The Rise of a King and the Fall of a Queen

Compare, where you are to where you want to be, and you'll get nowhere I'm going down, Follow if you want, I won't just hang around, Like you'll show me where to go, I'm already out, foolproof ideas, so don't ask me how To get started, it's all uncharted...

[luxet]

Unusual Asks

Spotify, SoundCloud, or Pandora? 

is your room messy or clean?

what color are your eyes?

do you like your name? why?

what is your relationship status? 

describe your personality in 3 words or less

what color hair do you have?

what kind of car do you drive? color?

where do you shop?

how would you describe your style?

favorite social media account

what size bed do you have? 

any siblings?

if you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? why?

favorite snapchat filter? 

favorite makeup brand(s)

how many times a week do you shower?

favorite tv show?

shoe size?

how tall are you?

sandals or sneakers? 

do you go to the gym? 

describe your dream date

how much money do you have in your wallet at the moment?

what color socks are you wearing? 

how many pillows do you sleep with?

do you have a job? what do you do? 

how many friends do you have? 

whats the worst thing you have ever done? 

whats your favorite candle scent? 

3 favorite boy names

3 favorite girl names

favorite actor? 

favorite actress? 

who is your celebrity crush?

favorite movie? 

do you read a lot? whats your favorite book? 

money or brains? 

do you have a nickname? what is it? 

how many times have you been to the hospital?

top 10 favorite songs

do you take any medications daily? 

what is your skin type? (oily, dry, etc)

what is your biggest fear? 

how many kids do you want? 

whats your go to hair style?

what type of house do you live in? (big, small, etc) 

who is your role model? 

what was the last compliment you received?

what was the last text you sent?

how old were you when you found out santa wasn’t real?

what is your dream car? 

opinion on smoking?

do you go to college? 

what is your dream job? 

would you rather live in rural areas or the suburbs? 

do you take shampoo and conditioner bottles from hotels? 

do you have freckles? 

do you smile for pictures?

how many pictures do you have on your phone? 

have you ever peed in the woods? 

do you still watch cartoons? 

do you prefer chicken nuggets from Wendy’s or McDonalds?

Favorite dipping sauce? 

what do you wear to bed? 

have you ever won a spelling bee?

 what are your hobbies?

can you draw? 

do you play an instrument?

what was the last concert you saw? 

tea or coffee?

Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts?

do you want to get married?

what is your crush’s first and last initial?

are you going to change your last name when you get married? 

what color looks best on you? 

do you miss anyone right now? 

do you sleep with your door open or closed?

do you believe in ghosts?

what is your biggest pet peeve? 

last person you called`

favorite ice cream flavor? 

regular oreos or golden oreos? 

chocolate or rainbow sprinkles? 

what shirt are you wearing? 

what is your phone background?

are you outgoing or shy?

do you like it when people play with your hair?

do you like your neighbors? 

do you wash your face? at night? in the morning?

have you ever been high? 

have you ever been drunk? 

last thing you ate? 

favorite lyrics right now

summer or winter? 

day or night? 

dark, milk, or white chocolate? 

favorite month? 

what is your zodiac sign

 who was the last person you cried in front of? 

[beewitched-blr]

Please play along! I’d highly appreciate it~

[johnroycomic]

My Complete, Entirely Free, On-Line Comedy Class

Hey.

If you have ever wanted to try standup comedy, and you were thinking about paying the hundreds of dollars that standup teachers charge for their classes, please stop for a second. Consider taking my on-line course instead. I think it will work at least as well as any for-pay class out there. The best part is, if it doesn’t help, it will have cost you absolutely nothing to try it. If you still want to pay someone money after that, you are free to do so.

Here, all in one place, edited and re-written for clarity, is my Entirely Free Comedy Class. It works like this: Starting with the top link, you read one entry a week, and then put the instructions into practice at your local Open Mics. After a week, or after you have gone up at least three times if that’s not possible in seven days, you read the next one. Repeat for twelve weeks.

The essays are a mix of instruction in both writing and performance, followed by links to videos of great comedians with a series of study questions.

The first goal of the class is to get you a five minute set that you can do at a showcase with confidence. Second, to give you a process for perfecting jokes and improving your stage performance that you can use as long as you do comedy.

I focus on basic fundamentals. I don’t tell you what to write or talk about. I wanted a course that would help you with any style you might choose.

So why not click on Week One and get started? The twelve links are all of the Weeks in order. The last link has the answers to the Video questions if you get stumped. I ask you to please try and answer them on your own before peeking though. You will get more out of it that way.

