Fics and Fandom

elysemarshall:

“And it was still hot.”

Possibly the most perfect line in all of children’s literature?

I’m deeply saddened by the passing of Maurice Sendak. It feels like such a loss. His books were such an integral part of my childhood, of developing my love of reading. As an adult, I was honored to be his publicist at Harper.

I keep thinking of this interview he gave on “Fresh Air” last year, with his thoughts on dying: “I have nothing now but praise for my life. I’m not unhappy. I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can’t stop them. They leave me and I love them more. … What I dread is the isolation. … There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will have to leave when I die, but I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready.”

Thank you for all the adventures, Mr. Sendak. We love you more.

(via neil-gaiman)

penns-woods:

This.

(via ivyblossom)

realmofwonder:

Tree of Life

I have a weakness for those. :)

(via lyrical-sky)

mazarin221b:

carnivaloftherandom:

thedailywhat:

Political Spat of the Day: Mitt Romney’s wife Ann joined Twitter this week to publicly refute DNC adviser Hilary Rosen’s assertion on CNN that, “Guess what, his wife has actually never worked a day in her life.”

“I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys,” reads Romney’s first tweet, posted shortly after Rosen’s comments aired. “Believe me, it was hard work.”

The Obama campaign jumped to Romney’s defense.

“I could not disagree with Hilary Rosen any more strongly. Her comments were wrong and family should be off limits. She should apologize,” tweeted Obama campaign manager Jim Messina.

Rosen responded via Twitter: “I’ve nothing against @AnnRomney. I just don’t want Mitt using her as an expert on women struggling $ to support their family. She isn’t.”

While no Betty White, Romney has 18,000 followers and counting.

[thehill]

There are a number of things wrong here:
1. Saying Mrs. Romney doesn’t work. Being a parent full-time is most certainly work.
2.Mitt Romney saying that his very privileged wife is a good bellwether of what women care about, is ludicrous.
3. Anybody engaging in prescriptivist bs needs to step off.

The thing that just irritated the fuck out of me in this situation was Josh Romney’s tweet that said something to the effect of “My mom could have done anything in the world. She chose to stay home and raise me.” That sort of shit raises my hackles, because I’m a paycheck-earning working mother, and I AM raising my son, thanks very much. The accusation that working mothers dump their kids off for “strangers to raise” is completely implicit in this entire discussion and frankly it makes me sick. I’ve been accused of that to my face by any number of people, and believe me, they really wish they hadn’t. One of them is no longer a friend of mine.

What Rosen was saying is that Mrs. Romney doesn’t have to go out into the world and earn money for her family, figure out what to do about child care and struggle to pay for it, therefore her understanding of the majority of women who DO is damned limited, so perhaps there could be other people that could give Ol’ Mitt a perspective on “women’s issues,” (which, childcare and working parenthood  issues aren’t and shouldn’t be characterized as the purview of women alone, either, FFS.)

ARGH. Sorry, but this really burned me up today.

Hear, hear.

QUACK

(via harrypotterxforever)