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Theseus, and the ending of the story.

#a lovely thing #this touches me in a way I can't quite say

[babeluda]

I was surprised how many of my faves made it through the 4th round of hotvintagepoll,

but it was so I could watch all my loves fall in the 5th

micro heartbreak is real

#hotvintagepoll

[babeluda]

He's trying to convince me. His argument is that me being there while his family watches won't increase audience numbers, and I can step out during Israel's turn.

I don't think he understands the symbolic value of this particular boycott and that the interest lies in the lack of engagement,

but also this is definitely not a hill I want to die on, especially considering the circumstances

Uuurgh how do I tell my friend who's on a break from hospital in the middle of his leukemia treatment that I technically can't come to his home eurovision viewing because I'm taking part in the boycott.

He does one every year. It's probably a little joy he's been looking forward to for weeks. Shit shit shit

#social anxiety through the roof

[babeluda]

Uuurgh how do I tell my friend who's on a break from hospital in the middle of his leukemia treatment that I technically can't come to his home eurovision viewing because I'm taking part in the boycott.

He does one every year. It's probably a little joy he's been looking forward to for weeks. Shit shit shit

#personal stuff #no eurovision #I just have to find a way to be sensitive regarding all of this urgh

[babeluda]

Propaganda

Lauren Bacall (To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Key Largo)—"Just put your lips together...and blow" excuse me ma'am i'm briefly going to turn into a kettle. She's the quintessential Femme Fatale who may betray me in the end but I'd let her it'd be worth it

Pearl Bailey (Carmen Jones, St. Louis Blues, Porgy and Bess)—vintage crush of all time, the most beautiful woman I've ever seen, and my GOD the PIPES! She wasn't in nearly enough movies, but every time I see her I'm aghast all over with what a gorgeous woman she was. Vote Pearl for diva glamor like no one else! (also....she was on the Muppet Show!)

This is round 5 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Lauren Bacall:

"She is soooo neat. And hot. And everything. That one scene in To Have and Have Not where she says "you know how to whistle don't you? You just put your lips together and blow" altered my brain chemistry during media archaeology class and here we are."

"The VOICE, the SLINK, the EYES. Woof."

"Lauren Bacall was a major lesbian awakening for me. Every picture of her makes it look like she’s about to destroy you physically and emotionally (why is that so hot, I may need help). She had incredible long running chemistry with her husband, Humphrey Bogart, but was an absolute star in her own right. I’ll never be over my crush on her."

"She's got that confident, no-nonsense air about her. She's a boss babe who knows what she wants and gets it DONE. Staunch liberal Democrat her whole life. Campaigned for RFK. From Wikipedia: "In a 2005 interview with Larry King, Bacall described herself as "anti-Republican... A liberal. The L-word". She added that "being a liberal is the best thing on Earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind."" Beautiful hair. Beautiful eyes. Beautiful lips. She's just beauty. LISTEN TO HER VOICE. TELL ME THAT'S NOT THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF."

"HER VOICE. Like yeah, she was absolutely stunning but oh my god, I'm obsessed with her voice"

"A gorgeous lady inside and out. One half of an absolute power couple with Humphrey Bogart, tended to him and other actors suffering from malaria whilst filming the African Queen, generally radiated grace and poise throughout her life. Also her last role was in Family Guy so she needs justice for that"

"She was stunning. Tall and beautiful with a distinctive voice and able to carry her own in a male dominated field. She won the heart of millions, including one of Hollywood's most iconic leading men, Humphrey Bogart. Their story was the stuff of legends, and the chemistry between them was apparent in the multiple films they started in together. She personified the film noir dame and yet she also adapted as Hollywood changed. Her career spanned decades, and she was honored multiple times."

Pearl Bailey propaganda:

"Pearl Bailey was an absolute POWERHOUSE! She's best known for her career in music and theater (she's a DIVINE singer, and very funny). But she also did several feature films, including a controversial adaptation of Porgy and Bess (controversial because of the story; the actors were pretty much coerced into it). She's got a style all her own, you can recognize it from a mile away. She's got you chuckling and crying from one phrase to the next. I love her <3"

"Cheekbones to die for"

#... I think this is the first one where I feel pushing a button will kill me

[babeluda]

there are too many types of screw drivers. let's scale it back, people.

