February 2012
287 posts
chaplininpictures:
chaplinfan replied to your photo: The Great Dictator (1940) was nominated for 5…
are you gonna watch the Oscars tonight? I don’t think i will lol
I plan to watch only because I’m hoping Charlie will get mentioned. This year marks the 40th anniversary of his Honorary Oscar as well as his record 12-minute standing ovation (the longest in Academy history). You’d think with all the...
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Stop Hating Your Body: A New Policy Against... →
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One of the great things about Tumblr is that people use it for just about every conceivable kind of expression. People being people, though, that means that Tumblr sometimes gets used for things that are just wrong. We are deeply committed to supporting and defending our users’…
Tumblr you have just made me happy.
On one hand, people have the right to do what they’d like to...
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The ‘biblical view’ that’s younger than the Happy... →
In 1979, McDonald’s introduced the Happy Meal.
Sometime after that, it was decided that the Bible teaches that human life begins at conception.
Ask any American evangelical, today, what the Bible says about abortion and they will insist that this is what it says. (Many don’t actually believe this, but they know it is the only answer that won’t get them in trouble.) They’ll be a little fuzzy on...
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The Political Notebook: kateoplis: “They call it... →
kateoplis:
“They call it the widows’ basement. Crammed amid makeshift beds and scattered belongings are frightened women and children trapped in the horror of Homs, the Syrian city shaken by two weeks of relentless bombardment. Among the 300 huddling in this wood factory cellar in the…
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Babaamr is facing a genocide right now. I will never forgive you for your...
– One of Syrian citizen journalist Rami Al-Sayed’s last messages. The 27-year-old Al-Sayed, who bravely documented what was going on in the wartorn city of Homs, was actively targeted by the regime’s shelling according to activists. He ran a live feed of the bombardment of his city, out of the...
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A tip to fanfic writers:
inothernews:
thegirlwiththefinchertattoo:
If you are describing a woman’s vagina as being “inflamed” with passion during sex, that is alarming rather than arousing. I don’t want to be taken out of reading this magical moment to wonder if your heroine has a yeast infection.
If you find yourself writing “inflamed” in your fanfic, heliopause.
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Life is a lot like jazz; it’s best when you improvise.
– George Gershwin (via garenwhitmore)