Anyway, here it is. Hope it helps. Write me with any questions and I will answer them here. Kill ‘em!

https://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/184949234478/entirely-free-comedy-class-revised-edition

https://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/185569304493/entirely-free-comedy-class-week-two-revised

https://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/190542319598/entirely-free-comedy-class-week-three-revised

https://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/611253577818800128/free-comedy-class-week-four-revised

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/45745226681/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-week-five

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/46458853018/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-week-six

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/47065766129/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-week-seven

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/47649461340/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-week-eight

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/49205957935/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-week-nine

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/50544309822/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-week-ten

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/53051945489/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-week-eleven

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/53059748562/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-week-twelve

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/53956355968/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-answers-to-video

[bob-belcher]

[alicaneiceindigo]

Time for Childhood for you 90s/Early 2000s kids

[eve-made-the-right-choice]

i’m experiencing time travel right now

[a-dose-of-reality-deactivated20]

i remember

[vermin-disciple]

Free Anthropology Textbooks

Just FYI, there are two peer-reviewed, open access anthropology textbooks sponsored by the American Anthropological Association that are available for free to read online and download: 

Cultural: Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology (2nd edition)

Biological: Explorations: An Open Invitation To Biological Anthropology

[desology]

[magescythe]

list of mundane things that feel like ancient human rituals

cleaning or wipe your bare feet

breaking off a piece of bread and handing it to someone

putting the weight of a basket on your hip or head

eating nuts or berries while hunched over close to the ground

seeing something startling just out of your line of sight and very quickly stepping or leaping on to a larger object to get a better view

cupping your hands into running water to wash your face

the unanimous protection of a baby or child in a public space where women are present

when an elderly woman laughs and grips your forearm tightly

[icarus-suraki]

May I add?

Touching someone’s face with the back of your hand to see if they have a fever

Stopping to watch animals moving in groups (geese, fish, horses, butterflies, bees)

Helping an elderly person to walk or sit

[xactodreams]

telling stories around a fire

huddling together for warmth when it’s cold

marveling at sunlight through leaves

wonderment at the brightness of a full moon

bringing food to sick or grieving families

[johnroycomic]

My Complete, Entirely Free, On-Line Comedy Class

Hey.

If you have ever wanted to try standup comedy, and you were thinking about paying the hundreds of dollars that standup teachers charge for their classes, please stop for a second. Consider taking my on-line course instead. I think it will work at least as well as any for-pay class out there. The best part is, if it doesn’t help, it will have cost you absolutely nothing to try it. If you still want to pay someone money after that, you are free to do so.

Here, all in one place, edited and re-written for clarity, is my Entirely Free Comedy Class. It works like this: Starting with the top link, you read one entry a week, and then put the instructions into practice at your local Open Mics. After a week, or after you have gone up at least three times if that’s not possible in seven days, you read the next one. Repeat for twelve weeks.

The essays are a mix of instruction in both writing and performance, followed by links to videos of great comedians with a series of study questions.

The first goal of the class is to get you a five minute set that you can do at a showcase with confidence. Second, to give you a process for perfecting jokes and improving your stage performance that you can use as long as you do comedy.

I focus on basic fundamentals. I don’t tell you what to write or talk about. I wanted a course that would help you with any style you might choose.

So why not click on Week One and get started? The twelve links are all of the Weeks in order. The last link has the answers to the Video questions if you get stumped. I ask you to please try and answer them on your own before peeking though. You will get more out of it that way.

Anyway, here it is. Hope it helps. Write me with any questions and I will answer them here. Kill ‘em!

https://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/184949234478/entirely-free-comedy-class-revised-edition

https://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/185569304493/entirely-free-comedy-class-week-two-revised

https://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/190542319598/entirely-free-comedy-class-week-three-revised

https://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/611253577818800128/free-comedy-class-week-four-revised

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/45745226681/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-week-five

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/46458853018/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-week-six

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/47065766129/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-week-seven

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/47649461340/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-week-eight

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/49205957935/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-week-nine

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/50544309822/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-week-ten

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/53051945489/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-week-eleven

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/53059748562/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-week-twelve

http://johnroycomic.tumblr.com/post/53956355968/my-entirely-free-comedy-class-answers-to-video

[fibula-rasa]

But I’m a Cheerleader (1999)

Director: Jamie Babbit

Writers: Jamie Babbit & Brian Peterson

Cinematographer: Jules Labarthe

[xforestbard]

Can we talk about how the first time I watched this probably at like 11/12 that was the first time I was like wait I think I'm gay and it still took me nearly 20 more years to be able to tell people

[thegaylists]

some actually good gay films to close out pride month

Some of my personal favorite queer movies! Image limit is 10 per post, but there’s some others I’ve really liked so I might make a pt. 2!

