An Irishman In Newport

The life and times of an irish film maker living and studying in newport

tylerfucklin:

quarteralert:

AMBER Alert (Missing Children) for Florida

Chase Hakken (2), Cole Hakken (4)

Vehicle: 2006 General motors corp., Black

Florida license plate #U95KT

The 2 and 4 year-old children were last seen in the area of the 14000 block of Shady Shores Drive in Tampa. The children were abducted by Joshua and Sharyn Hakken. They may be traveling in a 2006 black General motors corp. Sieyrra, FL tag #U95KT. Please contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at 813-247-8200 or 911.

I don’t know these people nor do I live in this area of Florida, but to my followers that do, please spread the word about and reblog this. I am never one to ignore an AMBER Alert and I hope you aren’t, either.

Here’s an article about Joshua Hakken.

Here is one about the kids going missing.

It might encourage you to reblog.

Records show Hakken’s trouble with the law began last summer when police were called to a Slidell, Louisiana hotel for a disturbance involving Hakken and his wife. 

At the hotel, officials say Hakken was found in possession of pot and other drug paraphernalia and talked about the family “completing their ultimate journey” and traveling across the country to “take a journey to the Armageddon.”

(via snarkystiles)

everybodyilovedies:

hollyhark:

singingtomysoul:

g0ggles:

These are all really cute

So remember, if anyone ever tries to tell you what’s “natural”, laugh the fuck in their face.

Now I want to spend the afternoon figuring out how I’d incorporate these dynamics into SP fics. Especially the last one!!

I’m packing my things and going to live with hyenas.

(via valetudinarian)

tinydragongina:

aeedee:

I would like to take this opportunity to point out one thing.  This is an example of a male-targeted, vaguely ‘sexist’ commercial campaign that is genuinely funny, and clever enough for women to “get the joke”.  These commercials, despite claiming Old Spice was a product for “men” and not ladies, were met with mutual appreciation from men and women, because it is:

A: Not stupid or flat in its humor or message

B: Not degrading to women

C: Genuinely funny

On top of that, these commercials featured a man that was trying to, above all else, make women happy.  He wasn’t trying to be a man because “ew being girly is dumb lol,” he was trying to be a man because “oh ladies I would love to impress you.”  And even though both of those messages are somewhat traditional ways of viewing and reinforcing gender standards and expectations, that fine line between them makes a world of difference.  Many of these pro-men campaigns are too insulting, or too small-minded, or simply not clever enough to make us “get the joke”.  But this campaign has humor that appeals to both men and women at the same time, by neither degrading nor bashing either of them.  Men can want to be like this man, and woman get to appreciate a man that is like this man. But at the same time, this campaign is too light-hearted and whimsical to hurt anyone’s feelings, so you can easily take it for the hilarious joke it is.

This campaign is not only funny, it’s clever, highly creative, intentionally over the top, and entertaining.  Everything that Dr. Pepper’s agonizing “Why don’t women get the joke about our manly soda?” campaign is not.

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(via snarkystiles)

pugletto: animalpuff: pugletto: animalpuff: pugletto: A lot of people were like, “But this guy doesn’t look like Simba!” and I’m just -There are only so many ways you can interpret a lion, guys. I mean Bear!Kenai didn’t look like human!Kenai, did he?I rest my case. Also don’t remove my commentary, jeeze guys. Yeah, it never mattered to me what race someone chose to portray him as, if he were human. It doesn’t matter. Simba’s a lion, he doesn’t have a human’s race. And the whole “he’s in Africa so he must be black” thing seems as arbitrary as making him white because it fits his color scheme more. (No one ever seems to mention how not-light-skinned Pumbaa is in that pic) Also, he’s a friggin’ lion, geez. Actually it does matter. That’s why I drew it. I can’t actually see why it would. It doesn’t seem all that important, and it seems like it just comes down to the artist’s own personal style and preference. Maybe you could tell me how it does matter, or give me an idea, because I don’t know how to look at this. Because white people in Africa is a product of colonization. So making Simba white is completely and totally problematic. Especially when lions are native to Africa, and the fact that there are nine billion other perfectly white, Eurocentric Disney movies we can all gush over. Why wouldn’t he be black?Also because canonically speaking, Simba is portrayed by a black man in the broadway show, and I don’t see why that isn’tconsidered word of god already.

pugletto:

animalpuff:

pugletto:

animalpuff:

pugletto:

A lot of people were like, “But this guy doesn’t look like Simba!” and I’m just -

There are only so many ways you can interpret a lion, guys. I mean Bear!Kenai didn’t look like human!Kenai, did he?

I rest my case. Also don’t remove my commentary, jeeze guys.

Yeah, it never mattered to me what race someone chose to portray him as, if he were human. It doesn’t matter. Simba’s a lion, he doesn’t have a human’s race. And the whole “he’s in Africa so he must be black” thing seems as arbitrary as making him white because it fits his color scheme more. (No one ever seems to mention how not-light-skinned Pumbaa is in that pic)

Also, he’s a friggin’ lion, geez.

Actually it does matter. That’s why I drew it.

I can’t actually see why it would. It doesn’t seem all that important, and it seems like it just comes down to the artist’s own personal style and preference.

Maybe you could tell me how it does matter, or give me an idea, because I don’t know how to look at this.

Because white people in Africa is a product of colonization. So making Simba white is completely and totally problematic. Especially when lions are native to Africa, and the fact that there are nine billion other perfectly white, Eurocentric Disney movies we can all gush over. Why wouldn’t he be black?

Also because canonically speaking, Simba is portrayed by a black man in the broadway show, and I don’t see why that isn’tconsidered word of god already.

(via a-bairn-and-a-cairn)