MacGuffin and Puffin

Why did the hipster burn his mouth on the pizza?

Because he ate it before it was cool

inherhipstheresrevolutions:

esmeweatherwax:

whynotshesaid:

curiousgeorgiana:

gertymactacular:

sherlockscoat:

gertymactacular:

occupado:

thelefthandedwifeisundercover:

somekindahell:

I have never seen someone look so mad(and rightfully so).

I remember reading some time back about the abuse he and his mother went through at his father’s hands and it made me want to hug him so much. I’m so glad he’s an ally.

Stuff like this is a big part of what makes him so attractive.

I love that he has a shopping bag with him. It’s like he was walking home from the store, saw a protest and was like “Dude, give me a sign. I want in.”.
Love him.

I guess only men can handle violence? It should be violence against everyone. Unwarranted violence sucks.

Agreed. Violence against anyone is terrible. But women are in a particularly disadvantaged position and are more likely to be the victims of violence. Since this is an Amnesty International campaign, I also imagine that it has a specific social or political point. Standing up to be against violence to women in no way indicates approval for violence against other groups. And, with Patrick Stewart’s childhood history, I’m sure he would feel the same way.

^^^^^This^^^^^

Can’t believe someone pulled the “what about the menz?!” card on this.

For fuck’s SAKE, can we have ONE campaign against domestic violence against women where we don’t have someone going WHAT ABOUT TEH MENZ!!

Emphasis mine.

This is Patrick Stewart’s statement on domestic violence for Amnesty International, which is also where the picture came from, I think.
“I experienced first-hand violence against my mother from an angry and unhappy man who was not able to control his emotions or his hands. Great harm was done by those events - and of course I mean the physical harm, the physical scars that were left, the blood that was spilled, the wounds that were exposed - but there were also other aspects of violence which have a lasting impact physiologically on family members. It is so destructive and tainting.
It’s taken me a long time to be able to speak about what happened. Then, two years ago, around the time of the launch of the Amnesty International campaign to Stop Violence Against Women, all that changed. After consultation with my brothers, we all felt that it was time for me to speak out about what had happened in our childhood, and to show people that domestic violence is protected by others peoples’ silence.
As a child witnessing these events, one cannot help somehow feeling responsible for the pain and screaming and the misery. It is deeply confusing, and these confusions are not things which are easily disposed of in adult life. They stay with you. A child is given a very bad lesson in male responsibility and self-control, and I know that in my own life I have had issues in relationships with women in the past which are rooted in the experiences that I had as a child in my own home.
Domestic violence is a world-wide phenomenon, one which in some countries is much more severe and destructive then anything I experienced. This is the reason why Amnesty International’s campaign to bring people’s attention to the issue is so important, because it is here among us and it is continuing in the world at large. As far as the authorities are concerned there have been great advances - and there needed to be, because as a child I heard police officers in my own home saying ‘well, she must have provoked him’, and doctors saying ‘well, Mrs Stewart, it takes two to make a fight’. Well, they had no idea.
Today we are more sensitive than that, but we are still not sensitive enough. Still these things are hushed up, still the violence is allowed to continue, still violence against women is normalised and glamourised by its constant depiction in films - and in particular, Hollywood films. I myself have been involved in sequences, both in the theatre and in film, which, with hindsight, I realised were offensive because they were perpetuating a stereotype. It’s so irresponsible to perpetuate the violent attitudes of men to women.
One way this deeply troubling element in modern life can be opposed is through government intervention. Here in the UK, 50 per cent of women claim they have been the victims of violence, sexual abuse or stalking. That’s why I would like to see these issues being taken as seriously by the government as - quite properly - they take the issues of drunk driving, or violence against children, or the anti-smoking lobby. Violence against women diminishes us all. If you fail to raise your hand in protest, then you make yourself part of the problem.”

esmeweatherwax:

whynotshesaid:

curiousgeorgiana:

gertymactacular:

sherlockscoat:

gertymactacular:

occupado:

thelefthandedwifeisundercover:

somekindahell:

I have never seen someone look so mad(and rightfully so).

I remember reading some time back about the abuse he and his mother went through at his father’s hands and it made me want to hug him so much. I’m so glad he’s an ally.