Alex Strangelove - (Available on Netflix as of 4/19.) Dir. by Craig Johnson, 2018. Teen Comedy following closeted queer high school senior, Alex Truelove. Alex is a straight A student with a perfectly nice longterm girlfriend but his world is flipped upside down when he meets the handsome, charming and out gay kid from the other side of town. This is one of the lighter films on this list, for when you need some feel-good vibes and a nice laugh.

Boy Erased - Dir. by Joel Edgerton, 2018. In this Drama Coming-of-age film based off the memoir by Garrard Conley, the son of a small town Baptist pastor is outed to his family and sent away to a conversion therapy program. While there, he struggles with understanding the twisted and often backwards logic of those leading them. Troye Sivan played a very interesting character in this! This is definitely one of the tearjerkers on this list and contains some pretty dark material (including rape, physical and emotional abuse, religiously motivated abuse, and suicide) but I still highly recc it if you’re in the right emotional place to handle that.

But I’m a Cheerleader - Dir. by Jamie Babbit and released in 2000, this teen Comedy is a satirical and light hearted take on a serious subject, conversion camps. It also features two beloved actors now known for their repeated playing of queer characters, Natasha Lyonne and Clea Duvall, as love interests. Highschooler Megan considers herself to be the typical prototype of an American teenage girl. She has a football playing boyfriend (who she doesn’t particularly enjoy kissing) and a group of fellow cheerleader friends (who she might look at a bit too often.) She’s shocked when one day the people in her life sit her down, accuse her of being a lesbian, and ship her off to “True Directions.”

Carol - (Available on Netflix as of 4/19.) Dir. by Todd Haynes and released in 2015, this period drama is based off the 1952 novel “The Price of Salt” or “Carol” by Patricia Highsmith. Therese Belivet meets Carol Aird in December 1952 while she’s looking for a doll for her daughter. Carol is going through a divorce, Therese is relunctant to get serious with her boyfriend. The two women become fast friends and their relationship quickly develops into something more. People have some pretty divided opinions on this one, but I enjoyed it. The cinematography was beautiful and its a nice film for when you want to sit back and immerse yourself in something. Parts of it made me cry, but for the most part it was just a relaxing experience that didn’t take much emotional energy or brain power. This movie is also the reason you see queer women thirsting after Cate Blanchett all the time. 

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Laga - (Available on Netflix as of 4/19.) This Hindi-language Coming of age comedy drama is directed by Shelly Chopra Dhar and stars both Sonam and Anil Kapoor. It tells the story of Sweety Chaudhary, a young closeted lesbian Punjabi woman, from childhood to present adulthood as she struggles to reconcile her sexuality with her family’s expectations and her culture. This! film! was! amazing! It’s what inspired me to make this list and I can’t reccomend it enough. I cried SO HARD. I laughed SO MUCH. It was such an enjoyable, cathartic, touching experience and its so important to support. It’s subtitled on Netflix in 5 language options (English, Spanish, French, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese).

Love, Simon - Dir. by Greg Berlanti and released in 2018. This comedy-drama follows closeted gay 17 year old Simon Spier as he begins interacting on the internet with and falling for an anonymous gay kid who goes to his school. This is probably one of the most popular queer films out there but I did watch and enjoy it and thought I would rec it anyways. It was genuinely so good! It’s another one of the lighter films on this list, and at times it had me simultaneously laughing and crying. Keiynan Lonsdale was cast as the love interest, is queer irl, and he makes some amazing music including his very gay single “Kiss the Boy.”

Moonlight - (Available on Amazon Prime Video as of 4/19.) Dir. by Barry Jenkins and released in 2016, this drama takes a look into three distinct chapters or stages in the life of Chiron, a young, queer black man growing up in Miami. It follows his journey to manhood as he’s guided by his family, friends, and community. Janelle Monae made her film debut in this!! i’m assuming most of you already know who she is, but if not: Janelle is pansexual and has been making some amazing, super immersive concept albums over the past decade. “Moonlight” is both the first LGBT-related film and the first film with an all-black cast to ever win an Oscar!! 

