The Book of Feels

And all I can do is just pour some tea for two And speak my point of view but it's not sane A Cunning Linguist, a Master Debator, an unabashed Bibliophile, and Epicurious. Actually a Linguistics&English major at CSUF, with interests in SF/Fantasy lit, comics, child developmental psychology, regional language varieties,- organic cooking, education, and "queer stuff." (((Current Mood: Afrofuturism and pickled beets on kettle chips)))

[theawkwardesturtle]

Bringing a healthy dose of skepticism to #wondercon (at Los Angeles Convention Center)

[tastefullyoffensive]

The Adventures of George Washington by LadyHistory Part Two

[heckboymoved-deactivated2016033]

[assgod]

me to classmates after the semester ends

[cinemagorgeous]

Gorgeous poster tribute to The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

By artist Dan Mumford.

[buzzfeeduk]

The Cast Of “The Jungle Book” Posed With Their On-Screen Animals

[theawkwardesturtle]

"Hello again Tumblr" 5.0

Who are you people? What are these usernames??

[boredpanda]

[reclaimeddyke-deactivated201901]

wow

[theawkwardesturtle]

every once and a while I log into my tumblr, usually right before finals week, deluding myself into thinking i have time to use my tumblr and that im not grasping desperately at ways to procrastinate through my tumblr, and every time i ask where the heck am i what the heck is that button who the heck is that person???

[theawkwardesturtle]

No time for your junkmouthing, I have trinkets to reputably procure #gaslightgathering #steampunk (at Town & Country Resort Hotel)

[thisisnotjapan]

Famous Japanese Trans Women

Aya Kamikawa (上川あや)

“A Tokyo municipal official, the first openly transgender person to seek or win elected office in Japan. She was elected in April 2003. Kamikawa, then a 35-year-old writer, submitted her election application papers with a blank space for “sex.”

She won a four-year term as an independent under huge media attention, placing sixth of 72 candidates running for 52 seats in the Setagaya ward assembly, the most populous district in Tokyo. Despite an announcement that the government would continue to consider her male officially, she stated that she would work as a woman. Her platform was to improve rights for women, children, the elderly, the handicapped, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

In April 2007, she was re-elected to her second term, placing second of 71 candidates running for 52 in the same ward assembly. She is the only openly transgender official in Japan at this point.” x x

Ai Haruna (はるな愛)

Ai Haruna is a singer, actress, and businesswoman. Growing up she experienced a lot of pain and hardship due to the ignorance of her parents and Japanese society as a whole. However, this didn’t stop her from living out her childhood dream of becoming an idol and tv-personality. x x

Kayo Satoh (佐藤かよ)

She is a fashion model and particularly famous in the fighting game community. She was born in Nagoya and after she graduated middle school she ran away from home because of the pain she experienced in a society that didn’t understand her. That night, she went to her childhood friend’s house, who lent her clothes that suited her. She then worked at a convenience store, and 4 years later she got a job as a clerk at a women’s clothing store. Soon after, she was scouted by a modeling agency which she still works for. x

She has a book called Re-born on amazon 

Ataru Nakamura (中村・中)

“a Japanese pop singer-songwriter, as well as being an author and actress. She is most recognised for her song ‘Tomodachi no Uta’, which was used as the theme song for the drama Watashi ga Watashi de Aru Tame ni (in which she also appeared as an actress). She’s also known for being one of the few openly [transgender] celebrities in Japan, having been [assigned male at birth], and has spoken of the struggles she underwent with issues of identity before transitioning. In 2006, she signed to popular record label avex trax, and in 2010 moved to Yamaha Music Communications.” x x

[franknfauxpas]

Where did the idea of vampires having balls actually come from? Like what started that... "I'm a bloodsucking creature of the night; I feel like dressing fabulous and going to mingle in high society!"

[thecautiousbisexual]

when i read this i thought by “balls” you meant “testicles” and i just sat here for like two minutes thinking about why vampires having testicles is peculiar to you and why it means that they hang out with the upper class

[ruinedchildhood]

[sadrobotjesus]

It is a pleasure to meet you all. 

[kingwizardandthelizardgizza-blog]

Douglas Adams is the best when it comes to describe characters

[quasarkisses]

they need to teach classes on Douglas Adams analogies okay

“He leant tensely against the corridor wall and frowned like a man trying to unbend a corkscrew by telekinesis.”

“Stones, then rocks, then boulders which pranced past him like clumsy puppies, only much, much bigger, much, much harder and heavier, and almost infinitely more likely to kill you if they fell on you.”

“He gazed keenly into the distance and looked as if he would quite like the wind to blow his hair back dramatically at that point, but the wind was busy fooling around with some leaves a little way off.”

“It looked only partly like a spaceship with guidance fins, rocket engines and escape hatches and so on, and a great deal like a small upended Italian bistro.”

“If it was an emotion, it was a totally emotionless one. It was hatred, implacable hatred. It was cold, not like ice is cold, but like a wall is cold. It was impersonal, not as a randomly flung fist in a crowd is impersonal, but like a computer-issued parking summons is impersonal. And it was deadly - again, not like a bullet or a knife is deadly, but like a brick wall across a motorway is deadly.”

[nudityandnerdery]

And, of course: “The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.”

[assassinregrets]

the one that will always stay with me is “Arthur Dent was grappling with his consciousness the way one grapples with a lost bar of soap in the bath,” i feel like that was the first time i really understood what you could do with words.

[gettinbitchescatchinsnitches]

This is my kind of coffee shop! Take me there!!

[leonardotaku]

[insomniacnyarlathotep]

Everyone should read the hogfather

[glegrumbles]

Also the Vikings were known to be complete dandies. They sought bright colors, jewelry, imported Persian silks. Ribbons. Little mirrors sewn onto clothing, in Sweden. The men had long hair that was scandalous to Christians, and they carried combs and earspoons and such things with them. I recall seeing documents where the eastern Norse were big on baths and one of their demands in a particular negotiation was “we get to have baths drawn for us whenever we want”, which was often. They used soap with agents designed to bleach hair to try to make themselves blonder. SRSLY. Look at this stuff. I’m sorry longhaired prettyboy viking men in gaudy clothing and jewelry, bleaching and combing their hair, doesn’t match with your Conan-the-Barbarian manlyman aesthetic. …or the fact that a significant portion of the Norse were traders, fishermen, farmers, and herders, and weren’t raiding, pillaging warriors or hired Byzantine thug-bodyguards.

[theemperorsfeather]

I also like the parts about how maybe women didn’t dress as modestly as some interpretations of the evidence suggest. And, like, putting BIG METAL CLIPS and STRANDS OF BEADS right across the breasts … kind of draws the eyes right there.

[anglerfishy]

beatsandblades considering that you just posted something Viking related - thought you might be interested in this.

[beatsandblades-deactivated20140]

Oh my god, I LOVE THIS.

[selkieborne]

It also should be noted that they had tweezers and ladies used them to shape their eyebrows and keep their faces neat. It should also be noted that they had the most civilized laws toward women pre christian era in europe. Women were allowed to fight, allowed to inherit or acquire wealth, allowed to have bastard children or be raped without it being a mark against their honor and virtue. In fact, if the family of a raped woman wanted justice, they were free to kill the rapist under the law. Women were also free to divorce their husbands.  

Viking men also composed POETRY as a sign of their virility and reciting poetry to a woman without her father’s permission was considered unseemly, because that was part of courtship and the young man had to take care that he wasn’t challenged or killed for doing so.