“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.” -Terry Pratchett

“Look at the most religious areas of the world at present – the Middle East and the United States. These are sick societies, and they’re going to get sicker. People are never more dangerous than when they have nothing left to believe in except God.” - J. G. Ballard, Kingdom Come

I weirdly love that there are crotchety fandom elders around who say shit like “in my day, (insert fandom term) meant this specifically, but now you kids just use it to mean any old thing.”

It seriously gives fandom such a sense of heritage and family, like yes grandma, tell me more about how you had to write fic uphill both ways in the snow when you were my age.

I’m approaching crotchety old grandma.

No but this is me.

DRABBLES ARE EXACTLY 100 WORDS NO MORE NO LESS AND DON’T FUCKING TRY TO TELL ME OTHERWISE.

This is me also. A crackship is NOT the same as a rarepair and the two terms canNOT be used interchangeably.

YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE OTP.

It’s literally right there in the name. It is your ONE true pairing.

I get around this one by have one OTP for each fandom. It’s my OTP for that fandom.

I am a crotchety old fandom grandmother and I approve this message

the drabble thing irks me SO MUCH it makes me feel like an old lady yelling at kids on her lawn

#oh fandom #THE DRABBLE THING #DRABBLES ARE 100 WORDS #ONE GODDAMN HUNDRED WORDS EXACTLY #jfc that’s what made them such a fun and interesting challenge #was getting it to exactly 100 words #and the rush of FINALLY getting there after picking and poking #or the sheer dumb joy of nailing it within a word or two on the first shot #so you only had to do the most minor editing #do not give me a fucking 8000 word fic and call it a drabble #ThAT IS NOT A DRABBLE (via @wasoncedelight)

IF IT IS MORE THAN 100 WORDS IT IS A FICLET NOT A DRABBLE OMG WHY DON’T YOU JUST CALL IT A HAIKU WHILE YOU’RE AT IT???

I WILL DIE ON THE DRABBLE HILL!!! GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

WHY DON’T YOU JUST CALL IT A HAIKU WHILE YOU’RE AT IT

I didn’t even write fic except for that one brief period between 2007-8 but I HAVE DONE A LOT OF INTERNET OKAY so even I know this to be true. Fandom culture grandmas are awesome.

All of this.

A squick is not a trigger! Triggers are real and dangerous things for some. Mild discomfort at an idea, theme, or plot point does not fall into that category.

Say it with me, kids: a squick is not a trigger!

I, too, will live and die on Drabble Hill

I failed miserably the last time I wrote a Drabble. I could not get it down below 102 words. Eventually I gave up, and made the first two words the title, Nicholas Was. And then I retired from Drabble writing.

A better, more positive Tumblr

Since its founding in 2007, Tumblr has always been a place for wide open, creative self-expression at the heart of community and culture. To borrow from our founder David Karp, we’re proud to have inspired a generation of artists, writers, creators, curators, and crusaders to redefine our culture and to help empower individuality.

Over the past several months, and inspired by our storied past, we’ve given serious thought to who we want to be to our community moving forward and have been hard at work laying the foundation for a better Tumblr. We’ve realized that in order to continue to fulfill our promise and place in culture, especially as it evolves, we must change. Some of that change began with fostering more constructive dialogue among our community members. Today, we’re taking another step by no longer allowing adult content, including explicit sexual content and nudity (with some exceptions).  

Let’s first be unequivocal about something that should not be confused with today’s policy change: posting anything that is harmful to minors, including child pornography, is abhorrent and has no place in our community. We’ve always had and always will have a zero tolerance policy for this type of content. To this end, we continuously invest in the enforcement of this policy, including industry-standard machine monitoring, a growing team of human moderators, and user tools that make it easy to report abuse. We also closely partner with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Internet Watch Foundation, two invaluable organizations at the forefront of protecting our children from abuse, and through these partnerships we report violations of this policy to law enforcement authorities. We can never prevent all bad actors from attempting to abuse our platform, but we make it our highest priority to keep the community as safe as possible.

So what is changing?

Posts that contain adult content will no longer be allowed on Tumblr, and we’ve updated our Community Guidelines to reflect this policy change. We recognize Tumblr is also a place to speak freely about topics like art, sex positivity, your relationships, your sexuality, and your personal journey. We want to make sure that we continue to foster this type of diversity of expression in the community, so our new policy strives to strike a balance.

Why are we doing this?

It is our continued, humble aspiration that Tumblr be a safe place for creative expression, self-discovery, and a deep sense of community. As Tumblr continues to grow and evolve, and our understanding of our impact on our world becomes clearer, we have a responsibility to consider that impact across different age groups, demographics, cultures, and mindsets. We spent considerable time weighing the pros and cons of expression in the community that includes adult content. In doing so, it became clear that without this content we have the opportunity to create a place where more people feel comfortable expressing themselves.

Bottom line: There are no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content. We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community.

