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@giosteele / giosteele.tumblr.com

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Kylo Ren and The Puppy Eyes (with a potential shaky pout)

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EVERYONE

S T O P

AND ACKNOWLEDGE THIS GIF SENT FROM ABOVE

and while you're here please enjoy these as well

that is all thank you <3

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Women should NOT be forced to feed their babies in a bathroom, all because we live in a misogynistic, porn-warped society that’s been brainwashed to believe that female breasts used for anything other than male pleasure is “indecent”. Support public breast feeding and end the porn culture.

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No. I’m eating. I don’t wanna see you hang out your goddamn tits while I have food. My kids don’t wanna see it. It’s not some misogynistic ideal, it’s fucking public indecency. Can I take my cock out under the table and feed my wife/girlfriend? No? Fuck you

i genuinely cannot believe that you just compared a blowjob to breastfeeding oh my fucking god 

getting a blowjob is a sexual thing and it also does not ‘feed’ anyone whereas breastfeeding is literally not even a sexual thing a baby is having food that they need to live like it’s nowhere near on the same level as getting a blowjob omg

if you are uncomfortable seeing a woman breastfeeding then that is your problem because you have oversexualised breasts so much that you can’t even stand seeing them being used for their actual purpose and also you’re an idiot

go eat your dinner in a public bathroom, you trash bag

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End skeevy dudes who compare whipping out their dick in public to breast feeding 2k15

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DO YOU FEED YOUR CHILDREN SEMEN? SHOVE A TRASH CAN UP YOUR ASS

Pediatric anthropology student, here.

1.) Breasts as sexual fetishes is a (largely Western) cultural construction. Yes, it’s a fetish – anything you are sexually attracted to that is not the genitals of an adult is a fetish, or paraphilia. My professors have met non-Westerners who think our men are “like babies” because they are attracted to breasts.

Breasts ≠ genitals. Scientifically, they are considered secondary sexual characteristics – same category as facial hair. They can be sexual in a sexual context, just as necks and feet can be. But their primary purpose is reproductive.

2.) Breastmilk is not a “bodily fluid.” It is FOOD.

It is not categorized by the CDC as a biohazard, and so no you don’t need to freak out if your coworker wants to store her milk right next to your Lunchables.

MOREOVER,

Breastmilk is not just protein and vitamins. It is a living, dynamic substance that BUILDS HUMANS.

It has hundreds of ingredients (<— actually that list needs to be updated because they’ve discovered more already). There is a lab at the University of Washington St. Louis, where they have written all of the ingredients of human milk on the wall – They have run out of room on that wall. Among those ingredients:

  • The exact ratio of protein-sugars-fats that human infants need (cow’s milk doesn’t even come close)
  • Antibodies to pathogens in the baby’s environment (synthesized by the mother within hours of coming into contact with a given pathogen) and other immune factors
  • Stem cells. FUCKING STEM CELLS. (They used glow-in-the-dark mice to find out what they do!)
  • Hormones (support growth and regulate behavior)
  • peptides
  • Self-digesting fats (what the whaaat)
  • Growth factors
  • water, vitamins, minerals, carbs, etc.
  • prolly other awesome shit we don’t even know about yet because we’ve barely scratched the surface of this research!

These ingredients change hour-to-hour according to the baby’s needs. It will even add more water on hot/dry days. Fuck, breastmilk kills cancer in a petri dish. Breastmilk. is. not. a. bodily. fluid. It. is. liquid. gold. 3.) When you tell a woman to go to the bathroom to breastfeed, you are perpetuating the notion that it is dirty and shameful and needs to be hidden away. This idea is the biggest barrier to achieving breastfeeding goals in the United States. Because women feel ashamed, they often stay isolated at home when they should be spending time out and about with friends and family and having, like, a life. This isolation can contribute to postpartum depression. From the Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding: Women may find themselves excluded from social interactions when they are breastfeeding because others are reluctant to be in the same room while they breastfeed. For many women, the feeling of embarrassment restricts their activities and is cited as a reason for choosing to feed supplementary formula or to give up breastfeeding altogether. And since we have this culture of shame and privacy surrounding breastfeeding, young girls and women don’t see it enough to learn what is normal/not and how to do it, so they often give up when they run into problems because they don’t realize there’s an easy fix. Moreover, an infant needs to be integrated into society in order to develop properly. He/she needs to see faces and hear voices. Isolating them – or throwing a blanket over their head – takes this important component of their development away. It also often annoys them because they are understimulated. 4.) YOU NEED TO SEE IT. That’s right, YOU. Even if you are a dude. Maybe you aren’t a parent, but you probably have loved ones who are. Or you might become one yourself someday. And if you are American chances are you have no idea how breastfeeding actually works, because you never fucking see it. It’s messy and complicated, and hard. It used to be a part of everyday life, because there weren’t any alternatives – So we learned how to do it by being around it all the time, NBD. The whole sexualization/modesty thing surrounding breasts wasn’t a thing until like the mid-20th century. Check out this 1871 drawing of a woman breastfeeding IN FUCKING CHURCH:

