Science, biatch.

Conrad Ricamora talks about coming out to his stepmom while accepting the Visibility Award at the Human Rights Campaign Gala

me: *is constantly worried im annoying*

me: hey guys

no one:

me in my head: fuCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

harry correcting a fan during his fb livechat x

Both CNN and MSNBC aired Michelle Obama’s full speech, but apparently it was too true for Fox News.

Of course Fox didn’t air it.

Slytherins truly being slytherins. 

Slytherins working with Dumbledore’s Army. They spread false rumors about where they’ve sighted students. They join Umbridge’s close circle so that they can learn the moves and plans of the Inquisitorial Squad so that they can warn the DA of when it’s safe to hold practice. They rotate in shifts, some lead the IS on a wild goose chase while their housemates practice with the rest of the army. Sometimes they charm their robes to look like another houses and lead the IS far away from the Room of Requirement as they can before turning a corner and de-charming their robes. They make up stories about chasing students who mysteriously disappear without a trace. Umbridge sends students to search areas of the castle nowhere near the actual Room of Requirement.  

As Umbridge tightens her hold on the school, slytherin students try to protect their DA friends. They pass messages of encouragement and support to their friends, veiled in threats and taunts. They bully the loudest, but do the least damage; their housemates think that they’re being cruel, their friends know that they’re shielding them from actual harm. 

Slytherin students passing information to the Order while the Golden Trio is hunting for horcruxes, tracking the moves of Death Eaters to the best of their ability. They withstand the dark days in Hogwarts, helping their friends the best they can without looking suspicious. Charmed plastic rats run through the castle hallway, passing messages between the houses. Children of Death Eaters eavesdrop in dark hallways of their homes, holding their breath and straining their ears. When slytherin students suddenly disappear, go home and don’t come back, everyone knew what had happened. They mourned privately and quietly. 

DA members and the Order housing slytherin students who can’t go home. Many have to run away, for their own safety. As Voldemort grew in power, it was harder and harder to keep their true intentions a secret. Children of Death Eaters were being pressured to take the Dark Mark, were being drafted to fight for Voldemort, were being told that their friends deserved to die. The students that said no were threatened with death or kicked out of their homes, branded as disgraced traitors. Those who couldn’t stand up to their families slipped away in the night. Some died, at the hands of Death Eaters, at the hands of their own parents.

Slytherin students fighting during the final battle at Hogwarts, standing up against family and friends to protect their home. Staring across the courtyard at their mothers, fathers, siblings, childhood friends. People screaming at them; ‘blood traitors’ ringing through the air of the courtyard, hurled at slytherins who had their shoulders squared and their chins up. Slytherins having to throw charms and jinxes and curses at familiar faces, people they had trusted. Slytherin students killing their loved ones, being given no other choice. Slytherin students dying while standing up for what they believe in. 

Slytherin students being more than a stereotype. Slytherins being more than one dimensional villains. Slytherin students being shown as diverse, fully developed characters with a variety of motivations and beliefs. Slytherins being slytherins; proud, ambitious, and cunning. And proving that those things don’t mean being evil. 

Fun fact: you don’t have to remind yourself that women are wives, girlfriends, daughters, mothers, sisters, friends etc. in order to give a shit about the issues that affect them 

Women are your fellow human beings and that alone is enough 

It’s about 20 degrees cooler in this shade

hot dayum

Wow y'all really have Kim out here thinking that this is all her fault. That she deserved to be dragged out of her bed in the middle of the night, tied up, and thrown into a bathtub scared for her life, because of her wealth. 

 This “well she shouldn’t have…” done this or that, victim-blaming mentality has absolutely got to stop. No one is doing this to you guys when you post whatever it is that you just got on IG. I don’t care how much you don’t like The Kardashians. Celebrities are humans too, and people should be able to have their belongings in peace, no matter how wealthy or poor. No one should be scared to live their life

Imagine twelve year old Harry not even knowing how awful his childhood with Dursleys had been until he gets to the Burrow.

Imagine him seeing Percy asleep with a book on his lap, and being baffled that a kid might feel comfortable enough in his own home to be so vulnerable in the living room. 

Imagine Molly coming up to the attic to say goodnight to Ron and Harry, and Harry glancing at Ron when he hears her footsteps, trying to figure out what they had done wrong that day.

Imagine him asking George who does all the house chores, and thinking it’s a joke when George answers, “we all do.” 

Imagine Ginny pestering Arthur with questions over the Daily Prophet, and Harry trying to shoot her warning looks to stop it! but then Mr. Weasley looks up and patiently answers every single one. 

Imagine Bill popping in for a visit one evening and Harry being floored when Bill stops to chat with him. 

Imagine Fred chasing after Harry in the yard, playfighting, but Harry actually begins to run for real fear of being hurt. 

Imagine Molly burning something on the stove my accident and tossing it, imagine Harry mentioning to Ron, offhandedly, “she could’ve given that one to me, it’s what I eat at home when I mess up dinner” and not knowing why Ron is horrified.

Imagine Harry seeing what a normal, functioning family looks like, and realizing the absence of love in his own life. 

I can’t wait till women feel safe I can’t wait till black people feel safe I can’t wait till gay and trans people feel safe I can’t wait till Muslim people feel safe I can’t wait till Hispanic people feel safe I can’t wait till Asian people feel safe I can’t wait till all minorities wake up in the morning with a sense of tranquility and security and not have to deal with fighting for a basic human right that’s been deserved upon since the beginning

Watch: This morning, Donald Trump doubled down on his sexist attacks against Alicia

Pottermore Patronus test hint: Though the test warns you that questions are timed and that you must answer quickly and by instinct, you can let the timer run out on a question for which you have no preferred or instinctive answer. This won’t count as some kind of ‘null’ response or alter your results negatively; instead, it will bring up a new question for you to replace the one you timed out on.

I’ve discovered this via other people’s posts, too late for myself; I chose more-or-less randomly for more than one question because I assumed that it had to be answered somehow, and that a vague ‘maybe this one over that’ response was instinctive enough to matter. I wound up with a wolf patronus, and while I’m not upset I also don’t feel that this is accurate.

I understand why the test doesn’t allow retakes - taken correctly, it should act like a kind of mirror, and so of course you don’t get to fish for a result which you like but which doesn’t suit you - but I kind of wish it did, because now that I know this, I don’t feel like I took the test the way it should have been taken. 

Hoping that this helps any of you lot with Pottermore accounts who might look into the patronus test now or later. Have fun.

Science side of Tumblr: how can dragons breathe fire?

There are three variants of dragons. One of them possesses  a gland that produces a liquid, which spontaneously combusts when coming into contact with oxygen. Some phosphorus compounds could do that for example. The second one possesses two glands instead, which produce so-called hypergolic propellants, fluids that ignite when they come into contact with one another. The third kind stores the methane bacteria in their stomach produce, and expells it when breathing fire. In their mouth there’s a piezoelectric crystal, which is a substance that produces a spark when placed under mechanical stress and could thus serve to ignite the methane gas. Or it’s magic.

i just want to buy copious amounts of makeup and skincare and live a drama free life

See Sophie Turner’s New Tattoo at the 2016 Emmys ( x )