Girl Meets Tech

Chronicles of a theatre kid abroad.

[claudiamatossilva]

Hilda by Duane Bryers

[badkidgorgug]

More Hilda!!

[themockingcrows]

in this family we love and support Hilda.

[i-am-the-narwhal]

Yes! Hilda!

[luidilovins]

What i love about this artist’s depictions of women is even the sexualized ones the woman is always genuinely happy and enjoying herself. Frolicking or making funny faces, she’s living her life and looking sexy while doing it, not sitting in a sexual pose for the audience’s view.

[squish-this]

I always forget about Hilda and am so pleased when she randomly shows up on my dash. Always makes my day

[snailfarts]

I love Hilda so much and I want her to be happy

[numinous-queer]

My favorite thing is how Hilda is always doing something and having a BLAST! She’s not posing coyly for anyone, she’s having her own adventures and it’s not about the viewer at all

[rosellacwrites]

Always reblog Hilda!

[sumi-sprite]

HILDA MY LOVE

[twiststreet]

!!!

[juneboba]

[commandtower-solring-go-deactiv]

This is incredible because it is super difficult to visualise how much 6 feet actually is and most people don’t bother to try

[jumpingjacktrash]

HOLY SHIT ok first of all that is a brilliant use of technology, and second, that activated my flight response bigtime and i bet it convinced people to evacuate that weren’t gonna, which would’ve saved lives. so good job folks, worth the effort.

[blogthegreatrouge]

Why can’t she share that protective shield spell that she clearly casted on herself at least?

[caroisonline]

@ anyone who tries to tell you theatre is easy

[didsomeonesayadventure]

I’ve watched this like 5 times. God bless you kids backstage. 

[jackrusso]

Literally what I do for a living. So stressful, but so rewarding!

[earthdad]

i miss 2012 when the biggest problem was Gangnam Style being overplayed it was a much simpler time before we knew what 2016 had in store for us

[chevalure]

2012 was like the early years of harry potter when the biggest obstacle he faced was a somewhat cranky dog. now 2016 has happened, the triwizard tournament is over and cedric is dead

[hashtagloveloses]

IF THIS IS ONLY BOOK 4 THAN WE ARE SERIOUSLY FUCKED

[gimme-a-hand-scaevola]

Ofc it’s only book 4. We just realized Trump is a real threat. Now we have to contend with a whole book of people telling is everything is fine. Then one of ineffectual governmental scrambling and then a whole book of open rebellion and racism.

[boredpanda]

[sandandglass]

The New York Times dares Donald Trump to sue them

In today’s news, the New York Times don’t give a fuck.

After publishing allegations from women who say Trump sexually assaulted them, Donald Trump threatened to sue the paper (see letter above).

The New York Times’ response? Try it. Take us to court.

The Times sent a letter back, saying:

The essence of the libel claim, of course, is the protection of one’s reputation. Mr. Trump has bragged about his non-consensual sexual touching of women. He has bragged about intruding on beauty pageant contestants in their dressing rooms. He acquiesced to a radio host’s request to discuss Mr. Trump’s own daughter as a “piece of ass”. Multiple women not mentioned in our article have publicly come forward to report on Mr. Trump’s unwanted advances. Nothing in our article has had the slightest effect on the reputation that Mr. Trump, through his own words and actions, has already created for himself.

But there is a larger and much more important point here. The women quoted in our story spoke out on an issue of national importance – indeed, an issue that Mr. Trump himself discussed with the whole nation watching during Sunday night’s presidential debate. Our reporters diligently worked to confirm the women’s accounts. They provided readers with Mr. Trump’s response, including his forceful denial of the women’s reports. It would have been a disservice not just to our readers but to democracy itself to silence their voices.

We did what the law allows: We published newsworthy information about a subject of deep public concern. If Mr. Trump disagrees, if he believes that American citizens had no right to hear what these women had to say and that the law of this country forces us and those who would criticize him to stand silent or be punished, we welcome the opportunity to have a court set him straight. 

This is what I live for.

[hatfails]

OSHITTTT 🔥🔥🔥

[susdoestheatre]

Good morning, SMblr! This is an assignment for one of my classes; while this isn’t *exactly* a tech brief, it’s right up my alley. I took a bit of an informal approach, but I want to share in case anyone out there would find this useful/have something to add. This is still a draft. 

Of course, there is more than one way to make a calling script; some people like to set up different columns in the margins and others like the dreaded text boxes…. But this is the way that works best for me, in Word, at least. You can do the same thing in Excel too! 

@stagemanagereej this is the assignment you asked about! What do you think?

[poisoned-apple]

Vintage photogra of ballet dancers - A performance in London, 1943.

[theatrekidadventures]

Last year, I was given the opportunity to see a play to review it for an arts magazine on campus. The play was decent. Nothing too rave-worthy and nothing too disparagingly bad.

This is my latest and last article with the Queen’s Journal. It is a kind of Magnum Opus to how I have felt over the past few years in the drama department and working in the theatre environment at Queen’s University.

