Fandoms & Feminisms

Emma Watson, W Magazine

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:39:44 -0500

Emma Watson, W Magazine

creepingongeorge: Let’s all look on and laugh at JJ’s hilarious...

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:09:06 -0500

creepingongeorge:

Let’s all look on and laugh at JJ’s hilarious dancing! (x)

Requested by monkey-shells.

siddharthasmama: mangotea: afternoonsnoozebutton: Study shows...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:49:51 -0500

siddharthasmama:

mangotea:

afternoonsnoozebutton:

Study shows watching TV boosts self esteem of White male children, decreases self esteem of Black male and all female children. (x)

Boys making the transition from elementary to middle school are probably exposed to superhero cartoons, Jordan said, adding, ” ‘Superman,’ ‘Batman,’ X-Men.’ The lead characters of these shows tend to be male.”

But Jordan added, “In recent years, creators of children’s programming have worked hard to improve diversity and include strong female characters.”

For white boys, “regardless of what show you’re watching … things in life are pretty good for you,” Martins, an assistant professor of telecommunications at Indiana University Bloomington, said in a statement. “(White males) tend to be in positions of power; you have prestigious occupations, high education, glamorous houses, a beautiful wife, with very little portrayals of how hard you worked to get there.”

#study shows existing on this planet boosts self esteem of white male children/decreases self esteem of black male and all female children

In other news, water is wet.

But, children don’t see color, doe’.

smile player

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:47:17 -0500

smile player

Photo

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:08:26 -0500

dinolich: jadeb0t: amplifiedattire: Robot(?) leggings...

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:08:40 -0500

dinolich:

jadeb0t:

amplifiedattire:

Robot(?) leggings by Balenciaga. [Source]

p sure the first two are trooper and c3po

I would wear leggings if all of them looked like this.

"And I am jealous of your tattoos and how long they will stay with you after I go."

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:30:28 -0500

“And I am jealous
of your tattoos and how long
they will stay with you
after I go.”

- Clementine von Radics (via everyoneisinlovewithlouis)

thebacklot: buzzfeed: mattbelly: The Prince of Sweden is a...

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:07:49 -0500

thebacklot:

buzzfeed:

mattbelly:

The Prince of Sweden is a total babe.

hi.

Marry me?

mooglemisbehaving: tyndall-blue: riskycuriosity: artemisiumabs...

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:26:11 -0500

mooglemisbehaving:

tyndall-blue:

riskycuriosity:

artemisiumabsinthia:

Josephine Baker, later known as ‘Bronze Venus’, ‘Black Pearl’ and ‘Créole Goddess’ was born in America in 1906 and later moved to France to become a singer, dancer, and actress. She was the first African-American woman to star in a major motion picture, and became famous worldwide.

Though she grew up as a maid in wealthy white households she eventually became an exotic dancer in France, famously appearing in next to no clothing, and became a French citizen in 1937.

Ernest Hemingway referred to Baker as ‘the most sensational woman anyone ever saw’ and she received approximately 1500 marriage proposals in her life time. She became a muse for Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, and Christian Dior. She had a variety of exotic pets including a cheetah named Chiquita, a chimpanzee named Ethel, a pig named Albert, a snake named Kiki, a goat, a parrot, parakeets, fish, three cats, and seven dogs.

When WWII broke out, Baker became a volunteer spy for France, and assisted the French Resistance by smuggling messages written in invisible ink on sheet music. She made great efforts to aid those in danger of enemy attack, sent Christmas presents to French soldiers, and smuggled information she gathered in Spain back to France by pinning notes containing the information on the inside of her underwear. She was awarded the Medal of Resistance with Rosette and later named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.

Baker also aided many civil rights movements by refusing to perform to segregated audiences and storming out of a club in Manhattan with actress Grace Kelly after she was refused service. She worked with the NAACP and spoke at a Washington march alongside Martin Luther King Jr. as the only official female speaker. Baker was actually asked by Martin Luther King Jr.’s widow to take his place as leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, but Baker declined on the grounds her twelve adopted children ‘were too young to lose their mother’.

Baker died in 1975, four days after her final show, attended by such names as Mick Jagger, Shirley Bassey, and Liza Minnelli.

Oh and she was queer and had a relationship with Frida Kahlo. All around badass.

I’d like a movie about her life too, please.

"Women read comics. Anyone at all engaged in social media knows this. Women read comics and are a..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:55:39 -0500

“Women read comics. Anyone at all engaged in social media knows this. Women read comics and are a driving force behind fandom. I think I could call them the driving force behind fandom and put up a convincing argument. Just think about it: what fandoms have driven America crazy in the last decade? Could anyone dissuade me from saying that they were Harry Potter, Twilight and the Hunger Games? “Avatar” may have put butts in theater seats, but you don’t hear about it… ever. No one is immersed in the world of “Avatar” except James Cameron and people who enjoy wearing Na’vi Zentai suits. “The Avengers” was pretty darn huge and, if Tumblr is any indication, a whopping portion of the people driving that fandom online do not possess a Y chromosome. Women engage in fandom to levels that men do not. When women get behind something, their sheer numbers and passion force it into the mainstream. That’s why you can name the actor who plays that werewolf kid in “Twilight” and probably sing at least the chorus to one Justin Bieber song. What do tween boys like? I have no clue. Sports? Probably sports.”

