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Birthday dinner! (at West of Pecos)

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:15:45 -0700

Birthday dinner! (at West of Pecos)

"We [Fraction and his wife, Kelly Sue DeConnick] were pregnant at the time, and while I was out there..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:17:36 -0700

“

We [Fraction and his wife, Kelly Sue DeConnick] were pregnant at the time, and while I was out there I started to realize that if I had a daughter, there would come a day when I would have to apologize to her for my profession. I would have to apologize for the way it treats and speaks to women readers, and the way it treats its female characters.

I knew that if we had a daughter, because I know my wife and I know the kind of girl she wants to raise and I know the kind of girl I want to raise, she was going to look at what I did for a living and want to know how the fuck I could stomach it. How could I sell her out like that?” Fraction continued. “That conversation is still coming, and I’m bracing for it in the way that some dads brace for their daughter’s first date or boyfriend. I became acutely aware that I had sort of done that thing that lots of privileged hetero cisgendered white dudes do. ‘I’m cool with women, and that’s enough.’ It’s not enough. It’s embarrassing to say, because we somehow have attached shame to learning and evolving our opinions, culturally, but I became aware that there was a deficiency of and to women in my work, and all I could do at that moment was take care of my side of the street.

”

- Writer Matt Fraction on his role on expanding the profile of female characters in the Marvel Universe. (via goodmanw)

patchworksparrow: tattr: WATSON...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:13:14 -0700

patchworksparrow:

tattr:

WATSON ATKINSON

Portland, Maine

www.watsonatkinson.com

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Email: trustyourself@trustwatson.com

wow this is amazing

Motivational! Homeless Teen Graduates As Valedictorian Of High...

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:54:00 -0700

Motivational! Homeless Teen Graduates As Valedictorian Of High School

Something uplifting for your Friday! Love, love, love stories like this that are reminders that human beings can overcome anything and do super awesome things. What a wonderful and inspiring young woman she is. ♥

chadleymacguff: and on your birthday they dance to “Peanut...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:00:42 -0700

chadleymacguff:

and on your birthday they dance to “Peanut Butter” and you cry

SOMEBODY DRANK ALL MY CHAMOMILE

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:00:00 -0700

dobbyisfreeeee:

"When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as i grow older, I admire kind people."

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:58:33 -0700

“When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as i grow older, I admire kind people.”

- Abraham Joshua Heschel (via heartbreakwarfair)

Real Housewives of Space Colony X-18999

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:55:36 -0700

Real Housewives of Space Colony X-18999

hidansays: cons-science: writer vs. muse: the animation I...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:55:18 -0700

hidansays:

cons-science:

writer vs. muse: the animation

I tried to scroll over this

distant-traveller: Working in space High above planet Earth, a...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:54:59 -0700

distant-traveller:

Working in space

High above planet Earth, a human helps an ailing machine. The machine, in this potentially touching story, is the Hubble Space Telescope, which is not in the picture. The human is Astronaut Steven L. Smith, and he is seen above retrieving a power tool from the handrail of the Remote Manipulator System before resuming work on HST in 1999 December. For most astronauts, space is not a place for relaxation and vacation, but rather a place for hard work. Since many space missions involve costly equipment and complicated experiments, astronauts are usually people of considerable knowledge and training. Although the hours may be long and work may be taxing, one frequently reported perk of working in space is the spectacular view.

Image credit: STS-103 Crew, NASA

thefrogman: Feels good, man.

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:52:36 -0700

thefrogman:

Feels good, man.

wilwheaton: I just realized that I’ve been using Tumblr for so long, I remember when the radar was...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:51:56 -0700

wilwheaton:

I just realized that I’ve been using Tumblr for so long, I remember when the radar was a way to discover awesome blogs and not some incredibly obnoxious animated gif advertising bullshit I don’t care about.