[big hearts are] for breaking

Chicago girl who reads a lot of comic books and writes in too many notebooks at once. I like to cross my fingers and use Tumblr as a fangirl outlet. Speaking of: OMG THE NEW JOSS WHDON MOVIE. [carogriffin.com]

Permalink #this makes me think of like #The Hangover or some shit #like they just wake up in a forest #We fucked up. #they lost clint #he’s supposed to be marrying natasha in the morning #but they fucking lost him #at one point steve remembers he got married to a stripper #and screams #I MARRIED A HOOKER #and thor looks absolutely offended and yells #HOW DARE YOU SHE’S A NICE LADY #spoilers: the stripper is loki
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How it feels Visiting my friend who lives north of Addison

soyeahduh:

This is for you and your Rogers Park, Laura. 

Permalink barackobama: If this isn’t a great argument for joining Women for Obama, we don’t know what is.
Permalink electrikthunder: Depressed Superheroes, watercolor illustrations by Lora Zombie.
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I adore the way fan fiction writers engage with and critique source texts, by manipulating them and breaking their rules. Some of it is straight-up homage, but a lot of [fan fiction] is really aggressive towards the source text. One tends to think of it as written by total fanboys and fangirls as a kind of worshipful act, but a lot of times you’ll read these stories and it’ll be like ‘What if Star Trek had an openly gay character on the bridge?’ And of course the point is that they don’t, and they wouldn’t, because they don’t have the balls, or they are beholden to their advertisers, or whatever. There’s a powerful critique, almost punk-like anger, being expressed there—which I find fascinating and interesting and cool.

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What’s the swagger factor of your favorite Avenger?

dcwomenkickingass:

These look right although shouldn’t technically Tony have no heart? Also Black Widow should have more swagger than Hawkeye.

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Permalink woebemockingjay: meagabetic: SERIOUSLY  I’ve been out of school for a YEAR and group projects still haunt me.
Permalink tonys-: Manifest! (Taken with instagram)
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Permalink I… What even?.. Can’t. Handle… SO MANY FEELINGS.
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We all need some therapy, because somebody came along and said liberal means soft on crime, soft on drugs, soft on communism, soft on defense, and we’re gonna tax you back to the Stone Age because people shouldn’t have to go to work if they don’t want to. And instead of saying, ‘Well, excuse me, you right-wing, reactionary, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-education, anti-choice, pro-gun, Leave it to Beaver trip back to the 50s…’ We cower in the corner and say ‘Please, don’t hurt me.’ No more.

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Called Wilson - Kickstarter campaign

woebemockingjay:

An AMAZING kickstarter campaign that combines oral history, southern culture and zines. Check it out. Pitch in. Spread the word.

Urban sprawl is a buzzword often referenced but rarely discussed in depth. In this country, most of us would rather have a strip mall than a tobacco farm and will rarely spend time thinking about farmers who’ve spent their whole lives on one plot of land. It’s a topic that needs to be prominent in the ever-changing American landscape.

Called Wilson is a nonfiction project presented in two forms—a handmade book and an interactive website. The topic is urban sprawl in the southern United States, where family farms are being replaced with strip malls and new conveniences are a trade off. The dual-platform approach combines the uniqueness of traditional print methods with the advantages of new media.

(also apparently sweet tea is made by BOILING sugar and tea together? WHAT? I’ve never felt more like a yank than I do right now)

Reblogging because Laura describes my project better than I do. (Not surprising.)

And while we’re on the subject of her mad skillz: read her new blog. She’s awesome.

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