Daveed. • Posts Tagged ‘feminism’ Star Wars vs. Game of Thrones is basically the new best thing ever. GRRM has always struck me as being purposefully reactive rather than innovative. While I think arguments about how there are no original stories are tedious, it is worth examining how GRRM's success is partly due to his fiction being self-consciously contrarian. As in, if the Western fantasy canon hadn't coalesced, it stands to reason GRRM would not have had the same success. Almost all of the main characters are aristocrats, who rather than resisting the call of adventure, act out of court protocol and duty to established standards of behavior — until they discover the limits of those duties and rebel and/or get killed. It goes a step farther than that: The established social order in Westeros was forged in mass violence 300 years previous by a foreign conqueror who brought the fantasy equivalent of a B-29 bomber to a sword fight.
TL/DR: Once you start killing kings, no king is safe. But it hadn't really coalesced. Did-i-fucking-stutter.jpg (502×554) Coverflip: Maureen Johnson Calls For An End To Gendered Book Covers With An Amazing Challenge (IMAGES) Yesterday, author Maureen Johnson had a great idea. She tweeted "I do wish I had a dime for every email I get that says, "Please put a non-girly cover on your book so I can read it. - signed, A Guy" - and so came the idea for a challenge for her 77,000 followers. A challenge that she called Coverflip. Below, she explains more. You are informed about a book’s perceived quality through a number of ways.
Probably the biggest is the cover. (Other messages include: blurbs (who they are from), comparisons, review coverage, store placement, and categorization.) And the simple fact of the matter is, if you are a female author, you are much more likely to get the package that suggests the book is of a lower perceived quality.
This idea that there are “girl books” and “boy books” and “chick lit” and “whatever is the guy equivalent of chick lit”* gives credit to absolutely no one, especially not the boys who will happily read stories by women, about women. Loading Slideshow Related on HuffPost: 55012408.jpg (JPEG Image, 3300 × 2325 pixels) - Scaled (38%) Love Polygons. S WORKSHOP: FASTER, EMPIRE! STRIKE! STRIKE! a collaboration between Patton Oswalt and Sillof. Ezekielawrence: Hurt, and Star Wars all in one... - J.R. Blackwell. Roger Ebert Hails Human Existence As 'A Triumph'
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“At times brutally sad, yet surprisingly funny, and always completely honest, I wholeheartedly recommend existence. If you haven’t experienced it yet, then what are you waiting for? It is not to be missed.” Ebert later said that while human existence’s running time was “a little on the long side,” it could have gone on much, much longer and he would have been perfectly happy. OkKitty. Wulfgar's • mtgmemes: Sexually Oblivious Rhino with Magic:... Relationshipmapv3.jpg (JPEG Image, 1712 × 2071 pixels) - Scaled (43%) Portal 2 Companion Cube Ice Tray. List: Academic Euphemisms for Masturbating. LGBT Laughs. Hot Blooded: Gay Romance Novel from Book By You.
Memos From Fury. The Escapist : Yes, I realize that BioWare made both lists. For the same thing. If you've ever played a BioWare game, then you know what I'm talking about. This is actually a takeoff of an old joke: Heaven is Where the Police are British, the Chefs are Italian, the Mechanics are German, the Lovers are French and it's all organized by the Swiss. Hell is Where the Police are German, the Chefs are British, the Mechanics are French, the Lovers are Swiss and it's all organized by the Italians.
I've never been to Europe, so for me the joke is as true as the European stereotypes on which it's based. But I like the symmetry of it. Shamus Young is the guy behind Twenty Sided, DM of the Rings, and Stolen Pixels, Shamus Plays, and Spoiler Warning. The simple image sharer. Mormon Missionary Positions. Top Wrangler. LGBT Laughs. Matthew Mitcham Is The Most Adorable Olympian Ever. Tom Daley Gets Unnecessarily Censored. Animal Memes: Anti-Joke Chicken - Trust Me, It Works. LGBT Laughs. A Dog and his Martini. Unmentionables Assemble by ~Kate-Kyrillion on deviantART. Blue Eyes and Spitfire. The Cost Of Being An Unbeatable Evil Overlord. If there’s one thing that the movies have taught us it’s that evil never succeeds.
Yet most of the time evil fails for silly reasons. In 1994 Peter Anspach published the 100 things he would do if he ever became an evil overlord. They included such gems as: If my advisors ask “Why are you risking everything on such a mad scheme?” , I will not proceed until I have a response that satisfies them.When I’ve captured my adversary and he says, Look, before you kill me, will you at least tell me what this is all about?”
But while following such prescripts are likely to lead to evil-overlord levels of success, is it financially viable to do so? We went through each of the items on the list and looked at how money it would either cost (or save) to follow through with it. Watch out world. To complete our plans to become an Evil Overlord, we’d need a super-weapon and you can find our estimate of the cost of the Death Star over here. The thalia.org Evil Overlord Lists Department. Due to an overwhelming demand, we have procured, for your reading pleasure, all of the "If I was an... " lists we could find. Enjoy! The Overlord lists, as well as other intersting sci-fi stuff, were originally gotten with permission; I have made no effort since to keep them updated.
Enjoy! If I were an Evil Overlord...If I were an Evil Overlord's Henchman...If I were a True Hero...If I were a Hero's True Love...If I were a Hero's Sidekick......and for the rest of you: If I were an innocent bystander... I hope you enjoy your trip through the archives; any questions, comments, criticisms, or snide remarks, please let us know... Is This Feminist? Nothing has blown my mind quite like this case.
SHE SAID IT WASN'T AN "OFFICIAL" BREAK UP. LGBT Laughs. Striking a Pose (Women and Fantasy Covers) Uncategorized A while back, we had a discussion on the blog about the cover art for my princess novels. For the most part, I really like these covers, but they’re not perfect. Now I could talk about the way women are posed in cover art … or I could show you.
I opted for the latter, in part because it helped me to understand it better. I recruited my wife to take the pictures, which she kindly did with a minimum of laughter. Being me, I naturally couldn’t stop there. I’m tempted to use the Night Myst pic as my new author photo. In all seriousness, I spent the rest of last night with pain running through most of my back. To be clear, there’s nothing wrong with being sexual. My sense is that most of these covers are supposed to convey strong, sexy heroines, but these are not poses that suggest strength. Guys, you should try it sometime. Related: A contortionist and martial artist tries to imitate a comic book “fighting pose” … and can’t do it. Heartbroken Santorum Condemns Gay Marriage For Two-Timing Jerks Like Nick | Video. Akinator, the Web Genius.