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Good Looking Men in Costume - Oded Fehr as Ardeth Bay in The...

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:16:58 -0500

Good Looking Men in Costume - Oded Fehr as Ardeth Bay in The Mummy Returns (2001).

aleyma: Great George badge of the Order of the Garter, made in...

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:07:26 -0500

aleyma:

Great George badge of the Order of the Garter, made in England, 1628-29 (source).

"The few own the many because they possess the means of livelihood of all … The country is governed..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:25:28 -0500

““The few own the many because they possess the means of livelihood of all … The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators, and for the exploiters of labor. The majority of mankind are working people. So long as their fair demands—the ownership and control of their livelihoods—are set at naught, we can have neither men’s rights nor women’s rights. The majority of mankind is ground down by industrial oppression in order that the small remnant may live in ease.””

- - Helen Keller, 1911

Why did we learn about Helen Keller’s childhood in school and not about the socialist and feminist advocacy that was her focus for the vast majority of her adult life? She was a suffragette and a disability rights activist! She helped to found the ACLU! She was a member of the Wobblies! She supported birth control and the rights of sex workers! In school her story always ended when she went off to college and “became a writer.” She was a badass political activist, not an inspirational disability trope, and if we learned about that we would think of her as more than just a joke in Apples to Apples.

(via ratspeaker)

THIS

(via in-capitalist-america)

italianodream:

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:49 -0500

italianodream:

Beautiful Women in Costume - Holliday Grainger as the lovely,...

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:09:14 -0500

Beautiful Women in Costume - Holliday Grainger as the lovely, but sometimes cruel Estella, in Great Expectations (2012).

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Fri, 24 May 2013 07:44:16 -0500

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Thu, 23 May 2013 16:07:51 -0500

brittneywest-photography: This little dude was just hangin’...

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:30:00 -0500

brittneywest-photography:

This little dude was just hangin’ out!

cassniss-everdean: matters-from-ashes: The invasion has...

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:25:00 -0500

cassniss-everdean:

matters-from-ashes:

The invasion has begun.

i was expecting him to eat the camera

fairytalemood: art by Asako Eguchi

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:00 -0500

fairytalemood:

art by Asako Eguchi

the-absolute-best-posts: This post has been featured on a...

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:45:17 -0500

the-absolute-best-posts:

This post has been featured on a 1000notes.com blog.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 19:30:57 -0500

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Wed, 22 May 2013 19:27:09 -0500

More of Castelmoron-sur-lot.

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:35 -0500

More of Castelmoron-sur-lot.

therealjosephinebonaparte: One of very few things I genuinely...

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:35:32 -0500

therealjosephinebonaparte:

One of very few things I genuinely like about my hometown is our cemeteries. Lovely.

I would gladly have credited this if I could. If anyone knows...

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:03:00 -0500

I would gladly have credited this if I could. If anyone knows who this is by, please let me know.

grimsperation: Michele Caragher Embroidered details in Game of...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:47:30 -0500

grimsperation:

Michele Caragher

Embroidered details in Game of Thrones

‘Michele Carragher is a London-based Hand Embroiderer and Illustrator who has been working in costume on film and television productions for over 15 years. She studied Fashion Design at The London College of Fashion, where the course incorporated design, pattern cutting, garment construction, embroidery, millinery and illustration. At the same time she attended a three year evening course in Saddlery at Cordwainers College learning skills in leatherwork.

After leaving college Michele worked in Textile Conservation, repairing and restoring historical textiles for private collectors and museums, specialising in hand embroidery. She then moved into a career in costume for film and television, initially working as a Costume Assistant/Maker on productions such as the BBC’s Our Mutual Friend, ITV’s David Copperfield and Mansfield Park. She soon gravitated towards the decoration and embellishment of costumes, using skills in hand embroidery and surface decoration, taking inspiration from the many historical textiles she had encountered working as a Textile Conservator.

The first production that saw her undertake the role of a Principal Costume Embroiderer was for HBO’s 2005 Emmy Costume award-winning production of Elizabeth 1. Her most recent work has been on HBO’s 2012 Costume award-winning television series Game of Thrones, working on all three seasons.

As a Costume Embroiderer Michele specialises in hand embroidery and surface embellishment, using traditional hand embroidery techniques, smocking, beading and surface decoration. She works directly onto the completed garment or starts with motifs and textures on silk crepeline/organza, which are applied to the costume and then worked into once on the actual garment. She also works on existing machine embroidery designs that are not too dense, adding some hand stitching and beading to give a more authentic, hand-finished look.

Michele finds hand embroidery has more flexibility and diversity than that of embroidery created by machine, as there is a greater variety of thread choice and colours to use. It is also possible to work more easily on garments that are already constructed. However, machine embroidery in combination with hand work can be very useful when completing many repeats by creating light outlines or a less dense machine stitch, work can then be completed by hand and again can be carried out on a finished garment.

Michele is a highly creative Costume Embroiderer, producing original designs as well as working closely to a costume designer’s brief to create their desired look.’

Text and images from http://www.michelecarragherembroidery.com

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Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:44 -0500

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prasersincero: Photo by Erasmo Wong

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:19:43 -0500

prasersincero:

Photo by Erasmo Wong

Florida teen Kaitlyn Hunt, 18, is seeing her young life turned upside down and her future jeopardized simply because she fell in love. Unfortunately for her, she fell in love with a younger girl who has vindictive bigots for parents.

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:47:29 -0500

Florida teen Kaitlyn Hunt, 18, is seeing her young life turned upside down and her future jeopardized simply because she fell in love. Unfortunately for her, she fell in love with a younger girl who has vindictive bigots for parents.:

wilwheaton:

She was kicked off the basketball team because of the potential for “drama” her presence created. She’s been vilified by fellow students, called “criminal,” “rapist” and “child abuser.” She was expelled from school. And far worse. She’s facing a lifetime label of “sex-offender,” because the other girl’s parents brought criminal charges against her despite the fact that the relationship was consensual. What’s more, according to Hunt’s parents, Hunt was 17 when the relationship began, but the other girl’s parents waited until after she turned 18 to go to police.

Unbelievably, prosecutors have decided to press the criminal charge.

Emphasis mine.

So the prosecutor’s office in Sebastian River, Florida thinks this is a worthwhile use of taxpayer money and the court’s time.

Fuck everything about this.