April 2013
2 posts
GOT Goodness
Deanery was the sword in the mother fucking darkness tonight!!!!
THE UNSULLIED FOR YOU DEANER’YS TARGARYEN YOU GO DEANERY’S TARGARYEN.
and ashes for asatapor slaver dude k bye.
ninja chipmunks united: therumpus: Jen: I think... →
therumpus:
Jen: I think that there is a bias in the current literary climate, which is not only very Western but very male. Are we headed down some wrong road in the way we’re reading the novel now? Are we somehow using a lens where women lose their definition? You have to ask yourself…
March 2013
7 posts
Obscure Color Words
albicant: whitish; becoming white
amaranthine: immortal; undying; deep purple-red colour
aubergine: eggplant; a dark purple colour
azure: light or sky blue; the heraldic colour blue
celadon: pale green; pale green glazed pottery
cerulean: sky-blue; dark blue; sea-green
chartreuse: yellow-green colour
cinnabar: red crystalline mercuric sulfide pigment; deep red or scarlet colour
citrine: dark greenish-yellow
eburnean: of or like ivory; ivory-coloured
erythraean: reddish colour
flavescent: yellowish or turning yellow
greige: of a grey-beige colour
haematic: blood coloured
heliotrope: purplish hue; purplish-flowered plant; ancient sundial; signalling mirror
hoary: pale silver-grey colour; grey with age
isabelline: greyish yellow
jacinthe: orange colour
kermes: brilliant red colour; a red dye derived from insects
lovat: grey-green; blue-green
madder: red dye made from brazil wood; a reddish or red-orange colour
mauve: light bluish purple
mazarine: rich blue or reddish-blue colour
russet: reddish brown
sable: black; dark; of a black colour in heraldry
saffron: orange-yellow
sarcoline: flesh-coloured
smaragdine: emerald green
tilleul: pale yellowish-green
titian: red-gold, reddish brown
vermilion: bright red
violescent: tending toward violent
virid: green
viridian: chrome green
xanthic: yellow
zinnober: chrome green
Daernerys, Daefarys, Daewhereveryouareys: kitausu:... →
kitausu:
5 examples of how the languages we speak can affect the way we think
slephoto:
yvonneemilie:
divineirony:
To say, “This is my uncle,” in Chinese, you have no choice but to encode more information about said uncle. The language requires that you denote the…
“Ever walk into a room with some purpose in mind, only to completely forget what...”
– 3 Everyday Things That Drain Your Brain (via jointhewolves)
“I’m not sure which is worse: intense feeling, or the absence of it.”
– Margaret Atwood (via kiddings)
February 2013
25 posts
“Criticisms about representations of gender (or race and other diversity) are...”
– Laura Hudson writes about the shortage of women characters in Star Wars fore Wired.com in her article “Leia is not enough: Star Wars and the woman problem in Hollywood.”
“Science fiction in particular has always offered a vision of the world not myopically limited by the world as it exists, but...
Your Pal Friendpatine: I Saw A Great Quote About... →
yourpalfriendpatine:
I saw a quote by Laura Hudson earlier about the general bullshittery of, in particular, science fiction authors’ attempts to justify the absence of women in their books/films/etc. I write science fiction, and Laura Hudson is cool news, so I read the whole thing and lo, it was good.
At eighteen I
this!
I hope your kid has nightmares from "Beloved" →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
thesoapboxist:
To Laura Murphy, the mother fighting to allow parents to opt their children out of reading Toni Morrison’s Beloved, due to its graphic content:
I’m glad Beloved gave your son nightmares.
You’re waging a campaign against Beloved’s “scenes of bestiality, gang rape and an infant’s gruesome murder”, content you believe is too intense for teenagers, after...
Stick 'Em With the Pointy End:... →
onlyfoolsandvikings:
123 Ideas for Character Flaws
amandaonwriting:
Character Flaws
Absent-minded - Preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one’s immediate surroundings. Abstracted, daydreaming, inattentive, oblivious, forgetful.
Abusive - Characterized by improper…
Zodiac Fears
Aries - separation/detachment
Taurus - change
Gemini - being alone
Cancer - feeling unloved
Leo - being ignored
Virgo - disorder
Libra - anything extremely unbalanced/making a wrong decision that'll destroy their life
Scorpio - failure and inadequacy
Sagittarius - being controlled
Capricorn - being misunderstood and not being good enough
Aquarius - being locked in
Pisces - upsetting others and rejection
Common Writing Mistakes →
yeahwriters:
everybodyilovedies:
amandaonwriting:
Benjamin Dreyer is the VP Executive Managing Editor & Copy Chief of Random House Publishing Group. Below is his list of the common stumbling blocks for authors, from A to X.
One buys antiques in an antiques store from an antiques dealer; an antique store is a very old store.
He stayed awhile; he stayed for a while.
Besides is other...
January 2013
8 posts
Nightblogging: a collection
catedrals:
hydrogyne:
and the most relevant of them all:
it just gets BETTER
For the Love of London: Top 10 things to know... →
4theloveoflondon:
A lovely reader who has already made the big move was happy enough to share a TON of info with me, and I am ridiculously appreciative! So here is her most noteworthy advice.
1. Finding a flatshare Use spareroom.co.uk. There are a lot more genuine postings than on …
December 2012
71 posts
