Pop-Culturally Speaking...
Ain't No Power Like the Power of the Youth 'Cause the Power of the Youth Don't Stop
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Quote reblogged from The Fist of ArtemisWhen, as happened recently in France, an attempt is made to coerce women out of the burqa rather than creating a situation in which a woman can choose what she wishes to do, it’s not about liberating her, but about unclothing her. It becomes an act of humiliation and cultural imperialism. It’s not about the burqa. It’s about the coercion. Coercing a woman out of a burqa is as bad as coercing her into one. Viewing gender in this way, shorn of social, political and economic context, makes it an issue of identity, a battle of props and costumes. It is what allowed the US government to use western feminist groups as moral cover when it invaded Afghanistan in 2001. Afghan women were (and are) in terrible trouble under the Taliban. But dropping daisy-cutters on them was not going to solve their problems.Arundhati Roy (via jahanzebjz)
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Photoset reblogged from not a clever title
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Doll update! John has finally gotten his first jumper, plenty more of those to come. Maybe it’s time to consider some sort of trousers for the guys first, though.
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Photoset reblogged from LegendaryCrafts
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Photo reblogged from A Handful of Moments
Finished my TARDIS
Ravelry link to original pattern (TARDIS pictured is slightly altered)
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Post reblogged from Sweet N' Cute Creations
Owl Pattern:
Eye:
Using blue
Row 1: ch 2, 7sc in 2nd ch from hook
Row 2: 2sc in each st around
Head:
USING GREEN
Row 1- ch2, 7sc in 2nd ch from hook
Row 2 – 2sc in each st around
Row 3 – *sc in next st, 2 sc in st after* repeat til end
Row 4 – *sc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 sc in st after* repeat til end
Row 5 – *sc in each of the next 3 sts, 2 sc in st after* repeat til end
Row 6-12 – sc all around
Row 13 - sc all around following this color blocking [10 sts green, 13 stitches cream, 12 stitches green]
Row 14 - sc all around following this color blocking [9 sts green, 15 stitches cream, 11 stitches green]
Row 15-17 - sc all around following this color blocking [8 sts green, 17 stitches cream, 10 stitches green]
START PLACING THE EYES AND BEAK HERE
Row 18 – using green, *sc in each of the next 3 sts, sc2tog* 2x
Using cream *sc in each of the next 3 sts, sc2tog* 2x, sc in each of the next 3 sts
Using green, sc2tog, *sc in each of the next 3 sts, sc2tog* 2x
Row 19 –using green, *sc in each of the next 2 sts, sc2tog* 2x
Using cream *sc in each of the next 2 sts, sc2tog* 2x, sc in next 2 sts
Using green, sc2tog, *sc in each of the next 2 sts, sc2tog* 2x
START STUFFING HERE!
Row 20 - Using green, *sc in the next st, sc2tog* 2x
Using cream, *sc in the next st, sc2tog* 2x, sc in next st
Using green, sc2tog, *sc in the next st, sc2tog* 2x
Row 21 – using green, sc in every other st
Fasten off and weave in all ends together
Ears
Using green
Row 1: ch 2, 5sc in 2nd ch from hook
Row 2: 2sc in each st around
Row 3: *sc in next st, 2 sc in st after* repeat til end
Row 4: using blue, sc all around
Fasten off
And lightly stuff, do not weave ends together
Wings
Row 1: ch 2, 6sc in 2nd ch from hook
Row 2: 2sc in each st around
Row 3: *hdc, 2dc in next st, sl st in next* repeat 3x, sc in next st until the end of the row
Fasten off
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Post reblogged from Sweet N' Cute Creations
Materials:
yellow, white, grey, blue, black yarn
2 hooks: one smaller by 2 sizes of the other [i used: E and G]
fiber fill stuffing
one safety eye
felt
Head/body
R1: ch 2, 5 sc in 2nd ch from hook
R2: 2 sc in each st around
R3: *sc in next st, 2 sc in st after* repeat until the end of the round
R4: *sc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 sc in st after* repeat until the end of the row
R5: *sc in each of the next 3 sts, 2 sc in st after* repeat until the end of the row
R6-17: sc all around
R18: *sc in each of the next 3 sts, sc2tog in next* repeat until end of the row
R19: *sc in each of the next 2 sts, sc2tog in next* repeat until end of the row
R20: *sc in next st, sc2tog in next* repeat until end of the row
R21: sc in every other st
Overalls
R1: ch 2, 5 sc in 2nd ch from hook
R2: 2 sc in each st around
R3: *sc in next st, 2 sc in st after* repeat until the end of the round
R4: *sc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 sc in st after* repeat until the end of the row
R5: *sc in each of the next 3 sts, 2 sc in st after* repeat until the end of the row
R6: sc in next 12 sts, 2sc in next st, sc until 2nd to the last sc of the round, 2sc in next
R7-8: sc all around
R9-10: sc in next 9 sts, ch1 turn
R11: sc in next 9 sts, ch 6, sl st on the 4th sc after the flap
For next flap, continuing with where you placed the sl st
“R9-10”: sc in next 10 sts, ch 1 turn
R11: sc in next 10 sts, ch 4, sl st it to the edge of the first flap
Arms:
Using a smaller hook [by 2 sizes]
R1: 4 sc in magic ring (4)
R2: sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc, sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc (6)
R3: sc in each of next 3 sc, ch 3, sc in 2nd ch from hook and next ch, sc in each of remaining 3 sc of round (6 sc and 1 ‘thumb’)
R4: sc in each sc around (hold thumb down to to the front as you sc behind it) (6)
R5: working in front loops only, 2 sc in each sc around (12)
F/O and weave in ends.
