Italian Architects Transform Ancient Cave Into A Modern Oasis

Sometimes the customer is wrong for unrelated reasons.

Due to the well of my friends’ “def not an axe murderer” date recommendations drying up, I have turned to that most sacred of modern relationship institutions: online dating. As a very busy person trying to get it in with other very busy people, I prize honestly and directness above all else when it comes to profile creation. I include full body shots in my photos, try to minimize the use of MySpace angles in selfies, and write at the very top of the summary/caption/profile that I am fat. Not “curvy,” not “thick,” not “lots to love”–I’m f*cking fat. I’m not ashamed of it, but I also known that weight is a dealbreaker for lots of people. I don’t want to waste anyone’s time.

About a year ago I met “Evan” via Tinder. We exchanged friendly messages for a few hours one night and agreed to meet up for drinks the following evening. I waited for a full hour past the designated time, and just as I was getting up to leave, the texts started rolling in.

“I can see you sweating from here.” “How long does it take you to roll out of bed every morning?” “Is there an earthquake or are you just getting up for more pretzels?”

Really idiotic, juvenile shit. Four separate numbers, commenting on things like my clothes, which clued me in that the senders were nearby. This went on for 15 minutes before I finally saw Evan, trying to hide in at a corner table and giggling with a group of buddies. I made eye contact, saw that he saw me, and then walked out. The texts kept up until I blocked the numbers a few hours later.

I ran into Evan about 3 weeks later. We got on the same elevator, and he tried really hard at being super interested in the emergency phone instructions. I just confronted him, and he admitted it was just some “game” that him and his friends play. He knew I was fat before agreeing to meet up; they all did, because that’s what they do. Match up with fat women, then either ghost them or “troll” them at the meet-up. It was also kinda obvious he’d never seen any consequences from this bullshit, as he was sweating pretty hard and looked more humiliated than I felt. I just said whatever and walked out, expecting to never see him again.

About a month ago, some local foodie wrote a great review of the restaurant I own, and we’ve been slammed ever since. In the past, I stayed mostly in the kitchen, but I’ve been doing more and more front-of-house stuff lately, and Valentine’s Day I was working a bit of a split between the two.

I saw Evan just as he was pushing in his date’s chair. My name isn’t on the restaurant, and he didn’t see me. I checked the section up at the hostess stand and saw that one of my favorite old-timers, Nan, was going to be his waitress. I went to the bar till, took out $400, put it in her hands, and said, “This is going to be your only table for the rest of the night. You are going to make this the worst date he has ever been on.”

She spilled every single thing she brought out to the table, all over him. I was waiting for him to blow up on Nan, but he bottled it up, obviously trying to make a good impression on his date. She seemed like a perfectly lovely lady; I told Nan to make sure everything was good for her and terrible for Evan.

She poured ice water on his d*ck. She smacked the back of his head with the edge of a tray. Spilled soup on his shirt. Dropped every fork he asked for. I personally oversalted his food, used the shit liquor for his drinks, used flour instead of sugar on his dessert. To be honest, I don’t know why he didn’t just walk out. He must have really wanted to f*ck this woman.

Finally, he cracked. Demanded Nan find the manager and bring her out. I was only too happy to emerge from the kitchen with my chef’s coat and say what, I’m not ashamed to admit, I’d been planning out all night.

“I would have said hi earlier, but I didn’t want the earthquake to disturb your dinner.”

I will savor the look on Evan’s face for the rest of my life.

He was a little too flummoxed to explain, so I pulled a chair up to the table and introduced myself to his date, Amanda. Told her how I met Evan. Showed her some fun old messages. Then I told gave her a voucher for a free meal on her next visit and told Evan to get the f*ck out and never come back.

He deleted his Tinder profile.

