April 2012
“
The overwhelmingly positive reaction should be no surprise based on the media frenzy over Glee’s gay storylines this season and the particular appeal of Colfer and Criss, seeing an arena full of fans of all ages cheering for one boy faux-proposing to another made the greasy-nacho-filled hours I spent on Long Island worthwhile.
But as charming as seeing boys act out gayness for a mainstream crowd was, the actual touching part of the experience came while I waiting outside and I ran into mini Kurt Hummels. The first was a boy of maybe six, in precious cuffed white jeans, loafers, and a dapper bowtie. He was reserved but clearly happy, toddling home to Brooklyn with his mother. We went to check the crowd near the load-out area, prepared for screaming tweens with posters waiting for a glimpse of Darren Criss or Mark Salling, and while we found that in abundance my eyes were drawn to another six-year-old boy. He’d clearly dressed himself that morning, in stripped leggings, a dress shirt and bowtie, finishing the ensemble off with an amazing gold sequined cape. His mother was holding him as they quietly stood behind the girls, waiting.
Every take-down of the show—it’s too karaoke, it’s too cheesy, it’s too disjointed, it’s too gay—falls down in the face of what I saw on Saturday. As my concert companion pointed out, if you were a mom with a little boy who liked to wear sequin capes, wouldn’t you take him to see Kurt Hummel live on stage?
” —The Village Voice (x)
The last paragraph: so freaking true.
(via chriscolfernews)
Whenever I think about “Choke”, I’m so focused on how the Rachel stuff is going to piss me off that I keep forgetting we’re also getting a domestic violence subplot.
i’m focusing entirely on kurt’s audition, blaine being supportive, blaine boxing, bike chanderson dialogue, and ‘the rain in spain’ being cracky as fuck
as far as i’m concerned that will be the entire episode
I think I’m largely in denial about Rachel choking on DROMP
Did it have to be DROMP? I think that I could possibly (maybe, it’s a small maybe) understand it if it was a different song, but that one?
I would have been pretty annoyed no matter what Rachel choked on. But having her do it on DROMP actually offends me as a viewer.
Especially when she performed DROMP in front of judges and an audience with extremely short notice in terms of preparation time at sectionals (regionals? I get them mixed up all the time). It just feels out of character for her to choke.
For anyone who thinks Kurt was cold/emotionless during his fight with blaine
First we must remember that Kurt’s biggest indicators of feeling hurt/insecure/guilty are: defensiveness, lashing out, criticizing others, passive aggression, and putting up a cold, prickly wall of armour. He’s done it with Burt, done it with Finn, done it with Rachel. In fact, our first instance of this is aaaaaall the way back in Acafellas, after Mercedes broke the window of his car. When she walks up to him to apologize, he glances at her, and we can see how guarded and hurt he is (this being his first friend, who just threw a rock into his expensive vehicle), despite how he tries to play it casual. It’s then when Mercedes sweetly apologizes and supports his “love for Rachel” that he allows his defenses to come down long enough to come out to her, though he quickly closes up again.
Anyway,
“The reality is that fat people are often supported in hating their bodies, in starving themselves, in engaging in unsafe exercise, and in seeking out weight loss by any means necessary. A thin person who does these things is considered mentally ill. A fat person who does these things is redeemed by them. This is why our culture has no concept of a fat person who also has an eating disorder. If you’re fat, it’s not an eating disorder — it’s a lifestyle change.”
—
Lesley Kinzel (via curvesahead)
I will always reblog this because it is so so important.
(via infinitetransit)
I just want to nail this to every stable surface I can find. I cannot count the amount of times that I’ve seen fat folks being encouraged, cajoled, and even forced into behaviors that would be recognized as disordered eating/exercising patterns in thin folks.
Pretty much everything that’s done on shows like The Biggest Loser would be called out as pro-ana/pro-orthorexia in a thin person. Exercising past the point that it hurts, to the point where you’re throwing up, even injuring yourself? Berating yourself because you didn’t lose ENOUGH weight this week? Constantly talking about how fat is weakness and thinness will make everything better, about how you can’t stand to be your current weight anymore? Emphasis on weight as a sign of how much control, strength, and worth you have? Viewing food as bad, as a temptation to sin? Constant sharing and talking about tips on how to minimize food intake, how to lose weight?
That sounds exactly like every pro-ana/pro-mia blog I’ve ever seen. It’s also what fat people are told we need to be doing to ourselves until we’re thin.
(via madamethursday)
Seriously. I’ve had doctors, including a nutritionist, advise me to try to keep my calorie intake under 600 calories a day under the guise of it helping with my chronic pain condition. What it actually did was cause my body to start to eat itself. My muscles got weaker and weaker because my body was trying to use them for fuel, and I actually ended up gaining weight.
