life is tough when you’re a lazy perfectionist who simultaneously doesn’t give a shit about anything but at the same time cares too much about everything you feel
holy fuck I’ve never heard a sentence that describes me better
Distinguished sociologist Erving Goffman noted that women in photographs are often portrayed in compromising or submissive situations such as having the head turned upwards to expose the neck or in a contorted stances often with light self-touching. Such poses invite the gaze of the viewer and make the subject of the photograph seem vulnerable and exposed to sexualization.
as highlighted by the image, Erving Goffman made it known that these poses were problematic because if we saw any reversal of the gender roles, we perceive it as weird or strange. this image shows a man posing in a feminine fashion… men are very rarely posing like this in professional photography.
essentially, if our instincts tell us something is strange about a person in a photograph, it is representative of the demand of gender display in advertisements.
This kind of thing is super interesting to me. Other ways women are photographed but men rarely are include;
Standing on one leg/legs crossed and weight all on one leg/leaning on someone or something - The woman is vulnerable and incapable. She literally can’t stand (exist) alone.
With their head cropped out of the image or with their eyes down - This goes back to Madonna and Child and is totally entwined with the whole subject/object problem. The (male) viewer is the active subject, the woman is the passive object. You’re allowed to look because she sure as hell isn’t going to do anything, her body exists for you. (Hello rape culture.)
Not dressed - This isn’t such a big deal if the woman is photographed alone but often photos will depict naked women and fully dressed men, often in suits. The implications of this are pretty obvious.
Cut/Bruised - Vulnerability again. To be honest I’ve seen these kinds of images more on tumblr than I have anywhere else, they don’t seem to have made it into mainstream photography quite as much. But Tumblr is super fond of headless semi-dressed women with grazed knees. I guess in some way you could agrue that these photos show the strength of women, but I personally don’t buy that. For the same reason I don’t like this theme used domestic violence ads, I think it only serves to re-victimise the women.
Obviously there are also some really great photographs of women that don’t do any of these things, and some photographs that use these themes for legitimate reasons.
Always reblog, because this is so damn provoking.
I’ve pretty much fallen out of the Supernatural fandom, almost completely,
But this is so true
way to go, whoever thought of that word substitution
(Source: awkwardnessintheimpala)
Here’s number two! I really love this one.
I wouldn’t have come up with this idea one my own! I love getting little details for a request. They always seem to turn out better when a specific action/situation is requested rather than just requesting who i draw together.
like what you see? my fan art requests are still open—>guidelines
I’m surprised I was able to come up with such a detailed situation despite your only parameters being Dick/Zatanna
I finished them both at the same time, so here’s one, and I’m about to post the other!
like what you see? my fan art requests are still open—>guidelines
I’m thinking I could post my headcanons of Young Justice Dick Grayson as a pseudo fanfic
Possible titles…
- The Immensely Complicated Love Life of Dick Grayson
- Dick Grayson and His Complicated, Unique, Intense, Very Crowded Relationship
I want one of those long titles akin to “Alex and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” but describe how Dick simultaneously maintains open, strangely healthy, relationships with four different people at the same time.
“It’ll be OK, Jason. You’re not alone. Not anymore.”
Happy Birthday, Kris ♥
99% of the time jaydick seems totally like a pure nsfw, unhealthy relationship in my headcanon
this was the only fanart in which there’s actually a moment between them, and it still feels like it’s them, like a rare moment of weakness for Jason because something terrible happened, I imagine.
I never fave coupley fanart unless I feel like the body language and the actions feels “in character” to me. there’s a lot of jaydick fanart out there that feels very ooc cuz they’re all cutesy. and, sure, Dick is cutesy, but Jason? no.
A girl shouldn’t have to change who she is to be taken seriously.
WOW LOOK HOW PERFECT THIS IS
“A girl shouldn’t have to change who she is to be taken seriously” directly beneath fan art of female character completely changed to be more masculine so that people will take her seriously
Excuse me?
Changing your clothes =/= changing who you are.
Tim please wear dress shirts and cardigans all the time
You know what this adultery needs? SANDWICHES.
^^that’s the exact place my mind went to.
poor choice of words, quiznos
Genderbent Aqualad for anon
Gave her sha’lain’a hair for underwater hair fun..!
i love a good genderbend
though I have yet to see a genderbent aqualad with his haircut, which is something that should exist too.
• Accidentally close a tab? Ctrl+Shift+T reopens it.
• Bananas release dopamine, eat them when you’re sad.
• CTRL+SHIFT+ESC is the one handed version of CTRL+ALT+DEL
• Don’t brush your teeth hard, it makes them sensitive and removes enamel.
• Don’t like spiders? Put citronella oil on your walls and they will not go there.
• Drink one glass of water for every alcoholic drink you have, you’ll get drunk without getting a hangover.
• Get clear ice cubes by boiling water before freezing it
• Heal paper cuts and immediately stop the pain with chapstick.
• If you accidentally write on your dry erase board with a permanent marker, scribble over it with a dry eraser marker to remove it.
• If your shoes smell, put them in the freezer overnight, it will kill the bacteria.
• Make bug bites stop itching with a banana peel.
• Make a paper longer with 12-point text, but 14-point periods and commas.
• Need to get around a blocked website at work? Try replacing the http:// with https://
• Never send your resume as a word file (unless asked) Instead, print it to a pdf file, it’s much cleaner and professional looking.
• Pick a flavor of gum you don’t normally chew, and chew it while studying during a test.
• Place a piece of bread in a container with your homemade cookies and they will stay soft.
• Put a dry towel into a dryer with wet clothes, they will dry faster.
• Put toothpaste on a pimple and it will dry out.
• Practise fake smiling in the mirror every day before going to work/school, you’ll genuinely start to feel happier.
• Rub canola/olive oil on knives before cutting onions, you won’t cry, alternatively chew gum and you won’t either.
• Short on time with a wrinkled dress shirt? Hang it up in the bathroom to steam it flat.
• The night before, place things you don’t want to forget the next morning on top of your shoes.
• Use hydrogen peroxide to remove blood stains from clothing.
• When cleaning windows use newspapers or coffee filters instead of paper towels, they will not leave streaks.
• When microwaving bread products/pizza put a glass of water in with it, it will keep your bread for going spongy.
• When you move into a new place you’re renting, take pictures of any and all damage, then post them on facebook (privately if preferred) so you can use the reference date as proof you didn’t do it.
• When searching plane tickets online delete your cookies prior, prices go up when you visit a site multiple times. <sma
Nina Dobrev attends the Costume Institute Gala for the ‘PUNK: Chaos to Couture’ exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2013
damn
i love her style
(Source: niansomerhalder)
