Reclaiming 👏🏾 our 👏🏾 time 

I mean stop and think about it for a moment, with everything that’s happening today—from White Supremacists like Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, Sebastian Gorka and Steve Bannon running the government, to the police routinely getting away with the murders of Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, Sam DeBose and so many others, to attacks on Affirmative Action and the Voting Rights Act, all the way down to things like two back-to-back years of #OscarsSoWhite snubs, and constant Hollywood whitewashing—with all that happening right now today in 2017 Amerikkka, you really gotta ask yourself: exactly WHO is Confederate supposed to be inspiring? WHO’S aspirations are you appealing to with a narrative where slavery never ends? The very idea of Confederate is repugnant and offensive on its face because in so many important ways, Jim Crow and Black Codes never truly went away, they just got remixed. So why tf does anyone need or even want a Confederate AU story? 

Check out this quote from David Oyelowo: “Generally speaking, we, as black people, have been celebrated more for when we are subservient, when we are not being leaders or kings or being at the center of our own narrative…”

I am sO happy that Black people are helming this story called Black America, and I only hope Will Packer and Aaron McGruder will be as bold with their storytelling as they have been with their choice of what story to tell, and I wish them all the luck

FUCK Confederate 🖕🏿

okay i seem to have collected a lot of french resources over the last few weeks, and i wanted to collate them and share them with you guys <33

checkers and dictionaries

these things have saved my life like hundred times over, theyre great for checking your accuracy and looking up words (these work for most languages as well!)

bonpatron - checker

languagetool - another checker

reverso - another checker yay!

linguee - dictionary

reverso dictionary - reverso have a dictionary as well, actually its a super helpful website with like conjugation and stuff

reverso context -  i had to include another reverso one, this one will translate a phrase into another language, but give you examples in context which is super helpful

collins dictionary - yep another dictionary 

wordreference - guess what? its another dictionary!

language learning websites

babbel - a great website with loads of different ways of testing your skills

lingvist - im in love with this website, its so good for learning vocab, and has listening and reading exercises as well

duolingo - of course, everyone loves duolingo

lingvo - not quite a language learning website, but its awesome and has info about linguists and stuff i love it

pronunciation

frenchcrazy - an introduction to french phonetics

beginning pronounciation - basic sounds etc

fsi language - a very in depth phonology course

ultimate guide - a very good clear pronunciation guide

pronunciation charts - charts with sounds in (bit confusing maybe)

phonetique - website for photenics of french, with sound

pronunciation guide - very extensive pronunciation guide

ways to sound more native - the ultimate dream of sounding like a native

listening exercises - put your phonetics to the test!

listening

peppa pig - im not even joking, listening to peppa pig is a really good way to improve your french because its pretty simple language

easy to understand french movies - watching movies in french is also a really good way of improving your french

french youtubers - a fun way to improve your listening (cyprien is my fave as he sometimes has english subtitles on his videos)

news websites

le monde - french world news website

1jour 1 actu - kids news website so its really simple which is good

courrier international - another french world news website

etre meilleur - a self improvement article website

linternaute - french news website

dictations

basically when you try to listen to a french audio and write it down as you hear it

theyre horrible and difficult but really good at improving your french because they test your reading and listening skills

collection of lots of them - like 120 different ones

lots of different levels - loads of levels for school age french kids so you can pick which ones you want

categorized ones - to test you on certain grammar things etc

this ones v helpful - you have to write the dictation while correcting errors, so obvs a bit harder

other helpful stuff by other studyblrs

really helpful french resources masterpost by @highschoolering

shortened french words by @mot-du-jour

french grammar masterpost by @la-linguistique

making the most of duolingo by @leahrning

french media masterpost by @gherf

french resources masterlist by @nathalliastudies

french movies by @studybusy

my other masterposts

maths masterpost

setting goals masterpost

@silkoversteel asked: 

HI first of all, thank you for this blog it’s fantastic and super helpful and secondly, I was wondering if you would know of any posts/articles about writing sex well? Particularly gay and lesbian sex well? Because it is something that I want to explore writing, but as an asexual, I have no experience of my own and I want to write it realistically. Thanks!!

Great question.  There are different ways to incorporate sex scenes into your work, and none are less valid than the others:  maybe you want to keep sex more abstract, more artistic and emotional.  Maybe you want to focus predominantly on how your characters feel for each other and leave the mechanics of the sex itself up to the reader’s imagination. 

Some people prefer to take the “fade to black approach” after the characters kiss, or just show the reader the aftermath (i.e. them lying in bed together, undressed, possibly smoking a cigarette if you want to get French about it) and let them fill in the blanks.

However, since you specifically said you were interested in writing about sex, I’m going to presume you don’t want to skimp on any of the sordid details.  So, fair warning to my readers that this post will get a tiny bit graphic, and definitely a lot less PG-13 than I usually talk about on my blog.  It’s also probably not the best thing to read at work, around small children, or in front of your grandma.  

So without further ado, let us begin!

Merde Means: shit Example: Merde, j’ai oublié de faire mes devoirs!

Putain Means: Fuck (but it’s used for almost everything) Examples: Putain, ça m’énerve! / C’est génial putain! / On a réussi putain!

Bordel Means: mess, shit, damn Example: C’est quoi ce bordel? / Bordel, qu’est-ce que c’est que ça?

La vache Means: crap Example: La vache, il m’a bien eu!

Oh mon dieu Means: Oh my god Example: Oh mon dieu il a vraiment fait ça?

Connard / Fils de pute / Enculé Means: asshole, son of a bitch, fucker (when you’re talking to a boy). These are popular insults but very vulgar. 

Connasse / Salope / Pétasse Means: asshole, bitch, slut (when you’re talking to a girl). These are popular insults but very vulgar. 

Enfoiré / Abruti / Imbécile / Salaud Means: asshole. These are popular insult but a little bit less vulgar. 

Va te faire foutre Means: Fuck you

Branleur Means: wanker Example: T’es qu’un branleur!

Dégage Means: piss off Example: Dégage, sors de ma chambre!

Tu me fais chier Means: You’re pissing me off

Je m’en fous Means: I don’t give a shit

Ta gueule Means: shut up

S’en prendre plein la gueule Means: being critized violently or insulted Example: Il a triché et il s’en ai pris plein la gueule.

My entry for the Chat Noir Zine. 

So for a lil bit over my twitter (main & private accts) I’ve been toying with the idea of trying my take on Urbosa’s design (that I love but also cannot consider practical for a wARRIOR) and here is a very first pass! It’s missing some things that “feel” Urbosa so I will definitely try again to incorporate denser hair and also generally more details like armour and scars o/

This is the best idea for a restaurant. - Imgur

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