So what’s next?

Starting December 17, 2018, we will begin enforcing this new policy. Community members with content that is no longer permitted on Tumblr will get a heads up from us in advance and steps they can take to appeal or preserve their content outside the community if they so choose. All changes won’t happen overnight as something of this complexity takes time.

Another thing, filtering this type of content versus say, a political protest with nudity or the statue of David, is not simple at scale. We’re relying on automated tools to identify adult content and humans to help train and keep our systems in check. We know there will be mistakes, but we’ve done our best to create and enforce a policy that acknowledges the breadth of expression we see in the community.

Most importantly, we’re going to be as transparent as possible with you about the decisions we’re making and resources available to you, including more detailed information, product enhancements, and more content moderators to interface directly with the community and content.

Like you, we love Tumblr and what it’s come to mean for millions of people around the world. Our actions are out of love and hope for our community. We won’t always get this right, especially in the beginning, but we are determined to make your experience a positive one.

Jeff D’Onofrio CEO

What a dreadfully insincere piece of puritanical nonsense wrapped in saccharine and false equivalencey. I like the mix of free thinking people and self expression you currently find on here, this wally seems determined to spoil it to please the small minded and foolish. God help us. Oath appears to be a less than worthy owner.

Rainer Maria Rilke, Unfinished Tales (via wordsnquotes)

MP (via wordsnquotes)

Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.’s church fans bear the names of 134 individuals killed while working for civil rights in the United States from 1946 to 1968. The names are printed on fans that one might find distributed in Southern churches during a hot summer service. Kennedy printed the names of these Americans to remember and venerate the individuals who sacrificed their lives in the fight against racial segregation, disenfranchisement and economic inequality in America. These will be on view as part of a MoMA Library exhibition of Kennedy’s prints next month.

date a girl who treats you the same way she treats books

I’ll critique you continuously and won’t be too bothered if I break your spine

And then I’ll review your performance on several social media sites and ask for feedback.

I’ll also insert rectangular metal and paper objects into your body whenever I need a break from you, and store you on a shelf in my house

I’ll be done with you in less than a week and move on immediately. 

I’ll switch between you and others several times whenever it pleases me

I’m not going to spend any money on you unless you can tell me something I don’t already know about the Cold War.

I used to date your twin, but I lost her.

When you get old and worn out I’ll replace you with a digital copy that will never age.  

I’ll occasionally take you off the shelf and open you up to inhale the sweet smell of your innards

I’ll occasionally loan you out to my friends

@fagsfoodandfellatio @momma-crow

When a newer prettier version of you appears in my life I will lust after it in front of you.

Great news: today is International Day of the Nacho

—Jeffrey M. Pilcher, author of Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food

21 October is International Day of the Nacho, and this cheesy, delicious meal definitely deserves a day of observance. Sour cream, cheese medleys, jalapenos, beans, celery, meat, and even eggs are common additions on these deconstructed tacos. Mexican food has become such a global cuisine, taking on the flavors of the countries it comes to. This cuisine has a history as rich as its mole.

Fun Facts:

Image Credit: Cheese Nachos by chee.hong. CC-BY-2.0 via Flickr.

Possibly one of the most disturbing book pictures I've seen: they are all the wrong way around!

Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (via bookmania)

Aye, that is the nub of it. No mark upon this world except a few folk's memories and some financial records.

When I was just a babygay, I passionately identified as both queer and bookish, but I had not yet considered the intersection between the two. It was one conversation with my mom that set me on a lifelong path of queer women reading, it went like this:

“Danika, have you read Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown?” “No, what’s that?” “And you call yourself a lesbian.”

That back-and-forth opened the door to a whole world of stories in which women could love women. At first, I thought there were dozens of these books. When I couldn’t find many, I started a book blog with the “humble” goal of reading “everything lesbian.” Six years later, that idea is laughable. There are way more lesbian and bi women books out there than I could possibly read in my lifetime, and although I want there to be even more, I am profoundly grateful for the many, many we do have. It’s easy to think that only a handful of LGBTQ books exist: the ones that are recommended over and over by mainstream book media as their token Pride examples. Happily, that’s not true. There are queer books in every genre, for every reader.

A 100 book list can’t possibly contain the multitudes of queer women books worth reading out there! I tried to make this an example of the diversity of lesbian and bi women books out there, but it does come with my own bias. For example, I don’t read much romance (yet), so there aren’t many romance titles on this list. I included some of the classics, but also titles that are my personal favourites, but are lesser-known and might be new to you.

http://bookriot.com/2016/10/06/100-must-read-lesbian-and-bisexual-women-books/

I've already read a few books on the list, they were all good, so I'm minded to read more of them, when I can.

Collection of library stamps (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

One of the prettiest things I've seen today.

Hamlet, Act 3 Scene 1, by William Shakespeare. (via oupacademic)

So many familiar and often used phrases in just a few lines of Hamlet.