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THE INNOCENTS (1961) THE OTHERS (2001) CRIMSON PEAK (2015) THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR (1947) THE VVITCH (2015) THE BLOOD ROSE (1970) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1946) THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED (1969) THE HORRIBLE DR. HICHCOCK (1962) THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE (1946)

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Since I regularly get this image of Yelena Belova from Marvel: War of Heroes by Marvel & CyGames submitted to me, and all the posts related to it are very funny but also pretty old, while I was going through fixing them up I decided I should just make a compilation post about it.

Besides the initial art which is pretty amazing in itself because it looks like she was just chopped in two and tossed out a helicopter, there's also these two great follow up submissions:

One by @kaliandra showing what she'd look like from the other side which is hilarious and very well done.

And one I also absolutely adore from @thatwarmtoastyfeeling showing how actually this entire image makes sense because it's actually two Black Widows (presumblay Natasha is the butt) together!  Gotta get with the lore, people.

Anyway I wanted to share them because I dunno how many people reading now have seen them and I figure you'd all get a kick out of it. :3

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Vampire weakness to sunlight originated in the film Nosferatu and is not part of vampire folklore. In the original Dracula he is simply less powerful during the day. Despite this it is considered an essential part of modern day vampire lore.

Nosferatu (1922)

Horror of Dracula (1958)

Interview With the Vampire (2022- )

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)

True Blood (2008-2014)

Baldur's Gate 3 (2023)

Near Dark (1987)

Thirst (2009)

Blade II (2002)

Daybreakers (2009)

Let the Right One In (2008)

Midnight Mass (2021)

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"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed."

- Herman Melville, "Poor Man's Pudding and Rich Man's Crumbs" (1854)

Two hundred and twenty years later, nothing has changed.

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James Baldwin, talking about living his life based on observable fact, instead of white liberal promises. [link]

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1959 Pong Champion

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Pour one out for a real one.

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Pride history posts on here seem almost exclusively to revolve around Stonewall which can leave the impression that America is the only place where anything important ever happened and obviously is not true so I have compiled a few links where you can learn about LGBTQ history in other countries! Feel free to add

The Brunswick Four and the Toronto raids in Canada 🇨🇦

Queer icons like Virginia Wolf, Oscar Wilde, and Freddie Mercury in Britain 🇬🇧

Cultural revolution in Weimar Germany 🇩🇪

The drag scene in Nigeria 🇳🇬

Gay and lesbian Mardi Gras in Australia 🇦🇺

Frida Kahlo and Mexicos fraught history 🇲🇽

Gay samurai in Japan 🇯🇵

Queer narratives erased by colonialism in Pakistan 🇵🇰

The modern world’s first legal same-sex marriages in the Netherlands 🇳🇱

The honoured Mahu (transgender individuals) in traditional Hawaiian culture 🌺

Hidden queer communities in communist Poland 🇵🇱

Husbands in ancient Egypt 🇪🇬

The Athens pride festival in Greece 🇬🇷

The Homosexual Movement of Liberation in Chile 🇨🇱

Gay rights protests in India 🇮🇳

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Goodbye, Lynn. Thank you for your constant support and encouragement since the day I started these comics. It has meant the world to me, and I wish I could have told you. We will remember you forever.

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some loser: humans are innately selfish creatures

my psych book:

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Is your local MP a landlord?

You can find the register of interests for the Australian federal parliament here and find out! It'll show you all the properties they own and if they're to live in or if they're investments.

That way you know which politicians stand to directly benefit financially by keeping rents high and housing unaffordable for the rest of us and then VOTE THEM OUT!