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Day #14: Lunch?
Re-reading ScisetDaily and I forgot just how hilarious this is.
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Nerdy Fact #1434: Wonder Woman was originally based on two women: the wife of creator William Marston and one of his former students that both he and his wife had sexual encounters with.
(Source.)
How about you actually name ‘em?
Elizabeth Holloway Marston and Olive Byrne were among a number of women who contributed to the original Wonder Woman, and they’re fascinating people in their own right.
Elizabeth Holloway Marston was a brilliant woman. She earned three university degrees in psychology and law at a time when few women received any tertiary education. She was a successful career woman who assisted her husband with his work and was frequently the breadwinner of the family.
The main reason she was able to continue working after having children? Olive Byrne, who was not simply a casual “sexual encounter”, but the Marstons’ lover and life partner. To enable Elizabeth to work, Olive stayed at home and raised both her and Elizabeth’s children. She also wrote for Family Circle and contributed to Marston’s research.
Elizabeth is credited with pushing her husband to create a female superhero, and after his death she worked hard to preserve his vision for the character, urging DC to employ her as the comic’s editor (she was ignored).
Wonder Woman’s bracelet’s are Olive’s bracelets: Olive was known for wearing a pair of wide silver bracelets, and Marston had these in mind when he envisioned Diana’s bullet-deflecting accessories.
Marston died in 1947, but Elizabeth and Olive continued to live together until the end of their lives.
Wait. Clarification please. Are you telling me that the creator of Wonder WOMAN WAS IN A POLY-AMOROUS RELATIONSHIP?
Yep! They were in a poly relationship and had four children together, two by Elizabeth and two by Olive.
(And for those who’ve asked about sources, the Marstons’ story is covered in detail in The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore and Wonder Woman: The Complete History by Les Daniels)
Wonder Woman was inspired and shaped by not only a man who was incredibly progressive and awesome by todays standards let alone the standards of the day he lived in but also by a fierce, intelligent and awesome bisexual woman
This is one of the many reasons why the ways DC has ruined Wonder Woman in their pursuit of making the book as backwards and heteronormative as possible pisses me off…
I don’t think you’ve been keeping up with Wonder Woman. The current writer, Greg Rucka, has pointed out that Wonder Woman has lovers on Themiscyra thus canonizing her queerness. I think William, Elizabeth and Olive would be proud. Here's an interview with Rucka about it. http://www.comicosity.com/exclusive-interview-greg-rucka-on-queer-narrative-and-wonder-woman/
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Commission. And an experiment with pixelization brushes.
As usual, if you like my stuff, a reblog is appreciated. <3
I never mention this in my weekly comics pull posts (and I realize I'm behind on those) because this is a weekly release and I don't want to get redundant. Not only is it weekly, but it's also digital-first and published in a landscape format, rather than the usual portrait. The Legend of Wonder Woman is written by Renae DeLiz and illustrated, colored and lettered by Ray Dillon. I've been following it from the beginning, but recently Kotaku included it on a list of unfairly overlooked comics. This is a new telling of the classic story that takes place during WWII. It has all the classic elements. Diana born of clay, American military pilot Steve Trevor crash-landing on Paradise Island, Diana escorting him back to man's world, Diana meeting and befriending Etta Candy and the girls of Holliday College. Rather than join the military and working as secretary to Steve Trevor in Washington DC as she did in the original stories by William Moulton Marston, she joins the war effort and goes to Europe to work as a nurse. Etta and the Holliday Girls go with her. The writing is clever and sharp, and includes enough supernatural (the Nazis are reviving dead soldiers for an unstoppable zombie army, and Ares is trying to revive a Titan to destroy the world) to give you warm memories of the original Sensation Comics run. The art is gorgeous and warm, exciting and introspective, all at the same time. There's also a good amount of humor as well. What makes this really stand out for me is the treatment of Etta Candy. In the original stories from the '40s, she was a big girl with infinite confidence in herself. She was a happy-go-lucky girl who always found a way to help Diana catch the bad guys. She and the Holliday Girls could always be counted on in the clutch. Sadly, as other writers took over, she changed. She was still fat, but now she was always concerned about her weight, self-conscious, and very unhappy. Even in the otherwise excellent George Perez reboot of the mid-eighties, she stayed this way. The writers just couldn't understand how a big girl like that could be happy. Renae DeLiz has addressed this. Etta is back to her crazy confident self again. She's not a slob or unhealthy. She's just fat. She takes care of herself, dresses and looks her best, and has so much self-confidence that all the boys chase her and less-confident girls are jealous of her. She's Diana's first and best friend in America. She's a source of sound advice and an intelligent, competent woman who always comes through for Diana when she needs it. I would say it's this superior treatment of Etta Candy that elevates this title from average to excellent. A loud, joyful, confident and competent Etta is what the Wonder Woman story has been missing for the last six decades.
