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Karel Thole, 1967

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[indya-moore]

[aspiring-translator]

I remember a teacher telling me how Archaeologists would hack off the noses of statues they found in order to remove any indication that it was of a black person or any POC. It hurts me to think of all the art we’ve lost and damaged because of historical revisionism and flat out racism.

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Dual Sided Pendant from Etsy

[being-john-malkobitch]

Every book in the History of Literature summed up in a single sentence

[australiansanta]

mum gets it

[t-ekken-blog]

Master Raven.

[luciferokisses]

Faves

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I spiffed up this tutorial I made a while ago. And by spiffed up I mean I added the text to the pictures.

[queen-elizabrooke]

and now I just sit in silence

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[eggmacguffin]

Photos That look Like Renaissance Paintings

[pipemi]

I wish we had the credit for all these photos

[eggmacguffin]

sorry about that, here you go:

four men, one smoking - Dimitri Staszewski

brawling ukrainian politicians - Valentyn Ogirenko  

man painting with cat in foreground  - Reddit user Ktai_Arterion

 ted cruz - Jason Reed

man lying in busy street - Joel Goodman

laughing man framed by grimy window - Leo Berne

woman baking in sunlight - Bas Uterwijk

bickering traders on a red couch - Adam Grey

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what th

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

I’VE BEEN TRYING TO find this again for THREE YEARS but once Free! came out I couldn’t google ANIME SWIMMING CLIP ANYMORE

[tierradelatrasero]

This is such a god damn amazing piece of animation

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[nerdyfacts]

Nerdy Fact #1434: Wonder Woman was originally based on two women: the wife of creator William Marston and one of his former students that both he and his wife had sexual encounters with. 

(Source.)

[themyskira]

How about you actually name ‘em?

Elizabeth Holloway Marston and Olive Byrne were among a number of women who contributed to the original Wonder Woman, and they’re fascinating people in their own right.

Elizabeth Holloway Marston was a brilliant woman. She earned three university degrees in psychology and law at a time when few women received any tertiary education. She was a successful career woman who assisted her husband with his work and was frequently the breadwinner of the family.

The main reason she was able to continue working after having children? Olive Byrne, who was not simply a casual “sexual encounter”, but the Marstons’ lover and life partner. To enable Elizabeth to work, Olive stayed at home and raised both her and Elizabeth’s children. She also wrote for Family Circle and contributed to Marston’s research.

Elizabeth is credited with pushing her husband to create a female superhero, and after his death she worked hard to preserve his vision for the character, urging DC to employ her as the comic’s editor (she was ignored).

Wonder Woman’s bracelet’s are Olive’s bracelets: Olive was known for wearing a pair of wide silver bracelets, and Marston had these in mind when he envisioned Diana’s bullet-deflecting accessories.

Marston died in 1947, but Elizabeth and Olive continued to live together until the end of their lives.

[hells-will-88]

Wait. Clarification please. Are you telling me that the creator of Wonder WOMAN WAS IN A POLY-AMOROUS RELATIONSHIP?

[themyskira]

Yep! They were in a poly relationship and had four children together, two by Elizabeth and two by Olive.

(And for those who’ve asked about sources, the Marstons’ story is covered in detail in The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore and Wonder Woman: The Complete History by Les Daniels)

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Wonder Woman was inspired and shaped by not only a man who was incredibly progressive and awesome by todays standards let alone the standards of the day he lived in but also by a fierce, intelligent and awesome bisexual woman

This is one of the many reasons why the ways DC has ruined Wonder Woman in their pursuit of making the book as backwards and heteronormative as possible pisses me off…

[scots-dragon]

Not a fierce and intelligent and awesome bisexual woman.

Two fierce and intelligent and awesome bisexual women. 

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

You are correct :D

[themetaisawesome]

Imagine growing up in that house

“Mom wants to see you.”

“Psychology mom or bracelet mom?”

“Bracelet mom.”

[themyskira]

According to Lepore, the kids called Elizabeth “Keetie” and Olive “Dotsie”!

[themetaisawesome]

That is adorable.

[sevensneakyfoxes]

I have reblogged this before and will continue to do it until the day I die. The origin story of WW comics is as fucking great as the character herself.

[pastel-petticoats]

Fun fact: Olive’s bracelets were a gift from William and Elizabeth, and were basically an alternative to a wedding ring, since she couldn’t legally marry them. Diana’s bracelets, 70+ years later, are a symbol of that relationship.

[brendaonao3]

Another fun fact: There’s a movie coming out about their relationship, starring Luke Evans and Rebecca Hall and Bella Heathcote that was written AND directed by a woman (Angela Robinson)

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[utteradoxography]

cool pics but at what cost