Quacks, Babbles and Rants

thats why the vietnam war was the last war ever televised

notice how “girls mature faster” is never stated as a reason why girls should be given more positions of power and authority? It only works to hold girls to greater accountability than boys and to justify men’s attraction to them.

highly recommend her book Postcards from the Edge

“The people who are upset with Colin Kaepernick wouldn’t be happy with black people protesting in any form, no matter how peaceful it is.”

this still cracks me up like can you imagine you’re 130 years old and suddenly a gigantic alien baby starts following you around

I hope they solve crimes together. Tortoise and Hippo, 9pm Tuesdays on CBS.

On top of that, she had been close friends with the fella playing Tumnus and had not yet seen him in full costume. They were kept apart a few days before their meeting was shot so when she meets him and lights up? She’s seeing her friend for the first time in days and he’s also in costume.

See, this is where enforced method acting is okay and sweet and adorable.

Umm….

this post, plus that satire one about the increasingly ridiculous callout culture that slowly became more and more accurate

the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls

turns out we had the 2020 vision after all

“the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls” is actually a really fucking metal quote and i will be using it in the future

@handoverthehands it’s from Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel. Referenced as well in Spirit of the Radio by Rush and again in Disturbed’s cover of the original.

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EVERYTHING

This? An utterly scorching take.

This is an AMAZING art lesson plan for kids.

I love them, each one, so frickin much my heart hurts