strandbooks:

When in doubt about what to choose for an epigraph, try quoting something you heard a stranger say in passing.

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quickermorequickly:

YES

I want to have a serious conversation about Miss Hannigan. I think I’ve mentioned this before somewhere on social media. She’s the ostensible villain of ANNIE, but she’s actually an incredibly sympathetic character, and in an anticapitalist world she is the clear hero. She is the only person taking care of an entire orphanage - that is an absurd thing to ask of a person! But of course that kind of program is underfunded and always has been. (Side note: ANNIE, like the comic strip it’s based on, is right-wing propaganda designed to suggest that individual rich people doing charity is a superior system to government programs being well-funded, which is fucking ridiculous.)

She wants to be in a relationship with a man, and wants to raise children, and instead finds herself working all hours, so much that she doesn’t have the time to date. She’s watching the best years of her life slip away, in an era when women’s options were even more limited than they are now, especially the older they got. Along comes her brother, a shitty, manipulative person, who gives her an idea that, if she squints hard enough, seems like a reasonable way for her to maybe make enough money to not have to work, at least for a while. Of course he’s just conning her like he does everyone, but think about how little adult interaction she has in the entire show. The fact that any adult engages with her is exciting.

Anyway, I want to see a re-imagining of ANNIE, with Miss Hannigan in the lead role. What if it starred Adepero Oduye? We’ll talk.

Update: What about Merritt Wever?

This is my dream role. By the time the re-imagined version comes around to community theater, I’ll be just the right age (and bitterness level).

standardreview:

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boringoldraphael:

I wrote this list for Jen Kirkman’s feminist dudes blog. Reblogging here for your convenience. Suitable for printing out, laminating, and keeping handy for all occasions.

menagainstassholesandmisogyny:

Sometimes it can be awkward to call your friends out if they say something that makes you uncomfortable. Often they’re not being malicious, just thoughtless. But remember, your friends will only change their behavior if you speak up! Here are 43 ways of letting someone know he’s being sexist. Only you can know what’s right for your specific relationship and circumstance. Feel free to mix and match, or add your own!

1. I don’t like those kinds of jokes.
2. Dude, that’s pretty sexist.
3. That actually makes me really uncomfortable.
4. (later, in private:) Hey, I just wanted to let you know that what you said earlier really upset me.
5. (later, in an email:) Hey, I didn’t want to get into a whole thing in front of everybody, but I was actually really upset by what you said, and here’s why: [YOUR REASONS HERE]
6. Come on, you’re better than that.
7. Wait, hold up, is it the 1950s? It isn’t, right? Seriously though, is it? No but seriously, is it? Is it actually the 1950s right now? I’m like 90 percent sure that it isn’t. It isn’t, right? It isn’t?
8. Psh! Sexist!
9. Don’t say that. That’s not funny.
10. Hey, remember that time just now when you said something really sexist?
11. You don’t really believe that, do you?
12. What?! I can’t believe you just said that!!! That is SOOOO SEXIST!!!
13. Seriously though, don’t say stuff like that around me.
14. Just so you know, if you keep saying things like that, people are going to think you’re a sexist.
15. (Frown and shake head disapprovingly.)
16. That’s really weird that you think that’s an okay thing to say.
17. Hey, are you LMFAO? Because THAT’S SEXIST AND YOU KNOW IT. (Then, do a little dance.)
18. Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait. WHAT did you just say?
19. Oh, I get it, you’re doing the whole “politically incorrect” thing. Cute.
20. This is not your best look.
21. Just FYI, your jokey “pretend sexism” sounds a lot like real sexism.
22. Um, sexist much?
23. Hey, knock knock. [Who’s there?] Ida. [Ida who?] Ida know why you think it’s okay to make sexist jokes in front of me.
24. Wow, that’s awkward.
25. I’m seriously going to stop being your friend if you keep saying things like that.
26. You know what you just said objectifies women, right?
27. I don’t get it. Can you explain what you meant by that? No, I don’t understand. Talk me through it step by step. How did you reach those conclusions?
28. Sharp social satire, friend! Not tired and offensive at all!
29. Gross.
30. Wow, that is some OLD SCHOOL sexism!
31. I’m just kind of over that whole ironic post-sexism sexism thing, you know?
32. Uh oh, you might be sexist! Quick, say something progressive! Five! Four! Three! Two! One! Oh no, too late, you’re a sexist!
33. That’s a great impression of something a misogynist would say!
34. I’m sorry, but I can’t pretend that’s not sexist.
35. Whoa, weird. A sexist thing just happened.
36. Boo! Boooooo! Booooooooooo!
37. Do you hear yourself?
38. Could you just try to not say stuff like that when I’m around? It really bothers me.
39. Hey, I just met you. And this is crazy. But you’re a horribly misogynist. So call me never.
40. I was totally with you until that last part when you got kind of sexist all of a sudden.
41. Why would you say something like that?
42. Stop. I can’t even deal with your sexism right now.
43. Ugh, enough.

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mattachinereview:

randomlyplanned:

This never gets old.

Anna Kendrick- Ladies Who Lunch (in the movie “Camp”)

as I recall, this movie, excluding this sequence, is horrible

YOU RECALL CORRECTLY

So embarrassed that I totally want to see Pitch Perfect

apsies:

First Lady Michelle Obama is picked up by U.S. Olympic wrestler Elena Pirozhkova during a greet with US Olympic Team athletes in London, England, July 27, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Sonya N. Hebert)

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resilienttendencies:

My friends Geordie and Mandy are visiting Minnesota’s 68 state parks in one year. Follow their adventures! They are pretty much the best people. Usually Geordie writes about monsters.

I don’t even like nature and I love this blog.

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boringoldraphael:

Power And The Glory - Phil Ochs

Here is a land full of power and glory
Beauty that words cannot recall
Oh her power shall rest on the strength of her freedom
Her glory shall rest on us all

Yet she’s only as rich as the poorest of her poor
Only as free as the padlocked prison door
Only as strong as our love for this land
Only as tall as we stand

I saw Shannon Harney perform months ago and “Born To Be Big” has been in my head ever since. Go listen to it and then go buy the album!

“To not care is the same thing as fear.”