February 2012
18 posts
“When we started we HAD no style, no understanding of ourselves or what we were...”
– Teller, of Penn and Teller, in a letter at http://shwood.squarespace.com/news/2009/9/21/14-years-ago-the-day-teller-gave-me-the-secret-to-my-career.html
Strangely, advice as good for writers or musicians as it is for magicians.
(via neil-gaiman)
January 2012
40 posts
“We are still dealing with the same ludicrous trends and accusations that started...”
– Alex Cox, making a strong case for joining the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, as I have. Read the rest of his post, here. (via deantrippe)
WIL WHEATON dot TUMBLR: How to Run a Business That... →
fishingboatproceeds:
So Hank and I run or help run several businesses at the moment: Vidcon, DFTBA Records, the juggernaut that is 2-D Glasses, ecogeek, vlogbrothers, scishow, and crashcourse, as well as administering the nonprofit Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck. These are…
“Slut” is how we vilify a woman for exercising her right to say “yes”....”
– (via thechocolatebrigade)
“A man who assisted in autopsies in a big urban hospital, starting in the...”
– Sunday was the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (via motherjones)
Anime and the Social Construction of Race →
chellisntwhite:
zeezeescorner:
A common misconception about anime cartoons amongst uninitiated audiences in majority-English-speaking countries is that anime characters are drawn to look ‘White’ rather than ‘Asian’. First of all, neither of terms are factual fixed categories - they are social constructions. That is, the meaning attached to race, whether ‘White’, ‘Black’, ‘Asian’ and so on,...
“Society is like a stew. If you don’t keep it stirred up you get a lot of scum on...”
– Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (1927-1989)
Have you ever REALLY thought about Space Balls?
Have you ever really considered the implications of the plot of Space Balls? Think about it. Planet Space Ball, a democratic world, is running out of air. Air. The stakes for the Space Balls are the life and death of their entire world. The heroes seem to know this, but never make any mention of it or show concern that an entire planet must die for them to be victorious. In fact, they actively...
Reblog if you think gay marriage should be legal.
the-seasons-always-change:
fuck-yeah-fearless:
is it even possible to get that amount of notes?
Holy shit. The notes. I love humanity sometimes.
HOLY FUCK THE NOTES.
oh wow those notes! Let’s get to 190!
wow, definitely worth the number of notes, but wow
yus
THE NOTES HOLY. I love everyone who rebloged this so much.
Sean Murphy's 5 Year Plan →
If you’re working on breaking into the biz, it’s worth a read.