’m married to a man but for “some reason” we never have any kids and he spends a lot of time with his childhood guy friend and i spend a lot of time with the woman who lives across the street by herself with her cats and garden and eventually i don’t even sleep at my own house anymore and my husband’s “friend” moves in with him and i tend to my “friend’s” garden while she bakes flatbread and we sit very close to each other with our fingers intertwined and cats in our lap and we’re known for our delicious food and our herbal medicines

[theartofanimation]

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[roxilalonde-deactivated20251105]

ok now things that were excellent about the hunger games:

-katniss’ character arc

-i mean it like katniss is a) a traumatized woman whose b) pain is never glossed over or overlooked, whose grief and coping mechanisms are put at the front and center of the narrative, and whose trauma is absolutely critical part of any coherent reading of the story

-her emotions are treated as legitimate and valid regardless of what causes them. she is allowed to be irrational; she is allowed to be furious. she is allowed to be complicated and illogical and angry at her circumstances in a way that was (and continues to be) revolutionary for a female character in YA fiction

-her only parent is a single mother whose mental illness and grief in the aftermath of her husband’s death has prevented her from taking care of her children, and the consequences of this in terms of how it affects her relationships with her children play out in a realistic and nuanced way

-katniss’ friendship with gale is just that. a friendship. no matter what happens in the later books in the hunger games she and gale are just best buds who shoot stuff in the woods and forage together. their friendship has no strings attached and it was a breath of fresh air while it lasted

-her relationship with peeta is grounded in an interesting conversation about what it means for people in poverty to show solidarity with each other, and what that solidarity can look like, and how even minute acts of kindness can have incredible impacts to those on the receiving end of them. this isn’t even a huge part of the books it’s just nice to see

-peeta never does creepy shit or tries to coerce her or acts entitled to katniss’ love. he’s nice to her. he like, idk, genuinely acts like he likes her? which is wildly rare for a lot of Y/A love interests?? and he’s in love with her but that’s all, he only uses it as a Games strategy on his end, he doesn’t act like a complete ass about it and the fact that i’m as grateful for this narrative decision as i am is pretty depressing but i am nevertheless

-collins pulls zero punches in depicting the horrors and aftermath of the games themselves. she does not fuck about glorifying or romanticizing the ordeal. she makes all but explicit that the hunger games is a scathing critique of television/reality shows/movies and how they’re tied into capitalist structures, to the point where she all but spells out on the page “THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY’S MANIPULATION AND ABUSE OF CHILDREN IS IMMORAL AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ALL BECOME SO NUMB TO IT IS A VERY VERY BAD THING” 

-katniss’ hyper-awareness of the cameras and where they are at any given point and in any given scene is a very nice use of detail. like she’s constantly noticing lenses, screens, mirrors, basically anything that could be used as a surveillance device, and it really sets a nice atmosphere of paranoia and supervision that both lets us into her headspace and paints a broader picture of the capitol in general

-the capitol in general is also really well done; the sheer lavishness and luxury is depicted in gorgeous detail, and you can almost feel yourself being pulled into the scene – except collins always holds you back from getting totally absorbed in the facade of the Games, keeping you skillfully positioned at a far enough distance that you can see the horror underneath

-just all the little details about the Games that she included. tesserae. volunteering. the “career tributes.” the mentor system. the stylists. the initial chariot ride. the interviews. the balls. the training. the evaluations. the sponsors. it really does make the Games feel like a real event that a lot of people put a lot of thought into the ritual and ceremony of, horrific content aside.

-and that’s also the point! that you can get so wrapped up in the politicking and emotional dramas surrounding the Games that you forget what they are: an indefinite round of blood sport played out to the death with twenty-four unwilling child participants

-how expertly the gamemakers turn the kids against each other, playing on their fears and insecurities to produce more convincing conflict and rivalries

-how you almost forget that they’re children, except collins won’t let you forget. she keeps reminding you. in death scenes especially there is unique attention paid to noticing how small tributes are, how they look immature, how they’re inexperienced or dumb or make bad decisions, and it all points you again and again to the recurring realization that they’re children. this. is happening. to children.

-the way that the capitol distances itself from the Games by refusing to really confront the reality of death, which read a certain way is a very cutting critique of how western media uses the framing of images and metaphor to distance itself from the tragedies it often uses for content

-basically the hunger games is a nuanced and magnificent text

-literally these books were so fucking good

[soulppunk-deactivated20220916]

king….. speak your mind

[curiouschiroptera-blog]

Truth vs. Twilight

In collaboration with the Quileute Tribe, this site seeks to inform Twilight fans, parents, teachers, and others about the real Quileute culture, which indeed has a wolf origin story, a historic relationship with the wolf as demonstrated in songs, stories, and various art forms, as well as a modern, multi-dimensional community with a sophisticated governance system. We also hope to offer a counter narrative to The Twilight Saga’s stereotypical representations of race, class, and gender, and offer resources for a more meaningful understanding of Native American life and cultures.

