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channingellison: lifeinthefastlaine: lifeinthefastlaine: Maybe...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:47:26 -0400

lifeinthefastlaine:

lifeinthefastlaine:

Maybelline “Confidence” ads. SO happy with how the colors in these turned out in printing and matting. To clarify, these are not real Maybelline ads, they were created for an advertising class.

EDIT: This is important. This means a lot to me. I legitimately believe a huge mistake was made today.

These ads were a part of my portfolio into the advanced advertising program at my school. About half of the people who apply get in. I got into the first two creative classes, intro and intermediate, and I was confident I would get into advanced… especially after I posted these on tumblr and in a matter of a few hours got THOUSANDS of notes with people saying that they loved them, most people even believing they were real advertisements and not something a 21 year old student made for class.

The only reservation I had was that my portfolio was being judged by two older men. Two men who have never worn makeup in their lives. Two men who would probably not even begin to understand what this campaign means. Two men who have never been under societal pressures to wear makeup, but then being told they’re insecure for doing so.

Those reservations might have been founded, as evidenced by the fact that I did not get in. I was rejected. I got over 5,500 notes on these ads in 24 hours, yet I was rejected for not being good enough. I can’t finish the program, and I have to figure out where to go from here.

Now to the good stuff: Tumblr is amazing. Everyone who has reblogged this, whether your comments were negative or positive, is amazing. I find it truly astounding that these have gotten so much attention. These, which are advertisements selling you something, something people inherently dislike. I am humbled, shocked, and grateful. This is the first time since I’ve been in advertising that I felt like I was doing something right… that maybe, just maybe, I could make it in this industry and make a positive change.

Those dreams were squashed today. I cried, and I complained. I’m angry — but not at myself like I thought I would be. I feel they made a mistake. I refuse to believe that I’m in the bottom 50% of the people who applied. I deserve to be in that program, and I know it. Thousands of people can’t be wrong that this is a good idea. An idea that MEANS something, and idea that resonates with many people. 2 older, conventional men can absolutely be wrong when it comes to judging what makes a good makeup ad.

Here’s where you come in. Let’s make them regret their decision. Reblog this, like it, comment on it, whatever. Let’s get this attention… so much attention that they can’t ignore it. While the decisions are most likely final, I want to make them think twice. I want them to look back, and believe that they fucked up. If it doesn’t even benefit me personally, I want them to think about how fair a panel of 2 male judges is when it comes to evaluating work done by women, for an audience that consists of predominantly people who identify as women.

So let’s do this. They fucked up; I deserved to be accepted. I know it, and I have a feeling you guys know it too.

You DESERVED to get in. I’m a guy and I love these!

eyeslowbasshigh: http://eyeslowbasshigh.tumblr.com

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:01:37 -0400

eyeslowbasshigh:

http://eyeslowbasshigh.tumblr.com

gatsby: hey i just met you

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:17:42 -0400

gatsby: hey i just met you

gatsby: and this is crazy

gatsby: but i'm going to spend most of my life and wealth in an attempt to pursue you for your stunning vapidness and the warped image of yourself created in my mind as a precursor to my eventual fall

gatsby: so call me maybe

tanku: this post is here to remind everybody that “gråtrunka” is the swedish word for “crying while...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:15:34 -0400

tanku:

this post is here to remind everybody that “gråtrunka” is the swedish word for “crying while masturbating”

THERE’S A WORD FOR THIS NOW?!

Awesome. Now I can stop using ‘crasturbating,’ which is really unattractive.

I’ma go grastrunka with my tears of joy.

"the wounded child inside many males is a boy who, when he first spoke his truths, was silenced by..."

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:12:03 -0400

““the wounded child inside many males is a boy who, when he first spoke his truths, was silenced by paternal sadism, by a patriarchal world that did not want him to claim his true feelings. The wounded child inside many females is a girl who was taught from early childhood that she must become something other than herself, deny her true feelings, in order to attract and please others. When men and women punish each other for truth telling, we reinforce the notion that lies are better. To be loving we willingly hear the other’s truth, and most important, we affirm the value of truth telling. Lies may make people feel better, but they do not help them to know love.””

- bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions (via nadia-love)

cthulhucore: steampunkgasoline: (x) Guuuh and or sploosh. I...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:11:05 -0400

cthulhucore:

steampunkgasoline:

(x)

Guuuh and or sploosh.

I want….all teh outfits and goggles! Reminds me of the atlantic cartoon long ago. :D

I want to wear all of these outfits forever.

putawh0re: Fuck off.

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:10:35 -0400

putawh0re:

Fuck off.

"I’ve always loved intelligent girls, no matter how they look, to be able to hold a conversation with..."

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:10:07 -0400

““I’ve always loved intelligent girls, no matter how they look, to be able to hold a conversation with someone is so important. The moment someone acts dumb, I lose interest. I think about the subtext and layers of a person when I design. I design for someone who has interest in the space around her, who is aware of her relationship with the world, someone a little evolved, a little concerned. I think putting more women in power will help solve a lot of problems in the world. It troubles me that the media celebrate women acting like bimbos on TV — it’s not cute, it’s ridiculous. I call it ‘Paris Hilton Syndrome’; there’s a place for that superficiality — but it must neutralized by an equally powerful, intelligent counterforce in culture. I don’t want to perpetuate the wrong ideal.””

- Prabal Gurung. (via thatkindofwoman)

"TRIGGER WARNING: cissexism, transmisogyny, sexual assault. “Deciding to simply exclude trans..."

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:09:19 -0400

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TRIGGER WARNING: cissexism, transmisogyny, sexual assault.

“Deciding to simply exclude trans women to make some cis women feel more comfortable is, in many ways, worse than patriarchal attacks on women because it’s one group of women deciding to “sacrifice” another group, doing the work of the patriarchy for it. I’ll give an example - at Pride London 2008, stewards took it upon themselves to exclude trans women from the female toilets in Trafalgar Square. THey did this the only way it really can be done - they decided to tell anyone they thought was a trans woman not to use those loos.

The upshot is that lots of trans women, who didn’t look like what the stewards expected trans women to look like used the loos anyway - I was one of them, and some cis women were, as I understood, turned away because they didn’t look sufficiently cis. However, the experiences of each group when challenged were different. I understand one butch dyke, when told to use the men’s, was let through after reacting angrily and even threatening physical violence. One trans woman, however, lacking the cis privilege to simply assert her gender identity and desperate for the toilet, went in the men’s toilet, where she was sexually assaulted.

When you exclude trans women from women’s spaces, be very clear that what you are doing is setting yourself up as the gender police, turning often vulnerable women away out of fear of a stereotype about who we are perpetuated by patriarchal society.

Exclusion of trans women is misogyny, and it hurts all women. Stop it.”

”

- Sarah Brown in this F Word comment.

I love Sarah Brown. Despite being a Lib Dem, she’s also a really good politician.

(via fuckyeahgenderstudies)

>at Pride London 2008, stewards took it upon themselves to exclude MEN from the female toilets in Trafalgar Square,”

fixed that for ya

(via drunken-rambling)

Go fuck yourself you fucking devoid.

(via fuckyeahgenderstudies)

"Over the past 25 years, Muslim majorities have elected five women as heads of state in the Muslim..."

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:04:27 -0400

“Over the past 25 years, Muslim majorities have elected five women as heads of state in the Muslim world (Tansu Ciller in Turkey, Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan, Hasina Wajed and Khaleda Zia in Bangladesh, and Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia). Notwithstanding our verbiage of female empowerment and liberation, we have yet to elect a single woman as president in the US. The Quran is the only sacred text that devotes an entire chapter to the rights of women. In fact, women in Europe could not inherit property independent of their husbands up until the 18th century. Islam over 1,400 years ago gave women the rights of inheritance, work, and hold public office. But the misperception of a Muslim woman that is veiled and oppressed guides our thinking.”

- Dr. Ali M. Nizamuddin is a ISPU Fellow and an associate professor of political science at the University of Illinois Springfield. (via monkeyknifefight)

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Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:01:34 -0400

"Women are expected to be nice and sweet, to make other people feel comfortable. A woman who says..."

