i’m not “cute” awkward.
i’m “what the hell is wrong with you” awkward.
(via thelexicupcake)
crying
DEAD
do most american world maps seriously have america in the centre?
WE
DO HAHAHAHA
Are you ****ing kidding me.
In Chinese maps, Asia is in the center. Which nation is centralized depends on the map’s origins.
In Canada, our maps are cut through the Pacific, so we don’t offend anyone.
sometimes i feel like canadian stereotypes go too far and then this happens
I have a globe. Ich bin ein Burger der Welt.
this is why globes
Yep, I had never seen a map that wasn’t set up cut down the pacific so that nothing gets cut off until like… mid highschool, when we talked about how silly American textbooks are.
So much respect for that.
text of captions:
“Dearest Beloved Girl,
This letter is an apology for being an adult who has failed to make the world safe for you. You should be safe, and your vulnerability should not invite assault and attack of your body or your spirit. So, I’m sorry that we have failed to teach your male peers that they have no right to touch you without your consent. You demanded the right to be heard. You may have lost your voice that night, but you found it again when you told the truth, even though you knew, didn’t you? You know just how relentlessly they would try to silence you. You knew that neighbors and friends, and even the members of the national media would mourn the loss of your attackers’ football careers more than the loss of your innocence. You spoke for yourself and you spoke for the 44% of rape victims who are under 18, and you spoke for my 14 year old self who still hears that threat in my head, “don’t tell, no-one will believe you.”
This is my apology and this is my gratitude saying, I believe you. I believe that you are inherently valuable, not as a character in some grotesque news cycle where your assault is all we know, but as a girl with hopes and dreams and ambitions and vulnerabilities and so much more growing up to do. I never need to know your name, but I need you to know you are not alone. If you ever get down, if you ever wonder how you’re gonna go on, take out this letter, because I believe you.
Sincerely,
Melissa”
(via ethiopienne)
We plan, we get there, all hell breaks loose!
(via thelexicupcake)
I hate men because
We show them our lives
And they ask for stats
Because it’s more important to prove
That he’s not “one of those guys”
On Saturday, Doctor Who returns, kicking off the second part of the seventh series with a James-Bond inspired episode that sees the Doctor and Clara whizzing round London on a motorbike. Which is exciting if you like interesting drama with witty banter and thoughtful concepts. But less exciting if you like interesting dramas that include women on their writing teams.
Because season seven of Doctor Who will feature no female scribes at all. Not in the bombastic dinosaurs and cowboys episodes that aired last year, and not in any of the new episodes we’re about to receive. In fact, Doctor Who hasn’t aired an episode written by a woman since 2008, 60 episodes ago. There hasn’t been a single female-penned episode in the Moffat era, and in all the time since the show was rebooted in 2005 only one, Helen Raynor, has ever written for the show.
— Why Doctor Who needs more female writers (via themostfeminist)(via jon-snow)

so this new gen Hogwarts thing has been eating away at my mind and i did a thing
she’s a ravenclaw and she’s into historical revisionism and writes lengthy and intelligent articles for the zine. she’s also into mixing ‘alternative potions’, and plays as a chaser for the ravenclaw quidditch team.
she hates how history of magic is taught at Hogwarts though, its all books written by crusty old white pureblood dudes (“there isn’t a single non-human author in the syllabus, don’t tell me that doesn’t say something.”).
this is beautiful oh my god
omg
(via therapsida)
