"It party time! Let's groove it! Pain remains and will not go away" (This is the best shirt I own)
I'm Erin, I'm a 23 year old human, I live in London.
I am a filmmaker, writer, and homo.
I intended to keep this blog for all kinds of things, but it's basically being used to keep tabs on all my favourite photos of Sherlock and various Avengers.
I like children's books and escapism and building dens.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
(Source: man-thing)
Princess to Prince Transformation
All characters portrayed by Richard Schaefer (Me)
Costumes also made by myself. My Fan-page
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Caitlin Moran’s article on Blachman
There is an extraordinary television programme broadcasting in Denmark at the moment. Called Blachman, it features the eponymous host and a friend sitting in a darkly lit room. On their command, women are ushered in and take off their robes.
Probably one of my favourite things she’s ever written
I’m stuck in work because I have to stay here until the last client leaves and he said 10 then he said 11 then he said 1 and now it’s 2am and I’m so tired and I might be here til morning and wherever I sit in reception I have javert staring at me with sad eyes
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH ANGST IN THIS LAMP FANFIC I DID NOT ANTICIPATE
SHERLAMP, WATTSON AND TORCHIARTY.
Super Mario
What is Super Marios nickname ?
I don`t know
It is Stupid Mario.
‘Captain America’ Closes Some D.C. StreetHIS HAAAAAIR
look how long it takes him to get out of breath for the scene
(Source: dadz0ne)
Worlds End Farm 30 miles west of Albany, New York.
Photographs by Sarah Ryhanen.
You really only understand how drunk you are when you’re peeing
(Source: glial)
Platypus
what did the doctor say to the platypus?
sir you are in quite a pickle
THIS IS THE BEST ONE I’VE READ AND THAT’S A REALLY BIG CLAIM
Yeah this one’s on par with “rex the dumpling egg”
Early concepts for Iron Man 3 title sequences // Suit Porn
— Iron Man doing a striptease in his removable suit (x)
oh you have got to be kidding me
So I think Iron Man 3 passes the Bechdel test? Pretty sure. Correct me if I’m wrong.
Isn’t it derogatory to women to rule who they should talk to in films to be taken seriously? This reminds me of when the “Bechdel test” failed Skyfall because M didn’t talk to another woman directly. Clearly the boss of the British secret service isn’t empowered enough.
#Nothing Against The Op Of The Post I’m Reblogging #But The Bechdel Test Is Dumb
The Bechdel Test CANNOT be used as a test for female empowerment, and it was never intended to be one. Two women in a porn scene can pass the Bechdel test, provided they are talking about sleeping with each other and not a man. Alien, featuring every feminist’s go-to kick-ass heroine, Ripley, only dubiously passes.
This doesn’t make it dumb, it just means that there isn’t a simple fix for this issue. It requires thought and discussion.
What the Bechdel test is great for is demonstrating the lack of a female presence in the majority of films we consume. M is a great character and a kick ass lady but the reason Skyfall doesn’t pass the Bechdel test is that there aren’t enough female characters, even small incidental ones, for them to have a conversation about themselves that remained central to the plot, and interesting to the audience. The people that we care about in Skyfall are all male.
Important: This is often not a problem with the films themselves. Most of my favourite films are films that don’t pass. People get defensive when I talk about women in films because they assume that if given the chance I would go back and insert a bunch of female characters into their favourite films. Nope. Skyfall is a film about a dude, and that’s okay. I thought it was great.
The reason the test is important is that so many films, across practically all genres, do not pass.
We have a worldwide shortage of female protagonists, and the Bechdel test is an excellent demonstration of that. Because the criteria for passing the Bechdel test sounds crazy easy. Here it is, for anyone unfamiliar with it: Two female characters have to have a conversation, and it can just be one sentence, about anything, anything, that isn’t a man.
Really, the Bechdel test barely scrapes the surface, but it encourages a discussion that is important. The criteria for the “test” are so simple that it is an oddly powerful illustration of sexism in films and tv, especially for people who are usually unwilling to listen to feminist arguments (in my experience.)
