Tears of A Martian

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hotdiggedydemon: And lastly, a cute cosplay by MORISA9 and...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:39:15 -0400

hotdiggedydemon:

And lastly, a cute cosplay by MORISA9 and K’DAWN! Okay bye!

kaiba-cave: mavasue: the wifi at my school prohibits...

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:03:39 -0400

kaiba-cave:

mavasue:

the wifi at my school prohibits friendship

doctor who meme → one/four brotps: The Doctor + Donna

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:35:40 -0400

doctor who meme

→ one/four brotps: The Doctor + Donna

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Wed, 15 May 2013 22:35:06 -0400

superlockedhogwartianinthetardis: naturalshocks: This is the...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:34:53 -0400

superlockedhogwartianinthetardis:

naturalshocks:

This is the most insane thing I’ve ever drawn. *faints from exhaustion*

Various coloured pencils and ink pen in Moleskine sketchbook.

5” x 8 ¼” (13x21 cm)

SCREAMING BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A PHOTOSHOP MANIPULATION AT FIRST HOLY CRAP THE TALENT PEOPLE HAVE

caitlynsfeels: theanti90smovement: i kissed a boy once and now i am immortal basically the young...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:26:49 -0400

caitlynsfeels:

theanti90smovement:

i kissed a boy once and now i am immortal

basically the young adult section of any bookstore

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p0ndorica: p0ndorica: sometimes i see dudes on the internet like “ya i have a 10 inch dick” and...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:25:33 -0400

p0ndorica:

p0ndorica:

sometimes i see dudes on the internet like “ya i have a 10 inch dick” and then i eat a 6 inch subway sandwich and im looking at this sandwich and its like..idk how almost double that would be a good thing my vagina winces at the thought

it was 4am and i compared a penis to a sandwich

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Wed, 15 May 2013 02:08:56 -0400

scienceing: mybluedecember: princess-munchkin: How the fuck...

Wed, 15 May 2013 02:03:38 -0400

scienceing:

mybluedecember:

princess-munchkin:

How the fuck does Bill Nye expect this to happen? What do you want to do, force women to enroll in science courses, regardless of whether or not they want to do it? Just for the sake of having “enough” women? Why the fuck do these fractions matter so much? It’s not like people are holding guns to our head and threatening to kill us if we become interested in science.

Maybe, just maybe, a lot of us DON’T FUCKING WANT to be scientists. Is that a crime?

Hi there, princess-munchkin. Female engineering student here.

Bill Nye is not saying that you HAVE to be a scientist, and you are right that no one is holding a gun to my head because I am interested in science, but let me tell you some of the struggles of being a woman in the STEM fields.

1) Because I am a woman, I am not expected these fields. I first fully realized this when I was in high school, on my robotics team. See, although my robotics team was about 50% female, most of the women were part of the “business administration” side of things: finance, marketting, PR, membership, etc. Was this a problem? Absolutely not. But I was there to be an engineer, and specifically, to be the robot programmer. This was met with a lot of hesitation at first from some of the other students (all of whom happened to be male. This is not necessarily a bad thing.) You see, all of the robot programmers before me were guys. Computer programming is just a thing that guys do, or so they thought. Even after I had proved myself to the mentors on the team, many of the students still underestimated my abilities. There were rumors going around that I wouldn’t have been able to program the robot at all if the lead software mentor wasn’t there to help me. This was just flat-out false, but it wasn’t until I won an award for the team that the other students actually saw my merit.

2) There is not a lot of encouragement for women to go into these fields. I first noticed this when I was in elementary school. I was always interested in math, science, you name it, but many of my teachers and family members pushed that to the side for a long time. When I asked for legos for christmas, I would get ballet slippers. In fact, for a long time, I was training to be a professional dancer. I loved to dance. I loved math more, but no one seemed to notice that about me. It wasn’t until I had a long conversation with one particular teacher in high school that I decided to look into engineering. I had never even considered it as an option before, because no one decided to encourage me to pursue my interest in science. If it hadn’t been for that teacher, I would probably not be at the school I am at right now.

3) For a long time, Engineering/Science/Math WAS a “boys only” club. Let me tell you when some of the top technical schools and societies started letting women in:

RPI, The oldest tech school in the country, founded in 1824. Started admitting women in 1942 to “replace men called to war.” Campus housing for women wasn’t constructed until 1966.

Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honors Society - Founded in 1885. Started admitting women in 1968.

Caltech - Currently rated #3 in undergraduate engineering. Founded in 1891. Started admitting women in 1970.

Georgia Tech - Currently rated #5 in undergraduate engineering. Founded in 1885. Started admitting women in 1952.

Do you see the implications of this? Engineering has been a part of our society since around the late 1800s (in the case of RPI, since the 1820s), but women weren’t even allowed in for the most part until the 1950s, regardless of their merit.

4) Because of the fact that it was a “boys only” club for such a long time, there are not a lot of women engineers and scientists to look up to. When you’re reading your physics, chemistry, and math text books, the majority of those theories were came up with by men. It is true that much of our history was written by White Men, but this does not mean that the fact that there are few women scientists to look up does not matter.

So, as you can hopefully see, princess-munckin, or anyone else that shares the opinions of princess-munchkin, Bill Nye was not arguing that women that are not interested in STEM should go into those fields anyway. But he IS arguing against all of the systematic barriers set up against women who ARE interested in engineering and science. There are several women out there who are just as good as the boys at math and science, but will never pursue their interests because it just doesn’t seem like an option. That was me for a long time. I am super grateful for the fact that I fought against that, and that I ended up where I am.

if you don’t like science, fine. Don’t be a scientist. But if one day you have a daughter and she shows interest in being a scientist, PLEASE encourage her. Because Bill Nye is right, there needs to be more women scientists in the world.

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midesko: annimate: chasingcomics: The Man Who Lives Alone My...

Wed, 15 May 2013 02:01:28 -0400

midesko:

annimate:

chasingcomics:

The Man Who Lives Alone

My Intro to Comics final about ghosts and love.

CHASE CHASE CHASE IS AWESOME

WOW LOVE IT

ravenqueers: http://nekofont.upat.jp/

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:59:51 -0400

ravenqueers:

http://nekofont.upat.jp/

danieldempsey: My dude straight loving him some nsync.

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:59:31 -0400

danieldempsey:

My dude straight loving him some nsync.

league-bro: Artist: discommunicator jizz~~~~

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:56:10 -0400

league-bro:

Artist: discommunicator

jizz~~~~

midesko: wealldraw: shark smooch comic IT’S BACK AGAIN

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:55:44 -0400

midesko:

wealldraw:

shark smooch comic

IT’S BACK AGAIN

rufftoon: “Swordfight” Unused storyboard panels. Still cleaning...

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:54:42 -0400

rufftoon:

“Swordfight”

Unused storyboard panels.

Still cleaning up the old folders. This bit was edited out of the final battle. A bit sad, as it would have been fun to have seen more of North’s sword fighting, even if only for a few extra shots.

(timing is all off, but should hopefully read clearly)

slenclerman: reasons to date me: -i can pick stuff up with my feet sometimes -ive never killed a...

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:05:42 -0400

slenclerman:

reasons to date me:
-i can pick stuff up with my feet sometimes
-ive never killed a man (yet)
-i once got 95% on guitar hero
-you can play with my hair
-im cheaper than a puppy