Hannibal Lecter and the subversion of the Male Gaze

darkthoughtsbrightdays:

noonturnsmidnight:

Let’s talk Hannibal and feminism for a second. 
Specifically, let’s talk about what makes Lecter’s character so appealing to a female audience and why that makes so many people uncomfortable. 

(Takes the book & movie canons into account. TW for discussion of murder, cannibalism and violence as well as mentions of sexual violence.)

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This is a brilliant discourse.

omg this is why everything is wrong and right and ugh thank you.

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darth-sebious:

secretgeekster:

omg he even doesnt hit the bombs

I don’t normally reblog cats, but this one has Fruit Ninja skills

darth-sebious:

secretgeekster:

omg he even doesnt hit the bombs

I don’t normally reblog cats, but this one has Fruit Ninja skills

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And there are millions of teens who read because they are sad and lonely and enraged. They read because they live in an often-terrible world. They read because they believe, despite the callow protestations of certain adults, that books-especially the dark and dangerous ones-will save them.

As a child, I read because books–violent and not, blasphemous and not, terrifying and not–were the most loving and trustworthy things in my life. I read widely, and loved plenty of the classics so, yes, I recognized the domestic terrors faced by Louisa May Alcott’s March sisters. But I became the kid chased by werewolves, vampires, and evil clowns in Stephen King’s books. I read books about monsters and monstrous things, often written with monstrous language, because they taught me how to battle the real monsters in my life.

And now I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be a teen facing everyday and epic dangers. I don’t write to protect them. It’s far too late for that. I write to give them weapons–in the form of words and ideas-that will help them fight their monsters. I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.

—Sherman Alexie, Why the Best Kids Books Are Written in Blood (via thegirlandherbooks)

(Source: thefirstgentleman, via happilyevernow)

ronweasley:

the way it should be, famous songs from animated movies performed in the language of the place the stories are set in or the character’s mother tongue {listen}

i. hellfire (the hunchback of notre dame) - french; ii. once upon a december (anastasia) - russian; iii. a whole new world (aladdin) - arabic; iv. bare necessities (the jungle book) - hindi; v. i see the light (tangled) - german; vi. can you feel the love tonight? (the lion king) - zulu; vii. i’ve got no strings (pinocchio) - italian; viii. i won’t say i’m in love (hercules) - greek; ix. it’s tough to be a god (the road to el dorado) - spanish; x. under the sea (the little mermaid) - danish; xi. i’ll make a man out of you (mulan) - mandarin; xii. when you believe (the prince of egypt) - hebrew

ronweasley:

the way it should be, famous songs from animated movies performed in the language of the place the stories are set in or the character’s mother tongue {listen}

i. hellfire (the hunchback of notre dame) - french; ii. once upon a december (anastasia) - russian; iii. a whole new world (aladdin) - arabic; iv. bare necessities (the jungle book) - hindi; v. i see the light (tangled) - german; vi. can you feel the love tonight? (the lion king) - zulu; vii. i’ve got no strings (pinocchio) - italian; viii. i won’t say i’m in love (hercules) - greek; ix. it’s tough to be a god (the road to el dorado) - spanish; x. under the sea (the little mermaid) - danish; xi. i’ll make a man out of you (mulan) - mandarin; xii. when you believe (the prince of egypt) - hebrew

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Housecleaning doesn’t work when you’re tired. I was folding clothes and now I’m on the floor sitting open mouthed at the tv which is set on mtv hits and fun. is on. Carry ooooooooooon.

sofapizza:

he was raised by acrobatic ostriches

is nobody going to mention the dead arm squid??

sofapizza:

he was raised by acrobatic ostriches

is nobody going to mention the dead arm squid??

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bag-of-smashed-assholes:

Kristen Stewart with friend out in LA (x)

Is her friend Dakota Fanning? It looks like Dakota Fanning…

I love her and no that is not Miss Fanning…

(Source: dailyrk, via silenceofthegrahams)

So I basically have a volunteer job doing tech at Celebrate Recovery. It doesn’t pay but I’ve never actually had a real life paying job so this is like training lol. And I have to show up or I’ll have a bunch of church goers in recovery poking me about it so I’m learning a bit about responsibility. May be a bit late on these life lessons but I’m getting there.

dean-winchester-loves-pie:

This is my first giveaway, and since I reached 600 followers I decided to show how much I appreciate them! Below are the rules and items!

Rules:

  • You don’t have to be following me in order to win, but it would be nice if you were.
  • Likes and reblogs count and you are able to reblog as many times as you want.
  • The deadline to enter is May 24, 2013 at 5 p.m EST
  • There will be only ONE winner and will be picked at random
  • Will ship anywhere in the world
  • Your ask box must be open at all times in case you are the winner, if the winner does not repsond after 24 hours after being notified I will pick another winner.
  • If you have any questions, feel free to ask me!

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Here are the list of items:

  • The first is a Supernatural T-shirt, the size will be decided when the winner is picked.
  • The second is Doctor Who poster.
  • The third is a another Supernatural t-shirt, the size will be decided when the winner is picked.
  • And lastly, a Doctor Who t-shirt, the size will be decided when the winner is picked.

    Good Luck!
    (If you want to enter my sister’s giveaway as well, click here!)

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I don’t want to be this good looking and athletic. We all have crosses to bear.

I don’t want to be this good looking and athletic. We all have crosses to bear.

(Source: thisyearsgirls, via cosmocrat-)

ohmystuff:

23.05. Happy World Turtle Day!

ohmystuff:

23.05. Happy World Turtle Day!

(via elgin-marbles)

ladymalchav:

sherlokian:

iwillburnthecakeoutofyou:

Next week on Supernatural.

‘but get this the ghost only goes after gay people so why did it go after you and-‘‘sHUT UP SAM’
‘dean I think I may have formulated a possible explanation for-‘
‘CAS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS’

ladymalchav:

sherlokian:

iwillburnthecakeoutofyou:

Next week on Supernatural.

‘but get this the ghost only goes after gay people so why did it go after you and-‘

‘sHUT UP SAM’

‘dean I think I may have formulated a possible explanation for-‘

‘CAS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS’

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