Stuff like this is a big part of what makes him so attractive.

I love that he has a shopping bag with him. It’s like he was walking home from the store, saw a protest and was like “Dude, give me a sign. I want in.”.

Love him.

I guess only men can handle violence? It should be violence against everyone. Unwarranted violence sucks.

Agreed. Violence against anyone is terrible. But women are in a particularly disadvantaged position and are more likely to be the victims of violence. Since this is an Amnesty International campaign, I also imagine that it has a specific social or political point. Standing up to be against violence to women in no way indicates approval for violence against other groups. And, with Patrick Stewart’s childhood history, I’m sure he would feel the same way.

^^^^^This^^^^^

Can’t believe someone pulled the “what about the menz?!” card on this.

For fuck’s SAKE, can we have ONE campaign against domestic violence against women where we don’t have someone going WHAT ABOUT TEH MENZ!!

Emphasis mine.

This is Patrick Stewart’s statement on domestic violence for Amnesty International, which is also where the picture came from, I think.

“I experienced first-hand violence against my mother from an angry and unhappy man who was not able to control his emotions or his hands. Great harm was done by those events - and of course I mean the physical harm, the physical scars that were left, the blood that was spilled, the wounds that were exposed - but there were also other aspects of violence which have a lasting impact physiologically on family members. It is so destructive and tainting.

It’s taken me a long time to be able to speak about what happened. Then, two years ago, around the time of the launch of the Amnesty International campaign to Stop Violence Against Women, all that changed. After consultation with my brothers, we all felt that it was time for me to speak out about what had happened in our childhood, and to show people that domestic violence is protected by others peoples’ silence.

As a child witnessing these events, one cannot help somehow feeling responsible for the pain and screaming and the misery. It is deeply confusing, and these confusions are not things which are easily disposed of in adult life. They stay with you. A child is given a very bad lesson in male responsibility and self-control, and I know that in my own life I have had issues in relationships with women in the past which are rooted in the experiences that I had as a child in my own home.

Domestic violence is a world-wide phenomenon, one which in some countries is much more severe and destructive then anything I experienced. This is the reason why Amnesty International’s campaign to bring people’s attention to the issue is so important, because it is here among us and it is continuing in the world at large. As far as the authorities are concerned there have been great advances - and there needed to be, because as a child I heard police officers in my own home saying ‘well, she must have provoked him’, and doctors saying ‘well, Mrs Stewart, it takes two to make a fight’. Well, they had no idea.

Today we are more sensitive than that, but we are still not sensitive enough. Still these things are hushed up, still the violence is allowed to continue, still violence against women is normalised and glamourised by its constant depiction in films - and in particular, Hollywood films. I myself have been involved in sequences, both in the theatre and in film, which, with hindsight, I realised were offensive because they were perpetuating a stereotype. It’s so irresponsible to perpetuate the violent attitudes of men to women.

One way this deeply troubling element in modern life can be opposed is through government intervention. Here in the UK, 50 per cent of women claim they have been the victims of violence, sexual abuse or stalking. That’s why I would like to see these issues being taken as seriously by the government as - quite properly - they take the issues of drunk driving, or violence against children, or the anti-smoking lobby. Violence against women diminishes us all. If you fail to raise your hand in protest, then you make yourself part of the problem.”

(via myswtghst)

New blog post- read it here

Dear Puffin,

Rupert Murdoch is sort of an obvious candidate for asshole of the day/month/year at any given time. There is rarely a moment when the guy isn’t doing something I find disgusting, immoral, or downright douchy. And with the phone hacking scandal, he’s been even more douchetastic than usual. But this editorial cartoonwhich ran in today’s London Times is…. well, horrendous.

I think The Atlantic’s headline pretty much summed it up: Murdoch’s Times Would Like to Change the Subject. I think they’ve made that very clear!

The real kicker for me is the words they have put in the mouth of that little drawing of a starving child. “I’ve had a belly-full of phone hacking.” GEDDIT?? It’s funny cause he hasn’t had a belly full of anything in a long long time. You can tell because he’s so obviously starving! Hahaha! Isn’t that just so fucking funny?!?!

Read the rest here