Usually I don’t listen to that kind of shit, but frankly I was at the point where I was trying any and everything suggested to help with my pain in an effort to try to regain part of my life. It wasn’t until after my pain got worse and worse and I got weaker and weaker that I even thought to feel bad about it, because that shit is so ingrained when you’re a fat person. Of course it’s your fat/diet/laziness causing your problems, even when you’re not actually eating unhealthily and trying to exercise as much as you can. What else could it be? Once you’re fat, you pretty much give up the right to any non-biased medical treatment and it’s so fucking frustrating.
(via stackedcrooked)
klaine: together for 24 episodes, 3 kisses
finchel: together for 17 episodes, 14 kisses
I do actually like finchel (unpopular opinion, I know), but this is definitely one of the problems I have with Glee in how it shows its couples. Very uneven.
by the end of this weekend i should have the following in my possession:
1. new marina and the diamonds album
2. chris colfer’s book
3. new car
4. frozen yogurt
5. laundry being done (hate doing it but love when it’s finally done)
6. free movie ticket (because there was a glitch when i went today)all in all… not too shabby.
What this list tells me is that you are magic, and also I am jealous! Enjoy all of these wonderful things!
Fic: Care Package
Summary: ”When Blaine receives the first package in the mail, it’s a surprise. The sight of the New York address makes his heart skip after he stands at the mail box in confusion for a few long moments. It’s from Kurt.”
Note: Some interactive links throughout the fic that are in bold!
Word Count: ~3,000
Or read it here on LJ.
When Blaine receives the first package in the mail, it’s a surprise. The sight of the New York address makes his heart skip after he stands at the mail box in confusion for a few long moments. It’s from Kurt. Kurt, who has been in New York for two weeks now; the longest two weeks of Blaine’s life.
Listen
ok but imagine this starts playing during the ending scene of the season final of glee and they’re all saying goodbye and then while they’re all saying goodbye flashbacks and memories of them begin to occur and omg i cant even finish this i’m getting so emotional
OMG, PLEASE STOP.
are you actively trying to induce a mental breakdown
Fic: 'Good is Better than Perfect' - Kurt/Blaine
Spoilers: None.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Barebacking, sex between two devastatingly attractive boys.
Length: 5400
Story Summary: Written for the prompt: super close, hot, missionary, bareback sex right after Kurt comes back to Ohio for the first break after he’s left for NYADA.Note: Endless thanks to dftreaper for the prompt. I stole the title from ‘Man of a Thousand Faces’ by Regina Spektor, bless her cotton socks.
( Blaine isn’t just holding Kurt’s hand, he’s clutching it… )
JESUS CHRIST I LOVE BLAINE ANDERSON.
“You know what really made me fall in love with Katniss? It was that, for once, this is a woman in a movie who is focused on something other than who her boyfriend is. She’s forced into an arena to fight for survivial – she’s thrown into a way and becomes a political figure without even realizing it – and that is far more interesting than her romantic life. Look, I loved working with both Josh and Liam, but as far as Katniss is concerned, I think that with all she has going on, the very bottom of her priorities list is the question of who her next boyfriend is going to be.”
—Jennifer Lawrence (via gigglemonster)
there are a million gifs of blaine breaking your heart but somehow i find these caps just as affecting, ugh.
#HELP #THE PROGRESSION OF ‘IS THAT WHAT I’VE BEEN DOING?’ TO ‘SHIT WHAT HAVE I DONE???’ #ALL UP ON HIS FACE #AAAAAGH
“I read this script and I thought, ‘This young man cannot have written this script, because it has such depth and such understanding of life and all the ups and downs of life, this kid could not have written this script.’ I still am not sure that he wrote it actually. I think there’s an old man somewhere in a closet that’s doing all the writing for him. I read this script and I said, ‘I must do this movie no matter what. I must!’ And then I found out it was Chris and I’m such a fan of his that I just, I couldn’t believe that I was going to meet him and then do the film with him because I’m such a fan…I watch Glee all the time. Except when he’s not on it, and when he’s not on it I don’t watch it.”
—Polly Bergen (via heathermione)
The 13 Most Useless College Majors (As Determined By Science)
1. Fine Arts
3. Film, Video, and Photographic Arts
4. Commercial Art and Graphic Design
5. Architecture
6. Philosophy and Religious Studies
7. English Literature and Language
8. Journalism
9. Anthropology and Archeology
11. Music
12. History
LOL, based upon what science exactly? Also, I would like to know how you are defining “useless.”
Bold, you snuggly little bastards.
You are in high school.
You dropped out of high school.
You graduated within the last 5 years. (High School)
You live on your own.
You live within 20 minutes of your best friend.
You live within 20 minutes of the last person you kissed.
You live within 20 minutes of your ex.
You have hugged someone in the last 48 hours.
You have been to the movies within the last week.
