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Just when I think I’m over the Ryan Gosling meme, this happens.
(Source: heygirlteacher)
Rape & The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo -
Spoiler & Trigger Warnings
For some reason,we are still at a point where portrayed rapists can’t be attractive, in shape, or “normal.” That might hit too close to home. But in reality, rapists aren’t always the kind of person who gives you the creeps when you look at them. Sometimes rapists are attractive, or wealthy, or charming. Sometimes they are trusted friends. If this film was so determined to showing us an unflinching look at the rape itself, why not go a step further and commit to admitting that not only the most obvious monsters rape? Why are we willing to concede that rape exists and is a horrible, atrocious thing, but we still can’t fully accept that it happens to all of us, not just the disenfranchised or vulnerable, and the perpetrators aren’t just the predators lurking in dark alleys? Are we worried about making our audiences uncomfortable? Weren’t we already?
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Cary Grant & unknown poodle discuss their next scene (via Photoplay)
Idea: Polly and I recreate this.
It’s a time-honored tradition at Navy homecomings – one lucky sailor is chosen to be first off the ship for the long-awaited kiss with a loved one.
Today, for the first time, the happily reunited couple was gay.The dock landing ship Oak Hill has been gone for nearly three months, training with military allies in Central America.
As the homecoming drew near, the crew and ship’s family readiness group sold $1 raffle tickets for the first kiss. Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta bought 50 - which is actually fewer than many people buy, she said, so she was surprised Monday to find out she’d won.
Her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell, was waiting when she crossed the brow.
They kissed. The crowd cheered. And with that, another vestige of the policy that forced gays to serve in secrecy vanished.
By Corinne Reilly
The Virginian-Pilot
© December 21, 2011
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Cute bearded one got me one of the QI books (The Book of General Ignorance) and a TARDIS cookie jar filled with dog biscuits. The man knows his audience.
National Karaoke League = one of the best parts of my life in Austin. Here’s me pretending to be Lucy van Pelt.
The handsome bearded one and I at the Bioware Holiday Party last weekend. I have no words for the swankiness of the evening — no less than 12 ice sculptures, hand-rolled cigars, and more alcohol, food, and sweet treats than anyone would know what to do with. Amazing time.
Beautiful. Also, made me cry like WHOA.