White Chicks

Japanese artist Sachiko Abe sits atop a building in a white gown, cutting countless sheets of A4 paper into thin, wispy strips. The performance piece known as Cut Paper

They actually cared

When George Washington died on December 14, 1799, Napoleon ordered 10 days of mourning in France, and Britain’s entire Royal Navy lowered its flags at half mast. Source

ᴿᴱᴬᴰ ᵀᴴᴱ ᶜᴼᴹᴵᶜ ᴵᵀ'ˢ ᴾᴿᴱᵀᵀᵞ ᴳᴼᴼᴰ

The Tiger in the Hills is an excellent horror comic that I recommend. It’s pretty short and does contain mild graphic content. (English Translation) (Compilation of Creepy Comics) 

Reblogging because they are all great

Lesbian Visibility Day Webcomic Masterpost! (Part 2 of 2)

Dumbing of Age (Hiveworks) ( @dumbingofage) (Warning: Depression/Attempted Suicide, Abuse, Alcohol addiction, Attempted Rape, Transphobia)

Created by David M Willis (Patreon)

Summary:  is a webcomic about college freshmen in the girls wing within a co-ed dorm at Indiana University, learning everything about life and themselves usually in the most difficult ways.  It stars a Christian homeschooled girl and her atheist best friend, and also a disgraced cheerleader, a misanthrope, a rebel, and a caped vigilante.

Griefer Belt (  @grieferbeltcomic) (Tapastic) (Comic Rocket) (Warning: Sexual Nudity, Blood/gore)

Created by Kalesbug ( @kalesbug) (Patreon)

Summary: Scott works for The Belt, a black market company that deals in harvesting and trading human organs. His boss and partner (in crime), Lars Van Allen is heir to the organization but lacks certain abilities to properly run a business.

Gunnerkrigg Court (Site)

Created by Tom Siddell (Patreon)

Summary: “Antimony Carver is a precocious and preternaturally self-possessed young girl starting her first year of school at gloomy Gunnerkrigg Court, a very British boarding school that has robots running around alongside body-snatching demons, forests gods, and the odd mythical creature.”

Heartless ( @heartless-webcomic)

Created by Emily Griggs (Site)

Summary: It’s 1852, and Clara Adams has had her future planned out for her: find and marry a proper young man, then settle in for a life of quiet obedience and domestic bliss. She’s resigned to her fate, until a bout of curiosity leads to her untimely murder, and resurrection, at the hands of monsters that she’d never dreamed might be more than fictional. Death brings Clara unexpected freedom, along with new dangers and the sudden weight of responsibility. Thrust into unlife with no way back, Clara has to learn quickly, for her unique gift might tip the scales in the secret war against her murderer for control of all London!

Mistlands ( @mistlandscomic) (Tapastic)

Created by Laya Rose (Site) (Patreon)

Summary:  Es, a half fey girl from a small New Zealand town, suddenly gets caught up in the world of the sidhe – which are a whole lot closer than she realised.

Monster Pop! (Site) (Tapastic)

Created by Maya Kern ( @mayakern) (Site) (Patreon)

Summary: Monster Pop! is a comic about two best friends and the slice of life adventures they share! Monster Pop! is set in an alternate Earth where monsters coexist with humans; sometimes they integrate well, sometimes they clash. This comic is heavily influenced by shoujo manga.

Monsters Crowd Creatures Call ( @monsterscrowdcreaturescall) (Tapastic)

Created by Void ( @trashyvoid)

Summary: Set in a fictional town called Havenhart, located in Indiana around 1984, MCCC follows the life of young monster teenagers and the threat of hunters

Namesake (Hiveworks) (Patreon)

Created by Megan Lavey-Heaton ( @savvyliterate) and Isabelle Melançon ( @secondlina)

Summary: Emma Crewe doesn’t care for books, but has the power to literally be lost in one.When Emma lands in another world following a library fire, she discovers she’s a Namesake — one with the power to open portals to other worlds via the power of their name: strange, fantasy, and fairy-tale lands we know thanks to literature, cinema, and folks tales. The rules of Namesakes are quite clear - Alices always go to Wonderland. Wendys always go to Neverland. However, Emma finds herself in Oz, where she is expected to act as the latest in a long line of Dorothies. She instead unveils a magical conspiracy plot that’s more than 100 years in the making.While Emma is stumbling down the Yellow Brick Road, her younger sister Elaine discovers she’s a Writer — one gifted with the power to make stories come to life. Will Elaine be her sister’s key back home?Aided by magic-wielding twins from Oz, a half-Cheshire Alice, a devilishly charming Jack, a sword-wielding Lost Girl, a hungry card soldier, and a confused Canadian, Emma must walk through many stories to find everyone’s happy ending.