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They took all the pop music. And made the perfect pop song. I am in awe.
holy shit. editing on point.
Even I, who generally is not a big fan of modern pop music, must admit that this is fantastic. Genius.
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mAN THE CHILLS
wow. If you have an interest in editing video or sound: this is really really fabulous.
I would never have guessed that Taylor Swift could mix so nicely with Tove Lo.
silktum
Don’t know half the songs, still love it
The reason this works so well isn't just some God-level editing skills, but because the majority of hits on the radio are all written by the same four of five people. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/10/hit-charade/403192/
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Rereading Alan Moore's brilliant Tomorrow Stories from about 15 years ago. It just struck me that he finished the series with "and then they all fucked."
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Evidently a lot of you were very concerned about this.
Officially my favorite AU.
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Just a round a’ ciders between two best friends
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My new print for Bronycon! By demand of the people!*
Limited Stock! So be sure to stop by and pick up a copy if you’re interested!
*Sort of
Siden has quickly become my favorite fan artist thanks to these two: Ivory and Sparkling Cider, alternate universe version of Rarity and Applejack. Very well thought out, and very well executed.
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If you don’t think Jessica Williams is the best part of The Daily Show, you’re wrong.
MST3K episodes and releases
This list is every episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 plus what volume the episode was released on DVD, if any. Episodes in brackets have not been released. Episodes in brackets with a plus, ie [000 Title]+, have been announced but not yet released. S means it was released as a single DVD. At the bottom I’ve included percentages for how much of each season has been released, as well as the overall percentage. The numbers include announced but unreleased episodes. Hopefully this list will make it a little easier for you to find your favorite episode.
[K00 The Green Slime] [K01 Invaders from the Deep] [K02 Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars] [K03 Star Force: Fugitive Alien 2] [K04 Gamera vs. Barugon] [K05 Gamera] [K06 Gamera vs. Gyaos] [K07 Gamera vs. Zigra] [K08 Gamera vs. Guiron] [K09 Phase IV] [K10 Cosmic Princess] [K11 Humanoid Woman] [K12 Fugitive Alien] [K13 SST: Death Flight] [K14 Mighty Jack] [K15 Superdome] [K16 City on Fire] [K17 Time of the Apes] [K18 The Million Eyes of Sumuru] [K19 Hangar 18] [K20 The Last Chase] [K21 Legend of the Dinosaurs]
101 The Crawling Eye (XVII) 102 The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy (XV) 103 The Mad Monster (XIV) 104 Women of the Prehistoric Planet (9) 105 The Corpse Vanishes (XVI) 106 The Crawling Hand (S) 107 Robot Monster (XIX) 108 The Slime People (XXVII) 109 Project Moonbase (XX) 110 Robot Holocaust (XXV) 111 Moon Zero Two (XXVIII) 112 Untamed Youth (XXIX) 113 The Black Scorpion (XXX)
[201 Rocketship X-M] 202 The Sidehackers (3) 203 Jungle Goddess (XXXI) 204 Catalina Caper (1) 205 Rocket Attack U.S.A. (XXVII) 206 Ring of Terror (11) 207 Wild Rebels (9) 208 Lost Continent (XVIII) 209 The Hellcats (S) 210 King Dinosaur (XXIII) 211 First Spaceship on Venus (XIII) 212 Godzilla vs. Megalon (10) [213 Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster]
