Reality is Running Away

devidsketchbook:

This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of Stickers to Thousands of Kids

Artist Yayoi Kusama constructed a large domestic environment, painting every wall, chair, table, piano, and household decoration a brilliant white, effectively serving as a giant white canvas. (Art Installations)

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So, I don’t know if I’ve been in social justice circles too much, but I just started watching Torchwood, and the second episode (of the first series) “Day One” left me feeling really offended for a whole host of reasons.

The premise of the episode is that there’s this whole alien thing that got in the host body of this woman.  The woman then goes around with men, jumping them and having sex with them.  They die when they come.  

This alien lady goes around to everyone and some of the guys are like “hey, stop” but she jumps them with her sexiness anyways.  Essentially, she’s raping these guys before she (or the alien inside her) kills them.  However, through the entire episode it’s like ohhhh fellas love that.  When the Torchwood team stops her from having sex with this delivery man, Captain Jack Harkness was like “sorry to have to say this but put your pants on and leave now.”  There’s this assumption he wants sex even though the guy was like “ummm joke’s over stop having sex with me.”  

This is the guy’s face when she’s on top of him, clearly not a consensual player: 

If it was a woman being assaulted, the reaction wouldn’t have been like “run away now and put your pants on you stupid person.”  It left me feeling icky.

THEN.  After that, the female main character in Torchwood ends up hooking up with the alien-possessed woman.  It’s the first female-lady-kissing character introduced in the series, and it’s introduced as her cheating on her boyfriend and it being super hot, which is the same trope EVERY SINGLE TIME and I hate television.  All of the other characters are watching it on the video surveillance and it’s written off from pheromones from the alien later but ughh.

So, this alien feeds off of the orgasm energy of having sex with humans.  The alien-possessed woman is snogging this female main character, so clearly the alien is attracted to women.  But then, just as things look like they’re about to go to below-the-waist sexytime, the alien is like “no; it has to be a man.”  

Okay.  This really rubbed me the wrong way.  I’m so sick of having general network television being like “queer sex isn’t real sex/lesbian sex isn’t real sex/if you’re a lesbian you’ve never lost your virginity bc there’s no penis”.  But I expected more from something that I know was lauded as having queer (at least queer male) characters in a progressive way.  Apparently female orgasm doesn’t have the same alien-feeding energy, and lesbian alien sex won’t get the job done.

I was pissed.

Going back to watching just Doctor Who now, I think.

octopusparade:

DUDE WHAT IF THEY DID A MIDNIGHT PREMIER OF THE GREAT GATSBY AND EVERYONE SHOWED UP TO WAIT IN LINE AT THE MOVIE THEATER IN SUITS AND BEADED DRESSES AND GOT CLASSY-WASTED AND OH MY GOD IT WOULD JUST BE THE BEST NIGHT.

THIS IS THE ONLY THING IN THE WORLD I WANT ANYMORE.

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glassmountain:

stfuconservatives:

nextyearsgirl:

This is an enormous chain and I’m sorry, but I need to say this:

The laws in the Old Testament were set forth by god as the rules the Hebrews needed to follow in order to be righteous, to atone for the sin of Adam and Eve and to be able to get into Heaven. That is also why they were required to make sacrifices, because it was part of the appeasement for Original Sin.

According to Christian theology, when Jesus came from Heaven, it was for the express purpose of sacrificing himself on the cross so that our sins may be forgiven. His sacrifice was supposed to be the ultimate act that would free us from the former laws and regulations and allow us to enter Heaven by acting in his image. That is why he said “it is finished” when he died on the cross. That is why Christians don’t have to circumcise their sons (god’s covenant with Jacob), that is why they don’t have to perform animal sacrifice, or grow out their forelocks, or follow any of the other laws of Leviticus.

When you quote Leviticus as god’s law and say they are rules we must follow because they are what god or Jesus wants us to do, what you are really saying, as a Christian, is that Christ’s sacrifice on the cross was invalid. He died in vain because you believe we are still beholden to the old laws. That is what you, a self-professed good Christian, are saying to your god and his son, that their plan for your salvation wasn’t good enough for you.

So maybe actually read the thing before you start quoting it, because the implications of your actions go a lot deeper than you think.

/An atheist who understands Christian theology better than Bible-thumpers do.

^

(mic drop)

boom

whoa.

Damn.

I’m going to fucking memorize this shit.

Reblogging again for commentary.

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It’s a red panda.  Playing with a pumpkin.  In the snow. :D

You’ve been asleep, Cap. For almost 70 years.

So I was crying a lot at this part…

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theanimalblog:

by Jean-Louis Klein & Marie-Luce Hubert

It’s SO CUTE.

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spatialcluster:

I couldn’t stop smiling! 

clicksandkarma:

thedailywhat:

Marriage Proposal of the Day: The planning! The dorkiness! The tears!

So imperfect it’s perfect.

[thanks, rob!]

This was quite possibly the cutest, most fun, unique proposal I’ve ever seen. I actually starting crying it was THAT sweet and thoughtful and we all know I’m a cynical bitch with a heart of stone.

motherjones:

inothernews:

No, really — the Obama campaign’s emails are a bit jarring sometimes.

We’re basically two months away from the first “Hey grrrrrrl” e-mail subject line. Our money’s on Biden.