Author: Goldpanner

Reasons My Immortal is like the Iliad

ta-ether:

  • We know only a little about the author(s)
  • Weird time shenanigans
  • Gay/Bi characters (or ones that would be considered as such)
  • lots of weird names
  • both were written during a dark time in their cultures
  • the originals are now lost
  • long and loving descriptions, especially of clothes
  • important aspects are constantly repeated
  • as are some entire sections
  • people are known by multiple names

The heavily ironic Australian use of mate is enshrined in a famous quotation from Australian political history. In 1983, Labor Party leader Bill Hayden recalled a moment when there were rumours that he was to be dumped as leader, and a colleague comforted him ‘Oh, mate, mate’. Hayden commented: ‘When they call you “mate” in the N.S.W. Labor Party it is like getting a kiss from the Mafia.’

The story of ‘mate’ in Australian English | Ozwords (via oupacademic)

gutterowl:

agoodcartoon:

artsysnail:

magnolia-noire:

giwatafiya:

randomlyrelevant:

peppapigvevo:

jhenne-bean:

isaacfhtagn:

wirehead-wannabe:

meaninglessmonicker:

striderriere:

captoring:

punlich:

tharook:

foxfireicecream:

smitethepatriarchy:

argumate:

shlevy:

comparativelysuperlative:

rosalindfranklins:

argumate:

sysice:

wrapscallion:

I have no idea who Scalia was. Isn’t that the thing that people call themselves when they are furries but with reptiles?

You’re thinking of scalies. Scalia is a quantity that has magnitude but not direction.

You’re thinking of scalars. Scalia is an opera house in Milan.

You’re thinking of La Scala. Scalia is is a form of thermal burn resulted from heated fluids such as boiling water or steam.

You’re thinking of scalding. Scalia are subjective internal experiences.

You’re thinking of qualia. Scalia is the region of Northern Europe consisting mainly of Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

You’re thinking of Scandinavia. Scalia is a company that makes trucks.

You’re thinking of Scania. Scalia is a a wizard and a Snatcher in the gang led by Fenrir Greyback in the Harry Potter universe.

You’re thinking of Scabior. Scalia was the guise assumed by Peter Pettigrew in his capacity as an Animagus,also in the Harry Potter universe.

You’re thinking of Scabbers. Scalia is a type of triangle where no two sides have the same length.

You’re thinking of Scalene. A Scalia is a method of stealing people’s valuables or money through elaborate falsehoods, deception and acting.

you’re thinking of scams. scalia is the bone that connects the humerus to the clavicle.

You’re thinking of scapula. Scalia is a small knife with a thin, sharp blade that is used in surgeries and dissections.

You’re thinking of a scalpel.Scalia is an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.

You’re thinking of scoliosis. Scalia is the author of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”

You’re thinking of a Scamander. Scalia is a flat tool used for flipping food.

You’re thinking of a spatula. Scalia is any one of numerous species of saltwater clams or marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae.

You’re thinking of a scallop. Scalia is the eighth astrological sign in the tropic Zodiac, and one of the three water signs, along with Cancer and Pisces.

You’re thinking of Scorpio… Scalia is a vegetable in the onion family, with long green stalks, usually added to a dish for flavor.

You’re thinking of scallions. Scalia is related to or of the musical scale.

No those are scales. Scalia is the part of your head where your hair grows

No that’s your scalp. Scalia is a series of lego toys aimed at teen girls that was discontinued in 2001

No that’s Scala. Scalia is an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash.

You’re thinking of scabies.  Scalia is a mix of red wine, brandy, and fruit popular in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America.

I don’t think it ever occurred to me before how much and how often women are praised for displaying traits that basically render them invisible. When I really think about it, I realize the culprit is the language generally used to praise women. Especially mothers.

“She sacrificed everything for her children… She never thought about herself… She gave up everything for us… She worked tirelessly to make sure we had what we needed. She stood in the shadows, she was the wind beneath our wings.”

Greeting card companies are build on that idea.

“Tell her how much all the little things she does all year long that seem to go unnoticed really mean to you.”

With a $2.59 card.

Mother’s Day is build on that idea.

This is good, we’re told. It’s good how Mom diminishes and martyrs herself. The message is: mothers, you are such wonderful and good people because you make yourselves smaller, because you deny your own needs, because you toil tirelessly in the shadows and no one ever thanks or notices you… this all makes you AMAZING.

Year of Yes, Shonda Rhimes (via gothhabiba)