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"I can’t tell you just how wonderful she is. I don’t want you to know. I don’t want any one to know."

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:14:20 +1000

“I can’t tell you just how wonderful she is. I don’t want you to know. I don’t want any one to know.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise (via how-fascinating)

In the last few weeks Alistair has given me so much loving; brought me flowers and given me money...

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:13:35 +1000

In the last few weeks Alistair has given me so much loving; brought me flowers and given me money for lunch and organised things for my birthday and cuddled me. It’s just one of those weeks that takes all the mid-term bleghness away and reminds me a have someone who loves me very much.

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fuwk: t-ar0: (via asap-rock-lee, gurafiku)

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:53:25 +1000

fuwk:

t-ar0:

(via asap-rock-lee, gurafiku)

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foto-maniac2: Robert Seigleman

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:52:55 +1000

foto-maniac2:

Robert Seigleman

mbchild: Having to do with you coming suddenly alive by Coyhand...

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:52:43 +1000

mbchild:

Having to do with you coming suddenly alive by Coyhand on Flickr.

H O U S E S T A R K ➻ fake book of the houses starks during...

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:52:35 +1000

H O U S E S T A R K ➻ ~~fake~~ book of the houses

starks during robert’s rebellion

marjoleinhoekendijk: ☽☉☾ Pagan, Viking, Nature and Tolkien...

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:52:32 +1000

marjoleinhoekendijk:

☽☉☾ Pagan, Viking, Nature and Tolkien things ☽☉☾

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I have the nicest boyfriend, greatest partner. I don’t know what I’d be if I...

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:54:00 +1000

I have the nicest boyfriend, greatest partner. I don’t know what I’d be if I weren’t part of our own little team, I love him too much. It’s the nicest thing worrying with no reason and loving endlessly and always knowing things will be lovely and fine. He’s my rock and he knows it and I couldn’t imagine life without him. He’s my doctor but without the alienness and the regeneration and having to leave me and stuff. He just makes me happy and safe and loved and argh wonderful wonderful Alistair.

This has been my outpouring of love for Alistair because I have been cranky all week and now he’s tired and irritable and I just appreciate him and his tolerance and love so much. He’s the sweetest and even when we’re cranky we’re cranky together. Officially seventeen months him and I have been together tomorrow and I want to give him the biggest hug and kiss already to make up for my week of madness. Too much love tonight for my little heart to handle!

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Sun, 05 May 2013 17:54:29 +1000

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littlechien: littlechien via ...

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:53:46 +1000

littlechien:

littlechien via campsis

illustratedladies:

yelena bryksenkova

feminishblog: bitterbuffalo: thiscuntsays: kiskex: Distinguis...

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:49:19 +1000

feminishblog:

bitterbuffalo:

thiscuntsays:

kiskex:

Distinguished sociologist Erving Goffman noted that women in photographs are often portrayed in compromising or submissive situations such as having the head turned upwards to expose the neck or in a contorted stances often with light self-touching. Such poses invite the gaze of the viewer and make the subject of the photograph seem vulnerable and exposed to sexualization.

as highlighted by the image, Erving Goffman made it known that these poses were problematic because if we saw any reversal of the gender roles, we perceive it as weird or strange. this image shows a man posing in a feminine fashion… men are very rarely posing like this in professional photography.

essentially, if our instincts tell us something is strange about a person in a photograph, it is representative of the demand of gender display in advertisements.

This kind of thing is super interesting to me. Other ways women are photographed but men rarely are include;

Standing on one leg/legs crossed and weight all on one leg/leaning on someone or something - The woman is vulnerable and incapable. She literally can’t stand (exist) alone.

With their head cropped out of the image or with their eyes down - This goes back to Madonna and Child and is totally entwined with the whole subject/object problem. The (male) viewer is the active subject, the woman is the passive object. You’re allowed to look because she sure as hell isn’t going to do anything, her body exists for you. (Hello rape culture.)

Not dressed - This isn’t such a big deal if the woman is photographed alone but often photos will depict naked women and fully dressed men, often in suits. The implications of this are pretty obvious.

Cut/Bruised - Vulnerability again. To be honest I’ve seen these kinds of images more on tumblr than I have anywhere else, they don’t seem to have made it into mainstream photography quite as much. But Tumblr is super fond of headless semi-dressed women with grazed knees. I guess in some way you could agrue that these photos show the strength of women, but I personally don’t buy that. For the same reason I don’t like this theme used domestic violence ads, I think it only serves to re-victimise the women.

Obviously there are also some really great photographs of women that don’t do any of these things, and some photographs that use these themes for legitimate reasons.

Always reblog, because this is so damn provoking.

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Sun, 05 May 2013 17:44:55 +1000