Grumpykaalibilli - Raised In This Asylum

Show this photo to your daughters as they grow up.

Show them that courage is important, even in the scariest of situations. This woman stood up and faced her fears, spoke her truth in front of a group of men while balancing the world on her shoulders. She is a hero. She is a representation for all women who are done being assaulted and abused.

I Believe Dr. Christine Blasey Ford

During this terrifying time of seeing the rise of alt-right terrorism, we must all channel the courageous spirit of that teen who egged Fraser Anning’s ugly racist noggin.

You fucking legend. Keep up the good work.

I did not anticipate the last post.

Via JellyBean Cosplay

Anyway if you’re from the US and you ever wanted to know what tumblr feels like from a non-USAmerican perspective (please note that the rest of the world is not a monolith either and none of these apply without exception):

Everybody’s talking about brands and stores you’ve never seen in real life. You generally assume they exist, but they might as well be one giant prank the rest of the internet is in on.

You find a post that just sounds wrong. It makes no sense. It’s like OP lives in a weird alternate reality. 9/10 times, it’s just some USAmerican Thing.

You’re still not entirely sure how much an inch is. Or a foot. Or even how many of the former there are in the latter. You maybe know your height in feet and inches.

You have no idea how much a pound is. You’d also like to know how the fuck pound shortens to lbs.

What the fuck is “military time”

Somebody talks about some legal process or something similar. They don’t mention which country’s legal system this pertains to. You know anyway.

People talk about politics. None of it pertains to you. Many posts contain guilt tripping. “How can you not care about this?? Why won’t you reblog this?? People need to know this about x candidate for y position!” You’re busy trying to stay on top of the political landscape in your own country.

You pick up some random slang from the internet. Monkey see monkey do. You’re called racist. You didn’t know it was AAVE. You learnt it from black letters on white background, not from the mouths of people whose faces you could see. How would you have known? You try to unlearn it.

People tell you that you must publicly denounce Chick-fil-A or you’re homophobic. You don’t even know what a Chick-fil-A is.

People say you don’t know LGBTQ+ history. What they mean is you don’t know USAmerican LGBTQ+ history. Nobody cares about your country’s history.

You’re “called out” on using an “offensive” term. It’s (a direct translation of) a completely harmless word where you live.

People expect you to have an idea of how far apart 2 USAmerican states are. You barely know geography past your country’s immediate neighbors.

You randomly switch between British and American spellings. Nothing’s real and there are no rules.

People talk about multiple hour car rides and you get twitchy just thinking about it. You suddenly understand why USAmerican cars are so big.

Somebody talks about school shooting drills. You only ever had fire alarm drills.

You see a cool statistic. The study’s only about the US. It’s unfortunately of no use to you.

People misuse/misspell words and names from your native language. It’s tiring.

(You feel sorry for the French. Nobody should be allowed to mangle the word déjà vu like that.)

You’re still not over the fact that USAmerican school children are supposed to say that pledge thing every morning. You’re never getting over that.

You still don’t know why the men are fresh or what the fuck a sophomore is.

Who the fuck pays up first and then fills up gas??? That’s made up, right??

Everybody has a weird obsession with some comfort food you’d never even heard of before you signed up here.

Fellow non-USAmericans, please add anything else you can think of.

I think my brain just relapsed. She eloquently described my vague, fleeting thoughts.

Even in 'female' there is a 'male'. There is just no escaping.

being a woman isn’t about the body you were born with or your feelings or your brain it’s about being haunted by this quote from margaret atwood for your entire life

S1 ending did not stand well AT ALL. What the hell was that? How does someone who has not wanted kids for years magically agree to it? They only focused on what Daphne wanted. Thats not fair. Also there was not enough explored in Simon's back story as well. The complexity, character development?

The show is good but had the means to become better. Also classical strings on pop songs was AMAZING.

Sanditon review

So I haven't read a lot of Jane Austen books, but from the two that I have read, Austen's female protagonists are powerful and ahead of their time. Charlotte doesn't feel like that. There is something submissive about her. She only stands up to Sidney and Lady Denham, but there has to be more to her. I hope we get to see that in S2.

Sidney Parker's character is fine tbh. He feels like a Austen man.

And obviously the ending could have been better. I guess that's what happens when you have a man behind the helms.😒

But all in all, if you like cheesy period dramas to pass time, this is good.

Barry is one of the fucking best shows on TV right now.

Season 1 had its glitches. I didn't find it that interesting but it had its moments so I stuck and I am glad that I did. In S1 you can feel Bill Hader find his footing with all the creative hats he is wearing.

Season 2, however is a revelation. The writing, the story line, the characters, the acting, the cinematography, the darkness and the comedy balanced - it's perfect. For a series with a very random and imaginary story line, they have made it quite precise and swift and rationale- very different for the multiple genres that Barry represents. And Bill Hader is a really good director and writer - watch S2 episode 5 for reference you'll know what I am saying.

Apart from that Anthony Carrigan( who kind of steals the show in S2), Sarah Goldberg, Henry Winkler are quite frankly fantastic.

The show and the man behind it - both have bright futures waiting for them.

Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundum.

Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale".

an accurate representation of my tumblr dashboard