[fuckyeahblackcelebrities]

reblog if you’re latino or black

[nicollekidman]

hamilton: opening night on broadway 

[bee-cubed-deactivated20160707]

This comes up because a male friend is posting on Facebook about all the things he’s introducing his new girlfriend to. She’s “gee whiz” about everything, and very wide-eyed, but all I can think is, “man, you two have nothing in common, do you”. 

And it’s always the guy bringing the girl into *their* world. Not vice versa. They don’t ever enter the woman’s world. They usually hang out with *his* friends, and he introduces her to *his* hobbies. In some ways, it often works out better than if he found a woman from his own social group, because the “golly gee whiz” wide eyed stranger is never, ever going to be competition. She’s never going to ever threaten the guy’s status as alpha geek/sports fan/etc.

I don’t think heterosexuals are even aware that they do this. These are some of the most “feminist ally” identified guys I’ve known. They’re not self-aware enough to recognize how gendered the dynamics in their relationships are. 

[bee-cubed-deactivated20160707]

omg why is this viralling

[lilcdnthatcould-deactivated2016]

cause it’s true?

[ednapontellier]

I hate to be the person who adds their own stuff to a post but like, this is exactly what happened to me with my first real boyfriend. Like I didn’t notice it when I was in the situation, but looking back it’s exactly like the post describes it. Not to mention he was exactly the type of guy to self identify as a feminist and was very proud of the fact.

It was really very easy for him to make me believe or at least feel like he was the authority on most things and we always did things he was into (it didn’t help that I was 15/16 at the time and he was 18/19 but that’s a whole other list of issues.) He never took any real interest in my hobbies or passions but would get insulted when I wasn’t interested in investing my time in things he wanted to do. It wasn’t until a really long time after we broke up that I started seeing just how many things were unhealthy in that relationship. 

And like, if you’re a straight girl and you’re dating guys that’s unfortunately one of the many things you have to look out for. Very few people will point stuff like this out to you, they probably don’t see it themselves cause it’s so accepted and normalized. So many men are used to the world revolving around them that they don’t question that their partner should also become part of their niche. If you’re taking an interesting in his life and hobbies he should be taking an equal interest in yours. More often than not you’ll have to demand it from them and if they object to it you need to walk the fuck away from that relationship imo. 

[annathecrow-that-was]

The thing interesting on this dynamic is, this is the one socially sanctioned moment when girl is allowed (even encouraged!) to be interested in masculine hobbies. Nobody motivates girls to be into football or fishing on their own, and when they do they’re seen as strange exceptions. But when their bf is into those things, it’s celebrated as ideal girlfriend behavior. But there is also the implication that she isn’t REALLY interested, she’s just following. She isn’t in it for herself - otherwise she would be a competition and we can’t have that.

[otherpens]

But then God help them from then onwards because even if they actually do have a genuine interest in these things they’ll be forever branded a Fake Geek Girl who is Only Doing It to Impress Guys and the Circle of Bullshit continues to move us all.

[theatrekidadventures]

I totally remember my last boyfriend doing this. I read all of the books that he was into, listened to his music, did the things he wanted to do and he almost never took interest in my hobbies. I would have to be on his ass about coming to the shows I was working on and going to concerts I wanted to go to, watching the shows I wanted to watch...

Well sucks to be him because I have amazing tastes and now I can beat all the English majors at fantasy book trivia at the pub on Tuesdays.

[hoespice-deactivated20180619]

tryna sing along to a song in a language u don’t know

[thefederalistfreestyle]

[falafel: x x x x]

[crystalzelda]

My 20s aren’t my selfish years. My 20s are my hustle decade. Finish school get money pay back my loans establish myself work hard to create the foundation of a good life so that I can enjoy what’s coming next. Like yes I’d love to backpack across India or something but I’m broke! I have bills! I could quit my job take my meager savings and go on a 2 month trip and then what??? no job no home cause I got kicked out for not paying rent lmao

Enough. Maybe your 20s were the funtime years decades ago but not anymore. Don’t feel like you’re wasting your life bc you’re not hitchhiking in Europe or something. You’re doing fine. You’re doing what you can and that’s all that matters.

[saguaroslut]

you have no idea how much I needed this holy crap thank you

[the-treble-deactivated20160823]

thank you

[theatrekidadventures]

On relationships and professionalism

I personally find it very hard to be more casual in the theatre space. To me, theatre is a profession over entertainment. It is not a place I go to vent and be with friends, it is a place for work to be done. That being said, artists are emotional, vindictive, passionate, and ambitious. It is the nature of the job. But it is still a job, and there are certain things that you, for the sake of professionalism, must keep to yourself. I have been watching the company I worked for in the summer from afar, seeing relationships evolve and disintegrate, but never getting involved. I am not part of the company anymore and it is not my place. This week, I left all of the group chats and Facebook groups because my project is over. I will not be a part of theatre politics when it doesn't concern me. This week one of the cast members decided to leave the group because she felt ostracized, calling the company a pirate ship that she was jumping off of before it sank. I applaud her for her bravery. I would never be able to leave a show before seeing it realize itself. It's a thought that I can't fathom. But sometimes the most professional decision is to cut off all relationships with the people you once trusted and called your friends.

[theatrekidadventures]

My wonderfully weird company. I'm going to miss you guys.