I recommend they go watch Supernatural, because those boys are beautiful. And don’t tell me they’re brothers. [Laughs] Not in my mind.
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Russell T. Davies giving advice to Torchwood fans (interview here)
The awesome moment when actors from other fandoms ship wincest. aaaaw yeah.
(via chevy—winchester)
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (via kari-shma)
In a simple experiment, researchers at the University of Chicago sought to find out whether a rat would release a fellow rat from an unpleasantly restrictive cage if it could. The answer was yes.
The free rat, occasionally hearing distress calls from its compatriot, learned to open the cage and did so with greater efficiency over time. It would release the other animal even if there wasn’t the payoff of a reunion with it. Astonishingly, if given access to a small hoard of chocolate chips, the free rat would usually save at least one treat for the captive — which is a lot to expect of a rat.
The researchers came to the unavoidable conclusion that what they were seeing was empathy.
THE UNAVOIDABLE CONCLUSION THAT WHAT THEY WERE SEEING WAS EMPATHY
then you’re a part of the problem.
Because if you’re a genuine ally, you will not feel the need to inject yourself into an oppressed group’s discussion to make it about you and defend yourself…because there should be nothing in need of defense and you should know it is not about you.
hundred and hundreds of AUs
By not trying to [top it]. By being smaller. More personal, more painful. By being the next thing that should happen to these characters, and not just a rehash of what seemed to work the first time. By having a theme that is completely fresh and organic to itself. I want to know what makes them tick, what makes them flawed, what makes them fight — and ultimately, what makes them awesome. I go to these movies for those moments when the heroes define themselves, either through action or deliciously overwritten speeches.
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Joss Whedon on what he would do if he were to direct the sequel to The Avengers

(via emilyisobsessed)
Okay but
it’s all very well to say that people should calmly explain why something is offensive/insensitive/why someone should have phrased something a different way/the concept of privilege etc
but oppressed people are constantly bombarded…
how to walk like a queen [x]
#can you imagine if atheists said that after everything they said #”I’d like a burger and fries please. Also there is no God.” #”Happy birthday Mom. Also there is no God.” #”The Avengers was a fucking great movie I want to see it again! Also there is no God.” #”That was the best sex I’ve ever had in my life. But there is still no God.”
What would be the atheist equivalent to ‘omg’?
oh my there is no god