Ace of Blue Spades

ant-eros: resident-tofu: middle-women: A Bunch Of Sad,...

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:57:41 -0500

resident-tofu:

middle-women:

A Bunch Of Sad, Insecure Dudes Attacked A Woman And Everyone Got What They Deserved

When Anita Sarkeesian announced plans to do a video series exploring the portrayal of women in video games, she became the victim of a massive online attack choreographed by members of the gaming community who cast her as the “villain” in their online “game” to ruin her life. It did not go well for them. But for Anita, things ended up going very well indeed.

You definitely want to watch the whole thing, but here are some highlights: at 1:00 she talks about why she loves video games, at 2:02 just try to imagine yourself in her shoes, at 3:45 she sticks the people attacking her under a microscope, and at 8:15 she doesn’t just win the game, she absolutely destroys it.

Watch this.

And this is why only 13% of computer science department students (on average) are sexually active. Smh.

the-privateer: pallidalunae: Magic must defeat magic! this...

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:23:15 -0500

the-privateer:

pallidalunae:

Magic must defeat magic!

this was an amazing series

variablejabberwocky: whereforeartthouwolves: I had...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:28:37 -0500

variablejabberwocky:

whereforeartthouwolves:

I had to write a children’s book for one of my classes for a final assignment this week. The poem and art is mine, but obviously the boy & girl were inspired by Hussie’s Carapacians (and of course I gave all credit in my assignment), so I thought I’d share with you all.

Ugh, I can’t draw dogs, omg, cannot at all.

omg this is so cute

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Sat, 18 May 2013 19:02:21 -0500

whale-bone: tibets: Mac Bath WAS THIS REALLY WORTH THE JOKE

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:00:08 -0500

whale-bone:

tibets:

Mac Bath

WAS THIS REALLY WORTH THE JOKE

damaramegadope: screams because meowrails is too...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:54:02 -0500

damaramegadope:

screams because meowrails is too precious

♦/♦/♦/♦/♦/♦/?/?/♦/?

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Sat, 18 May 2013 18:48:53 -0500

cleophatrajones: yannickbrouwer: This little company from...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:37:04 -0500

cleophatrajones:

yannickbrouwer:

This little company from Kenya makes toys from slippers that wash up on the beach. Pictures by Ben Curtis

How glorious is this?! Upcycling at its finest…

acousticrivers: Where have all the women gone in...

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:46:08 -0500

acousticrivers:

Where have all the women gone in movies?

Despite the success of ‘Bridesmaids’ and other female-driven movies, female representation in films is at its lowest level in five years, a USC report says.

There’s one mountain in Hollywood that even “The Hunger Games’” scrappy heroine Katniss Everdeen hasn’t been able to move: the number of roles for women.

Despite the success of recent female-driven movies such as “Bridesmaids” and the “Hunger Games” and “Twilight” series, female representation in popular movies is at its lowest level in five years, according to a study being released Monday by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

Among the 100 highest-grossing movies at the U.S. box office in 2012, the study reported, 28.4% of speaking characters were female. That’s a drop from 32.8% three years ago, and a number that has stayed relatively stagnant despite increased research attention to the topic and several high-profile box-office successes starring women.

“There is notable consistency in the number of females on-screen from year to year,” said USC researcher Marc Choueiti. “The slate of films developed and produced each year is almost formulaic — in the aggregate, female representation hardly changed at all.”

When they are on-screen, 31.6% of women are shown wearing sexually revealing clothing, the highest percentage in the five years the USC researchers have been studying the issue.

For teen girls, the number who are provocatively dressed is even higher: 56.6% of teen girl characters in 2012 movies wore sexy clothes, an increase of 20% since 2009.

The USC researchers said these trends persist because those working in Hollywood believe attracting a male audience is the key ingredient to box office success.

“Industry perceptions of the audience drive much of what we see on-screen,” said study author Stacy L. Smith. “There is a perception that movies that pull male sell. Given that females go to the movies as much as males, the lack of change is likely due to entrenched ways of thinking and doing business that perpetuate the status quo.”

Female characters are more prevalent — and less likely to be sexualized — in movies written and directed by women, according to Smith.

A study USC released in January in conjunction with the Sundance Institute and Women in Film Los Angeles found that women have made more inroads in those kinds of behind-the-camera jobs in independent film and documentaries than they have in big-budget studio movies.