Paper Roses (Tapastic)

Created by Sarah Boxall ( @little-miss-boxie) (Patreon)

Summary: Rose Milton has always loved writing and story telling since a young age, a passion he’s decided to study to pursue as a career. However what was once only love, quickly grew into obsession and has consumed all room in his life like an overgrown house plant. Living in limbo between a sleep deprived mind and his characters stories, he’s missing out on living his own story, his life. If only someone could help him find the next chapter.

Paranatural (Hiveworks)

Created by Zach Morrison ( @firstnamezacklastnamemorrison)

Summary: Paranatural is a comedy/action comic about a group of superpowered middle schoolers fighting evil spirits and investigating paranormal activity in their hometown.

Pricks and Pretension ( @pricksandpretension) (Tapastic)

Created by Randi “Red” Hamel ( @rannibuns) and Tajliya “Blue” Jamal ( @heyimtaj)

Summary: This comic is an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. It is set in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Red String (Hiveworks) (Warning:  sexual and nonsexual nudity, teacher and parent abuse, bullying, homophobia, sexual assault, drug abuse, attempted suicide, and death.)

Created by Gina Biggs ( @ginabiggs) (Patreon)

Summary: They say that two people who are meant to be together are tied at birth by an invisible red thread of fate, but what if destiny was tied up in knots? Red String tells the tales of three high school girls, each searching to find that promised love. In doing so, they find much more than that awaiting them.

Seal Girl and Friends ( @sealgirlandfriends)

Written by Katie Cunningham ( @katieiscunning) and Art by Nicki Kaye ( @bluandorange) (Tip Jar) (Patreon)

Summary: A Story about a girl and her adventures with her magical powered friends!

Sharp Zero ( @sharpzero) (Tapastic) (Comic Rocket)

Created by Robotsharks ( @robotsharks) (Patreon)

Summary:  Our story centers around Elliot, a delinquent indie rock musician who gets caught up in the world of vigilantism through an unexpectedly stupid accident.

Sister Claire (Hiveworks) ( @sisterclaire) (Patreon)

Created by Ash and ( @summerlightning) Yamino ( @yamino)

Summary:  Rife with nuns, Witches, magick, werewolves, cats, giant robot mechas, and blue angels who pop out of toilets to announce approaching apocalypses, Sister Claire is a webcomic about a young woman who leaves her quiet abbey to undergo a rigorous journey across a monster-riddled wilderness.

The Hues (Site) ( @thehues)

Created by Alex Heberling ( @alexheberling) (Patreon)

Summary:  The Hues is about a group of teenage magical girls who discover their powers just a little too late– the Big Bad is already here and they have only a rudimentary grasp of their abilities and what they’re supposed to be doing. It all hinges on hints and clues regarding the mysterious Jouchi, who may have the answers they seek about how to reclaim their home from the aliens.

Wilde Life (Hiveworks)

Created by Pascalle Lepas ( @lepas) (Patreon)

Summary: First it was meeting the ghost of a 1940s mathematician in the upstairs hallway, then it was finding a teenage werewolf in the bathtub. Now Oscar doesn’t know what will show up next. Maybe that’s okay, as long as nothing eats him.Wilde Life is a supernatural adventure/horror series set in a small town in rural Oklahoma. It focuses on stories about creatures from Native American mythology as witnessed and documented by a journalist from Chicago, Illinois.

Zombie Roomie (Hiveworks)

Created by John Wigger (Patreon)

Summary: John was looking for someone to split the cost of rent but got more than he bargained for when George, a zombie, became his roommate.

Validation (Site)

Created by Christian Beranek ( @christianberanek) (Patreon) Kelci Crawford (Site) ( @kelcid) (Patreon) and  Nick Beranek (Site)

Summary:  Validation is the story of Ally, a transgender girl doing her best to live a fulfilling day-to-day life.

With Great Abandon ( @withgreatabandon) (Tapastic)

Created by EH Macmillan ( @e-h-macmillan)

Summary: Harry is a gay trans man, Russell is gay cis man, and With Great Abandon is a queer romance set over the course of a year in London. It’s the story of their differences, their similarities, and their relationship. A hopeful and kind story. Also food and comics.

