( In angry news: )

Both of these things are true ( Read more... )

I cannot stop staring at this in horrified fascination. How did Jesus find men named those things in the Middle East?

WHAT ARE THEY TEACHING THE CHILDREN NOWADAYS?

Also posted on Dreamwidth at http://surexit.dreamwidth.org/72935.html with
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Finished Bomb Girls! Can we talk about it? GIVE ME YOUR THOUGHTS, LOVELIES. (Also, Vera and Marco are kind of my brotp, and I will probably be sad if they ever hook up, because I really really love them chilling out together and supporting each other and just. ♥) (Also oh god gladys. ;_ ( Read more... )

So in a hypothetical story where Peggy is a pirate captain and Steve is a hostage cabin boy (only the pirates, including Howard and Bucky, are mostly just going to let him sit in a corner and draw) what ridiculous romance novel things should be happening? Peggy's already got a large feathered hat and a magnificent red coat, Steve's already wearing ( Read more... )

I haven't posted this before because it's American, but I keep losing it, so. Here's Chuck D's response to Jay-Z and Kanye's 'Otis'. Respect to you two heroes// But trickle-down got us less than zero.

FUCK YES - the petition to drop the NHS bill got the 100,000 signatures necessary to force ministers to consider the issue for debate in the Commons ( Read more... )

Time for an epic tab-closing post, right? I think so. Thank you to everyone I got these links from, I'm sorry I haven't individually credited.

( Fic to read )

So I know it's cliched and boring to post war poetry today, and I'm not even posting a particularly interesting piece of war poetry: this is an extract from one of Wilfred Owen's most famous poems, and he's probably the most famous British war poet.

I'm going to do it anyway.

If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood ( Read more... )

Hey guys, can I make a plea? If you don't already, can you please, please start being mindful of the difference between English and British? It's not just an irritating piece of carelessness, you're also poking at a sore spot that you might not fully realise is there. We have problems in the UK with neglect and erasure and sometimes outright ( Read more... )

( writing, and the things which impede it )