I just have to … that’s quite a lower body you got there, Sid.
(Source: originalhockeyprincess)
Maybelline “Confidence” ads. SO happy with how the colors in these turned out in printing and matting. To clarify, these are not real Maybelline ads, they were created for an advertising class.
EDIT: This is important. This means a lot to me. I legitimately believe a huge mistake was made today.
These ads were a part of my portfolio into the advanced advertising program at my school. About half of the people who apply get in. I got into the first two creative classes, intro and intermediate, and I was confident I would get into advanced… especially after I posted these on tumblr and in a matter of a few hours got THOUSANDS of notes with people saying that they loved them, most people even believing they were real advertisements and not something a 21 year old student made for class.
The only reservation I had was that my portfolio was being judged by two older men. Two men who have never worn makeup in their lives. Two men who would probably not even begin to understand what this campaign means. Two men who have never been under societal pressures to wear makeup, but then being told they’re insecure for doing so.
Those reservations might have been founded, as evidenced by the fact that I did not get in. I was rejected. I got over 5,500 notes on these ads in 24 hours, yet I was rejected for not being good enough. I can’t finish the program, and I have to figure out where to go from here.
Now to the good stuff: Tumblr is amazing. Everyone who has reblogged this, whether your comments were negative or positive, is amazing. I find it truly astounding that these have gotten so much attention. These, which are advertisements selling you something, something people inherently dislike. I am humbled, shocked, and grateful. This is the first time since I’ve been in advertising that I felt like I was doing something right… that maybe, just maybe, I could make it in this industry and make a positive change.
Those dreams were squashed today. I cried, and I complained. I’m angry — but not at myself like I thought I would be. I feel they made a mistake. I refuse to believe that I’m in the bottom 50% of the people who applied. I deserve to be in that program, and I know it. Thousands of people can’t be wrong that this is a good idea. An idea that MEANS something, and idea that resonates with many people. 2 older, conventional men can absolutely be wrong when it comes to judging what makes a good makeup ad.
Here’s where you come in. Let’s make them regret their decision. Reblog this, like it, comment on it, whatever. Let’s get this attention… so much attention that they can’t ignore it. While the decisions are most likely final, I want to make them think twice. I want them to look back, and believe that they fucked up. If it doesn’t even benefit me personally, I want them to think about how fair a panel of 2 male judges is when it comes to evaluating work done by women, for an audience that consists of predominantly people who identify as women.
So let’s do this. They fucked up; I deserved to be accepted. I know it, and I have a feeling you guys know it too.
I don’t know if this story is true. If it is, I hope for all the success for this artist. If it’s a Maybelline advertising ploy, bravo. This is what ads should look like. I truly believe that advertising, like all pop culture, doesn’t have to be a destructive force that panders to the lowest common denominator. It can sell, and make us better people, better to ourselves and to each other, all at the same time. Ads like these would do that.
It’s Tumblr After Dark time, so let me whet your appetites with some sexy Kaner.
in a heart beat kaner
:D :D :D I AM A GOOD VECTOR AND PROUD OF IT.
Every time I find Kaner the tiniest bit attractive, I hate myself. That goes double triple a millonty for this picture.
It was all the cops’ fault. You don’t put guys like that into a room together. Who knows what can happen?
I love this movie so much. I saw it for the first time when it was in theaters in high school, and watched it for the zillionth time again this weekend. What an amazing collection of actors and personalities. It’s got a hell of a plot but it’s also a very character-driven movie. Each character seems to have so much story that is only hinted at in the movie.
I want all the fic.
(via waxjism)
So let’s talk about this.
Let’s talk about the way we write “like a girl.”
Because it’s everywhere, you guys. It’s in shitty, terrible badfic and it’s in really amazing fic, and apparently this is a thing we need to talk about.
So. Let’s talk about the way that when a male character feels insecure, or overwhelmed, or vulnerable, apparently he’s acting like a girl. If he’s obsessing over the person he loves, he’s acting like a girl.
No, you know what? I’m done giving this a pass. Eames isn’t acting like a teenage girl if he’s obsessing over Arthur’s hair, okay? He’s acting “lovesick” or “ridiculous” or he’s embarrassed to know himself, but you know what? Saying “like a girl” or “like a [adj] girl” isn’t necessary.
Find a better phrase. Find a better word. Your fic is not going to be made worse by eliminating that phrase.
Because you know what? Being a teenage girl isn’t the worst thing a person can be. I was one, and you know what I did as a teenage girl? I read a shitton of fic. So there I was, in a female-dominated space, reading over and over that what I was was something to be embarrassed about. And it’s such a casual turn of phrase, isn’t it? You barely notice it while it tears you down.
Language is so fundamentally important. The words we use fucking matter. The way we put them together matters.
So knock it off.
I mostly agree, but we live in a sexist society, and our characters are steeped in it. While I don’t actually think that Eames would think of himself as doing something “like a girl”, I’m pretty damn sure that plenty of my favorite hockey boys would. Sometimes this is good characterization.
I do agree that the author should think first. Is this the most likely way the character would express himself? Or is it author editorializing?
(via puckling)
ALSO RU PAUL’S DRAG RACE!!!
Lol, so fucking accurate.
*facepalm* My Name Is Earl - that is hilariously apt
Sorry dudes, Mad Men actually WAS my life for four years. It’s not any more and it never will be again. \o/
(Source: deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan)
fshk:
Chicago Cubs folklore says the team started losing in 1945 when a die-hard fan’s goat was denied entrance to the ballpark during the world series.
So five guys just walked 1,764 miles with this goat, all the way from Mesa, Arizona, planning to get the goat into a Cubs game and break the curse (and raise money for charity). via The Pantagraph.
The goat’s name is Wrigley.
He was not allowed in the park.
(Dave Proeber / The Pantagraph. For full image and gallery, go here.)
Good job, Wrigley security. (Maybe they learned a lesson from Boston; hard to have a persecution complex when your team starts winning World Series’.)
Cute goat, bro.
Idris Elba reveals the story behind the name of his production company ‘Green Door’ [x]
Fuckin win.
If I ever thought I couldn’t love Idris Elba even more …
(Source: oh-whiskers)
