The Filter

Women Are Bitches - The Rumpus.net

Worth a read.

“Are women who are willing to articulate their opinions automatically “alphas”? Perhaps that’s how we are currently characterized in our culture, but surely that will not be the case in a world where opinions are valued based on merit and not based on the gender of the speaker. Even VIDA, an organization working tirelessly to increase the awareness of women’s accomplishments in the arts, can fall prey to language that protects misogynistic tropes.”

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In La Femme à Paris the author Octave Uzanne dubbed a woman’s clothing ‘her offensive armour’ - but, in reality, fashion seldom offers protection from the violence of the modern world. The clothing adopted when a woman is at her most vulnerable to attack - the heels, furs and jewels of evening attire - actively works against the idea of self-preservation.
Nick Knight sought to challenge this: born from a desire to protect his own two teenage daughters and inspired by the ‘Slutwalk’ movement of women reclaiming the right to dress as they wish without being seen to invite attack, Knight decided to address the notion of self-defence through a fashion shoot. For this, he chose to collaborate with two much-celebrated and empowered female fashion figures - model Lara Stone, and stylist Carine Roitfeld - to redefine the notion of ‘Power Dressing’ for the twenty-first century.
Specially trained for this shoot in the techniques of Krav Maga, a self-defence system developed by the Israeli Defence Forces, Stone defends herself in a series of scenarios whilst modelling a selection of Spring/Summer 2012’s finest fashions, selected by Roitfeld and captured by Knight in stills for V magazine and on fashion film for SHOWstudio. These films serve two functions - showcasing next season’s key styles, and offering instruction to women, a high-fashion ‘how to’ of self-defence.
Pushing the boundaries of fashion editorial beyond aesthetic, and countering the ‘Brutal Chic’ of violent fashion imagery that dominated in the seventies, Knight, Roitfeld and Stone offer a true vision of ‘Power Dressing’ for a modern and truly powerful woman.

Krav Maga - Knife Threat to Body: Prada - Lara Stone and Nick Knight.

Interesting idea.

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antidiogenes:

This morning, my beloved is out at church while I brew my personal narrative concoction of Sherlock, porn and insanity. Partners are useful to writers: they can be supportive, some of them are qualified to answer socially tricky questions about the male anatomy, and the very best of them even go away at the right time too. <3 

Penny

So true. :) Especially as regards the anatomy questions. As that old ad campaign used to say, “Ask the man who owns one.”

Reblogged for. Um. I don’t know how to describe this. Funny, and something else besides… Reblogged for essence of Internet, how’s that.

doctorwho:

From the Series 6 DVD Box Set: Night and the Doctor

…So we never get the full story on this, then. Much of his relationship with River happens in the background. That’s fair, I suppose…

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“Lion Cub Gives Us His Best Roar”

SO.

MUCH.

CUTE.

ROAAR

YOU TRIED PUNKIN

AND BLESS YOUR BEAUTIFUL HEART FOR IT

the poor cub seems so put out that it’s getting “aww” instead of “AHH”

Just wait until he’s all grown up and thinks “they like it when I roar, so I’m gonna roar” and he does and they all just shit their pants

My enormous boy cat The Senator meows like this. It’s so weird to have this huge muscley cat squeak

I’m literally holding the sides of my face because this is too damned cute

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And now, a break to look at adorable snow leopards.

thetadelta: Snow leopard tail nomming compilation, because tails are just awesome.

Photos are from: tanidareal, leopatra-lionfur, denisesoden, rheazblaze, bledsoevball30, and eisenmann87 from DeviantART and barrybaskin from Flickr.

I love how they can manage to look judgmental and disapproving all while having their tails in their mouths.

I’ve reblogged this before, but I don’t care you’re not my mom.

Om nom nom, tasty tails.

Tail noms! :’)

Is this just like… a thing snow leopards do?  Or what?  Because it’s hilarious!

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The expression on his face—! Do I get like that around chocolate cake and new books, I wonder?

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tifferini:

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D - Official Trailer (x)

Is this real!?

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