Tag: that’s not how the queue works!

frostyemma:

jumpingjacktrash:

awhiteshirt:

in really dark times, it’s often faith that sustains people. so, if we’re going to take the force out of this movie, there would have to be this question of whether anyone is ever going to believe in it again, and whether it mattered at all. …for people who don’t have physical evidence of magic or their religion in the universe, you find it in other people and in what you’re willing to do for them and what they’re willing to do for you.—chris weitz

have i ever mentioned that my favorite ultra-rare sparkly trope is Old Married Badasses

I love them

afrodesiaq:

nuka-rockit:

working class person: I’m forced to beg for money and am at the mercy of other people’s goodwill as I’m facing serious suffering and/or death because my wages don’t cover the expenses I need to literally stay alive 

friends of working class person: we will scrape together some of our own funds at the possible detriment of our own families because we have no other choice if we don’t want our friend to, and we can’t believe we have to say this out loud, die 

media: This Uplifting Story of Friendship Will Brighten Your Day :)) Look As These Brave People Go On Happy With Their Lives Despite Hardship :)) This Story Proves That Poor People Who Complain About Their Standards Of Living  Are Just Not Trying Hard Enough :)))

this post was sandwiched on my dash between two people’s medical gofundmes and i want to cry

Americans Can’t Escape Long-Disproven Body Stereotypes

The formal connection between personality and body type in
academic research goes back to 1940, when the psychologist William
Sheldon established the somatotypes, which are three generalized body
shapes that he theorized could be linked biogenetically to personality:
ectomorphs, mesomorphs, and endomorphs. Ectomorphs are people who are
tall and thin, and Sheldon expected them to be shy and anxious.
Mesomorphs are muscular and broad, and they’re expected to be
domineering and competitive. Endomorphs are soft and round, and they’re
assumed to be lazy and affection-seeking.

Since 1940,
the somatotypes’ links to personality have been broadly debunked on a
scientific level, with everything from Sheldon’s study methods to his
assumptions about personality being called into question. And for good
reason: Somatotypes were a direct result of the academic popularity of
anthropometry and eugenics before World War II.

So fatphobic stereotypes trace back to discredited bad science and eugenics! How (not) surprising.

Americans Can’t Escape Long-Disproven Body Stereotypes