But it’s typically the studio movies that drive the box office — and shape audiences.

“Some depictions of females on-screen can have unintended and negative consequences for viewers,” Smith said. “Every voice deserves a chance to be heard and every story a chance to be told. At the moment … that does not seem to be the case in popular film.”

— Rebecca Keegan, Los Angeles Times

naoren: Okay but You gotta admit this one looks pretty cool

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:14:54 -0500

naoren:

Okay but

You gotta admit this one looks pretty cool

kiwibutt: kyleehenke: scribblenauts: the dangerous effects of...

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:12:34 -0500

kiwibutt:

kyleehenke:

scribblenauts:

the dangerous effects of not wearing a bra

ah yes my spirit animal

total cutie

That is the most ridiculous name ever but that is a cute pokemon.

demented-sheep: so what if nepeta grew up Damn girl

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:14:18 -0500

demented-sheep:

so what if nepeta grew up

Damn girl

runwhenisayrunfightwhenisayfight: ahorsecalledhonour: fixthefis...

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:39:18 -0500

runwhenisayrunfightwhenisayfight:

ahorsecalledhonour:

fixthefisherking:

banjaxed:

nightlifemingus:

nosdrinker:

hypnotiqradiance:

If you don’t get this reference, you’re too young for tumblr.

are you fucking kidding me pixar puts out a movie ever year a baby would get this reference

it’s not pixar it’s a reference to that time in 1994 when lamps became sentient humanoids

many were lost that day

It was a grim day for mankind. My parents took refuge in a cave and thus saved us from certain death; we lived close to a lamp factory at the time and the surrounding region was utterly devastated in the conflict.

My brother fought one off using only an egg whisk and a pogo stick.

Only 90s kids remember the Lampocalypse

My father still has the scars from where one stole his kidney

pimposaur: In 2007, the seniors at my high school spray painted...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:52:24 -0500

pimposaur:

In 2007, the seniors at my high school spray painted this on the roof of one of the buildings at school for a senior prank. It was only discovered a year later after a news reporter in a helicopter spotted it and reported it to the school.

"In not too many years, Texas could switch from being all Republican to all Democrat. If that..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:31:00 -0500

“In not too many years, Texas could switch from being all Republican to all Democrat. If that happens, no Republican will ever again win the White House. New York and California are for the foreseeable future unalterably Democrat. If Texas turns bright blue, the Electoral College math is simple … The Republican Party would cease to exist. We would become like the Whig Party. Our kids and grandkids would study how this used to be a national political party. ‘They had Conventions, they nominated Presidential candidates. They don’t exist anymore.”

- Ted Cruz [R-TX]

Guys like Ted are oblivious to how they themselves are destroying the GOP.

(via liberalsarecool)

C’MON TEXAS MAKE IT HAPPEN
(via stfuconservatives) We’re trying, honest.

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Fri, 17 May 2013 22:00:01 -0500

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Fri, 17 May 2013 13:25:49 -0500

neverforgetthemusic: 221cbakerstreet: lulz-time: It’s like...

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:18:13 -0500

neverforgetthemusic:

221cbakerstreet:

lulz-time:

It’s like the cat realizes whose holding it in the second gif

is this heaven

you can almost hear the cat fangirling

It’s like he’s holding a ball of fur, that cat is fucking huge.

liberalsarecool: Kevin Drum: “In 2010, such legislation was...

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:43:19 -0500

liberalsarecool:

Kevin Drum:

“In 2010, such legislation was introduced, and died when it was filibustered by Republicans in the Senate. More generally, media organizations have been lobbying for a federal shield law for decades, and Congress has been resolutely unwilling to pass one…. Politically, Obama is basically daring Republicans to put their money where their mouths are. You want to make the DOJ leak investigation into an issue of executive overreach? Fine. Then rein it in. Pass a law making it clear what DOJ can and can’t do in leak investigations.”

my finger is on the button: Nothing But

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:13:23 -0500

my finger is on the button: Nothing But:

dharmagun:

i wrote mercutio and tybalt AU fanfic. archiving it here.

Nothing But
…like fire and powder
Which, as they kiss, consume

He’s standing at the door, balanced neatly as a tangodancer there in his pretty drugstore cowboy boots and his Sunday suit. Looking like he can’t make up…

It’s absurd how this answers a desire I’ve had for a really long time.