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just making it dead clear that this blog does not support russia's invasion of ukraine, however also fuck off with that shit if you are demonising regular russian civilians who have nothing to do with this and didnt want a war just as much as everyone else did. politicians are not an excuse for your xenophobia.

#support ukraine #no more war #ukraine #russia #this shit needs to stop now

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rockin’ around the Christmas tree, have a happy holiday 🎄

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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER S6E13: Dead Things | S7E02: Beneath You (requested)

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From imdb: ”During the filming of some scenes for The Princess Bride, the weather became markedly cold for Robin Wright Penn. Andre the Giant helped her by placing one of his hands over her head; his hands were so large that one would entirely cover the top of her head, keeping her warm.”

comic by Box Brown :: via flickr.com

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To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)

Dir. Beeban Kidron

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Rebellious girls in the 1920s wanted to anger and shock their Victorian-era parents, so not only would they bare their knees with short dresses, but they would also paint pictures to make sure an onlooker didn’t miss their risque hem length. Rolled stockings became a fad with the shorter hemlines, and girls would go get roses, butterflies, ocean scenes, or their dogs’ faces painted on their knees to further push their boundaries. Much like with most makeup in women’s history, this wasn’t just an act of creativity, but an assertion of independence. After World War I, more women gained financial independence with work, broke away from chaperoned parlor dates, and became a part of the public by walking the city streets without a guardian. The new generation felt a need to express this clear break from the old era of Gibson Girls and Victorian women, and they did so with the help of paint and knee rouge. “Because of rolled stockings and short skirts they, like their fair owners, are emancipated,” The San Francisco Examinershared in 1925. The girls were no longer wearing the oppressive corsets of the previous generation, which is partly why rolled stockings became a fad — there was nowhere to clip their hosiery to.

Painted knees were also an experiment in owning sexuality. Rouged knees would seem flushed (hinting at sex,) and painted knees would bring attention to body parts that were stigmatized just a few short decades back. But these moments of self-rule were oftentimes punished, as students in Ohio Northern learned in 1925. Girls had been drawing roses on their knees, and the dean called an emergency meeting to get them to stop. “It was intimated that some of the professors had not been able to do their best work owing to the profusion of knees in certain classes, that it is difficult for a mere male instructor to think of the Einstein theory, for example, with a tastefully decorated knee — well, staring him in the face, as it were,” The San Francisco Examiner wrote. The fad eventually fell out of vogue, but it resurfaced again in the 1960s — during an era where skirts rose in hemline, women pushed for independence, and embraced their sexual freedom once more. Painted knees were the perfect compliment to mini-skirts and Bermuda shorts, and a student interviewed for The News in 1966 said that she painted her knees so often that she could “put it on faster than face makeup.” (source)

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Sense and Sensibility (1995)

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Through dangers untold. And hardships unnumbered. I have fought my way here to the castle; beyond the goblin city, to take back the child that you have stolen. My will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom as great… LABYRINTH 1986 — dir. Jim Henson

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SPUFFY BY THE SEASON (as voted by our followers):

#4 — SEASON FOUR

I came to you in friendship! Well, alright, seething hatred.

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HALSEY — Nightmare

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requested by @chasingfictions    BTVS 4.09 // BTVS 7.21    Honey, we need to talk about the invitations. Now, do you wanna be William the Bloody, or just Spike? Cause either way it’s gonna look majorly weird.    Whereas the name Buffy gives it that touch of classic elegance.    What’s wrong with Buffy?

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hints to Xander’s homelife for @luscious2

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Alien (1979) dir. Ridley Scott

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In every generation there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer.

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1997 – 2003)

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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | S4E6: Wild at Heart