You have had 3 or more boyfriends/girlfriends just this year.
You have been a designated driver.
You have broken merchandise and not paid for it.
You have played strip poker.
You are Catholic.
You are atheist.
You recycle regularly.
You are a brunette.
You have dated a blonde.
You are friends with a redhead.
You are taller than your mum.
You have a bank account.
You’ve written a check for less than $5.
You have visited the Statue of Liberty.
You have visited the Eiffel Tower.
You have visited Big Ben.
You have visited the Colosseum.
You have visited The Great Wall of China.
You have never been out of the country.
You have been a waiter/waitress.
You own a Bible.
You own something with a Pentagram on it.
You have used a Ouija Board.
You have been a witch for Halloween.
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You have been a Disney character for Halloween.
You don’t celebrate Halloween.
You have your belly button pierced.
You have your tongue pierced.
You have your eyebrow pierced.
You have a Monroe piercing.
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You have no tattoos.
You have more than 5 tattoos.
You straighten your hair. (Occasionally)
You have worn a dress in the last 3 days.
You live somewhere that gets snow. (A tiny bit.)
You celebrate Hanukkah.
You were at your own house last New Year’s.
You were at a bar last New Year’s.
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You have worked on Christmas Eve.
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You are dating the last person you kissed.
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You are wearing a necklace right now.
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Your phone number ends with an even number.
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You have eaten deer sausage.
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You are still dating that person.
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You are wearing something that doesn’t belong to you.
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You are wearing a watch.
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You wouldn’t date someone who smoked.
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Your job is stressing you out.
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You know sign language.
You will usually try something at least once.
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You are pessimistic by nature.
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You have taken karate.
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You wish at 11:11.
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You were/are a teenage mom.
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You are a cosplayer.
You were named after someone.
You like your name.
Your last drink was water.
You have visited somewhere said to be ‘haunted’.
You have skipped school just because you didn’t feel like going.
You have taken medicine when you ‘feel a headache coming on’.
You are self-conscious about your body.
You have a hangover.
You have a pet fish.
You have had a Jehovah’s Witness show up at your house.
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You live in a trailer.
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You live in Illinois.
You live in Maryland.
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You have godparents.
Your parents are still married.
You have step-siblings.
You are the oldest
You are adopted.
You have a twin.
You don’t want kids.
You want more than four kids.
You have a bad temper.
You have made out with a complete stranger.
You usually make the first move in an intimate situation.
You have worked with a Kayla.
You have gone to the movies with a Jared.
You have hugged a Lexie.
You have held hands with a Marcus.
You have dated a Rachel.
You have kissed a David.
You have ridden in a car with a Nicole.
You have had class with a Patrick.
You have gone out to eat with a Chloe.
You know a Kyle in the military.
You are related to a Julie.
You have gotten drunk with a Brent.
You can voice-act.
You have broken your arm.
You have had to get stitches on your face.
You have had an MRI.
Your fingernails are painted.
Your fingernails are painted black.
You like to read.
You like to cook.
You like to draw.
You like to sing. (Although I’m not very good at it.)
You can play an instrument.
You keep a lot of secrets from people. (Depends on the person…)
You don’t think people would accept you if they really got to know you.
You don’t trust people easily.
You borrowed something you really need to give back to someone.
You drive a car older than a 2002.
You have lost a friend you never thought you would.
You know a child who died of cancer. (If you count a teenager as a child)
You know a teenager who died in a car wreck.
You have done something illegal in the past 24 hours.
You have cut your hair in the last week.
You wear glasses.
You have been pulled over for speeding.
You love to drive with the windows down.
Your favorite season is Autumn.
Your favorite color is orange.
Your favorite animal is a dolphin.
You last rode in a car with a relative.
You last rode in a car with a girl.
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You regularly watch Asian dramas.
You love Chinese food.
Your best friend is older than you.
You have to go to school/work tomorrow. (Normally, yes, but class was cancelled!)
You answered every question truthfully.
“Women are expected to be nice and sweet, to make other people feel comfortable. A woman who says ‘hey, I think there’s a problem here’ is being ‘negative.’ A woman who doesn’t smile while she’s being harassed is ‘humourless.’ A woman who prefers to stay focused on tasks is a ‘cold bitch.’ Significant gendering is involved here; women have an obligation to look and act a certain way and when they don’t, they need to be hassled until they do.”
—
Unknown (via grrl-meat)
i want to print this out and give this to my mother.
(via theoceanandthesky)
EVERYONE.
(via labia-saturation)
oh fuck yes. I think almost every woman can relate to being told constantly to “smile” even when you don’t feel like it, just to make other people (usually men) comfortable. And let’s not forget getting called “crazy” or being told you are “overreacting” for expressing any negative emotions or opinions.
(via ravenclawwit)
