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September 26, 2016
tswiftvfdpotterclan:
One thing which really annoys me about the film version of Half-Blood Prince...
One thing which really annoys me about the film version of Half-Blood Prince is that they make all the girls act ridiculously. In Potions, they all creep towards the Amortentia as if they can’t control themselves, while the boys remain stunningly immune. This never happens in the book. If they had made everyone in the class move forwards like that, it would still have been a bit silly looking, but at least it wouldn’t have been just the girls being all foolish. It’s the same sort of sexism they show in Goblet of Fire when the girls from Beauxbatons flounce in, delicate and dreamy, and the boys from Durmstrang march in aggressive and commanding. It’s most particularly annoying because the Harry Potter books are just full of equality and don’t include any of these sexist stereotypes; as an example, in the books, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang are mixed schools and they simply walk into the school after arriving; they don’t have any performances at all.
But back to Half-Blood Prince. When the Weasleys, Harry and Hermione are visiting Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, Hermione and Ginny are found examining the love potions of their own accord. In the books, Fred and George purposefully take them over to the love potions, and it’s clear that they’re reluctant to even examine them. Hermione and Ginny are not the sort of people to use love potions – so why pretend that they are? Because the film makers were conforming to gender-stereotyping. Again.
It just really bothers me that the film makers had this great source material which shows girls/women as equal to boys/men and with characters which are just as diverse – and that they chose to water down the women for comedic effect, to make them more typically ‘feminine’. Harry Potter is my life, and while I love the films, they will never even begin to be anywhere near as good as the books, and this is one of the many reasons why.
wicdiv:
“MODERN ROMANCE” Critically-acclaimed THE WICKED + THE...
“MODERN ROMANCE” Critically-acclaimed THE WICKED + THE DIVINE goes back to the nineteenth century, to see what became of the Romantic poets one infamous night on Lake Geneva… Showcasing STEPHANIE HANS (Journey Into Mystery, Angela), this special is NOT included in the forthcoming THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, VOL. 4.
This is out tomorrow. We decided to put out more preview pages than normal, as this is an extra long issue, and gives you a taste of it. To stress the above, this is a stand alone story which can be read by itself, and does not spoil anything in volume 4 of the main book.
(It doesn’t spoil anything past the second trade, if we’re being specific)
Anyway - out tomorrow. Stephanie has done beautiful things and I hope you enjoy it.
September 25, 2016
pardonmewhileipanic:
stunningpicture:
A flock of lawn...
A flock of lawn flamingos can pick a T-rex clean in under 90 seconds
nature is brutal
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"Female staffers adopted a meeting strategy they called “amplification”: When a woman made a key..."
Female staffers adopted a meeting strategy they called “amplification”: When a woman made a key point, other women would repeat it, giving credit to its author. This forced the men in the room to recognize the contribution — and denied them the chance to claim the idea as their own.
“We just started doing it, and made a purpose of doing it. It was an everyday thing,” said one former Obama aide who requested anonymity to speak frankly. Obama noticed, she and others said, and began calling more often on women and junior aides.
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Here’s How Obama’s Female Staffers Made Their Voices Heard (via styro)
If you’re wondering what amplification looks like it really is as simple as listening to a person’s point and then saying “Yes I really agree with (this person’s name) that (the point they made) and I think that (build on point)”
So for example,
“Yes I agree with the female staffers that amplification is an effective process and I’ve seen great results from similar techniques used by my own colleagues”
Support, Credit, Reinforce. It’s simple and effective and it really does work.
(via thebaconsandwichofregret)
Hilariously, when I worked in offices with mostly men, I knew the only way to get anything done was to persuade a male coworker that my idea was his idea. My ideas had no value to the company unless a man proposed them. I didn’t care about the credit then; I only cared about the problem getting solved. But I realize now I addressed the day-to-day needs of the company without in any way improving the company, and only ensuring that it would continue to devalue ideas from other women. At the time, I was weary but satisfied to have solved a problem and gotten my way. I regret that now.
aicosu:
Not gonna lie, we are in love with how our Loki &...
Not gonna lie, we are in love with how our Loki & Leah costumes turned out.
Cosplay by us! Photos by Eurobeat!
zannagoldhawk:
Here is a terrible photo of my first attempt at...
Here is a terrible photo of my first attempt at Shrink Plastic today - it was just too much fun…. Going to make these little babies into brooches!! Super excited!
theshoutingendoflife:
jaclcfrost:
standing next to sunflowers always makes me feel weak like “look...
standing next to sunflowers always makes me feel weak like “look at this fucking flower. this flower is taller than i am. this flower is winning and i’m losing”
Wow you are not ready to hear about trees.
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