All Too Well
A feminism comic I did for my uni’s newspaper. I wish I had a bit more time to work on it, but I’m pleased with how it came out considering the tight deadline!
(via leavemy-soul-alone)
Let’s face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm goes off by going on. English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race (which, of course, isn’t a race at all). That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
❞Because i have reached 100 followers i am hosting a book giveaway of some of my favorite books to thank you all for being here. This giveaway will be Worldwide have one winner. The winner will have a choice of the above books which i will buy for you from thebookdepository.
Rules:
- As this is for my followers you must be following me Bookinmybag no giveaway blogs please
- One winner will be chosen using a random number generator and have 48 hours to contact me back after i message you
- This is Worldwide
- The book will be in paperback form
- To enter, Reblog or Like this post, reblogs can be infinite
- The winner will need to be happy about giving me your address so i can send the book to you, i will not share this with anyone
- The giveaway ends on Friday 31st January 6pm GMT UK
Good Luck :)
Ohhh yesss. Let’s start this year off with some pretty cool books this January. Soon enough there will be video explaining how many giveaways I plan to do and why and it all comes back to me thanking you all for continuing to put up with my shit and making tumblr soooo much fun! But I’ll get to it! Books and Rules:
- The Infects by Sean Beaudion
- Pulse by Patrick Carman
- The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe
- The Fuck It List by Julie Halpern
- Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
- Blackout by Robison Wells
- No Safety In Numbers by Dayna Lorentz
- Relativity by Cristin Bishara
- Naturally, this is for the people following me.
- This one and all from now on are worldwide.
- Reblog as many times as you want, it’d probably help.
- If you win, I will have to get your address and I am way too lazy to stalk anyone.
- There will be one winner because I do plan on doing more, so more chances to win.
- This expires on January 31st, a winner will be chosen randomly soon after that.
- If you win, your ask box has to be operational, and you have 2 days to reply because I know not everyone is on here everyday, all day
like me.- If I forgot anything or if you want to know more about the books, totally message me with any questions. :)
(via iprefertoread)
we need a universal hand signal for “my parents don’t know about that”
remember msn
the-doctors-sexiest-companion:
that’s a real fancy way of saying “I’m a huge geek”
im using this phrase from now on
Alliances are an important aspect ointhe games, as tributes ensure their survival by having allies watch their back in the arena.
(Source: everlarrrk, via braverdeen)