Attach yellow to any free loop from round 5.
R1: sc in same free loop as joining. Sc in each of next 5 free loops around (6)
R2-5: sc in each sc around (6)
Feet and pants
R1: ch 2, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook
R2: sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc around (9)
R3-5: sc in each sc around (9)
R6: using blue, sc all around
R7: sc in each of the next 3 sts, 2sc in next, sc in each of the next 4 sts, 2sc in next
R8-10 sc all around
Goggles and eyes
R1: ch 2, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook
R2: 2 sc in each st around switching to grey on the last st
R3: sc all around
R4: using black ch 15 [or as long as you need to make it all around the head just before the goggle] sl st on the opposite side of where you started the ch
optional: you may print out your own logo for the minion, or copy the one in the movie :) you should use the felt for this, then attach it by either craft glue or sewing it on
attaching:
[if with logo] attach logo to overalls. cutting a small circle, attach these to the top of the overalls [on the smaller flap] see picture. attach overalls to the pant/legs then to the head/body by sewing it make sure the side where there is the ch 6 attach to the 4th sc after look squarish by now by sewing it in place (use the other side as your guide). attach the arms to the arm hole. finally attach the google in place and add the safety eye
NOTE: FOR THE TINIER MINION, I OMITTED ROWS 4-5 AND 10 OF THE FEET/PANTS
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Photoset reblogged from Yggdrasilus apocalyptus
Yggdrasilus apocalyptus (colloquially known as the World Tree) is a megafloral phenomenon located on the planet Babylon (in System <DATA EXPUNGED>). Classification of this plant within a modern taxonomic system has proved elusive, due to its irregular genetic lineage wrought by copious genetic manipulation.
A vigorous, hardy, and highly invasive plant created as a planet-scale biowarfare agent, a single “Tree” is capable of converting entire continents into a forest comprising a single organism. This is achieved through the initial tree’s generation of stolons and adventitious roots, which swiftly produce a functional tree above. The plant’s phenotypic expression is extremely plastic, demonstrating great adaptability and even possible chemo/thermosynthetic processes to tap into geothermal activity in a bid to outcompete other plants.
A mature apocalyptus is also characterised by its motile fruit, which possess limited psionic manipulation of plants, including of apocalyptus itself. Most appear predatory but not carnivorous, demonstrating a similar adaptability in form to kill any range of herbivores which may predate upon the Tree.
Only one such individual has survived off-planet, a comparatively non-aggressive creature with superior sensory organs and apparent intelligence. The fruit appears mostly amicable, albeit uninterested in attempts to communicate or perform trials, unless the grapefruit-sized presumed-seed pods (not pictured in the attached three-dimensional reconstructions) embedded in the creature’s gut, forearms, shoulders, and tail are given undue interest.
The research vessel Orontes, carrying the sample,is currently barred from docking with any Civ-Ships or entering the Orbital Region of any Tier II or higher planet.
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Photo reblogged from It's Geek To Me
ain’t no party like a science party cause the scientists are probably working on a perpetual motion engine to make sure it don’t stop
(Source: cosmicfriendsforever)
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Quote reblogged from Letters Via penny postI can explain myself: If you want to be safe, walk in the middle of the street. I’m not joking. You’ve been told to look both ways before crossing the street, and the sidewalk is your friend, right? Wrong. I’ve spent years walking sidewalks at night. I’ve looked around me when it was dark, when there were men following me, creeping out of alleyways, attempting to goad me into speaking to them and shouting obscenities at me when I wouldn’t, and I suddenly realised that the only place left to go was the middle of street. But why would I risk it? Because the odds are in my favour. In the States, someone is killed in a car accident on average every 12.5 minutes, while someone is raped on average every 2.5 minutes. Even when factoring in that, one, I am generously including ALL car-related accidents and not just those involving accidents, and two, that the vast majorities of rapes still go unreported […] And, thus, this is now the way I live my life: out in the open, in the middle of everything, because the middle of the street is actually the safest place to walk.Emilie Autumn, The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls (via brawlyparton)
