#bedofrosethorns

[allthecanadianpolitics]

I hear a lot of people say that the NDP is worse off under Singh than it was under Layton or Mulcair. I was pretty young when Layton died, and I’m not really sure why people seem to idolize him so much. Could you please explain why he’s so highly regarded, and why Singh seems to face such disdain?

Both Mulcair and Layton were Centrists.

Jack Layton was forgiven for his Centrist politics (it was he who removed socialism from the NDP’s constitution) because he was the most hopeful and inspiring politician in my lifetime. That is why people liked Jack Layton. He didn’t have to have the most amazing policies because he instilled hope in people. I don’t remember a lot of his policies standing out that much (status quo NDP stuff), but he could draw crowds and inspire people in a way I haven’t seen from any politician since he passed.

Mulcair was not very charismatic. He was a very good debater but a poor campaigner. He didn’t come across as very interesting, and because of his poor campaign he threw away the NDP’s best ever chance of governing. Part of his poor campaign was committing to a balanced budget no matter what, which many people saw as a Conservative move at a time when Canada needed investment. Also the general policies of the NDP that election were status quo and not that exciting (and didn’t look a lot different from Liberal policies).

Some of Jagmeet Singh’s faults were also that he seemed to be leaning more towards the status quo centrism that many in the party didn’t like from Mulcair (initially waffling on pipelines, being vague in debates around key issues, etc), but recently he’s been a lot more ambitious calling for a Green New Deal, Pharmacare for all and building 500,000 affordable homes.

I think many of people at this point who are shitting on Jagmeet are just racists. He gets a disproportionate amount of hate for seemingly no reason. I’ve come to the conclusion that many Canadians despite their claims to the contrary are uncomfortable hearing a confident, brown, sikh man in a position of power.

[shitravenclawssay]

Ravenclaw thing I can think. Procrastinated my school work by coming up with almost a completely new game mode for Game of Thrones Risk.

This sounds amazing. Please tell me more

[sxpositive]

You wanna rec some of these feminism books for us? I want to check some out.

for an intro to feminism as a political stance (and it is a fundamentally political stance) i would go for:

Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell hooks

bell hooks is one of the best feminist writers. She has been involved in the movement from the start of the second wave and has gone on to be a professor for gender studies. She’s written many books but this is the only one I’ve read so far. she concentrates on the intersection of race, gender, and class. She’s african-american herself. 

for recent texts:

Rebecca Solnit is one of my favourite authors. She’s so fiercely intelligent and her writing is beautiful to read and gets to the heart of things so well. I’ve read three of her books but the feminist ones are:

Men Explain Things to Me and The Mother of All Questions

She is upfront about the violence against women and the tactics used to silence out voices. Also a huge lover of literature she includes wonderful quotes from others that really add to the overall effect of her essays. I also love that it’s a collection of essays, lbr sometimes one huge book about the same point can be a bit draining. *cough* The Beauty Myth *cough*

Laurie Penny is underrated in my opinion. I’ve got two of her books and they really added to my understanding by reiterating and adding to other feminists theories. I would 100% recommend reading her work instead of Naomi Wolf’s. Penny gets the facts and simply lays out how the world is in a frank manner to get her point across. She has a talent for not trying to convince the reader to her argument but just being extremely honest and you agree with her instantly.

Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism and Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution

Andi Zeisler concentrates on feminism and pop culture and the media and how they affect each other. It’s so relevant to today. And I just bought her latest book that concentrates on how feminism has become popular again and what that means now that big corporations and celebrities use that label. How the ideals of feminism change when it goes mainstream. Actually compliments a lot of bell hooks points about how it gets diluted. Check out:

We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl®, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement and Feminism and Pop Culture

Other texts:

Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do about It by Kate Harding

Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein

Sex Object & The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women by Jessica Valenti

Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America by basically every modern American feminist tbh

Women and Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard

[hexiewrites]

Idk if you're still doing them but for the send a ship get a song I send Snily(Lily x Severus)

i’ll.... admit that........ this is not one of my usual pairs {read: definitely a notp}. this is..... also not the song that immediately came to mind but? i don’t? want to piss everyone off tonight so, have this instead. :)

{snape & lily} bon iver - I can’t make you love me

Cause I can't make you love meIf you don't,You can't make your heart feelSomething it won't,Here in the dark,These final hoursI will lay down my heartAnd I feel the powerBut you don't,No you don't

{send me a ship & I’ll send you a song & I might not even be salty about it!}

[ravenclaw-headcanons]

545. Since the ravenclaw mascot is always mistaken to be a raven, and not an eagle, the ravenclaws come up with a plan. Whenever a ravenclaw hears someone say it should be a raven or mistake it for a raven, they just yell "CAW CAW". And whenever a Ravenclaw hears that, they do it too until it spreads through the entire castle

Eventually a seventh year charms a blackboard in the common room and probably some other places to track how many times the CAW CAW reaches the board

submitted by bedofrosethorns

[mctiddiezo]

Symmetra for the hero ask meme please

- how often I play them: OMG I want to be good at her so badly. she’ssoprettyyyneed to play her more than i do. - which maps I like to use them on: the Lijiang maps and Hanamura-or really any of them that has main doorways. - which skin I currently have equipped:  Her default because that blue is a such Look™- who I ship them with: i hear she’s been flirting with sombra 

[lilyevane]

Query: Are you British? Because when you did the blograte thing for me, and you said maths, and I'm pretty sure that's a British thing?

i am as british as a british person gets, yes

[ofwizardsandwotters]

Narcissa Malfoy neé Black. Have a great day and this is really cool.

*discards next gen shades for marauder era ones* 

N : What do they usually eat for breakfast? : Toast, tea - with a plate of proper butter that has been properly curled. Cissa is the type of person who can spread butter on her first try without ruining the bread. 

A : What are/were this character’s best subjects in school? : Charms and other subjects which required more intricate spell work. 

R : What are their hands like? : Long and thin fingers, delicate but deadly. 

C : Can they swim well? : Yes, but it’s not her favourite hobby.

I : On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do they love themselves? : Pretends it’s a 7, is more like a 3. 

S : How stealthy are they? : Bitch fooled voldemort here, i think we can say very stealthy with confidence. 

S : Answered 

A : Answered 

M : What is their favourite dessert? : Something rich and dark chocolately that looks fancy. 

A : Answered 

L : What is their favourite board game? : I feel like Cissa wouldn’t really play boardgames so much but I bet she would win something like monopoly and just trample everyone else. 

F : What is one thing they are really bad at? : Letting things go. 

O : What would it take to break them, inside and out? : Draco dying, especially because of Voldemort and the death eaters. 

Y : What is one question they’ve always wanted an answer to? : “Could I be reconciled with Andromeda? Would she let me?” 

spell a character’s name and i’ll tell you my headcanons :

(i’m lazy so imma stop at malfoy :P) Thank youu! I hope you have an awesome day as well!! :D