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2 AM mood: fullmetal alchemist continues to be the best executed series I’ve ever had the pleasure to read in my life and I thank arakawa everyday for delivering it to me thank u cow mom

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27 books and the plot is still understandable, well-rounded character arcs, consistent characterization and style, no loose ends despite an incredibly detailed multifaceted narrative???? The most well-paced, filmic action sequences I’ve ever read?????? When has another manga E V E R

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finally watched FMA for the first time earlier this year…. I love these boys

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Artist: musha8_8

Source: Twitter

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anyone: the seven deadly sins? you know? from the bible? me: oh yeah.. me, under my breath, twice: full metal alchemist

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The great thing about Garth Nix’ Abhorsen series is that it exists in a truly feminist universe. When you read the books, female characters just randomly pop up and are unremarked upon in the same way that male characters usually exist in fiction. Nix understands that he’s writing fiction and doesn’t relegate female characters to subservient roles in the name of “historical accuracy”. We are introduced to female characters as guards, leaders, hunters, farmers, fishers, and never is their gender remarked upon. The social roles in the Abhorsen universe are not delegated according to gender and that is magnificent. Nix’ refusal to reproduce patriarchal patterns is also reflected in the characters’ casual attitude to sex. Both male and female characters explicitly* discuss casual sex and characters’ sexualities are not policed. I just really love how feminist this series is, it’s magnificent.

*by explicitly I mean they say it outright, there isn’t any explicit sex in the books.

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TIL that sarper duman, aka the piano cat guy, is an enthusiastic cat dad who rescues and cares for injured stray cats in istanbul.

“i always play piano at my home almost every night and whenever i sit to play, all my cats come around, they hang out with me and they love to sleep around the piano.”

“they are peaceful, i am more at peace thanks to them”

one of his cats is blind. "his happiest moment is at the window. listening to the birds, getting fresh air is our favorite activity. i hang out an hour every day at the window with my angel.“

there are currently 19 cats living in his home and he started a fundraiser to help cover their medical costs.

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“Hey. Funny seeing you out here.”

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reminder that WOMEN in the kpop industry paved the way for global success. The disrespect from men, boy group supremacists, and fellow women is ridiculous and undermining the strength and dominance women and kpop girl groups had over America and Japan.

Girls’ Generation was the first kpop group (not to mention female kpop group) that appeared on live US television- on the Letterman Show and Kelly Ripa. They also won a YouTube mv award for I Got a Boy (the FIRST kpop gg mv to get over 100m views) over big American names like Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, which further brought exposure to not only snsd but the ENTIRE industry. And, not to mention, they performed at Madison Square Garden with their ICONIC Genie remix (and Miss Tiff’s rap god skills!!!)

the Wonder Girls are often overlooked when it comes to global exposure. They toured with the Jonas Brothers, released English singles, and were the FIRST kpop group to ever chart on the Billboard Hot 100 with the english version of “Nobody”. I literally can remember hearing Nobody in Justice when I was still in elementary school…like the Wonder Girls worked really hard to break into the global scene.

We also have BoA, who, for older fans, is LITERALLY the queen. She’s the woman who inspired Taeyeon of snsd to sing in the first place! BoA took Japan and South Korea by storm, but also released a full-length english album and headlined San Fran Pride in 2008.

Hyuna also made waves when she released Bubble Pop in 2011 and was the first kpop mv to get 100 m views, and remained at the top of YouTube’s “Most Watched” videos for quite some time.

Disrespecting female kpop artists is so ignorant considering the fact that they’re the whole reason the industry has expanded its platform in the way that it has. To make the counterargument that they “failed to gain momentum” or “they flopped” is also totally uncalled for- as asian artists, FEMALE asian artists, they tackled something no one before them had ever attempted before, broke through many barriers, and each achieved what no one had (or has yet to, even) conquer.

Kpop’s statewide success is because of women who led the movement. Show credit where it is due…women run the world.

Here is an article Forbes wrote about the female dominance in overseas activities and how that has changed due to the generational group shifts.