Sauntering Vaguely Downwards

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Thu, 23 May 2013 09:36:54 -0700

"We [Fraction and his wife, Kelly Sue DeConnick] were pregnant at the time, and while I was out there..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:48:23 -0700

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We [Fraction and his wife, Kelly Sue DeConnick] were pregnant at the time, and while I was out there I started to realize that if I had a daughter, there would come a day when I would have to apologize to her for my profession. I would have to apologize for the way it treats and speaks to women readers, and the way it treats its female characters.

I knew that if we had a daughter, because I know my wife and I know the kind of girl she wants to raise and I know the kind of girl I want to raise, she was going to look at what I did for a living and want to know how the fuck I could stomach it. How could I sell her out like that?” Fraction continued. “That conversation is still coming, and I’m bracing for it in the way that some dads brace for their daughter’s first date or boyfriend. I became acutely aware that I had sort of done that thing that lots of privileged hetero cisgendered white dudes do. ‘I’m cool with women, and that’s enough.’ It’s not enough. It’s embarrassing to say, because we somehow have attached shame to learning and evolving our opinions, culturally, but I became aware that there was a deficiency of and to women in my work, and all I could do at that moment was take care of my side of the street.

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- Writer Matt Fraction on his role on expanding the profile of female characters in the Marvel Universe. (via goodmanw)

—>88/365: Kyss Mig (Kiss Me), 2011, dir. Alexandra...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:24:15 -0700

—>88/365: Kyss Mig (Kiss Me), 2011, dir. Alexandra Therese Keining

—>87/365: The Watermelon Woman, 1996, dir. Cheryl...

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:48:00 -0700

—>87/365: The Watermelon Woman, 1996, dir. Cheryl Dunye

"Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:12:38 -0700

“Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is only understood if it’s to rise to the top of some imaginary ladder of success. Someone who takes an undemanding job because it affords him the time to pursue other interests and activities is considered a flake. A person who abandons a career in order to stay home and raise children is considered not to be living up to his potential-as if a job title and salary are the sole measure of human worth. You’ll be told in a hundred ways, some subtle and some not, to keep climbing, and never be satisfied with where you are, who you are, and what you’re doing. There are a million ways to sell yourself out, and I guarantee you’ll hear about them.”

- Bill Watterson (via mikekarnell)

suicideblonde: Only Lovers Left Alive press kit Tilda Swinton...

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:36:52 -0700

suicideblonde:

Only Lovers Left Alive press kit

Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as vampires as directed by Jim Jarmusch!

—>86/365: Paranorman, 2012, dir. Chris Butler, Sam...

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:48:21 -0700

—>86/365: Paranorman, 2012, dir. Chris Butler, Sam Fell

theartofanimation: Beruseruku

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:12:34 -0700

theartofanimation:

Beruseruku

—>85/365: Star Trek Into Darkness, 2013, dir. J.J....

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:48:15 -0700

—>85/365: Star Trek Into Darkness, 2013, dir. J.J. Abrams

americangothgirl: Cute gargoyle.

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:12:38 -0700

americangothgirl:

Cute gargoyle.

—>84/365: eXistenZ, 1999, dir. David Cronenberg

Fri, 17 May 2013 04:48:30 -0700

—>84/365: eXistenZ, 1999, dir. David Cronenberg

"Never waste your time trying to explain who you are to people who are committed to misunderstanding..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:12:37 -0700

“Never waste your time trying to explain who you are to people who are committed to misunderstanding you.”

- (via atumblratrandom)

—>83/365: A Woman is a Woman (Un femme est un femme),...

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:24:17 -0700

—>83/365: A Woman is a Woman (Un femme est un femme), 1961, dir. Jean-Luc Godard

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Wed, 15 May 2013 09:36:26 -0700

seventypercentethanol: the prince and her bride.

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:48:10 -0700

seventypercentethanol:

the prince and her bride.

viα antonio-m: Osborne Sphinx by archidave on Flickr.

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:12:17 -0700

viα antonio-m: Osborne Sphinx by archidave on Flickr.

mortisia: A bust of Athena copied from one made by Kresilas in...

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:24:37 -0700

mortisia:

A bust of Athena copied from one made by Kresilas in 430-420 BC. Προτομή της Αθηνάς αντιγραφή εκείνης που είχε γίνει από τον Κρεσίλα το 430-420 π.Χ.

ornamentedbeing: These are seriously kind of wicked! Click...

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:36:50 -0700

ornamentedbeing:

These are seriously kind of wicked!

Click me!

conquerorwurm: mizpollard: ginchiest: Mike...

Tue, 14 May 2013 04:48:18 -0700

conquerorwurm:

mizpollard:

ginchiest:

Mike Mignola’s sketchbook pages from the Conqueror Worm trade.

look at that cutie

#wurm #u so cute

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Mon, 13 May 2013 19:12:27 -0700