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that-damn-snowflake: joannaleecurtis: there are children on...

Sun, 26 May 2013 00:11:31 -0400

that-damn-snowflake:

joannaleecurtis:

there are children on this site

neither: i dont know how to talk to straight boys on tumblr

Sun, 26 May 2013 00:00:30 -0400

neither: i dont know how to talk to straight boys on tumblr

brewskee: Ive been laughing for 4 hours….

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:43:06 -0400

brewskee:

Ive been laughing for 4 hours….

wwruska: REAL Lesbians React to Lesbian Porn! I’m laughing so...

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:40:07 -0400

wwruska:

REAL Lesbians React to Lesbian Porn!

I’m laughing so hard oh my god

thatferrybroad: wliabl: Cleopatra’s Underwater Palace,...

Thu, 23 May 2013 02:58:36 -0400

thatferrybroad:

wliabl:

Cleopatra’s Underwater Palace, Egypt

I still don’t get why no one is LOSING THEIR FUCKING SHIT OVER THIS FIND

iT SURVIVED THE EARTHQUAKE THAT LEVELED THE REST OF THE CITY IN 365 A.D.

CLEOPATRA’S FUCKING PALACE

WITH INTACT FUCKING STATUARY

NOT TO MENTION THE REST OF THE FUCKING ENTIRE GODDAMN ISLAND OF ANTIRRHODOS INCLUDING THE ANCIENT PORT OF ALEXANDRIA

AND THEY’RE GONNA BUILD A MOTHERFUCKING UNDERWATER MUSEUM

UNDERWATER. MUSEUM.

can I be a mermaid tour guide there or some shit, you don’t even have to pay me i will just live there forever oh my fucking god

i’d freak out, but every time i think about alexandria or cleopatra, i think about the library…..

yesimbeyonce: when people add “Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry” as their education on...

Thu, 23 May 2013 02:17:43 -0400

yesimbeyonce: when people add “Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry” as their education on...

knowhomo: LGBTQ* People and Artifacts in...

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:47:53 -0400

knowhomo:

LGBTQ* People and Artifacts in Historical Archives

Franklin Kameny’s Protest Signs (now scattered throughout the American History Museum in Washington, D.C.)

Following from the Smithsonian Institution

Frank Kameny, who died on Oct. 11, was one of those Americans of whom few may have heard but who devoted his life to furthering civil rights, most especially for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) people. He instigated or participated in many of the important gay rights actions of the 20th century.

This display shows a selection of the protest posters that Kameny and the Kameny Papers Project donated to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in 2006. Three of the most resonant picket signs are now on display in Flag Hall, just off the entrance from the National Mall and near the Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired the national anthem, and the civil rights-eraWoolworth Lunch counter. Another poster is currently on view in The American Presidency exhibition among a number of protest signs. The Kameny collection is part of the Museum’s long-standing commitment to preserve the history of American democracy and the struggles for individual and civil rights in the United States.

Photo of Kameny with Obama from The New York Times

Photos of Kameny’s Signs from the Smithsonian Institution

Kameny Political Cartoon Pulled from QSyndicate.com

vworp-goes-the-tardis: eredar: the-underground-hufflepuff: Women are so pissed about being...

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:42:47 -0400

vworp-goes-the-tardis: eredar: the-underground-hufflepuff: Women are so pissed about being...

How make a popular text post:

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:39:29 -0400

messed-up-logic: How make a popular text post: Say something stupid and hope people will reblog...

kerokamina: sincerelymrbear: cupcakedrawings: the-hatred-machi...

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:36:15 -0400

kerokamina:

sincerelymrbear:

cupcakedrawings:

the-hatred-machine:

katsplanet:

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whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Excuse me as I cry

cancune: if a guy stares at ur boobs just stare at his dick maybe squint a little bit

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:23:04 -0400

cancune: if a guy stares at ur boobs just stare at his dick maybe squint a little bit

winchester-booty: fandomsandfeminism: winchester-booty: fandom...

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:22:34 -0400

winchester-booty:

fandomsandfeminism:

winchester-booty:

fandomsandfeminism:

winchester-booty:

fandomsandfeminism:

[[cut for space]]

Oh yeah, because THAT makes the complete erasure of the LGBTQ+ community within the novels LESS shitty? No.

It is an embarrassment that in a series that proclaims to be about LOVE and TOLERANCE to not have a single god damn LGBTQ+ character in the novels. It is a failure. It’s shitty and problematic and marginalizing to LGBTQ+ fans.

And for the record: We DO know about the love lives of the professors. -points to Snape, Hagrid, and Madame Maxine- Your heteronormative queer-erasure apologetics are paper thin and shitty.

God damnit give me a fucking example, because I’m reading these arguments both ways and I’m not convinced either is right.

Honestly, if my principal was gay, I wouldn’t know about it unless he was in an openly gay relationship, and even then, it would never be explicitly stated. On the other hand, yes, I do want proof in the text.

An example of what exactly? An example of Harry Potter knowing about the love life of his teachers? -points aggressively to Snape and Hagrid-

Even that fact that the ONLY LGBTQ+ we get is Dumbledore, even without considering the horribly shitty way his story was fumbled, is just stupid. Hundreds of Hogwarts students, and ALL of them are straight? Fuckin-heteronormative-bullshit.

An example of ho he could be shown gay. I’m being perfectly fucking reasonable, don’t be an asshole in response, it makes for bad rhetoric.

I’m “being an asshole” because I’ve talked about this before. At length. And shitty straight HP fans keep on telling me that it doesn’t matter.

It does matter. I swear to god it matters. And it is EXHAUSTING to have people continuously tell you that the forces of marginalization in your life don’t matter for YEARS.