Rafiki - Dir. by Wanuri Kahiu, premiered in 2018 at film festivals. Okay so I’m just gonna go ahead and admit I haven’t seen this personally yet because it hasn’t had it’s US wide release yet (but it’s slated for sometime in 2019!!!) and I can’t afford film festivals, but i already know from the trailer that it’s gonna be amazing and I’m gonna love it. “Rafiki” tells the story of Kena and Ziki, two young queer Kenyan girls, as they’re forced to choose between their personal truth and the desires of everyone around them. This was the first ever Kenyan film to be screened at Cannes Film Festival and was actually banned in Kenya. 

The Handmaiden - (Available on Amazon Prime Video as of 4/19.) Loosely based off the novel “Fingersmith” by Sarah Waters this film was directed by Park Chan-wook and released in 2016. It’s primarily in Korean with some Japanese, and English subtitles are available. Ive seen it described as a “lesbian revenge thriller” before and thats pretty accurate. Set in 1930s Korea under Japanese occupation it tells the story of a orphaned pickpocket sent to relieve a wealthy lady of her inheritance.

The Miseducation of Cameron Post - dir. by Desiree Akhavan and based off the novel of the same name by Emily M. Danforth, this coming of age drama is set in the early 90s and follows teenager Cameron Post after she is outed as gay and sent away by her Aunt to “God’s Promise” a Christian gay conversion camp. While there she befriends Jane Fonda, a disabled lesbian raised on a hippie commune and Adam Red Eagle, a lakota two spirit whose father recently converted to Christianity.

[queercbc]

Campy Millennial Classics

Heathers (1989)

Clueless (1995)

The Craft (1996)

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)

Jawbreaker (1999)

Cruel Intentions (1999)

Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

But I’m a Cheerleader (2000)

Sugar & Spice (2001)

Saved! (2004)

[o-kurwa]

No wonder Megan Markle wants to leave UK

[argumate]

this is freaking hilarious

Kate Middleton Steps Out In New Summer Frock

Meghan Markle Detonates Truck Bomb Outside Orphanage

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

What do you think of the Icelandic Christmas fuckers called the yule lads

“Icelandic Christmas folklore depicts mountain-dwelling characters and monsters who come to town during Christmas. The stories are directed at children and are used to scare them into good behaviour.” is it just me or is using stories to scare the absolute shit out of children apparently a universal instinct? also, i would be so remiss if i didn’t include the absolutely astounding illustrations. introducing:

THE YULE LADS

ALSO PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE YULE CAT WHO EATS PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED NEW CLOTHES TO WEAR BEFORE XMAS EVE

tag yourself i’m “uses a hook to steal meat”

[thedragoninthetardis]

Hi, Icelandic person here!

The Yule Lads’ (that’s a direct translation, the meaning is closer to “Christmas men” in Icelandic (and we also call the american Santa by that name)) mother, Grýla, is a troll/giant woman who used to eat naughty children just before Christmas (They say she’s on a new diet these days, or dead, we’re not sure). The Yule Cat, who is her and her family’s cat, just ate kids who didn’t receive a new item of clothing for Christmas, and naughty children didn’t so in the end it really comes down to the same thing.

Grýla also has hundreds of other children, some of whom were Yule Lads in different parts of the country (My favorite “rejected Yule Lad” is Faldafeykir, who would create gusts of wind to blow up the hems of women’s skirts. It is unclear whether he did this so they’d get cold in the freezing winter or if he was just a pervert). The ones we now recognize were handpicked by author and poet Jóhannes úr Kötlum, who published a lengthy poem about them in 1932.

Nowadays instead of causing trouble they travel to human settlements in the last 13 nights before Christmas, one each night, and leave gifts for children - the kids must place their shoe in a window, and that is where the gifts appear.

For those interested, the order is: Stekkjastaur, Giljagaur, Stúfur, Þvörusleikir, Pottaskefill, Askasleikir, Hurðaskellir, Skyrgámur, Bjúgnakrækir, Gluggagægir, Gáttaþefur, Ketkrókur, Kertasníkir.

Fun fact: all the Yule Lads were searching for food in some way, and this was what made them such nuisances when food was short (One would drink the milk from the sheep, one would steal all the burnt food remains that had stuck to the pans, and yes, Candlestealer would eat the candles). The only exception is Hurðaskellir (Doorslammer) who was just being an asshole.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

holy shit why is so much of western lore & fairytales about telling kids they’re going to get eaten…

[awkward-sultana]

(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Lucretia’s red toga in 1x02

[farawayvisions]

Spartacus Costumes - Lucretia in 1x01

[a-autumn-dream]

[the-last-girl-scout]