May 2013
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J.K. Rowling was working some Beautiful Mind level... →
J.K. Rowling was working some Beautiful Mind level realness when she mapped out the plot for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Put this handwritten chart in front of a muggle and they’ll feel like they were hit with a Confundus charm.
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If I Admit That 'Hating Men' Is a Thing, Will You... →
One of the best explanations of why we still need feminism that I’ve seen outside of academia.
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Gaming's new frontier: Cancer, depression, suicide →
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Watch Batgirl Kick the Everloving Shit out of the... →
Batgirl is officially confirmed as the next DLC character for INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US. And the Joker has a new costume based on The Killing Joke.
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A Thing You Probably Didn’t Notice: Riker Sits... →
This is pretty mesmerizing. Apparently, though, Wil Wheaton has said on Reddit that Jonathan Frakes sits that way because of an old back injury.
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How 1 question triggered a "Supernatural" fandom... →
The wink-wink-nod attitude of the show towards its many slash fans is not only frustrating to fans, but problematic, considering the incredibly long line of shows that utilize queerbaiting in order to build their fanbases, without any intention of ever following through. The lack of acknowledgment that queer romance could be a possibility for prime time’s most compelling relationships is a...
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IMAGES: What Happens If You Flip The Gender Of... →
Yesterday, author Maureen Johnson had a great idea. She tweeted “I do wish I had a dime for every email I get that says, “Please put a non-girly cover on your book so I can read it.
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Meet the Newest Woman to Write Batman
dcwomenkickingass:
Last year one of the glass ceilings in superhero comics had a batarang thrown at it when Becky Cloonan became the first woman to draw an issue of Batman. The writing side of the Batman ceiling has had a few cracks in it through the years with Devin Grayson, Louise Simonson, Ann Nocenti and Christina Weir all having stints on Batman titles. Women writing Batman books, however,...
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Armor And Anxiety: Tony Stark Is The New Captain... →
The latest Iron Man installment continues an argument begun in last summer’s The Avengers about two very different kinds of American exceptionalism.
Fantastic article about Tony Stark as a metaphor for the current American psyche.
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How I Became a Hipster →
LOL oh the Times. What are you even.
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Tits or GTFO →
Why does it always have to be boobs?
By the inimitable Jenn Frank.
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Florence + the (Bat)Machine
I’m convinced half of Florence Welch’s songs are about the BatFamily.
Dick Grayson - Falling, Lover to Lover “Lover to Lover” reminds me of Dick during his Renegade days in the preboot, particularly the line “black to red.” I should add that I picked “Falling” for Dick before he hit rock bottom in Injustice.
Barbara Gordon - Leave My Body...
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Stunning Final Fantasy Art You Probably Haven't... →
Final Fantasy IX might not be the best Final Fantasy game, but it’s definitely the most stylish.
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They mocked her "science fantasy." Then she wrote... →
May the Fourth! Tomorrow’s the day we celebrate all things Star Wars, which makes it the perfect day to recognize one of the great unsung contributors to the galaxy far, far away: Leigh Brackett wrote the first script draft of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes back, and her contributions helped make the saga epic.
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“Some days aren’t yours at all.
They come and go as if they’re...”
– “Somedays” by Regina Spektor.
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STOP FONDLING MY NIPPLES AND LISTEN!: akaalexia:... →
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ohmygil:
I’m actually a little offended because if there were ever a male Strong Female Character
it’d be Nightwing
Isn’t that right Karen?
IM A LITTLE BITTER NEGL dick grayson was doing the strong female character thing IN CANON way before…
I mean he even got fridged in Injustice: Gods Among Us. Which is apparently a rite of passage for strong...
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Basically everyone on tumblr
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The Young Salinger, Mordant Yet Hopeful →
An aspiring author herself, Ms. Sheard asked Salinger for advice, and he encouraged her. “Seems to me you have the instincts to avoid the usual Vassar-girl tripe,” Salinger wrote in a letter dated Sept. 4, 1941, suggesting some smaller literary magazines where she could submit her work.
I wish J.D. Salinger would teach me how to avoid Vassar girl tripe.
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robiningravens:
theforgottenfeline:
everyone love and cherish Tim Drake before he gets killed by a pencil or something
Tim Drake HAS been killed by a pencil. It’s called The New 52.
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jasontheredhood:
Me while I read the Injustice: Gods Among us comics:
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April 2013
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How to Write Fiction for Money Without Selling Out... →
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Fuck Yeah Character Development!: Masterlist:... →
referenceforwriters:
Content: police ranks, Promotions and how they work, daily life, career paths, jobs usually glossed over, administration, etc.
Job Related
Police Ranks of the United States
Career Paths of Police Officers
Types of Sworn Law Enforcement Careers
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Nintendo Has an Opportunity to Make a Legend of... →
What WOULDN’T I do for a Zelda game starring Zelda?
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Great Architects Love a Good Nap →
If you’re going to get up at sunrise, drink a couple dozen cups of coffee, and embark on a three- or four-hour-long walk, you may find that you could really use a nap at some point during the day. Not surprisingly, many artists love a good nap
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Gamasutra: Ryan Creighton's Blog - White as a... →
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Stupid Writer Tricks →
How my obsession with author interviews resulted in new writing habits, as well as a lot of wasted time.
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Eat Like an Artist: You →
If all of this makes the life of the artist sound awfully repetitive and dull—well, that’s sort of the point. For many artists, deciding what to eat is just one more distraction from the work. If you want to devote hours of intense focus to your art, something else in your life has got to take a backseat, and all too often it is lunch.
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How the “Most Beautiful Woman in the World”... →
“Hedy is a quite nice, but mad, girl who besides being very beautiful indeed spends most of her spare time inventing things—she’s just invented a new ‘soda pop’ which she’s patenting—of all things!”
-George Antheil
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BioShock Infinite: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern... →
BioShock Infinite is the video game version of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
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Different Games | A conference on representation,... →
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BioShock Infinite: Now Is The Best Time | Leigh... →
And then I come upon a lavish spread of rotting fruit, fine china. A raven is disturbed from the Dickensian tableside, spores and insects circulate in the silence. As I admire it, a man in a suit and a bowler hat enters. He’s not dressed like a policeman. Who is this person, and what does he do in this place? Oh. He pulls out his gun. I shoot first. It’s the end of a story that never even...
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Are You a Female SF&F Writer? You Might Be Able to... →
For the past two years speculative fiction magazine Strange Horizons has put their researcher’s hat on to look at gender in genre publishing. Specifically they analyze the breakdown of male and female authors, male and female reviewers, and how many books by male and female authors get reviewed. So what’d they find about genre publishing in 2012? There’s good news and bad news.
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Gamasutra A Look Back at A Link To The Past →
'Princess and the pot' is rare find →
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So this is what Batman has done to me:
I’m watching Star Trek: The Next Generation and I’m like “OMG Riker is such a Dick Grayson does anyone else see that?”
I’m watching NGE and I’m like “Damn does Rei remind anyone else of Cass Cain? What do you mean, ‘Who’s Cass Cain?’ Oh, and look, Shinji wears earbuds in bed just like Damian haha...
beeftony:
Remember how Clone!Roy just completely dropped out of the series for no reason
yeah :( he was one of the best parts of season 2. Way better than original!Roy.
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House Tyrell Is Richer Than House Lannister →
The Westeroi conventional wisdom that that the Lannisters are the richest house in the Seven Kingdoms is dead wrong. House Tyrell is number one in all the ways…