301 Cave Dwellers (2) 302 Gamera (XXI) 303 Pod People (2) 304 Gamera vs. Barugon (XXI) [305 Stranded in Space] 306 Time of the Apes (XXII) 307 Daddy-O (XXXIII) 308 Gamera vs. Gyaos (XXI) [309 The Amazing Colossal Man] 310 Fugitive Alien (XXIV) [311 It Conquered the World] 312 Gamera vs. Guiron (XXI) 313 Earth vs the Spider (XXXIII) 314 Mighty Jack (XXII) [315 Teenage Cave Man] 316 Gamera vs. Zigra (XXI) [317 The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent]+ (XXXIV) 318 Star Force: Fugitive Alien II (XXIV) [319 War of the Colossal Beast]+ (XXXIV) 320 The Unearthly (3) 321 Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (S) 322 Master Ninja I (XX) 323 The Castle of Fu Manchu (XXIII) 324 Master Ninja II (XX)
401 Space Travelers (XXXII) 402 The Giant Gila Monster (S) [403 City Limits] 404 Teenagers from Outer Space (6) [405 Being from Another Planet] 406 Attack of the Giant Leeches (6) 407 The Killer Shrews (7) 408 Hercules Unchained (7) 409 Indestructible Man (11) 410 Hercules Against The Moon Men (7) 411 The Magic Sword (XXVI) 412 Hercules and the Captive Women (XXIX) 413 Manhunt in Space (XIV) 414 Tormented (11) 415 The Beatniks (XVII) [416 Fire Maidens of Outer Space] 417 Crash of the Moons (XVIII) [418 Attack of the Eye Creatures] 419 The Rebel Set (12) [420 The Human Duplicators] 421 Monster A-Go Go (8) 422 The Day The Earth Froze (XXVIII) 423 Bride of the Monster (XIX) 424 Manos: The Hands of Fate (S)
501 Warrior of the Lost World (XVI) 502 Hercules (XXXII) 503 Swamp Diamonds (10) 504 Secret Agent Super Dragon (12) 505 The Magic Voyage of Sinbad (XX) 506 Eegah (S) 507 I Accuse My Parents (S) 508 Operation Double 007 (XXV) 509 The Girl in Lovers Lane (XV) 510 The Painted Hills (XXXI) 511 Gunslinger (6) 512 Mitchell (S) 513 The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (S) 514 Teen-age Strangler (10) 515 The Wild World of Batwoman (S) 516 Alien from L.A. (XXVI) 517 Beginning of the End (S) 518 The Atomic Brain (3) 519 Outlaw (XXX) 520 Radar Secret Service (XXXII) 521 Santa Claus (XVI) 522 Teen-Age Crime Wave (XXXIII) 523 Village of the Giants (XXVII) [524 12 to the Moon]
[601 Girls Town] [602 Invasion U.S.A.] 603 The Dead Talk Back (8) 604 Zombie Nightmare (XV) [605 Colossus and the Headhunters] 606 The Creeping Terror (1) 607 Bloodlust! (1) 608 Code Name: Diamond Head (XXIII) 609 The Skydivers (1) 610 The Violent Years (XXII) 611 Last of the Wild Horses (XXIII) 612 The Starfighters (12) 613 The Sinister Urge (9) 614 San Francisco International (XXXII) 615 Kitten with a Whip (XXV) 616 Racket Girls (XV) 617 The Sword and the Dragon (XXIV) [618 High School Big Shot] 619 Red Zone Cuba (S) 620 Danger!! Death Ray (XXVI) 621 The Beast of Yucca Flats (XVIII) 622 Angels Revenge (2) [623 The Amazing Transparent Man] 624 Samson vs. the Vampire Women (XXIV)
701 Night of the Blood Beast (XVI) 702 The Brute Man (XXII) [703 Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell] [704 The Incredible Melting Man] [705 Escape 2000] 706 Laserblast (XIII)
M01 This Island Earth
801 Revenge of the Creature (XXV) 802 The Leech Woman (XXVIII) 803 The Mole People (XXVI) 804 The Deadly Mantis (XXVII) 805 The Thing That Couldn’t Die (XXIX) [806 The Undead]+ (XXXIV) [807 Terror from the Year 5000] [808 The She Creature]+ (XXXIV) [809 I Was a Teenage Werewolf] 810 The Giant Spider Invasion (10) 811 Parts: The Clonus Horror (12) 812 The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (9) 813 Jack Frost (XVIII) [814 Riding with Death] 815 Agent for H.A.R.M. (XXXIII) 816 Prince of Space (7) [817 The Horror of Party Beach] 818 Devil Doll (XIX) [819 Invasion of the Neptune Men] 820 Space Mutiny (4) 821 Time Chasers (5) 822 Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (4)