To answer your question though:

There are two incredibly obvious and easy ways for Dumbledore’s sexuality to be discussed in the novel without changing anything at all.

1. Rita Skeeter’s book. She talked extensively about his FRIENDSHIP with Gellert in the book. It seems pretty freakin’ weird that she didn’t make the actual connection there. Frame it in a way that draws attention to homophobia and make that a further extension of the tolerance theme that HP preaches.

2. King’s Cross. Harry and Dumbledore have a VERY personal discussion in King’s Cross. They discuss Dumbledore’s past, his family, his dead sister. In fact, when Harry MENTIONS Gellert in the book, talking about how Gellert died to protect his grave from Voldy, Dumbledore actually WIPES AWAY A TEAR. Dumbledore speaks at LENGTH about Gellert and their “friendship.” That omission of the depth of those feelings feels deliberate and awkward in hindsight. Bring it up and use it to underscore the themes of LOVE that HP has running throughout.

See, now I can’t even take you seriously because of how unnecessarily nasty you were to me and every one else. You’re basically just screaming I’m right and only people who have the exact same opinion as me can even be decent human beings.’ That is how the other side argues. The people who would rather people like you and me not exist. You are not helping this cause by arguing this way, you are hurting it, because as much as I hate it, people stereotype. It is a thing that happens in reality, whether you’re a good person or bad. Stereotypes root back to survival instincts —‘things with this kind of teeth hurt me’— and it carries over to modern life. People will stereotype one worked up and angry person, someone pushed to their breaking point, as the sum of the whole. And none of us will be taken seriously. I’m saying this because I want our movement to get stronger. We all need to know how to effectively argue and get our point across without looking mean and vicious if we want people as a whole to take us seriously.

And honestly, Rita Skeeter in all likelihood, probably was a homophobe. It fits her nature.

And I suppose in King’s Cross, it may have fit there, but Rowling had to be conscious of the demographic she was selling to and the press’s reaction. Because we live in the real world where fundamentalists would have protested, would have spammed every medium they had access to with ‘Dumbledore is a faggot and Rowling is a whore.’ And I agree that that is bullshit, but we both know it probably would have happened, and it would have devastated young LGBTQ+ readers. ‘This character is gay and for that soul reason everyone should hate him.’ I feel with it having just the slightest hints combined with Rowling’s word was about as explicitly stated as it could have gotten without riots of homophobes in the streets. And that is bullshit.

But just one more thing— neither Snape nor Hagrid were very professional in their dealings— especially concerning Harry, but Dumbledore always composed himself in a very professional manner.

If I may insert myself in here,

Yes, Dumbledore was very composed in nearly every conversation he had with Harry - except for the one they had a King’s Cross. Probably because Dumbledore was really seeing Harry as somebody OTHER than Voldemort’s 7th horcrux, or someone who needed his guidance. Harry had once again gone above and beyond his peers and proved himself capable of what Dumbledore was not. To be honest, I think this is the first conversation Dumbledore and Harry have as equals.

But that’s not what’s being discussed here.

In a world of smutty parades and a glamorization of gay characters and their lifestyles (Glee, Degrassi, Queer as Folk, etc.), I think it says something powerful that J. K. Rowling did not blatantly tell us about Dumbledore’s sexuality. Had we known that he was gay, we’d probably know him as “the gay character” from the series, and there’d be lot’s of shipping and crap surrounding him - completely diminishing his character, and his point in the series.

The fact that he was gay had no point to the plot and therefore no need to be mentioned - he was never going to have any love interests; he was effectively asexual ever since what happened with Gillert.

I see J. K. not needing to explicitly say that Dumbledore was gay as a message that the LGBTQ+ community is no different than the rest of society, and should not be judged by our sexual preferences or gender identities, but by our choices.

Bit of a handful (based on...

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:06:57 -0400

Bit of a handful

(based on http://theboywithgoldeneyes.tumblr.com/post/50991692920/gundamdick-deeeeaaan )

a rather tender subject no matter how you slice it

kahtiihma: the fuckING PENCIL SHARPENER ONE BRILLIANT THANK...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:12:09 -0400

kahtiihma:

the fuckING PENCIL SHARPENER ONE

BRILLIANT THANK YOU

anniephantom: never-was-and-never-will-be: unholy-shiiit: i-am...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:08:02 -0400

anniephantom:

never-was-and-never-will-be:

unholy-shiiit:

i-am-my-own-division:

i feel like no one talks about this enough

I wonder how long they took to shoot this episode, so many Masters together…

That must have been such an exhausting day for John Simm. “Today, you are playing everyone in the world. Your costumes are in the square mile of closet to your left. Go.”

i bet that’s every piece of clothing bbc has

correctemondo: advert for the university that Matt Smith went...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:06:54 -0400

correctemondo:

advert for the university that Matt Smith went to

passerkirbius: I heartily endorse this comic. (via Maximumble -...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:05:45 -0400

passerkirbius:

I heartily endorse this comic.

(via Maximumble - #480 – Dolled)

My favourite games to play on Tumblr are

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:42 -0400

larrysshowersthatarebritish: opening-a-shop: nowealth-noruin: serverussnape-always: Is that John...

flutterlings: the whole yahoo/tumblr thing is rly just like when a single dad marries a new woman...

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:07:43 -0400

flutterlings: the whole yahoo/tumblr thing is rly just like when a single dad marries a new woman...

HAVE YOU EVER JUST REALLY WANTED TO KISS SOMEONE BUT YOU CANT

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:07:27 -0400

HAVE YOU EVER JUST REALLY WANTED TO KISS SOMEONE BUT YOU CANT