Living in the Labyrinth

A collection of things I like which has turned into a Lady Gaga loving, gay as hell, social awareness, nature and interior design tribute. Go Figure. And anything similar, to the like, or great enough to look at in awe or humor. (20 in the Spo)

[pocketterrorist-deactivated2014]

I am too gay for this.

Me every time straight people talk about sex (via madame-mayor)

[plannedparenthood]

It’s almost time to get your party hat on. Planned Parenthood turns #100YearsStrong this Sunday, 10/16! Celebrate with us by signing up for our Thunderclap. http://p.ppfa.org/100YearsStrong

[c-isnenegro]

[nacho-normal-girl]

and here’s to the girl who made you realize you were gay

[theobviousespionager]

Senior Year

*realizes I haven’t been using Tumblr because I am relatively happy, have no more festering feelings about the past, and have a person for the second time in my life that I may be in love with very soon*

There’s not a lot to bitch about these days

Till I start freaking out about graduating: bottoms up.

[katbennet]

Eustace Lesbians

[babeimgonnaleaveu]

“After reading the script, Gene Wilder said he would make the film under one condition: that he would be allowed to somersault in the scene when he first meets the children. When asked why, Gene Wilder replied that having Willy Wonka start out limping and end up somersaulting would set the tone for that character. He wanted to portray him as someone whose actions were completely unpredictable. His request to somersault was granted.”  Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) dir. Mel Stuart

[mariannaraskin]

The Biles!

[dr-jill-holtzmann]

[cerigg]

they ain’t afraid of no ghosts

[amitafeenia-deactivated20151116]

Muslim women who choose to wear the Hijab but are also Athletes of the fiercest kind.

[ronracer]

That they are.

[chonce]

not voting for hillary clinton is a vote for donald trump

[4rkham-asylum]

But also THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO CHOICES IN THIS ELECTION pls people, I know it seems unlikely, but if everyone who didn’t want either candidate wrote in a name, someone else would stand a chance [and we could live with ourselves, not having voted for one or the other]

[chonce]

no they wouldn’t, literally do not do this

[tootyfrootycasbooty]

please educate yourself about nader and the 2000 presidential election before encouraging this literally terrible idea

[somepretty-things]

People on both sides say “Not voting for my candidate is a vote for the other guy” No, it’s just not a vote for your fucking candidate. Vote for who you actually believe in, otherwise you might as well not vote. If Hillary actually gave a damn she would try harder than just say “Vote for me cause I’m not Trump” No bitch, how about you show me something I can believe in. God damn, no wonder so many people don’t fucking vote.

[teamironmanforever]

*sigh*

Let me explain why they say a vote for a 3rd candidate or not voting for Hillary is voting for Trump:

The United States does not have a direct democratic voting system. We have an indirect system called the electoral college.The electoral college is  a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.

To win the Presidency you do not need a popular majority; you need the majority of votes of the electoral college. 

The way the college works is that the two parties select the delegates that will serve as electors, and the electors pledge to vote for the candidates, depending on their party affiliation, of either the democratic or republican party. So, when people go vote, they are actually going to vote for electors that have pledged to vote for a specific party/candidate. 

Each state is allocated a different number of electoral seats, and so not every state is truly worth the same given that every candidate is racing to secure 270 seats (minimum required to win the election). 

What’s important to note is that the electoral college is a winner take all vote in 48 of the 50 states, meaning that the candidate with the higher number of votes in a given state will get ALL of the seats. This is one of the reasons why third party candidates are a wasted vote. 

Based on our country’s history, most States around the country have already been defined as either red or blue, because the majority of the people that go and vote in said states tend to stick to either one or the other no matter who is on the ballot. It becomes a bit of loyalism to a party or, more accurately, just a strong distaste towards the ideals of the other party. However, there are a few swing states that really define the elections, for each election cycle they tend to change depending on who is on the ballot. 