901 The Projected Man (XXX) 902 The Phantom Planet (8) 903 The Pumaman (XXIX) 904 Werewolf (XIII) [905 The Deadly Bees] [906 The Space Children] 907 Hobgoblins (8) 908 The Touch of Satan (5) 909 Gorgo (XXVIII) 910 The Final Sacrifice (XVII) 911 Devil Fish (XIX) 912 The Screaming Skull (XXXI) [913 Quest of the Delta Knights]
1001 Soultaker (XIV) 1002 Girl in Gold Boots (2) 1003 Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders (5) 1004 Future War (XIII) 1005 Blood Waters of Dr. Z (XVII) 1006 Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues (5) [1007 Track of the Moon Beast] 1008 Final Justice (XIV) 1009 Hamlet (4) 1010 It Lives By Night (XXX) 1011 Horrors of Spider Island (11) 1012 Squirm (XXXI) [1013 Diabolik]
S0 0/21 0% S1 13/13 100.0% S2 11/13 84.6% S3 20/24 83.3% S4 19/24 79.2% S5 23/24 95.8% S6 19/24 79.2% S7 3/6 50.0% S8 17/22 77.2% S9 10/13 75.9% S10 11/13 84.6% Total: 146/176 82.9%
Walky has every right to be there. He is, after all, ( ••) ( ••)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) a friend of Dorothy.
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/04-walking-with-dina/jim/
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“History Lesson”.
In which two of the main characters from my comic ponder just what is up with a day where you traditionally drink “Unicorn Piss” and “Scalia’s Tears”.
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Hey guys! sorry for not posting for a while. I was working on my new yuri short - it’s up on pixiv so pleeeease go check it out guys! :D
I just read the translation of this on Dynasty Scans (”Born This Way”), and it’s beautiful. Beautifully written, beautifully illustrated.
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This excellent visual representation of that old scam, “trickle down economics”, has been all over Twitter recently.
And then the glass on top gets too big and too full and all the other little glasses below it break and then they all shatter.
And the big glass blames the little glasses for not working hard enough to hold it up.
*SLAMS THE REBLOG BUTTON*
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(june 27)
YESSSSSSS
Tell me she’s a math major. PLEASE tell me she’s a math major.
I love manga. Above that, I love yuri manga. And above that, I love the yuri manga created by Akiko Morishima. She is far and away my favorite creator of lesbian-themed manga. While she’s created straight shoujo manga and yaoi (gay male) manga, she is primarily a creator of manga about love between lesbian and bisexual women. The earliest work of hers I’ve been able to find is from the Japanese magazine Anise, written for lesbian and bi women in Japan, which was published for a short time in late ‘90s/early 2000s.
Her work features girls as young as junior high, and as old as their 50s, but the majority of her stories involve office ladies in their twenties. Her style is strong on heavy linework, but still very cute, and often breathtakingly beautiful. Quite often there is nudity and sex depicted. Her characters are engaging and likable. You want them to be happy and to get together (if they haven’t already) and weather the storm (if they’re already together.) While her work can veer towards melodrama, she knows to pull back at the last minute with just the right amount of humor.
Don’t forget to read these pages from right to left.