[painted-starlight]

More from this website: 

Misconceptions and Appropriations from Twilight: Their community gets fucking NOTHING from the Twilight Franchise, despite Stephenie Meyer using their name to abandon as one of the major plot points.

Racial and Class Stereotypes in Twilight: How Stephenie Meyer reinforces racist and classcist dynamics in her stereotypical depictions

Cultural Theft in Twilight: Wherein a white woman profits from a Native American community and STILL can’t be bothered to do basic research. 

[vaenire]

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[gahdamnpunk]

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[chibiyossy-deactivated20201016]

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[violadvis]

Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (1987) 

[gorps]

If this is your first time protesting, here is a comprehensive guide on how to prepare, what to do, police tactics, etc. Please share this

magical girl shows really did snap when they assigned personality traits based off the members colors

[gayhex]

pink - commander and the leader. probably really nice and sweet

blue - probably very close to pink, is either 100 iq smarty pants but shy or very tough and cool

yellow/orange - very happy and positive. can vary from being newbie of the group to be older and mature, probably known as the beautiful one

purple - mysterious, usually starts off as a rival or joins the group later, but is definitely known to the members as another MG. Probably has a softer side they don’t show

[squeezemetillipop]

Don’t forget green - more mature and very reliable

[kuramamanamahamanamana]

Red - Mad

[metaphoricalicecream]

[maybemoonbeams]

okay but this implies the existence of a lost pink teletubby. a fallen leader too painful to talk about anymore

[starwarsepisodeiv]

tubby custard.

[maybemoonbeams]

[unicornmitteneater]

where….where are the notes……

[piesandswords]

in the tubby custard with the pink teletubby

[scope-dogg]

World heritage post

[prokopetz]

“But if the only approach to your lair is a road of trials which imperil not only the body and mind, but also the soul, how will you buy Girl Scout cookies” like, buddy, have you ever met an actual Girl Scout?

[ms-demeanor]

I once carried two cases (cases, not boxes, about 40 boxes) of Girl Scout cookies a mile to school while wearing full goth makeup because, depressed weirdo or not, my English class had supported me by ordering cookies and they were going to damned well get them.

[cipheramnesia]

From context it’s not clear if the goth makeup was specifically for the delivery of the cookies so I will assume yes it was.

[ms-demeanor]

No, it’s because we were performing a reinterpretation of Antigone in class that day and the reinterpretation I’d written was a mashup of Antigone and Interview with the Vampire but because that was a Pep Rally day it was the only day with a schedule that meant I wouldn’t have to carry cookies around for 4 hours before delivering them.

Which does mean that later in the day I ended up at a compulsory pep rally dressed like a character from Interview with the Vampire.

[cipheramnesia]

I’m frankly shocked this didn’t end with a cease and desist letter from Anne Rice’s lawyers.

[ms-demeanor]

Better Anne Rice’s lawyers than Sophocles’ lawyers, though.

[cipheramnesia]

Anne Rice / Sophocles legal team death match.

[rox-and-prose]

Please do not give Sophocles a legal team

[ms-demeanor]

Sophocles can have a little legal team, as a treat.

[art--woonz]

By: heidi annalise Instagram: @artwoonz

[sixpenceee]

This bookshelf art was inspired by the world of Harry Potter and is designed to fit on the shelf between your hardback Harry Potter books. It is crafted from laser-cut, 1/8" Baltic Birch plywood. The outside of the artwork is finished with a wood stain and heraldic imagery of a phoenix and lion (serpent, eagle, or badger options in place of the lion are also available!) so that you can display it outside of your book case as well. When the sun has set, flip the switch on the top and your alley scene will glow with light. Link

[psyfic-deactivated20240227]

Source: https://twitter.com/DAvallone/status/1126280699122671616?s=19

[biracialbug]

This is because I don't see enough posts about this but:

•be patient with people who stutter (especially when you see they’re trying) •don’t finish their sentence for them unless you guys have talked about it and said that it’s okay •don’t laugh or imitate the stutter •don’t roll your eyes •if you want to know if they have one, politely ask I wanted to make this because of all the stuff I see on tumblr I never see posts about stuttering. I have one and it’s really shitty. So yeah

[cleothegoldfish]

Also, don’t treat people with a stutter like they’re children or like they aren’t intelligent. Taking a little longer to get your words out does not equal stupid.