Thinking in Circles

21/wi/ actor/ feminist/ liberal/ full time nerd/ hopeless romantic/ New York dreamer/ Theatre and history major/ lover of life/young adult trying to find her place in the world.

[thecityofwind]

TFW you really get into a ship and want everyone to know about it.

[goodticklebrain]

Taking another short break from Twelfth Night. OK, so I’m over a year late to get on the Hamilton bandwagon. I’ve been geeking out about it from afar but only recently made the time to actually sit down and listen properly to the whole thing.

It’s hardly revolutionary (SEE WHAT I DID THERE?) to make a connection between Hamilton and Hamlet. Hamilton’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, got the ball rolling with this recorded encounter:

Well, I’ve never met a musical number that I haven’t wanted to at least try to parody, so I thought I’d take a song from Hamilton and rework it a bit… into Hamleton. It was not easy, as Miranda’s lyrics are very dense and intricate, and I’m not entirely sure I’ve succeeded, but here it is anyways. Many thanks to Dan Beaulieu of the Seven Stages Shakespeare Company and No Holds Bard Podcast for acting as Lyrical Dramaturge on this effort.

(Here’s the song in question, if you’ve somehow managed not to listen to Hamilton yet.)

COMING SOON* TO A WEBCOMIC NEAR YOU: Cordelia… Goneril… and Regan… the Le-ar Sisters!

*may or may not be coming soon

If you like Shakespeare/musical theatre mash-ups, be sure to check out The Sound of Hamlet and Into the (Shakespearean) Woods.

[lindssinger-deactivated20161019]

Moving forward is the goal.

[theprincessthespian]

Look at this beautiful lady! <3 her! 

[foxysmoulder]

but really guys

tampons/pads marketed to young kids who just started getting their periods

should be a thing

wrappers with dinosaurs and planets and glitter and cats and sea creatures 

make kids feel comfortable about something natural that happens to their bodies. 

and for goodness sake

don’t sexualize it

[spunkyy]

No. Actually. Why do you need this? You don’t. Getting your period means you are starting to mature, which means you need to drive them AWAY from needless things like that. Also, you all bitch enough as it is about paying for these things, imagine how much more money companies will charge for those things? Or, maybe EDUCATE them, so they will already feel comfortable about it. Jesus fucking christ. 

[jeancrocker-blog]

Tell that to ten-year-old me, who still hadn’t had the period talk yet in school. I was crying and freaking out because I thought I was dying. Then my mother comes up to me and says with a smile “You’re becoming a woman!” I didn’t want to grow up yet. I was ten. Fucking ten and was told to start to grow up. My mom wanted me to get away from silly little kids things because I’m fucking bleeding out my goddamn vagina.

Also some people are children at heart and like to be silly and having a dinosaur-patterned maxi-pad would be pretty fuckin’ hilarious and I’m sure there’d be a huge market for that.

Not all people with vaginas are stoic and serious and want the same frilly, swirly boring-ass pads and tampons.

[tafffypulller]

Plus if you’ve been having a miserable day and say you bought the character variety pack of pads. Sitting in the bathroom stall wanting to stab everyone and you open up some baby dinosaur pads. You’ve got dinosaurs in your underwear. No ones gonna ruin your day now.

[legolokiismighty]

U by Kotex has these, Tween pads. Sparkly box, cute designs on the pad and wrapper. There are even “period facts and myths” in each box, and the inner wrapper has instructions for how to use a pad properly. What’s more is they are smaller than standard pads. (I use these pads because I’m a petite person). Best part? Everywhere I buy them, one box of pads is less than $5. 

[saltwaffle]

^^^^^^^ THESE ARE THE BEST BTW. VERY SOFT AND FUN AND COLORFUL. DID YOU KNOW THAT EVEN SEEING PRETTY COLORS CAN LIFT YOUR MOOD? I DIDN’T. NOW I DO.

BUT REALLY THESE ARE THE BEST OK

BECAUSE WHEN MY TEN-YEAR-OLD SISTER GOT HER PERIOD SHE WAS SUPER SCARED BUT I GAVE HER MY PACK AND SHE’S LIKE THIS LOOKS KINDA COOL AND NOW SHE THINKS SHE’S SO AWESOME AND COOL BECAUSE SHE WEARS COLORFUL PADS WITH SHOOTING STARS AND HEARTS ON THEM AND SHE’S SO CONFIDENT IT’S SO AWESOME

SO YOU TRY TELLING ME THAT SEEING A TEN YEAR OLD GIRL DEPRESSED AND ASHAMED OF A NATURAL BODY FUNCTION IS PREFERABLE TO SEEING HER SHOWING OFF HER UFO AND SHOOTING STAR-PATTERNED PADS TO HER BFFS

YOU WOULDN’T GIVE A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY A BORING BEIGE BAND-AID NO YOU’D GO OUT AND BUY THE HECK OUTTA THOSE SPONGEBOB AND TOY STORY SHITS BECAUSE IT MAKES THEM HAPPY DON’T MAKE YOUR GIRLS GROW OUT OF THINGS THAT MAKE THEM HAPPY BEFORE THEY’VE EVEN LEFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

[she-wolveslord]

Ok but U by Kotex has got all of our backs. This brand dose great and empowering things for all women and even girls :)

[des-is-scum]

Why are people with vaginas expected to be grown ass adults at 10 but people with dicks aren’t expected to act like adults until their 20’s??