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:56:07 -0400

““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)

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Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:55:42 -0400

voyeurhour: napoldeinlove: the-pink-pharmacist: 73x5sunrises: ...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:46:37 -0400

voyeurhour:

napoldeinlove:

the-pink-pharmacist:

73x5sunrises:

thatsocialjusticebitch:

rotgirlrot:

endquestionmark:

ladymacbethbitches:

aryaesque:

HAS NO RANGE THEY SAID. CAN’T PORTRAY EMOTIONS THEY SAID. HAS NO FACIAL EXPRESSIONS THEY SAID. WHY ARE YOU COMING AT ME WITH A BATTLEAXE THEY SAID.

Goddammit, Kristen Stewart looks good in armour.

armor that doesn’t have boob cups

second version of this i’m reblogging today but whatever DAMN GIRL

hot.

…this makes me want to give her a chance….oh my

I was hard on Stewart since the Panic Room. But this looks promising, you go girl. You go.

WHY ARE YOU COMING AT ME WITH A BATTLEAXE THEY SAID.

asdfhghkjl;;

None of the actors cared about Twilight, I heard.

This looks awesome and she looks awesome here.

unf.

Thu, 31 May 2012 22:38:31 -0400

unf.

tittyschwarzenegger: kylamcfaterson: phalange: OOTD: Self...

Thu, 31 May 2012 22:36:52 -0400

tittyschwarzenegger:

kylamcfaterson:

phalange:

OOTD: Self loves makes me smile. A lot.

I have had more and more days like this lately. Days where I just feel too cute to be alive, and I can’t stop from smiling. It’s not always easy, but breaking yourself of the self-loathing habits you were brought up to know is hard. Once you start breaking free, though, life is better in all the ways.

There’s not much to say about this outfit, because it was too hot (or I was too lazy) to accessorize. The dress is thrifted, and it was the first thing I thrifted upon moving to Georgia! I wear it probably once a week. Love.

Want that dress. Miss your face. Love you 5ever.

Nicest dress, awesomest hair! Want!

inherhipstheresrevolutions: quixotess: kateordie: This comic...

Thu, 31 May 2012 11:17:56 -0400

inherhipstheresrevolutions:

quixotess:

kateordie:

This comic is about how there are two sides to every story.

“My last girlfriend was totally crazy, not like you right?” is like……practically the #1 red flag as far as I’m concerned.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

*Ex rings me just over 30 times in a row one night cos he finds out i’m seeing someone else after he dumped me to go off with another girl, then immeadiately posts this status on his fb page cos I won’t pick up*:
“MY EX GF IS SUCH A NUTJOB OMGGGG”

……………….. My ex called me a nutjob when I stood up for myself to my face and to other people behind my back thinking I wouldn’t find out, even though he was a serial cheat, compulsive liar and ridiculously controlling.

This cartoon is spot on.

Ugh.

“She went crazy!”

“So, I’m assuming you drove her there.”

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Thu, 31 May 2012 02:41:18 -0400

"Plenty of oppressive bullshit goes down under the guise of nice. Every day, nice, caring, friendly..."

Wed, 30 May 2012 22:53:40 -0400

“Plenty of oppressive bullshit goes down under the guise of nice. Every day, nice, caring, friendly people try to take our bodily autonomy away from us (women, queers, trans people, nonbinaries, fat people, POC…you name it, they just don’t think we know what’s good for us!). These people would hold a door for us if they saw us coming. Our enemies are not only the people holding ‘Fags Die God Laughs’ signs, they are the nice people who just feel like marriage should be between a man and a woman, no offense, it’s just how they feel! We once got a very nice comment on this site that we decided we could not publish because its content was ‘But how can I respect women when they dress like – sorry to say it, pardon my language – sluts?’. This is vile, disgusting misogyny and no amount of sugar coating and politeness can make it okay. Similarly, most of the people who run ex-gay therapy clinics are actually very nice and polite! They just want to save you! Nicely! Clearly, niceness means FUCK ALL.”

- The Revolution Will Not Be Polite: The Issue of Nice versus Good (Social Justice League)

I’ve been thinking about niceness a lot lately. I’m not sure it’s as beneficial as I used to think it was.

(via meganwest)

The pure fact that this doesn’t even need a title or a...

Wed, 30 May 2012 14:12:39 -0400

The pure fact that this doesn’t even need a title or a description or anything speaks volumes. I mean look at the number of notes this has. There are so few people who don’t recognize it. And the song itself just gives you chills. It’s so magical.