salarta

kurt-banged-her:

irlmarvelboy:

spotlessmindofclem:

does this make anyone else sick???

American Sniper has made almost quadruple the amount as selma. QUADRUPLE. Everyone loves a good American hero, right? As long as it’s a white guy killing non-white people. Martin Luther King, not important enough. Movie directed by a woman of color, not important enough. 

also note that Selma, being PG-13, is accessible to a far larger audience!! and STILL is lagging!!!!!!!!!!!

American Sniper is a piece of shit

When we look at these numbers, it’s important to bear in mind the differences in what most people expect from both films, and how they are likely to be seen and treated as time passes.

We’re talking about the box office here. Most people expect action, stuff you don’t have to put too much thought into, and stuff that they believe 100% can and will relate to them personally in the here and now. American Sniper at least has the appearance of all three of these things. It’s people shooting other people a lot, the “we must fight terrorism” aspect is fairly straightforward, and most people can relate in some way to how it involves a soldier over in Middle East considering that’s where U.S. troops have been deployed the most.

Selma promises to be a lot of talk with occasional bits of action, a lot of actual thought and debate to major issues, and a lot of people have the mistaken impression it has no relation to them because it happened half a decade ago.

Now bear this in mind: the numbers change when you apply being able to watch it quickly and easily in the comfort of your own home, and with the passage of time.

Once it’s on VOD, people won’t need to make a special trip to see Selma, so many of the hang-ups they have over going to the box office (which, I’d like to remind, is getting ludicrously expensive) to see Selma as compared to American Sniper will not be a factor.

As time passes, American Sniper will lose its draw because it will be replaced with a more current film dealing with more current problems and concerns.

That is not an issue for Selma. Selma is an important film for conveying civil rights issues and a major cornerstone of the civil rights movement. It’s the type of film that’s likely to come up again and again as an example of a critical point in U.S. history, and it’s likely to be used for history classes to boot.

If you just look at the box office numbers of these films to date, then sure, it might look really depressing and worrisome about the state of the country. That’s why it’s very important to think about what each film is, what environment they’re operating in, how they relate to other films, and see the big picture. Side by side, Selma is the film that will stand the test of time and have the greater impact on society.

peppermonster:

salarta:

peppermonster:

ravynforever:

The House of Magnus.

First Family of Marvel, Now and Forever

I’d say Fantastic Four is the First Family, but we can very safely call this First Mutant Family of Marvel. 🙂

First as in best, not fist as in chronologically. 😉

Oh, sorry about my mistake, and thanks for clarifying. 🙂

kurt-banged-her:

dresdendrugs:

altersociety:

stopwhitepeopleforever:

theamazingindi:

lmao of course they’d be boring as fuck and have stale ass faces and look shit of course

A new breed of fuckboys is upon us

They look like the type of boys you feel inclined to be nice to at school because they might shoot the place up after getting turned down for prom or something.

fremdschämen: embarrassment on behalf of someone else, especially someone who is so ignorant that they don’t know that what they’re doing is embarrassing.

“Meninist” is such a stupid term, logically and grammatically.

1) It was clearly made with intent to “stick it” to feminists, meaning there’s no ACTUAL problem it’s intended to address

2) Within its purpose of “sticking it” to feminists, the guys using it show how ignorant they are as to how absolutely crucial feminism is and was for feminism; women needed it for the right to vote, the right to work, etc, and we still haven’t gone anywhere near far enough considering pay gaps and the level of harassment women experience

3) “Meninist” as a counter to “feminist” doesn’t fit grammatically; it was chosen because it sounds better on the ear and emphasizes “man.” In other words, it’s all about ego. Since feminist comes from feminine, the male version would be masculinist, which sounds fairly dumb.

All in all, these guys are entitled, self-absorbed idiots. They can feel free to ask me to take them seriously only once being a man means they’ve lost the right to vote, the right to work, etc.

valosaurus-rex:

steffy-beff:

avengershood:

The Boyfriend Experiment (EXPOSED!!)

How dare she reject you? How dare she not want to give you her number? So you can study ‘Alone. Together.’ How dare she nicely reject you by saying she has a boyfriend so you don’t feel bad about yourself? You’re ‘fucking sick and tired’ of women saying that they have a boyfriend so you’ll leave them alone? Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of most men thinking that they are entitled to a woman. Maybe women are ‘fucking sick and tired’ of having to claim they have a boyfriend as it’s the only way most men will leave them alone. This video was put up to ‘expose’ the girl but in reality it actually exposed OckTV for being self-entitled trash.

Wow what trash

On top of the commentary provided above, here we go:

What’s worse:

1) A woman saying she has a boyfriend as a way to avoid being pressured to give out personal information to a stranger who has approached her when she is quite obviously busy.

or

2) A man watches a woman for several minutes, records her without her knowledge, has a friend approach her to determine her relationship status, approaches her, talks to her, and (more than likely) LIES about what he’s studying, then immediately suggests she give him her personal information, time, and that they go somewhere alone. All so he can prove some “point” about women to justify his own fucking misogyny.

Because one of these is a person trying to extract themselves from an unwanted situation as delicately as possible for both parties involved, while the other is essentially stalking, lying in order to gain trust, and recording someone without their permission. 

DId she lie about having a boyfriend? Yes. Of course she did. In a society where it’s common for men to either not take no for an answer, or to react in a threatening or violent manner to rejection, pleading “boyfriend” is the safest route in most situations, because men are more likely to take that as a “legitimate” no. And to be perfectly frank, this lie isn’t hurting anyone, so acting like it’s some huge betrayal of an unwanted stranger’s trust is the purest essence of douchebaggery.

The fucker of all of this? Pleading boyfriend doesn’t work all the time. Pointing to my wedding ring and saying I was married didn’t work on a random guy on a bus to stop hitting on me, or suggest we go get drinks together. He wouldn’t stop harrassing me (in a way he thought was charming, I’m sure) until I got off the bus, three stops early in a city I didn’t know. I did that for no other reason than to get away from him, and once I felt I was a safe distance away, I just leaned against a wall and cried. The part is, that guy is far from the only one to disregard me saying no when I’ve said I’m married, unless my husband is actually there. 

That level of disregard is terrifying. These men don’t respect your personal space, then they don’t accept no in any form. Why the hell wouldn’t anyone do whatever they could to get out of this situation as quickly and quietly as possible? 

Fuck this guy and his entitlement. If you think he has some grand fucking point about women being terrible liars, then fuck you too.

peppermonster:

ravynforever:

The House of Magnus.

First Family of Marvel, Now and Forever

I’d say Fantastic Four is the First Family, but we can very safely call this First Mutant Family of Marvel. 🙂