[o0katiekins0o]

I got my first period when I was 12 years old on fucking CHRISTMAS DAY!!!

Seriously, fuck anyone who tells young menstruating girls it’s time to “grow up”. That scared as fuck 12 year old girl deserved a nice Christmas.

[seananmcguire]

Nine years old.  Thanksgiving.

I needed dinosaurs.

[sourdoughbreadsnob]

11 years old, 5th grade. I was also told over and over about how I was becoming a woman and that terrified me. I needed dinosaurs, too. Tbh, I still do.

[mandysimo13]

12 years old, science class, 6th grade. Dinosaurs would have made the experience less awful. 

[bumbleblue]

13 years old, after gym class, ON FUCKING APRIL FOOLS DAY. I could have used some dinosaurs.

[lizardbby]

listen i love women, i LOVE them. but if u r a feminist & believe that women are capable of anything, u also have to recognize that women are capable of being evil and sadistic and malicious. because the point of feminism is that women are human beings. they are not ethereal beings who can Do No Wrong. women make mistakes and they commit crimes and they hurt people. blindly praising all women for being perfect is actively harmful to people who have been hurt and abused by women and also to women as a group because we are NOT perfect! we are human and that is the whole damn point my dude.

[mysharona1987]

Boys in my high school literature class: “Jane Austen books are just love stories.” No.  Jane Austen books are about powerless women, in utterly sexist, hideous times, trying to negotiate their way around class politics and hopefully ending up married to a man they, actually, you know, LOVE.

[michonnegrimes]

from Darren’s snapchat (@darrencriss)

[yikes-im-gay]

cute messages while I’m asleep is literally the key to my heart

[itakesurveys]

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[whats-your-name-man]

ask me!!! i’m v tired and bored and can’t sleep :’(

[goldjohnlaurens]

one thing I can’t get over is how WELL Anthony Ramos conveys his emotions through his singing??? like in “Story of Tonight: Reprise” when he says “well I heard you got a special someone on the side, Burr / what are you trying to hide, Burr” you can TELL he’s wearing the cheesiest grin in the world. and “Blow Us All Away” when he says “when I get back, we all strip down to our socks” you just KNOW that he’s waggling his eyebrows. he just conveys his facial expressions through his voice so well and idk that’s what I aspire to

[bampajangs-deactivated20191208]

when dogs say boof instead of barkin reblog if u agree

[xoxoxogossipgirlll]

being friendly with a boy you aren’t romantically/physically attracted to and him developing feelings for you isn’t your fault, nor does it mean you were “leading him on”. you are under no obligation to date him.

[vonricco-deactivated20181124]

Ladies and gents take note. Kindness is free, don’t let anyone think you’re kindness has expectations.

[sail-not-drift]

This is the most accurate tweet of all time.

[who-the-fuck-let-me-have-a-blog]

If Alexander Hamilton can vote for Jefferson in 1800 to stop Burr without hating himself, I can vote for Hillary in 2016 to stop Trump and not hate myself.

[thedevils-playmate]

*sighs* fine….

[thecandescence]

At dinner just now, my 14 year old son asked, outta nowhere, ‘so groffsauce right, is that a real thing?’ And I was like well yeah baby, they’re kinda bff and he said ‘no but, like, they could be a thing. Does Lin like boys too? Because Groff is really really gay but I think maybe Lin likes both? Or just him? And that’s called something but I don’t remember what.’ And then he asked me what the first thing was that comes up when you type groffsauce into youtube, and so we watched that video, the compilation. And my child said 'they’re so cute. Lin is married to a woman and super happy, right? Because I feel like that’s me. I like girls so much, but if there was a boy, that’d be okay, especially if it was like him and groff. But like, even if they aren’t into each other like that, they’re not afraid to be dudes who hug and I’m all for that.’ And guys, I just. My kid. My kid is awesome. Lin and Groff and the rest of the Ham family are awesome too but my kid? Yeah. I’m proud of that one.

[thefederalistfreestyle]

SMASHING EVERY EXPECTATION & ALSO TOXIC MASCULINITY

[chibird]

I’ve been sick this past week and need to remember that rest is important! This applies at all times though- you can’t work as effectively if you don’t take time to relax too.

[madisen]

YOU MIGHT GET MARRIED ONE DAY AND GET TO LIVE WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND AND DECORATE YOUR HOME WITH THEM AND DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER LIKE WATCH LATE NIGHT INFORMERCIALS JUST BECAUSE AND SEE THEIR SLEEPY FACE WHEN THEY WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND HAVE A SECRET HANDSHAKE AND BE REALLY WEIRD WITH THEM AND THEY’LL STILL LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT AND IF THE POSSIBILITY OF ALL OF THAT DOESN’T MAKE YOU SMILE IDK WHAT WILL

[pnutbutterandtrashley-deactivat]

ITS BETTER THAN IT SOUBDS