i may start to play begin the beguine. also i never really post my own content here but the ppl i reblog are awesome. college student (BM Voice) in the midwest US. trying to focus. i really like to make compare contrast photos, you know, with random things and my face. and also totoro. and also i'm just sitting here laughing bc i think that picture i just posted of myself is so funny (i should have asked someone to stand in as that little guy over totoro's head tho). WHY do i put off the reading i'm supposed to do for tmrw just to edit my tumblr, i might not ever know.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
I love you but i've chosen pizza: Depression messes you up. On a cellular level.
You have heard me go on at length about how you need to baby your whole body during depression…
It turns out there is a reason why it’s more than just Feeling Sad. A landmark study from the University of Michigan has shown that the body clock of a depressed person…
Suppose a man makes unwanted social advances to a woman in, let’s say, a restaurant or theatre, and she eventually has to tell him loudly or angrily to get lost. She is the one who will be perceived as rude, hostile, aggressive, and obnoxious. His verbal aggression and invasiveness are accepted and expected; her rudeness (or mere curtness) in getting rid of him is noticed and condemned. One of our great myths is that a “real lady” can and should handle any difficulty, defuse any assault, without ever raising her voice or losing her manners. Female rudeness or violence in resistance to male aggression has often been taken to prove that the woman was not a lady in the first place, and therefore deserved no respect from the aggressor or sympathy from others.
D.A. Clarke, “A Woman With a Sword” (via ellielamothe)
(Source: wretchedoftheearth)
Jury nullification. Pass it on.
Jury nullification is so fucking important.
This is something that more people should be aware of, if only because (in many states, at least) defense attorneys are actually prohibited from mentioning it to jurors. The law allows a jury to return a “not guilty” verdict contrary to the facts of the case, but not for the defense to inform them of that power or to argue for its application in the current trial.
Kerry Washington, Viola Davis Set For Adaptation Of Blaxloitation-Set 'Third Girl From The Left'
Last week Friday, Film Independent announced the 22 filmmakers and 10 projects selected for its 11th annual Fast Track program at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fast Track Welcome Luncheon, during the ongoing Los Angeles Film Festival.
Third Girl from the Left - an adaptation of Martha Southgate’s novel of the same name.
The project hails from exec producer Vincent Harris for Vantage Media Group, and producer Amy Hobby, for the Tangerine Entertainment production house.
Here’s a lengthy description:
THIRD GIRL FROM THE LEFT is the story of the other side of Hollywood in the 1970’s, of what it means to be black, sexy, smart and full of dreams in a land where “blaxploitation” is as literal as it sounds. Yet this is not a ‘black’ story. This is a vivid and dynamic story about families, all families; and not just the ones we’re born into, but the ones we make for ourselves. It is a compelling saga of love, family secrets and the ambitions of mothers and daughters. It is also a story about the movies and the hold they can have on us, sometimes even despite our better judgment. Angela Edwards, is the shining center of the film, around which we deftly shift points of view, weaving the stories of her mother Mildred and daughter Tamara. Angela and Mildred clash in the way mothers and daughters often do, but manage to forge a bond during many afternoons spent together at the local cinema. Angela yearns to be onscreen herself and eventually leaves her stifling hometown of Tulsa for Hollywood in 1972. It does not live up to her imagination. She does not make it big. Instead, she lands bit parts in campy blaxploitation pictures. In a world where sexual favors to men in power are commonplace, even roles like these require young actresses to offer up more than talent in order to get the gig. Angela dutifully complies. Angela doesn’t become a star, but the allure of movies has marked her for life, just as it did her mother, and just as it will her own daughter.
The project, which was also awarded the Millennium Entertainment Fellowship, a $10,000 production grant, currently lists Kerry Washington and Viola Davis as its stars. Although there’s no word yet on who exactly each actress will play.
There’s no director attached yet, although from what my research tells me, George C. Wolfe was once attached to direct the film. Whether he still is, I can’t say. But I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough.
*dead*
I’ve died and gon to heaven.
YES!!! Kerry is not one to rest on her laurels. This is why I love her.
Unlike other actors on other shows, Kerry DOES have lots of ops elsewhere, which is important for all to remember. #ijs
Yeeeeeeeees …failed RIGHT OUT OF THE CAN TOO NO one wanted it so charismatic were they. Nope by all means shunt other characters aside…yeah and bring in a DUD.
Sometimes giving someone a second chance is like giving them an extra bullet for their gun cause they missed you the first time.
Congrats to Kimye on their baby girl.
me: *sigh* i wish i lived in the 50s
suddenly i am thrust 60s years before 2013 into 1953 and watch as my rights practically slip right out of my hands and i am forced to live in an even more war-obsessed, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, sexist society
but at least i have bettie page bangs and a poodle skirt
The Wretched of the Earth: cba writing loads so ill do a short version of what i want to say
- If a boy see’s something in porn like for instance -blowjobs, anal, the use of sex toys, cock worship, bondage etc then because he’s seen that from other women he may expect that from his girlfriend and even if the girlfriend isn’t comfortable doing it she could feel emotionally…
side note I’ll meet Ian and Julius tmrw side note HOLY SHIT
