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fishingboatproceeds: TRIGGER WARNING: Rape, misogyny, general...

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:16:50 -0400

TRIGGER WARNING: Rape, misogyny, general horribleness

I am asked all the time why I think Professional Internet Types tend to be male more often than female. Is it because women aren’t as aggressive about building an audience and so struggle amid the media saturation? Is it because women aren’t as funny, or aren’t as talented, or blah blah blah?

Maybe we need to consider that one of the central reasons women artists/vloggers/musicians/etc. are less likely to rise to prominence online is that whenever women build an audience online, men threaten those women with rape and murder. And unlike traditional celebrities, most of these women do not have the resources to hire the kind of lawyers and bodyguards that one needs to stay safe.

Like all misogyny, and I want to emphasize this, this is bad not just for women but also for all human beings. We are better off as a species if everyone has a chance to be heard, and we are worse off if talented people like Kitty Pryde don’t have the basic safety and security that one needs in order to effectively make and share stuff.

But it’s not just these kinds of horrifying threats (which as pointed out above is “the most normal thing”).

I also want to say something to all those guys who are like I was as a teenager, the people who aren’t sick people trying to get someone’s attention by harming or threatening them but who do have weird relationships with the women who make stuff they like.* You think that if this person knew you, you could be friends…maybe more than friends. And so you want to get her attention, so you can get to know each other, because then you’ll definitely become friends or maybe—

Stop.

When you start falling down that rabbit hole, stop. I know it’s hard. But stop.

What we love—even if these people make highly personal and confessional vlogs or whatever—is the stuff they make, not the people themselves. And what we really want is for more of that stuff to exist in the world. So the only proper way to be a fan is to let them be, so that they can bring more good and useful stuff into the world for us to enjoy.

* EDIT: Many people are yelling at me for saying the person in the above ask is not a sick person harming or threatening people. That is not what I am saying here. I am speaking to the people out there who are NOT like this person, but whose excessive and sometimes romanticized attention can shut down discourse. I thought that was pretty obvious from the grammar, but I just want to underscore it.

katuriankaturiankaturian: coachela: teenage-hoodlum: Best...

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:12:51 -0400

katuriankaturiankaturian:

coachela:

teenage-hoodlum:

Best Vines of May 2013 (Part 1)

omg this

Some of these are dumb but some are amazing.

fishingboatproceeds: Mind says 14 minutes. Clock says 2 years.

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:02:10 -0400

fishingboatproceeds:

Mind says 14 minutes. Clock says 2 years.

hahamagartconnect: Re-Imagining The World of Tomorrow We love...

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:02:22 -0400

hahamagartconnect:

Re-Imagining The World of Tomorrow

We love Kickstarter campaigns around here - especially local ones.

Philadelphia based Photo Artist & Educator (Tyler School of Art & University of the Arts alum), Walter Plotnicks re-imagines the 1939 New York World Fair in a series of photographs that blend vintage images of the “World of Tomorrow” themed 1939 New York World’s Fair with images depicting feats of daring performed by 1930’s circus performers using wet photography + digital process.

“On the surface, these are two disparate themes. But for me, the commonality is humanity striving to reach its potential. The 1939 New York World’s Fair presented this on a grand stage, showing what was possible in technology with the right vision and will, engaging science, commerce, and government in an inspiring display of imagination. The circus performers, with little or no technology, took us to the outer limits of skill and performance using only the human body. Together, they offer us a thrilling picture of what we can do when we have the faith to leap forward to the next level.”

The stunning results are to be featured in Plotnick’s upcoming solo show being held in Belgium at the Talent Voor Kunst Galerie.

Since we last spoke his Kickstarter campaign to fund the large expense of printing, matting, insuring & shipping the artwork to Belgium has been fully funded.