She’s covered head to toe, in accordance with modesty standards of the time – except for her breast, about which the people around her give zero fucks. More from the Surgeon General: In American culture, breasts have often been regarded primarily as sexual objects, while their nurturing function has been downplayed. Although focusing on the sexuality of female breasts is common in the mass media, visual images of breastfeeding are rare, and a mother may never have seen a woman breastfeeding. Mothers need to see it. Future mothers need to see it. Future fathers need to see it. Family members need to see it. Everybody needs to see it. SO THEY FUCKING GET USED TO IT. So, no, I’m not gonna go to the bathroom to feed my kid. If you don’t want to see it, then DON’T. FUCKING. LOOK.

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Home for the Holidays with the Shadow Pond Family!

Glad tidings to you:  @jadziana, @royalpainscentral, @renuka13, @championmuffin, @borisofroyalpains, @redlibrary, @giosteele, @maria-marz, @frosiron81, @nerdyzombiesonskates, @royal-pains-love-blog, @royalpainsandsuch, and to everyone in our family…

First, please allow me to wish you all the very best the season with light, love, health, warmth, and companionship!  You have all made my life become extraordinary; I greatly appreciate your friendship.

Second, a new chapter has been posted to ‘Music in the Air’ - we are now at Chapter 22, and it is called Requiem.  I hope you enjoy it.  (Hand on heart) Thank you for your continued interest.  

Horis is now in Budapest, Hungary, and then in St. Petersburg, Russia.  Some highlights include:

— Boris always wanted it this way as it was a matter of pride and honor for him to proceed formally on the day he visited Dima.

—“…You would like Hank; he laughs and smiles a great deal, like you. But you would have to be kind to him, Dima, because he has a gentle, old soul…”

— “We’re staying inside where it’s warm and dry, and that’s final,” Hank said after Boris had suggested they take a walk, “I’m sure that Khalil is worried that you and I are going to really ‘play in the snow’ today and we just don’t want him to go there.”

—Udo smiled slightly and nodded his head, “Also, please know that as I translate, you will hear a lot of formality and such; don’t worry about any of that until I suggest to you that there is something to worry about.”

—Also as they entered, the only sound was of Boris’ cane clicking lightly on the marble floor.  Boris and Hank saw several other Monument House staffers in formal uniforms positioned around the large foyer as well as two men and one woman, all of very senior age.  

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Before I did Suits, I hadn’t done a series in a decade, and I only did 13 episodes of that show before going off to do movies. With a series, it’s slow turns and slow deepening of a character, and when I first approached it, I started to have Harvey change within the first season. I had to pull the brakes, because if you do it that quickly then you have nowhere to go after the first two seasons. It was a bit of a learning curve for me, the slow-burn, and then it became really exciting to play because it becomes a bit more challenging. You can deepen the character so much more than in a film.
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Symphony Space founder Isaiah Sheffer, Jane Curtin and Campbell Scott

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Shadow Pond Family... Music in the Air on A03

Greetings to my Shadow Pond Family!

I hope this message finds you all well and happy.

I am happy to announce that a new chapter has been posted to ‘Music in the Air’ on A03!  It is called:  Rejoice.

—Hank and Udo are on the mend from their winter illness - but more work for Nurse Boris

—A trip to the Museum and a childhood secret is revealed

—”Good afternoon, Dr. Zhivago!”

—The new Cigar Room

—”Okay, Wine Boy…”

Thank you as always for your consideration of my continuing story of our favorite couple.  If no one minds, I should like to post chapters a little more frequently…I currently have 13 chapters in the pipeline and find myself eager to share Horis’ adventures.

I have been re-watching S01 of Royal Pains - only the chapters with Boris in them…there!  I said it out loud!  

Will be re-watching S02 soon…

I have to say that I think back fondly on all of the conversations that we all had with @borisofroyalpains and watching the details unfold again for me is so delightful!  So spot on!  Several of my favorite scenes are about Boris being so completely annoyed by Evan and wanting to talk only to Hank.  Oh, my, how Boris looks at Hank!  If anyone wants to chat about anything RP, I am here for you.

I appreciate all of you so very much.

Please enjoy this charming photo of Campbell Scott as Uncle Vanya.

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