After The Absolute Fiasco That The Mass Effect Books Culminated In, I Had No Interest In Remembering

The most influential people succeeded because they were willing to suffer the small injustices to focus on their goals.

can we please let historical women be historical?

NOTE: I AM REFERRING HERE TO AESTHETICS, NOT MORAL/SOCIAL ATTITUDES. RACISM IS GROSS AND ENOUGH PEOPLE IN ~YE OLDEN TIMES~ WEREN’T RACIST THAT IT’S NO EXCUSE

papers are praising Emma Watson to the highest heaven for refusing to wear stays and a hoop skirt in Beauty and the Beast and honestly, I’m kind of sick of it

yes, it’s a fairytale, but Belle is living in 18th-century France. she probably would have worn stays because they’re a basic foundation garment that provides breast and back support and pretty much every woman wore them. probably hers would have been laced more loosely because she’s not upper-class. and yeah, she would have worn some kind of hoops or panniers under her fancy ball gown. which would have been significantly fancier than the new adaptation is making it and needed the support and can you tell how hard I am side-eyeing the designers

in a fairytale it doesn’t matter so much. I’ll concede that the movie’s not actually set in real-life 18th-century France, so they can do what they want. but it’s a trend I see a lot in historical fiction, too. Miss Whatsherface is a Liberated Strong Female Character and doesn’t wear a corset! how shocking! how perfectly tailored to appeal to our modern sensibilities!

here’s a truth-bomb: women wore corsets. most women didn’t lace them at all tightly and some took them off upon returning home for the evening like we take off our bras today. nevertheless, they did wear them, in almost every echelon of society. factory girls, servants, farmers, sex workers, artists, aristocrats, the earliest female politicians and doctors- almost all women. the only time I’ve seen “liberated woman doesn’t wear corsets” done well was with a character in the Artistic Reform dress movement started by pre-Raphaelite artists in the late 1800s. and then the author actually did research to reflect that Artistic Reform was more than just not wearing corsets

most women also wore skirts most or all of the time (with notable exceptions like Amelia Bloomer, Anne Lister, and other singluar ladies who defended their right to pants). many also wore hoop-skirts, panniers, or crinolines. and guess what? they were still badass.

Ada Lovelace made her groundbreaking mathematical discoveries in the dorky balloon sleeves and puffy skirts of the 1830s

Madame C.J. Walker became the first black female millionaire in the US and ran her beauty empire in bustle skirts and corsets

Mary Shelley invented science fiction in stays and an Empire-waisted dress. Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake got commonlaw married and wrote reams of poetry in the same

Dr. Shih Meiyu got her medical degree from the University of Michigan in a corset, as did Dr. Kang Cheng at the same time

these women were products of their time aesthetically and we shouldn’t have to divorce them from that or denigrate it to appreciate their accomplishments. the same holds true for historical fiction. if your female character can’t be just as strong dressed in the typical clothing of the era, you need to go back to the drawing board

Opposition to Youth

In words of a sage There comes every age When elders refuse any truth They'd rather deny And sit on their lie Declaring a war on the youth.

Astronaut readjusts to life back on Earth

> Don’t give him a baby for a while.

Hey guys, drink your water alright?

Like, just 2-3 cups or bottles a day, at any time throughout the day. Doesn’t have to be all at once. Just sip it if you want.

Your body doesn’t just hurt out of nowhere, it’s telling you something. Not nearly enough people drink sufficient levels of water a day.

In addition to letting you sweat and not burn up, water is active in the smallest aspects of your body, the respiration of cells. Not to mention it’s use in maintaining blood pressure and keeping your organs from sticking to each other. (Yes that can happen and it sucks, feels like a dang heart attack)

Please just drink water, it’s such a small thing you can do to make your life and health that much better.

Fuzzy and kind little things.

Probably not what the ask was inquiring about but the book, Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diamna Wynne Jones (who was the author behind Howl's Moving Castle) depicts a family of two human parents and their two human and five Griffon children.

It's a delightful and emotional read of satirical high fantasy, blending light interpersonal drama and interdimensional intrigue.

Not to mention the endearing interactions between griffon and human siblings that are constantly astounded by other people's confusion.

"Yes, this is my brother/sister. Why is that so hard to believe?"

Oh and grumpy, sarcastic old dragons.👍

Do you know of any good books or manga that have wholesome human and monster relationships? Also, magnificent blog, my friend~

hmmm, besides for the very basic ones that a lot of people know about - I don’t really have anything. >.< i’m a bit busy and i’ve got a very long reading list. But! I’m sure someone who follows me can give you a good list! 

#SENDHELP#NEEDMEDIA

:p and also thank you bunches!!

A WEAPON TO SURPASS METAL GEAR

Mass Effect's Fallen

Does this unit have a soul? I knew you could do it all along. Thank Amonkira, lord of hunters. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.

You have the power to emulate sounds that you've recently heard, perfectly mimic voices, animal calls, gun fire, as long as it was within about an hour.

You also absorb light on contact, you do not reflect. In shady or dim conditions you may become almost invisible, in direct light it has much less effect.

What is it?