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theoldaeroplane:

alright lads, it’s june 11th, 2018. you’re gonna hear about net neutrality all day today so here i am on the bandwagon too

chiefly I want to tell you about an app called Stance (iOS, Android). if you’re anything like me, you hate phones and you hate politics and you super hate it when you have to do anything that involves both of those things together. Things that are actually important, like calling your rep to make sure they don’t revoke net neutrality! Stance bridges that gap because it lets you record your message and will then send it for you, so you don’t have to actually talk to anyone. As a person with Real Bad anxiety, this has been the only thing motivating me to actually do my civic duty

There’s no scripts in the app, but I used this one, from 5calls.org, which will let you input your zip code and tell you who your rep is:

Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [YOUR CITY].

I’m calling to express my strong support for the Senate-passed S.J. Res 52, the Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the FCC’s roll back of net neutrality protections. I ask that Rep. [YOUR HOUSE REP] immediately work to pass this resolution in the House by signing the discharge petition introduced by Rep. Mike Doyle.

Thank you for your time and attention.

download it, contact your rep, save the web. maybe reblog this?

deadcatwithaflamethrower:

einarshadow:

wilwheaton:

sharp-sparks:

thestoutorialist:

maliceandvice:

calantheandthenightingale:

mydollyaviana:

Disney vs. 7 early fairytales 

The 1812 version of Snow White is even worse when you consider that the girl was only seven years old in the tale (plus her unconscious body ended up being carted around by the prince until one of his servants accidentally woke her up).  Also, in The Little Mermaid, the mermaid’s unable to speak because she had her tongue cut out >__<

But I’d love to see faithful adaptations of the original tales.  Especially Bluebeard.  We need a Bluebeard adaptation.

Actually, the original-original pre-Grimm Brothers’ stories that were passed around Europe via oral tradition are nowhere near as violent as the Grimm’s made them. Cinderella’s stepsisters were never ugly and kept their eyes, Snow White’s mother was not even a villain (instead a group of bandits were), and instead of spending the whole story napping Sleeping Beauty outwitted a dangerous bandit leader, wouldn’t let him sleep with her, and saved herself. 

The original oral stories were radically changed by the Brothers Grimm to fit their personal and political beliefs. Most notably, they often added in female characters solely for the purpose of making them evil villains and took away most of the heroines’ agency and intelligence. Both brothers belonged to a small fanatical sect of Catholicism that vilified women because of the idea of Original Sin and Wilhelm in particular had a particularly deep hatred of women. The Grimms were actually pretty horrible people. Those cannibalistic queens and ugly stepsisters and the mass amount of violence against women didn’t exist until the Grimms wanted them to. Their ideas stuck so soundly though that we now assume they were in the original tales and that these terrible characters and ideas come out of some perceived barbaric Old World culture. But in truth they’re really the Grimms’ weird obsession with hating women showing through. The original oral folklore focused on the heroes’ and heroines’ good deeds and used them as ways to teach cultural norms and a society’s rules and encouraged girls to be quick-witted and street-savvy instead of passive princesses, and the Grimms promptly stripped that all away. 

“Grimms Bad Girls and Bold Boys” by Ruth Bottingheimer is an excellent book on this

Something to add to my reading list.

I think this is the first time in my life I have felt smarter and more intrigued after reading a comment that began with the word, “actually”.

@deadcatwithaflamethrower YOU NEED TO SEE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fucking Grimm.