Congrats Walter!

image credit: Walter Plotnick

fishingboatproceeds: the-blog-of-anne-frank: I just realized that “pun intended” is a pun on...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:16:42 -0400

fishingboatproceeds:

the-blog-of-anne-frank:

I just realized that “pun intended” is a pun on “unintended” and I’m literally about to gouge my eyes out I’m so angry

This. Changes. Everything.

fishingboatproceeds: David Foster Wallace was like, Art must be...

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:24:10 -0400

fishingboatproceeds:

David Foster Wallace was like, Art must be sincere! We must use every tool in the linguistic toolbox to cut through sentiment and dishonest cliche and build fresh ways to reveal the power and reality of unironized emotion.

And Mister Rogers was like, Basically the same thing, but without any shame or pretense or fear of sincerity.

stanwycked: Ginger Rogers plays tennis

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:51:20 -0400

stanwycked:

Ginger Rogers plays tennis

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Sat, 18 May 2013 19:28:48 -0400

nicoleohdeon: 2 Broke Girls’ Max Black by hallonicole...

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:23:48 -0400

nicoleohdeon:

2 Broke Girls’ Max Black by hallonicole featuring sparkly belts

3 1 Phillip Lim embellished shirt, $450
Longsleeve shirt, $58
The Row stretch pants, $1,700
Agent Ninetynine knit pants, $30
Ann demeulemeester boots, €1.035
Rupert Sanderson knee boots, £315
House of Harlow 1960 bohemian necklace, $45
Stella Dot clover jewelry, $39
Bangle jewelry, $38
Oasis tear drop earrings, $20
Dorothy Perkins cuff jewelry, $17
Stone jewelry, €9,95
Miso stone jewelry, £5
Alexander McQueen leather waist belt, $750
Sparkly belt, $8.99

georgianadesign: Ellen DeGeneres’s Santa Monica mountain...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:50:01 -0400

georgianadesign:

Ellen DeGeneres’s Santa Monica mountain ranch. Elle Decor.

iamcaradelevingne: Last night in Cannes @burberry @chopard

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:22:29 -0400

iamcaradelevingne:

Last night in Cannes @burberry @chopard

be-the-change: pure bliss.

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:18:51 -0400

be-the-change:

pure bliss.

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Wed, 15 May 2013 23:18:31 -0400

truebluemeandyou: DIY Easy Glee Boyfriend Pillow from i love to...

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:16:01 -0400

truebluemeandyou:

DIY Easy Glee Boyfriend Pillow from i love to create here. This is no sew and so easy with a short video tutorial.

newyorker: A cartoon by Barbara Smaller. For more cartoons from...

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:51:00 -0400

newyorker:

A cartoon by Barbara Smaller. For more cartoons from the issue: http://nyr.kr/10m0txa

truebluemeandyou: DIY Naturally Flavored Herb and Fruit Water...

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:50:11 -0400

truebluemeandyou:

DIY Naturally Flavored Herb and Fruit Water Recipes and Instructions from The Yummy Life here. Lots of tips for making this cheap alternative to soda with simple recipes.

citrus blend

raspberry lime

watermelon rosemary

blackberry sage

pineapple mint

carmelilla9: As one goes through life one learns that if you...

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:44:34 -0400

carmelilla9:

As one goes through life one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move - Katharine Hepburn

aladyloves: James Stewart and Katharine Hepburn in The...

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:31:09 -0400

aladyloves:

James Stewart and Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story (1940)

fishingboatproceeds: Hey, bro, cool story. DFTBA sells a bunch...

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:43:21 -0400

fishingboatproceeds:

Hey, bro, cool story.

DFTBA sells a bunch of shirts, and we market to ugly people and nerdy people and small people and big people and pretty people and we’re doing okay and plus we don’t need physical stores with LITERALLY THE WORST MUSIC EVER CREATED BY HUMANS PLAYING AT EAR-BLEEDING VOLUME SO THAT ALL OF YOUR PURPORTEDLY COOL AND BEAUTIFUL EMPLOYEES ARE MADE DEAF BY THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS.

So that’s another way of doing it.

Also I hate your jeans.

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Tue, 07 May 2013 21:10:26 -0400