Always reblog Edna.

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silentstanzas:

abbeymonster:

This dress was inspired by the student in my sociology class who thought that all feminists were hairy and butch. I just want to make sure that everyone knows that a feminist can wear whatever the fuck she or he (or both or neither) feels like wearing. My sociology professor loved the dress and she gave me extra credit! I used a potato stamp to make the print, I used a vintage pattern to make the dress, and I embroidered the phrase “This is what a feminist looks like” on the bodice.

THIS IS BRILLIANT.  (thanks Kate for Pinning it!)

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bobbyisrightthereyaidjit:

writeworld:

Instead of whispered, consider:

• murmured
• mumbled
• muttered
• breathed
• sighed
• hissed
• mouthed
• uttered
• intoned
• susurrated
• purred
• said in an undertone
• gasped
• hinted
• said low
• said into someone’s ear
• said softly
• said under one’s breath
• said in hushed tones
• insinuated

No.  If somebody whispered something, they damn whispered it.

I hate these lists of “alternative words for ____ ” because they lead to people using words that have the absolute wrong connotation.

Whispering is saying something quietly.

Murmuring is quiet, often muffled (in fanfiction, usually against someone’s skin during a porn scene), or more emotionally loaded dialogue has just been used and the character doesn’t really want to say it out loud.

Muttering generally implies distaste.

Mumbling is either drunken, sleepy, or embarrassed and is not whispering.

Breathing out words generally only happens when it is absolutely necessary that no one hear.  That, or porn.

You don’t sigh words.  You can yawn and speak, but I have yet to meet a person who can sigh and speak at the same time.  Until I can find proof of such a being, I will not be pleased by use of “sigh” or “sighed” as a dialogue tag.

Hissing means you are either part-snake, or you want someone’s attention, or you are angry and in a place where neither you nor your dialogue partner are allowed to be conversing.

“Mouthing” words generally is done from a distance and is generally a sign of foul play in the works.  Otherwise, you are mouthing blasphemies and your lover’s name against zer skin.

Uttered?  Uttered?  Really?  That is a synonym for said, not whispered, and is usually used with magic and doom, i.e. “He uttered the words of the exorcism with purpose: Exorcizamus te omnis immundus spiritus…”

Intoned is like uttered.  Intoning is more forceful.

Susurrated?  Honestly, if you use that in a piece of fiction for anything, ever, unless you’re using it to describe the sound angel wings make when they manifest onto the human plane, you fail.  Just, you commit the sin of purple prose and need to go sit down.  And Google Chrome doesn’t even recognise it as a word.

Purred is either for satisfied catpeople or for lascivious preludes to porn.

“said in an undertone”?  Are you fucking kidding me?  An undertone is, as should be made obvious from the fact that the prefix is under and the root is tone, the emotion underneath the words being spoken.  i.e. “He smiled, but his next words had an undertone of intense disdain.”

Gasping is like sighing in reverse, but I’ll let it pass…only when you’re gasping in surprise or because you’re being well-fucked.

Hinting has nothing to do with the volume of someone’s words.

You would never say “said low.”  Perhaps you meant “said lowly,” but that’s also not a good alternative.  Saying something lowly generally happens in fanfic porn with dirty talk.

I should hope that that “someone” in “said into someone’s ear” is a placeholder.  A pronoun would have been more useful, but “said into his ear” does work, if your characters are in close quarters.  Beware of unintentional UST, though.

Saying something softly usually means that it’s an emotionally charged thing being said.  Or it’s the morning after porn.

Saying something under your breath is like muttering.

Saying something in hushed tones means that there are others around to hear what you are saying, and you don’t want them to.

Insinuating is the same damn thing as hinting, but with a more negative connotation.

/steps down off of writers’ soapbox.

…I just really care about proper usage of words, okay?

Because a thesaurus can be a dangerous thing when not treated with respect.

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cornelia-thomson:

#the only time Sherlock lost it in this episode was when he thought John was doubting him

“He isn’t playing with me, Sherlock, he’s playing with you. And he’s winning.”

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My “Page Down” key amuses me.

evawrites:

i’m sorry i just started cracking the fuck up

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sillyunicorntime:

bookstores and libraries should be like churches, man

you’re not allowed to judge anyone in a bookstore no matter what kind of books they’re looking at

literary nuts can read trashy romance novels

adults can sit cross legged on the floor and read picture books

christians can read the koran and buddhists can read books about satanism

mother of four can read a self-help book on spicing up her sex life

divorced cop can read a book about sexuality

no one gets to judge and no one gets to say anything about it - that is sacred fuckin territory and as long as you aren’t ripping out pages and stuffing them in your pants, you can look at any kind of book you want

even twilight

holy shit yes

even if you see a teenage girl tearing up as she nears the end of breaking dawn YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT AND YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELF

SYLVIA PLATH DIED FOR YOUR LIBRARY CARD

HATE THE BOOK NOT THE READER

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my-friend-the-frog:

some more random smut sketches… sorry the bad quality

here

and here

PLEASE READ.

also I am celebrating I made my anatomy final exam and passed it, still my way to draw anatomy is the worst of all.

Well, this is good.

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tremblesowicked:

moominboy:

this is the person half of tumblr has a crush on

and for good reason.

Clearly you’ve never dangled a fish.

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tonguedepressors:

Steve McCurry

The Blue City, India, 2010

amarylis-dei:

Paneer (Hindi: पनीर panīr): a fresh cheese common in South Asian cuisine. 

Delicious! 

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emilianadarling:

Because instantly alienating a huge chunk of your demographic through offensive humour is the best way to sell soda pop. (x)

Works for beer.

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theartofanimation:

Assol Sas