Ok, so, things I know about Donna Tartt based on reading The Goldfinch and The Secret History: she did a lot of drugs in college. She knew a lot of rich and/or pretentious people in college. She knew many repressed gay men.
Also, she may or may not have been involved in a crime of some kind. But she got away with it.
Anyone got anything to add?
Your honour, the secret history is full of clowns and I love every single one of them! Case closed.
when mitski said “if i gave up on being pretty i wouldn’t know how to be alive/ i should move to a brand new city and teach myself how to die” and the lunachicks said “wipe out all our progress with your little cotton ball/ slice and dice your face to perfection” and fiona apple said “i resent you for presenting your life like a fucking propaganda brochure” and the regrettes said “ ‘be nice, be dumb, clean the floors and wash your pores’ “ and when mcr said “they sell presentable, young and so ingestible, sterile and re-collectable, safe, and i can’t stand it” and bikini kill said “you dont know what it’s like to be alive (miss mary mack, mack, mack, all dressed in black, black black) i could scream the truth if i wanted (with silver buttons, buttons, buttons all down her back, back, back) and broken social scene said “now you’re all gone, got your makeup on, and you’re not coming back, can’t you come back?”
More fun facts about ancient Celtic marriage laws: There were no laws against interclass or interracial marriage, no laws against open homosexual relationships (although they weren’t considered ‘marriages’ since the definition of a marriage was ‘couple with child’), no requirement for women to take their husband’s names or give up their property, but comedians couldn’t get married
It’s Adam and Eve not Adam Sandler and Eve
I want to expound upon “comedians couldn’t get married” thing because it’s actually really interesting. Satire was respected in Ancient Ireland. It was thought to have great power, enough to physically maim the subject one was making jokes about. Satirists could bring down kings with a witty enough insult. That was actually their original function. When the king didn’t do right by his people, a bard was supposed to compose a poem so scathing it would raise welts on the king’s skin to oust him (it was illegal for a “blemished” king to rule.) Unwarranted satire was considered a form of assault. So what it boils down to is ancient Celts being like “These people are too dangerous to reproduce. DO NOT TRUST THEM WITH CHILDREN. EVER.”
whats a king to a bard
A target.
!! ST4 spoilers !!
“forced conformity is killing the kids!” the duffer brothers write before killing off the poor kids who live in a trailer park, consistently putting a gay character through trauma and pain since s1 including now using him to “fix” a straight couple, and having the two black leads be physically assaulted. but don’t worry! the cop somehow survived and has been reunited with everyone he loves
jason: welcome to the “fuck eddie munson” club. today we’re going to talk about why we hate eddie munson and–
steve, standing up: i’m sorry, i think there’s been a misunderstanding
when robin came out to steve, he said “but she’s a girl” when robin was talking about her crush, like he literally didn’t even know that was an option.
this is why my brain has convinced me that bi steve harrington 100% possible bc now he realizes that dating someone of the same gender is a possibility.
The writers of stranger things are fucking liars. Like do we really have to believe that Eddie Munson gets no bitches?!?!? Like fr . How am I supposed to believe that?
the black saint & the sinner lady & the dead & the truth, morgan parker // the truth the dead know, anne sexton.
being a horror fan that experiences panic inducing paranoia fucking sucks like ill just be like wow i cant wait to go watch scary shadow creature video number 74 and then spend the rest of the night clutching my phone with the flashlight on and playing five nights at freddys 4 in real life
like im aware that watching horror stuff at like 3am is going to make me think that slenderman is in my kitchen but also im a dumb bitch who sees scary video thinks yay i love scary video :) and immediately watches it
Fascinated by what the draws you people to horror content
i like when theres some kind of creature or perhaps a guy
I want jock on jock violence next season. I want to see Jason Carver come for Eddie Munson, only to find Steve Harrington with a bat and ready to swing back and forth because now he's friends with the devil's spawn.
Reblog to have something lgbt happen to you this summer
2021 seinfeld episode aaaaand go. jerry gets a call from a woman he slept with telling him she gave him a virus, but he can’t figure out if it was covid or an STD. george begins getting harassed in public because a main instigator of the capitol hill insurrection looks exactly like him. elaine wants to break up with her new boyfriend because he keeps gifting her NFTs, but can’t bring herself to do it because his apartment has a jacuzzi tub. kramer keeps dressing up as different people so he can receive as many vaccinations as possible.
oh we can get even more specific than just a list of billionaires:
23,000 people are reblogging a hit list
Good.
