Marguerite Bennett's Blog, page 331

liongate97:He’s back

liongate97:

He’s back

"A new study from researchers at Cornell University found that the difference between the occupations..."

“A new study from researchers at Cornell University found that the difference between the occupations and industries in which men and women work has recently become the single largest cause of the gender pay gap, accounting for more than half of it. In fact, another study shows, when women enter fields in greater numbers, pay declines — for the very same jobs that more men were doing before.”

- As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, The Pay Drops, The New York Times (via charminggoats)

lila-bourgeois-cesaire: I’m the chick with the shot gun, top...

lila-bourgeois-cesaire:

 I’m the chick with the shot gun, top gun

misbehavingmaiar:sebastian-bond:but-the-library-of-alexandria:the thing about writing fantasy...

misbehavingmaiar:

sebastian-bond:

but-the-library-of-alexandria:

the thing about writing fantasy stories is that language is so based on history that it can be hard to decide how far suspension of disbelief can carry you word-choice wise - what do you call a french braid in a world with no france? can a queen ann neckline be described if there was no queen ann? where do you draw the line? can you use the word platonic if plato never existed? can you name a character chris in a land without christianity? can you even say ‘bungalow’ in a world where there was no indian language for the word to originate from? is there a single word in any language that doesn’t have a story behind it? to be accurate a fantasy story would be written in a fantasy language but who has the time for that

Tolkien had the time apparently

LIsten. Linguistics Georg, who invented over 10,000 conlangs each day, is an outlier and should not have been counted. 

micdotcom:Watch: John Oliver tears down every aspect of Donald...

micdotcom:

Watch: John Oliver tears down every aspect of Donald Trump’s wall.

"Here’s what fanfiction understands that the Puppies don’t: inversion and subversion don’t ruin the..."

“Here’s what fanfiction understands that the Puppies don’t: inversion and subversion don’t ruin the story – they just give you new ways to tell it, and new tools to tell it with. Take a platonic relationship and make it romantic; there’s a story in that. Take a romantic relationship and make it platonic; there’s a story in that, too. Take a human and make her a werewolf; take a werewolf and make him human. Don’t try and sidle up on hurt/comfort like it’s something you’re ashamed to be indulging in; embrace the tropes until you have their mastery. Take a gang of broken souls surviving the apocalypse and make them happy in high school; take a bunch of funny, loving high school kids and shove them in the apocalypse. Like Archimedes, fanfic writers find the soul, the essence of what makes the characters real, and use it as a fulcrum on which to pivot entire worlds, with inversion/subversion as their lever of infinite length.”

-

foz meadows

(via

ailelie

)

And remember that (at least in the US) this kind of transformative work is (at least when basically noncommercial) fair use and a lawful use of copyright.

(via fyeahcopyright)

christiancgtomas:latulalooksslammininthemjeans:Bless the...

christiancgtomas:

latulalooksslammininthemjeans:

Bless the fuck out of Harley Quinn.

Too many people actually forget that she’s a fricken Psychiatrist.

If someone isn't available during your most crucial time, then their presence any other time is useless.

mymindsecho:

This isn’t realistic for adults. I’m sorry it’s just not.

Don’t fall into believing that, “if they’re a true friend they’ll drop everything and run to be by your side!” crap.

As a responsible adult there will be times that your friends are hurting and you won’t be able to go to them.

There are times that you will have to go to work, or take your sick kid to the doctor, or do many other things that will prevent you from being there for your friend.

When your friend calls you and they’re falling apart and it’s ten minutes until you have to leave for work, you’re not a bad friend for saying, “Look, I love you. I’m sorry this is happening, but I have to go. I’ll call you back tonight when the kids are asleep.” Or “I’m so sorry this is happening. I love you and I want to be here for you but I’ve got to get to work. I’ll call and check on you during my lunch.”

Adult life is hectic and busy with important things all the time and unfortunately it’s also full of shitty things happening to people we love.

Do your best to be there for the people you love and ask for support when you need it but be understanding when being a responsible adult comes before helping you.

"supermom": loses baby weight immediately, works outside the home, cooks all 3 meals for whole family, prepares packed lunches, cleans whole house, microcleans daily and constantly (dishes, laundry, folding laundry, wiping counters, sweeping, organizing, p

"supermom": loses baby weight immediately, works outside the home, cooks all 3 meals for whole family, prepares packed lunches, cleans whole house, microcleans daily and constantly (dishes, laundry, folding laundry, wiping counters, sweeping, organizing, picking up after children), stays pretty, nurtures and feeds infants, emotionally supports children, brings children to extracurricular activities, puts children to sleep, grooms children, micro-grooms all day (wipes mouths, cleans hands, changes diapers), bathes children, clothes children, shops for children, grocery shops,

"superdad": braids his daughter's hair

gamegrrl:laying down the god damn law on this tinder boy

gamegrrl:

laying down the god damn law on this tinder boy