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What happened with Hannibal????? Will this finally convince me to watch it.

WUH-HUH-HUH-HUH-HELLLLLLL (HANNIBAL SPOILERS COMIN’ UP),

Hannibal/Will has always been a very ~intense~ relationship from the off (and very shippable, if you like your pairings with a side of MANIPULATION and GASLIGHTING and CANNIBALISM), but at the end of s2 some of us were convinced it had become Canon Romantic (~acting~ on Will’s part to catch Hannibal in the act for the FBI, but still) for the following reasons: lots of touching and lingering glances, eating people together and looking like they wanted to fuck on the dinner table, making plans to run away together AND, THE CROWNING GLORY, when Hannibal realised Will was lying to him/working for the FBI he 1. gave Will the chance to run away with him anyway, and when Will turned that down he 2. laid waste to everyone they knew, 3. stabbed Will in the most erotic way possible, 4. slit their surrogate daughter’s throat to punish him and 5. cried. it was, if you ask me, ROMO AF. 

so then season 3 rolled around, and apparently WE WERE ALL RIGHT about it being ROMO AF, because the romance just kept coming. Will told his friend/boss that he’d wanted to run away with Hannibal, Will’s hallucination of their surrogate daughter/subconscious was like “Why didn’t you run away with him???”, loads of people talked about Hannibal’s “love” and how damaging it was, Hannibal talked about “love” wrt Will, Hannibal’s psychiatrist Bedelia made lots of very catty comments to Will about how he was Hannibal’s bride/old flame and how ~passionate~ their relationship was etc. etc. etc., when Will finally found Hannibal after 8 months they just smiled at each other for 10 minutes in an art gallery talking about how they were conjoined and couldn’t survive separation, IT WAS ALL VERY GAY, culminating in Will telling Hannibal he wouldn’t turn him in/arrest him but he didn’t want to see him/think about him/miss him anymore and Hannibal should LEAVE and NEVER DARKEN WILL’S DOORSTEP AGAIN and do his MURDERS SOMEWHERE ELSE. (possibly one of the only 2 moments on this show that Hannibal has ever let his mask drop and looked genuinely vulnerable.)

blah blah blah long story shortish, Will was chatting with Bedelia the catty psychiatrist in the second-to-last episode of s3 and was like, “Is Hannibal in love with me?” and Bedelia responded with some sexy food puns and a “Yes.” and then she was like “BUT DO YOU ACHE FOR HIM?” (it’s a yes. yes is the answer. fucking yes mate.) so in the finale lots of Finale Things happened, it was all very nail-biting, Hannibal was sprung from custody by The Red Dragon (ORCHESTRATED BY WILL), he pulled up next to Will in a police car, shoved a dead body out of it and said, “Going my way?!” and it was all very rom-com, cut to them in a romantic getaway cliffside retreat drinking red wine and being candid and waiting for The Red Dragon, and, IN A NUTSHELL, Hannibal and Will murdered The Red Dragon together while Siouxsie Sioux’s “Love Crime” played over the top. it would take too long to explain Will’s character/s1 arc/~urges~ but trust me: THIS IS HUGE AND AMAZING IN EVERY WAY. (I feel like morally I should have some obligation to how everything’s turned out but LMAO, I DON’T.) 

so afterwards Hannibal pulls Will to his feet, and they’re both covered in blood from multiple wounds (and Hannibal because he ripped The Red Dragon’s throat out w/ his teeth… nice), and they have a very brief conversation that won’t make any sense unless you’ve seen every episode of this show so I won’t get into it BUT IT’S A LOT, and Hannibal’s CLINGING to the front of Will’s shirt in a really cute lowkey way and they’re INCHES APART and STARING AT EACH OTHER’S MOUTHS and Will puts his hand on Hannibal’s shoulder and leans in and rests his head on Hannibal’s chest AND HANNIBAL’S FACE (VULNERABLE MOMENT #2) IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE THING, HE LOOKS LIKE HE’S JUST GOTTEN EVERYTHING HE’S EVER WANTED (WHICH HE LITERALLY HAS, HE LITERALLY SAYS IT), AND IT’S UNREAL. IT. IS. UNREAL.

and then Will wraps his arms around Hannibal and sends them over the cliff, but that’s whatever because they’re 100% still alive. 

