wranglerpunkymonroe: chromnur: thehistoricalseamstress: lolita-wardrobe: A Timeline of Women’s Fashion from 1784-1970 (source: http://kottke.org/17/07/a-timeline-of-womens-fashion-from-1784-1970) such a useful reference to see the transition of styles @writingtipsandtricks Yaaaaaasss Source: lolita-wardrobe
“Authors can’t use it in fantasy fiction, eh? We’ll see about that…”
–Terry Pratchett, probably
Try to implement anything but a conservative’s sixth grade education level of medieval or Victorian times and you will butt into this. all. the. time.
There was a literaly fad in the 1890′s for nipple rings for all genders(and NO, it was NOT under the mistaken belief that it would help breastfeeding–there’s LOTS of doctors’ writing at the time telling people to STOP and that they thought it would ruin the breast’s ability to breastfeed well, etc). It was straight up because the Victorians were freaks, okay Imagine trying to make a Victorian character with nipple rings. IMAGINE THE ACCUSATIONS OF GROSS HISTORICAL INACCURACY
people just really, REALLY have entrenched ideas of what people in the past were like
tell them the vikings were clean, had a complex democratic legal system, respected women, had freeform rap battles, and had child support payments? theyd call you a liar
tell them that chopsticks became popular in china during the bronze age because street food vendors were all the rage and they wanted to have disposable eating utensils? theyll say youre making that up
tell them native americans had a trade network stretching from canada to peru and built sacred mounds bigger then the pyramids of giza? you are some SJW twisting facts
ancient egypt had circular saws, debt cards, and eye surgery? are you high?
our misconception of medieval peasants being illiterate and living in poverty in one room mud huts being their own creation as part of a century long tax aversion scam? you stole that from the game of thrones reject bin
iron age india had stone telescopes, air conditioning, and the number 0 along with all ‘arabic’ numbers including algebra and calculus? i understand some of those words.
romans had accurate maps detailing vacation travel times along with a star rating for hotels along the way, fast food restaurants, swiss army knives, black soldiers in brittany, traded with china, and that soldiers wrote thank-you notes when their parents sent them underwear in the mail? but they thought the earth was flat!
ancient bronze age mesopotamia had pedantic complaints sent to merchants about crappy goods, comedic performances, and transgender/nobinary representation? what are you smoking?
Free Graphic Novels (DC, Marvel, Image, etc), Music, TV shows, and music on HOOPLA.
Free music that you can KEEP on FREEGAL
You are PAYING for all this with your tax money – USE THEM. Most likely systems will have all 3 or 2 out of 3, so if you aren’t sure call your local library’s reference/information desk and how you can get set-up or started.
Libraries, yo!
I’ve been reading SO MUCH DC on Hoopla
BASKING IN THE HEROICS 😀
Library books are my fave. I get so many books from the library
Yup, I use both of these (Hoopla’s awesome).
Does anyone know if this applies to the US only? Or if it/variations of it are available for others?
I’d also like to add
If you want to learn a language, see if your library has a subscription for Transparent Language.
It’s a learning app/website for other languages. Typically you’d have to pay for a subscription but with a library card (at a library that’s subscribed to to) it’s free all access.
Hoopla is available in the UK and it has audiobooks and movies too
It is so, SO fucked up that we just accept the use of chemical weapons by the police as normal when equivalent weapons are forbidden from use in actual warfare
“chemical weapons”
Tear gas is a chemical weapon banned for military use by the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993, but you’re a reactionary fuckwit so you don’t actually care about facts or anything else I have to say, you just care about being a contrarian asshole
Is pepper spray a chemical weapon by your definition too?
Seems like that’s dubiously legal, too. Although considered nonlethal in general, it can cause a person’s airways to swell up, which makes it potentially lethal if the person affected already has breathing difficulties.
How do we keep rowdy people under control, then? Tear gas is out, pepper spray is out… rubber bullets? Tasers? Water cannons only work if you plan far enough in advance that you know you need an entire vehicle on standby. It’s not like you can just carry one of those on your person. Personally, of all those options, I’d rather just be pepper sprayed.
“To solve riots, we must first address the conditions by which riots occur.” Mass public movement is only so strong when faced with a preeminent and obvious threat that can only be survived by organizing. Generally, history has shown that if government actually cedes to the people and allows changes in policy so vehemently resented that cities are torn apart from within, little to no further force will be necessary.
I love how they just presume that people just go out into the streets over every little thing and that it’s par for the course.
No mate.
If your people are so pissed and frustrated that they’re actively in the streets marching something is wrong.
We need more examples of genuinely happy, healthy relationships on TV and in books and films. No more of this bullshit about how real, epic love is painful and impossible or deadly. Love should not break you! Love should make you stronger. Show me two friends who make each other feel safe and confident and empowered. Show me a couple that respects each other fully and without question. Show me a couple that has FUN. Show me a couple that support each other. Show me a couple where their issues and conflicts are resolved with love, respect and kindness. Show me healthy love. Happy love. Real love.
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