#Screw drivers need a European directive like for phone chargers #I will allow a maximum of 5 shapes but no more! Apple get out of here with your asterisks. Italian gas meters. Publicity frame locks. #Make it one. Make It One. MAKE IT ONE *chanting continues*

[babeluda]

Whatever the case, feel free to write long-winded explanations in the tags, I WILL read them!

#yes but we don't celebrate it #Instead National Holiday (21st July) commemorates the first king's constitutional oath #Better weather than November #For sure #But anyway a colony also became independent from us (Congo) #So a double situation is possible

[babeluda]

WWC’s A Beginner’s Guide to Academic Research

We are pleased to present  WWC’s A Beginner’s Guide to Academic Research!

This pandemic project has been over 2 years in the making and we hope it will greatly assist any of our readers who are eager to conduct in-depth research but may be at a loss where to start. 

Go to the Guide Here

The guide is split into 6 parts:

Introduction and Table of Contents

Part 1: Getting Started

Part 2: Searching for Sources Online 

Part 3: Evaluating Sources

Part 4: Navigating Academic Sources 

Part 5: Recognizing Your Limits

Each portion of the guide has links to connect to the previous and next sections. While it is possible to view tumblr pages on phones and tablets through the app, we highly recommend viewing this guide via browser on desktop whenever possible. Tumblr page formatting is better suited for browsers and each section is very dense with information, which will make scrolling in the app or on your dashboard difficult. 

Future FAQ/ Discussion: 

As noted in part 5 of the guide, for the next two weeks, we will be keeping an eye on the notes for this post. If you have further questions or comments about academic research, drop them here and we will select the most pertinent to respond to in a later post. 

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#useful resources

[babeluda]

ok i’m curious

#I use yellow the most but it depends on what I want to convey #I steer clear of red #too many romantic associations #Green is for compassion. Feel better soon #Orange is for emphasising my love for stuff #Yellow is from me to you. Friendship love #Black is for responding to the one invite a year I get that's to a goth themed birthday party #Blue I use only when I'm doing the whole rainbow I thinl #Brown is only to declare love for chocolate #I haven't used white — but it's what I would go to for messages of condolences

[babeluda]

heres a midi of hips dont lie with a banjo as the vocals

#no additions necessary #music be the food

[babeluda]

#no additions necessary #I know a girl with a Habsburg chin and I've never dared ask of she was connected to that infamous tree

[babeluda]

Hey Terror girlies, look what I found!

This 1943 book by captain — pardon me, commander — De Gerlache recounts his and his crew's voyage and wintering in Antarctica aboard the ship Belgica (1897), which became icebound during an exploration expedition.

This whole escapade is the reason why Belgium gets to have a South Pole research station, by the by.

Anyway no one got eaten, but they did have to manually break a canal in the ice to get free.

#the terror #antarctica #age of exploration #old books

[babeluda]

#no additions necessary #D20

[babeluda]

If music be the food of love, play on. But I'm really too hungry for just one song

Part 1

Part 2

#GRACE JONES!!! #Honestly that one could step into the Blacksad universe unchanged #Though I guess that since Blacksad seems to take place in the 50's-60's it's a bit early for Grace Jones to make an appearance

[babeluda]

duality of man

#Gathering mushrooms in the woods with my grandma #I guess foraging is forbidden there #(the game is Lieve Oma) #If we're looking at the game before that I guess I'm getting arrested for eroding the side of a mountain to irrigate pretty flowers #That's Falling Springs and it's a lovely puzzle game #Both of these are from the Itch. io Palestinian relief bundle

[babeluda]

The adventures of the Wizard Sorrow & Boshi (working title): a WBN Umora OC comics collab with @yeehawpim!!!!!

Pim did the story + layout and then let me run wild (and pop in at odd hours with questions about Boshi's design) See Pim's mad composition genius + OC lore over here Sorrow lore here & here

👀 more to come perhaps 👀

#worlds beyond number #a lovely thing #firmly wary of wizards as usual

[babeluda]

hmmm why does my uterus hurt and why do i feel kinda off. weird. surely these are not the warning symptoms of a predictable biological process that occurs on a regular schedule. anyway. im going to wear white pants today.

#no additions necessary