Artists In Love

Ensemble, The Girl Who Lived in the Tree
Dress of ivory silk tulle embroidered with red glass crystals; bolero of red silk

Photographed by Sølve Sundsbø for Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

“[In this collection] she was a feral creature living in the tree. When she decided to descend to earth, she was transformed into a princess.”

(via holymotherofrowling)

Women don’t have to:

coldpotato:

thisshitfunny:

magicalboobs:

gypsiez:

be thin

have a vagina

give birth

cook for you

have long hair

wear makeup

have sex with you

be feminine

be graceful

shave

be white

diet

be fashionable

wear pink

love men

be the media’s idea of perfection

listen to your bullshit

Even I need to be reminded of some of these things occasionally.

If a woman doesn’t have a vagina .. She counts as a woman?

Yes.

(via dandelion-in-the--spring)

You know what’s sad about reading books? It’s that you fall in love with the characters. They grow on you. And as you read, you start to feel what they feel - all of them - you become them. And when you’re done, you’re never the same. Sure you’re still you, you look the same, talk in the same manner, but something in you has changed. Something in the way you think, the way you choose, sometimes, even the things you say may differ. But it all comes down to the state you go to after a nice novel. The after-feeling. It’s amazing, but somehow, you feel left alone by that world you were once in. It’s overwhelming. But it makes you sad. Cause for once you were this, this otherworldly being in… Neverwhere, and then you suddenly have to say goodbye after a few weeks from when you read the last page. When you’ve recovered from that state it’s just… quite sad.

—

Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

(via selfinspiration)

(Source: atomos, via cassiaistheanswer)

pygmypuffs:

rosuu:

and we all trust this man with our lives

Defender of the Universe.

sarah531:

Whovengers

Fury = The Doctor: Both look after their bands of misfits, and defend the Earth.
Tony = Jack: International/intergalactic playboys willing to die for the greater good. Many times over in Jack’s case.
Steve = Martha: Underdogs who became heroes, fighting tyrants for freedom and justice.
Bruce = Donna: Both forced to embrace a personality they didn’t want. The only difference is, Donna no longer remembers what it was like to be fully her.
Natasha = Amy: Both badass redheads with pasts they tend to run from.
Clint = Rory: Soldier types who always come as a package deal with their badass redhead.
Phil = Mickey: Both The Man In Havana, both eventually drawn to Big Fucking Guns.
Maria = River: The capable second-in-command.
Thor = Rose: Both channel godlike powers (that they had to prove themselves worthy of.) Also, both blonde.
Loki = The Master: These two would get on like a house on fire…no survivors.

(via annakie)

we do not sow: Ever wonder why I'm on a feminist rampage?

extantecstasy:

Because the media reacts like this when we’re less than perfect. Because our emotional range gets stunted and limited.

Because so many aspects of our culture normalize rape on a subconscious level.

Because Kansas and Arizona pass bills that allows the…

I love Anderson Cooper so much. He was talking to a lady who was defending the pastor who said gays and lesbians should be put behind electrified fences and die out. This happened:

Cooper: I imagine if it was putting Jews behind electrified fences, you'd be saying something different.

Pritchard: Now, here we go again. We all know that's not gonna happen--

Cooper: Actually, that has happened. It's called the Holocaust.

(Source: the-girl-who-waits, via the-first-avenger)

(Source: allieoops, via doctor-who-companion)

tonyandzivauk:

Ziva: Do you ever think about soulmates?
Tony: They were on Decca, right? Big hit, mid-70s? Sort of a disco thing? Sing a few bars, I’ll get it.
Ziva: … You’ll never get it.

NCIS// 5x08 // Designated Target