Cirque Du Royale ( @cirqueduroyale) (Tapastic)

Created by Brittany K. Granville ( @atomicbritt)

Summary: A slice of life comic about the regular lives of the newly appointed royal clown family.

Ingram Wilds ( @ingramwilds) (Tapastic)

Created by Lydia Jane

Summary: Ingram Wilds is the tale of four girls who hit the road after changing the world they live in.

Of Fangs and Claws (Tapastic)

Created by jaffre ( @jaffre)

Summary: After an encounter with what rhe thought to be a vampire, Red starts doubting what really happened and starts investigating.

Strong Female Protagonist (Site)

Written by Brennan Lee Mulligan and Art by Molly Ostertag ( @mollyostertag) (Site)

Summary: SFP follows the adventures of a young middle-class American with super-strength, invincibility and a crippling sense of social injustice.

Shoot Around (Webtoons)

Created by Susanna Nousiainen ( @suspucious) (Patreon) (Ko-Fi)

Summary: When a zombie apocalypse hits during the practice of a high school basketball team, it’s a whole new life for the coach, Jeff. The world’s turned upside down and the girls seem to be handling the changes way better than Jeff, who has troubles adjusting. A close-knit group of friends, the girls are eager to tackle this new world with its challenges!

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so my 14y/o daughter got into an argument with her high school principle yesterday for fighting. an older boy had come up to her and asked her out, but when she said no and tried to walk away he grabbed her by her arm and pulled her back. so she punched him and broke his nose. her principle then told her she should have “heard him out” and “it’s not like the boy actually hurt her” so her response was “inappropriate”. so my daughter then chewed out her male principle in the middle of the school corridor about rape culture and that if that was his attitude then he should probably quit teaching forever because all he was doing was teaching girls to be quiet victims and teaching boys that it was okay to touch girls against their will and then she pointed right in his face and said “men like YOU are why my mum taught me how to punch people properly”. she got a round of applause from 2 female teachers listening in and i have never been such a proud mama

need refs/inspo for period clothing?

here you go:

Medieval (9th-15th century):

10th century and earlier

Romance (1000-1250)

11th century

12th century

13th century

more 13th century

14th century

more 14th

15th century

and more 15th century

Gothic (1150-1550)

Renaissance (1520-1650)

16th & 17th century

16th century

more 16th

Tudors (1500-1550)

more Tudors

Elizabethan Period (1558-1603)

Jacobean Era (1603-1625)

17th century

more 17th century

and again

and even more

this won’t stop

Baroque (1600-1750)

Georgian Period (1714-1830):

18th century

more 18th century

18th century women’s fashion

18th century men’s fashion

Rococo (1720-1770)

Classicism (1770-1790)

children 18th-19th century

Regency Preiod (1811-1820)/ Empire (1800-1820s):

1790-1820s

more stuff on regency and georgian era

even more

that’s not enough regency

and more

how is there so much

early 19th century men’s wear

early 19th century women’s wear

Victorian Period (1837-1901):

Romantic Era (1820-1840s)

Civil War Era/1850-1860s

1870-1890s

more victorian

Edwardian Period (1901-1910):

1900-1910s

Belle Epoque (1880-1910s)

more edwardian/belle époque

Modern:

1910s-1920s [Fashion between the World Wars]

1920s

more roaring 20s

so much 20s

1920s hairstyles

1930s

1930-1940s

1930-1950s

1950s

more 50s

1960s

1960-1970s

1980s

lots of periods in one spot/fashion through centuries:

here, here, and here is almost everything (and properly ordered)

also here with lots of historic fashion magazines

100 years of beauty (includes lots of other cultures too!)

historic fashion

costumes of antiquity

more historical clothing

history of fashion

more history of fashion

“vintage” clothing

historic costumes

children’s historical fashion/toys

details

historic wedding dresses

historic assecoires (hats, shoes…)

hats

masks

parasols

lots of embroidery/jewlery

it indeed is western/european centric, I’m sorry for that, but for other cultures I simply don’t have so many references

ALSO note that most of the pictures show historical clothing from the upper classes or more festive clothing of the lower/working class because normal working clothes wouldn’t survive for such a long time, and the clothes were often re-used over and over again!