- Brett White, Comic Book Resources (via wandrinparakeet)

and yet men remain the most marketed demographic for just about everything.

(via ohhoechno)

I’m pretty sure the only men who spend more time thinking about DC than women on Tumblr are the men who actually work there.

(via touchofgrey37)

DailyDot | ST: Into Darkness - Too Many Dicks on the Enterprise

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:50:53 -0500

DailyDot | ST: Into Darkness - Too Many Dicks on the Enterprise:

nospockdasgay:

With the new Star Trek movie, JJ Abrams has gone from trying to trying to appeal to new audiences to forsaking core fans altogether.

What JJ Abrams doesn’t seem to understand is that Star Trek’s fans, regardless of gender, aren’t sticking around because they want to see Zoe Saldana in her underwear. They’re sticking around because they like Star Trek.

^ THIS ^

"Nurse Chapel is a beloved [Trek] character,” says Orci. “Even before the first movie came out, a lot..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:22:18 -0500

“

Nurse Chapel is a beloved [Trek] character,” says Orci. “Even before the first movie came out, a lot of online chatter was, ‘Is Nurse Chapel gonna be there?!’”

Alas, although we hear Dr. McCoy (Karl Urban) say “Nurse Chapel” in 2009’s Star Trek, we never officially saw Christine Chapel — and she’s still MIA in Into Darkness. Instead, Carol Marcus tells Kirk that she learned of his reputation as a ladies man from her friend Christine Chapel, who has become a nurse since her romantic encounter with him — which he does not recall.

“We just figured that would be a great reference, and we loved that Kirk didn’t remember her,” says Orci. “It’s an in-joke that also speaks volumes about his character when it comes to women. That’s why we used it.”

So will Nurse Chapel ever actually make a flesh-and-blood appearance on the Enterprise? Orci just laughs. “That’s certainly possible!

”

- Bob Orci talks to BuzzFeed about fan references in Star Trek Into Darkness. [x]

All I have to say about this is:

(via numbtongue)

#the misogyny is so fucking palpable im going 2 throw up #you had the opportinity to introduce another female character #(having more than 2 is too much for you maybe???????) #but nooo #you had to be gross and write her off as just another conquest in kirk’s book #HILARIOUS AM I RIGHT!!!! #women are dispensable!!!!! #and not only the fucking blatant misogyny you also seem to not understand kirk’s character #like apparently for these dudes sleeping around = being a sleazy douchebag #which???? no?????????#people who have a lot of sex maybe do b/c…they enjoy sex??????? #wow revolutionary i know #anyway god im just so angry about this

(via genuinewarmdecentfeeling)

i feel like the most appropriate response to this quote is an apathetic scream of frustration

(via mautlan)

HEY BOB ORCI COULD YOU MAYBE STOP

(via logical-deduction)

on-my-toes-for-you: She’s so amazing

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:50:34 -0500

on-my-toes-for-you:

She’s so amazing

pansysnarkinson: pssss did you guys see what the wall street...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:50:15 -0500

pansysnarkinson:

pssss did you guys see what the wall street journal said about star trek because

fuckyeahfeminists: Shout out to the Nice Guys (tm) out there...

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:20:27 -0500

fuckyeahfeminists:

Shout out to the Nice Guys (tm) out there who need to see this.

buzzfeedceleb: George Takei responds to fans of traditional...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:37:36 -0500

buzzfeedceleb:

George Takei responds to fans of traditional marriage.

kqedscience: 3D print your own invisibility cloak “Got an...

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:26:12 -0500

kqedscience:

3D print your own invisibility cloak

“Got an industrial-grade 3D printer laying around that you don’t know what to do with? 3D print your own “invisibility cloak”!”

Photo

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:08:54 -0500

fastcompany: The Takeaway: Don’t let critics destroy a great...

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:05:56 -0500

fastcompany:

The Takeaway: Don’t let critics destroy a great idea.

The three women behind the THINX, a fashionable underwear line designed for a woman’s menstrual cycle, wanted to launch an untested idea in a field dominated by corporate giants like Hanes, Fruit of the Loom, and Victoria’s Secret.

After a few years of perseverance and research, THINX products are beginning to hit store shelves, and early sales have already eclipsed this year’s projections.

Here’s the scoop.

"Fans of the first film really wanted to find out what happened to Peggy afterwards, so Marvel are..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:27:21 -0500

“Fans of the first film really wanted to find out what happened to Peggy afterwards, so Marvel are also making a short film, which is basically ‘What Peggy Did Next’, which will be shown at Comic-Con and be on the DVD extras of the second film (Captain America: The Winter Soldier). So as well as doing a bit in the new film, I’ve got a whole new spin-off short film. It has been great to be back in training with the stunt coordinators, kicking some butt again.”

- Hayley Atwell (via fyeahlilbit2point0)

A chorus of angels just began singing….

(via therearecertainshadesoflimelight)