Now, third party candidates, which is often used as a protest vote, have never worked because a) they are not written into every state ballot, meaning that there are states that don’t offer these candidates given that they did not qualify b) have rarely gotten enough votes to even be up for electoral seats c) ALWAYS end up hurting one of the two candidates, for, in close runs, they can make one of the other two candidates lose a SWING STATE.

This is what happened with Ralph Nader in 2000. The votes that he received hurt Gore in certain states, particularly florida, which led to Bush winning as he had the majority of electoral seats even though he did not have the majority in popular vote. 

Now, in the latest poll, it shows that the race between Hillary and trump is very close, and, when third party candidates are involved, it actually HURTS Hillary’s chances. 

Now, if it hurts her enough, Trump can obtain the much needed swing states. If he gets over 270 seats (and thus more than hillary) he WILL win the goddamn election. 

This is not a year to vote for a third party candidate. This is not a man you want in the oval office of the most powerful country in the world. 

There is nothing NOTHING you can pull out that will make Trump the lesser of two evils. 

We live in a country that has a two party system, so yes, a vote for a 3rd party candidate or a non-vote IS actually a vote for trump. 

[trishmishtree]

[languageoclock]

what do we want? 
improved foreign language education in English speaking countries

when do we want it? 
when we’re younger and have better neuroplasticity

[jimzub]

SOURCE: http://www.danvojtech.cz/blog/2016/07/amazing-how-focal-length-affect-shape-of-the-face/

When they say “The camera adds 10 pounds” they’re not kidding. Here’s the effect with different camera lenses while keeping the subject the same size.

[cbfplr]

This is the world’s largest crystal ruby. Mark Mothersbaugh had the gem carved in the shape of an ice cream cone.

[timsutton]

“A few years ago I became friends with a gemologist, and I saw all these gems that he had lying around, one of which was this big ugly stone that I picked up. “That’s the world’s largest ruby you’re holding.” He didn’t know what to do with it, so next time I saw him I asked if I could carve it. It’s right over there. [Points across the room to a glass case.]

I was thinking: Who do you sell the world’s largest ruby to? Somebody who’s uber-rich. And people don’t get uber-rich unless there’s something dark attached to it. It’s always communists in China, or drug dealers in South America, or oil people in Russia. It’s those kinds of people who are going to want the world’s largest ruby. And I wanted to fuck with them in some way. So I said: I’m going to carve it into a turd. But it will look like a custard. I’m going set it on top of a cone, and it will look like a sweet-treat, but really it’s a turd. They’ll buy it because it’s the world’s largest ruby, but only I’ll know that it’s a turd.“ - Mark Mothersbaugh

[glitterytiddies]

Chaotic good

[gameraboy]

Filming the rescue of Luke Skywalker from underneath Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

[ageoftrashtruimphant]

So it’s 2016 I know, and we all have equal rights and whatever, sure. Of course we do. But International Queer Heartthrob™ Kate McKinnon was just asked in a Ghostbusters interview about her character’s sexuality and someone off camera very quickly told her that she wasn’t legally allowed to answer that question. Not LEGALLY ALLOWED to even HINT that a FICTIONAL CHARACTER in a MOVIE… MIGHT NOT BE STRAIGHT. She had to sit there, at the new height of her success, her career breakthrough, and still be told that she’s less than. And that’s…well, heartbreaking. It makes me feel a bit sick. Sony have literally hired a lesbian and then contracted her to not talk lesbian. What kind of big bowl of fuck off is that.

So Sony? You may want to perpetually portray worlds on screen in which we do not exist, but in the real one? Oh, we exist. In fact, thousands of teenage girls across the world have just been Holtzmanned. Which is a new euphemism for realising you fancy girls. Screw you.

*licks ghost gun and walks away*

*comes back for pringles*

*leaves again*

[ilovekatemckinnon]

this is so important. you know kate wants to talk about it. pretty much everyone has seen the gifset where she says she doesn’t want to be some straight girl in movies, she wants to feel like she’s doing it for her people. when asked about holtzmann’s sexuality, the answer she has to give is, “it’s not addressed in the film.” do you have any idea how heartbreaking that is?