A group of five!

Rose and her pink dress ʕ/　·ᴥ·ʔ/

Doctor/Rose Sketches  (with some OT3, and Shipper!Mickey and Reinette thrown in)

I’ve seen this image going around, and I feel compelled to point out that it’s only half-right. It’s true that high heels were originally a masculine fashion, but they weren’t originally worn by butchers - nor for any other utilitarian purpose, for that matter.

High heels were worn by men for exactly the same reason they’re worn by women today: to display one’s legs to best effect. Until quite recently, shapely, well-toned calves and thighs were regarded as an absolute prerequisite for male attractiveness. That’s why you see so many paintings of famous men framed to show off their legs - like this one of George Washington displaying his fantastic calves:

… or this one of Louis XIV of France rocking a fabulous pair of red platform heels (check out those thighs!):

… or even this one of Charles I of England showing off his high-heeled riding boots - note, again, the visual emphasis on his well-formed calves:

In summary: were high heels originally worn by men? Yes. Were they worn to keep blood off their feet? No at all - they were worn for the same reason they’re worn today: to look fabulous.

so then how did they become a solo feminine item of attire?

A variety of reasons. In France, for example, high heels fell out out of favour in the court of Napoleon due to their association with aristocratic decadence, while in England, the more conservative fashions of the Victorian era regarded it as indecent for a man to openly display his calves.

But then, fashions come and go. The real question is why heels never came back into fashion for men - and that can be laid squarely at the feet of institutionalised homophobia. Essentially, heels for men were never revived because, by the early 20th Century, sexually provocative attire for men had come to be associated with homosexuality; the resulting moral panic ushered in an era of drab, blocky, fully concealing menswear in which a well-turned calf simply had no place - a setback from which men’s fashion has yet to fully recover.

FASHION HISTORY IS HUMAN HISTORY OK

Thank you, history side of tumblr. That “stay out of blood” thing has been driving me mad.

Wait. So, you’re telling me that the reason straight boys dress horribly is because they’re not over a 100 year old gay panic?

You’re telling me that the gross, baggy, shapeless menswear that has been almost singlehandedly ruining my life is the result of a bunch of dudes in the 1900’s collectively going ‘AAAAH WHAT IF THEY THINK WE’RE GAY’

Fuck that shit. BRING BACK MENS HEELS

BRING BACK MENS TIGHTS

MAKE MEN SEXY AGAIN

so… you’re saying you want someone to bring sexy back?

A strange planet

i was watching some doctor who reruns today…

If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

Eighth Doctor character designs by Emma Vieceli from New Adventures of the Eighth Doctor #2

Inktober 25

This one was @forestagain‘s suggestion: Eight playing violin

I’m the one in the group chat who reads everything but never replies

I wish this had happened, and Rose would still be with the Doctor, and i also wish Russell T Davis was still writing it.. but i suppose all things good soon come to an end. Stupid Moffat.

according to your birthday, in 2016, you will

1-5: be completely baffled by  6-10: in the mistaken belief that it is a puppy, attempt to pet 11-15: ascend to the throne of the world as the new god of 16-20: cry a lot about 21-25: seek heaven through 26-31: finally get to be with your beautiful lover, who is

january: the weight of your sins february: full communism march: rage bigger than your body can contain april: the Sun may: eleven-dimensional space june: violence july: the merciless confines of linear time august: a fictional character september: the void october: a ghost november: every single dragon december: a giant robot

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