Think of it as more of a quest log.
Icarly and victorious both:
- had iconic opening songs that just immediately strike this primal unused area of your brain that resets you back to a teenager watching teennick,
- major female characters with a lot of male interests but no one cares cuz the f/f ships were too fucking good and had too much chemistry (Carly/Sam, Tori/Jade, Cat/Jade),
- consistently weird but oddly compelling first seasons that don't get weaker but actually get stronger when they already started pretty strong,
- a male character they insist is a weird nerd but is actually just an attractive male actor,
- creepy foot fetish things. Not a plus, just something they both had,
- and a bunch of side characters that were funnier than the main cast and more talented and more interesting.
I love them both. I miss them both from time to time.
I also pity them.
it’s dangerous to go alone! take this. *kisses you straight on the lips*
And this too! *puts my hand in yours*
okay but geralt after bringing jaskier to kaer morhen for the winter finding out that the bard??? knows a fuckton?? of crafting stuff???
like spinning with a drop spindle and card weaving and frankly fucking INCREDIBLE embroidery??? bc as a young lad his nursemaids were desperate to give him ANYTHING to fidget and use that energy of his on, so he actually?? is pretty good considering the fact that he starts and stops it seasonally? in warm weather he’s trekking all over the continent and performing and has a constant outlet for his energy and attention, so these are just Winter Activities. geralt have you never listened to jaskier talk about ANY of this???
and geralt is just ?????
We are 3 weeks into the antivaxx trucker protests in Ottawa and I really want one specific long-term outcome from all of it, and that is for antivaxxers to gain a reputation as people who will shit on your lawn. There were multiple reports way back in the first weekend of human beings leaving turds on the porches of houses that hung pro-vaccine signs or pride flags from their balconies, and while that is absolutely disgusting I so badly want to be able to use that as a comeback if someone tries to be antivaxx at me. If someone says they won't be vaccinated because it causes autism or whatever I want to be able to look them in the eye and say "do you also poop on your neighbours' lawns like a dog?" and for everyone to understand what I am referring to. When suburban white moms refuse to believe in science we should be able to turn to the absolute humiliation of being a Lawn Pooper to get them to shut up. Do you want your kids to be known as the weirdos who take dumps on porches? no? then vaccinate them.
Anti-vaxxer: "I'm anti-vaxx."
Me: *Look of absolute disgust.* "Gross, man."
Anti-vaxxer: "What?"
Me: "You shit on people's lawns and drink your own piss? Come on, no one needs to know that."
*blue and noah are filling ronan’s mouth with random things from the monmouth fridge*
gansey: ronan, stop putting nasty things in your mouth!
ronan: *laughing, with his mouth full*
adam *from the other room*: ronan will stick anything in his mouth.
ronan *swallows*: i'm an inherently curious person. so if, like, somebody has a bottle of, like, a mystery something and they wanna put it in my mouth…
everyone: *laughing*
ronan: i know how that sounds... i just can't help myself. am I gonna love it, hate it? either way, it's an adventure.
gansey: *mouth agape*
As far as ethical materials go you can't really get better than wool.
The sheep need the hair cut.
Nothing dies for it.
Sheep live pretty much wild for most the year.
Placed correctly they maintain a landscape and help the wildlife that live there to thrive.
Doesn't use Vast Quantities of land for little product.
Not draining inland fresh water oceans.
Been spending thousands of years perfecting the genetics for this purpose.
Comes in many different kinds of uses.
And the animal it comes off is fully edible.
My main issue with it is it has fallen so out of fashion that it pays the farmers who make it more to transport it than they get per fleece, and people have really fucking weird hang ups about the ethics of giving a sheep a hair cut.
Sheep can get infested with wool maggots if they are not shorn.
Also an unshorn sheep can drown if it falls into water, just by the sheer weight of the water its wool can absorb, dragging it down.
A Tunis sheep can live in a large doghouse, and staked in a different place every day, will mow your lawn (buy they get lonely. Buy two).
Light shearing nicks heal fast because the sheep’s waxy lanolin coats their skin. Though most sheep farmers won’t Nick the sheep bc it gets blood on the wool.
Sheep farmers MUST treat their sheep with care, because any little thing that upsets sheep affects the quality of their wool.
Even “natural” fibers like bamboo take TONS of water to process and alkaline dyes to color them. You can dye wool with unsweetened koolaid.