TL;DR THE CANNIBAL SHOW WENT FULL ROMO, WILL REALISED HANNIBAL WAS IN LOVE WITH HIM AND THEY ENDED UP KILLING A DUDE AND GOING ON THE RUN TOGETHER, THEIR LAST SCENE OF THE SEASON IS THEM SHARING THE MOST ROMANTIC EMBRACE MY TWO EYES HAVE EVER SEEN, IF WE GET A SEASON 4 IT’S GONNA BE HANNIBAL AND WILL EATING PEOPLE AND KICKING BACK IN SOUTH AMERICA. HALLELUJAH.

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5.12.15

Kristen Schaal discusses the double standard with the “dad bod” trend.

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That is one of the first lessons, it seems to me, that all of us have to learn. This country is no more sure of preserving civil liberties, in spite of guaranties provided by law, than any other country if the people are not constantly alert to any encroachment on these liberties.

Eleanor Roosevelt, “My Day” column, May 15, 1950

Read the full column here!

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Since you are black and proud, I will test you with this question: How does a woman carry a child in her stomach for 9 months, go through all the pain, hold it in her arms, and end up calling it Laquisha?

Laquisha is a French variant of the Swahili name “Lakiesha" which means "favorite”. In addition, the name is also a French variant from the original Latin ”Leticia” which means gay, delighted, or joyful and is the name of an old Roman Goddess, Laetitia. I’m not only black and proud, I’m also a former linguistics student, avid reader of mythology, and Tumblr. Your tests mean nothing to me. So to answer your question, how does she end up naming her daughter after a Goddess? Pretty pridefully I’d hope, our women are Goddesses.  

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Mittelstand is one of those difficult-to-translate German words. In one sense it simply means middle class, but especially when used with modifiers such as ‘traditional’ or ‘old’ it refers primarily to occupational groups that existed before the advent of modern industrialization: the professions, small manufacturers, retailers, merchants, and independent artisans.

from A History of Modern Germany (Dietrich Orlow), p. 14 (via polyglotinprogress)

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The 39 most important feminist moments in 2014

In 1998, TIME Magazine declared feminism dead. Nearly 15 years later, it wondered if instead, perhaps feminism should be banned. Constantly on attack from all sides, feminism has spent the past few decades proving its importance and relevance over and over and over again. If there’s one thing history has taught us, it’s that the backlash against feminism will always be a measure of our success. That’s the thing with progress — it is far too often perceived as a threat by those who benefit from the status quo.

Indeed, as we head into December, it’s clear that the year 2014 was a historic one for feminism. Across the Internet and the world, women stood up for their rights, challenged stereotypes, fought for recognition and took control of the dialogue.

The following is a list of some of the most iconic feminist moments this year. 

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Die Kunst des Wartens besteht darin, inzwischen etwas anderes zu tun.

The art of waiting is to do something else in between.

Heinrich Spoerl (1877 – 1955), German writer

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when you hate your essay so much you don’t even want to proof read it

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wake me up wenn mein Austauschjahr zu Ende ist

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Study Abroad: When Every Day is a Breakdown

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people who cling to “traditional language” and reject the fluidity of modern linguistic patterns are so dull and boring! language has the potential to be shaped in so many ways and your biggest priority is still criticizing teens who use ‘like’ as a colloquial quotative

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how to be cool

A) cool sunglasses emoji B)

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Unser koffeinhaltiger Sonntagsgruß an alle!

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Happened about 10 minutes ago… 

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/11/politics/walkout-planned-for-congress/index.html

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