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people point guns at each other all the time in ketterdam. it’s basically a handshake.

(happy birthday @clayfaced!)

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Corvid studies  

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new reblog game actually put in the tags what the blog you reblogged from tastes like

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vintage horror valentine's day cards

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question. do your irl friends know about your presence on this hellsite or are you in full hannah montana mode for life

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HEIQJRIANRBANFKAKF I DID UNDERSTAND U I LOVE U

I KNEW U WOULD I KNEW IT... SAMZEE WOULD NEVER LET ME DOWN i just couldn't have anyone ELSE think it was bad. i am a zee fan first and foremost

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i'll definitely take a pb&j. i eat peanut butter out of the jar with a spoon sometimes XD

not just any pb tho.. it's like having a peanut butter and jelly sandwich after you haven't had one in a really really long time so you kinda forget about them and then you have one and you're like oh !!!!!!!!!!!! what a peanut butter sandwich.

(tbh pb banana was also a strong contender but i wasn't sure how you'd take it and i wanted the vibes to be good)

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apple is the best flavor of jolly ranchers so let it be known that was a very high compliment :)

I RELATE VERY STRONGLY TO GREEN APPLE JOLLY RANCHERS MWHA MWAH MWAH I LOVE U SM.. i did not know i related very strongly to green apple jolly ranchers until you said it and i was like . yes. I feel Seen hehe

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new reblog game actually put in the tags what the blog you reblogged from tastes like

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new reblog game actually put in the tags what the blog you reblogged from tastes like

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I KNOW LOVE IS REAL BECAUSE IM FULL OF IT

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As long as I live, as long as the river of time runs, I’ll remember.

happy belated birthday, @maxlordd ✨💛

[ID: a three panel edit of booster gold. 1: he faces forward with a determined look, one arm clutching at his his side and the other held out in front of him in a fist. text reads “booster gold”. 2: a series of circles overlay a series of lines spreading out from the bottom corner, extending towards a tiny figure of booster and skeets flying. text wraps around some of the circles reading “the greatest hero you’ve never heard of.”. 3: booster sits facing sideways with his mask down around his neck, looking tired. he’s holding a cup of coffee in one hand. text reads “michael jon carter”. End ID]

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video essays i’ve loved a lot recently!

the history of dieting is crazier than you think - a history of diet culture, its phases, faces, and diet culture media by mina le

When Hollywood Speaks Chinese, I Cringe - short essay about the cringey racist way Chinese language is portrayed in Hollywood

Good LGBT Representation is Boring (and why that’s a problem) - essay that dives into the double edge sword of “unproblematic” lgbt rep

The Decline of History Channel - a history of the history channel and how it lost almost all credibility. 

The Black Right Wing - fascinating essay on Black Americans who support Donald Trump, right wing politics and why that is. 

Can We Kill the Final Girl Trope Already? - one of my favourite essays ever about the first girl who dies in horror films.

Exploring The “Gender Critical” Radicalization Pipeline - tw: major transphobia, an essay about how TERF ideology online radicalises people to the right

A Buffet of Black Food History - do not watch this on an empty stomach! essay about the history of Black American food, culture and the success of Black cooks/chefs

No, Superhero Movies are NOT Like Westerns - excellent breakdown of all the reasons why the current proliferation of superhero films is not comparable culturally, economically or artistically to Westerns.

Maybe you should stay in the closet?…Coming Out re-examined - personal vlog/video essay about the history of “coming out” as lgbt and the culture around doing so has changed

The Matrix Resurrections Is Absolutely Beautiful - an analysis/review of the beautifully executed trans-ness of latest matrix films

make more characters bi, you cowards: why (not) romance? - analysis on the current state of bisexual representation in pop culture 

Heterofatalism: WHY straight women aren’t okay. - absolutely wild essay on the complex cultural attitudes that encourages straight women to hate themselves for loving men

The Pandemic Onscreen - How Film & TV Do Covid - analysis of the different ways fictional media is acknowledging the pandemic

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Cops (1922), Buster Keaton The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Marc Webb

“That thing in “Cops”, where Buster grabs that car and flies up, I mean, that’s unreal. Even he couldn’t explain it. I said was it the film speeded up? He said no. How he did that was superhuman. That would have jerked anyone else’s arm off.“   —Dick Van Dyke

“I just did a new “Spider-Man” and there was a very clear influence of Buster Keaton. You know, Spider-Man other than having his eyes move just a little bit, he’s stone face. Here I have this character who has almost no expression in his face, but there’s so much personality you want to create, and so much humor that you want to bring out in the physicalities. So, I just went back and watched a bunch of Buster Keaton films. I use that as a baseline for so many “Spider-Man” moments.“   —Jon Watts

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Nikki Giovanni, The Collected Poetry, 1968-1998

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now that i made one netflix daredevil post please remember the prominent anti asian tropes in daredevil. something you can read about in this article by takeo rivera

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anyways i think the most important thing to note about these changes from the comics to the netflix show is that they chose to add racism to her character. they really looked at her story and went “okay but like what if we used all these racist asian stereotypes?”