The Truth Is Out There, Philipp Igumnov

How Shows Like 'Will & Grace' And 'Black-ish' Can Change Your Brain

Go ahead, use this article to justify binge-watching Orange Is the New Black all weekend.

“Psychologists say it’s not uncommon to think of fictional characters as your friends. They call these attachments parasocial relationships, and a growing body of research suggests there may be more to these connections than we realize. It turns out that as we grow emotionally attached to characters who are part of a minority group, our prejudices tend to recede.“

This is another reminder of how important initiatives like everysinglewordspoken are. Not only to demand media representation for POC, but to change group attitudes about the ‘other’ and erase prejudice on a wide scale.

Scarlet & Hobbes

https://www.youtube.com/embed/9QlDX8mPAcc?feature=oembed

I love Amanda so much. This is an animation that uses a voice memo from her phone of a conversation she had with me while I was asleep (I can have conversations while I am asleep, I am told by people who have tried it). 

She found the message she had left for herself on her phone a year or so after she’d left it, and played it to me. I said it sounded like an animated film, and she agreed, and used her Patreon to make it happen…

Only watch it if you want to know what the inside of my head is probably like while I am asleep.

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QlDX8mPAcc)

Planetary Glass Set (even Pluto’s included!)

here we go, cecil number two (i have three in my head so far) (they probably all have the same tatts cause i love em)

once i started seeing native american cecils i really couldn’t resist for a moment

Mexico’s largest mural brightens up town | See full gallery

In Pachuca, Mexico, hundreds of houses serve as the canvas for what has been called the country’s largest mural. Each colorfully painted house plays a part in the mosaic – serving the project’s goal of bringing the community together.

I mean if Carlos the scientist is supposed to be universally adored they could not have cast a better actor tbh

“I’m supposed to watch them while Mom takes a nap. If they’re too close to each other, they fight. If they’re too far away from each other, they cry.” (Anzali, Iran)

This person,  Gérard Philipe, is my favorite actor and was by all accounts a good and beloved man. I’ve seen a few of his films but had given up on finding the rest, in the US anyway. Today I searched his name on YouTube out of semi-idle curiosity, and found that people have been uploading his films!! There are four of his films on YouTube that I couldn’t find anywhere for years!!!! I am happy. And the man’s screen presence is amazing, you all would benefit from seeing him.

Juliette, ou la clef des songes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5oXmgNhSng

Pot Bouille:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPxFf38-Y3s

Monsieur Ripois:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQEwC2N7GRc

Also, if you understand French (of course the films are more enjoyable but also) he has several recordings of plays and books that are much easier to access from the US than his films, and his voice and expression are exquisite. Among them ‘Ruy Blas,’ (he plays Ruy Blas) ‘Le Cid,’ (he plays Rodrigo), and ‘Le Petit prince,’ (he is the pilot/narrator). Beautiful work.

Gérard Philipe dans “Le Cid” de Corneille, 1951. Photo : Thérèse Le Prat