1| Apparently Thor: Ragnorak is going for a 90s punk aesthetic, and I am HERE. FOR. IT. (Especially sexy blue-eyelinered Jeff Goldblum.)
2| I’ve always loved Spike, but now I love James Marsters for his beautifully compassionate discussion about that horrific rape attempt in season 6 of Buffy.
3| Full disclosure: I haven’t read this yet, but it’s Soft Professor Chris Evans talking about how much he hates ne0-Nazis, so I have a hard time believing it’s not worth reccing.
1| If you can’t travel as often or as diversely as you’d like, all hope is not lost! This article does a beautiful job of suggesting ways to bring the world to you.
2| President Obama surprised Joe Biden by giving him a Medal of Freedom, and I legitimately cried.
1| There is nothing I love more than grown men giggling helplessly. This video goes in my “Keep in Case of Sadness” mental category.
1| There is a large part of me that wants to ignore the fact that Johnny Depp abused Amber Heard, but that is a disservice to her experience. I’m grateful that she’s speaking out and encouraging other women who are silenced by self-shame to escape dangerous relationships.
2| Did that last video depress you? Cheer up with this AMAZING mashup of Hamilton and Beyonce songs. These people are astoundingly talented.
3| I love this woman and everything she stands for.
4| Alexander Hamilton Drunk History!! Does anyone know how I can watch the whole episode?
1| This is exactly the kind of thinking that goes through my own head on a regular cat-cuddling day.
1| I didn’t need more evidence that Lin-Manuel Miranda is the world’s cutiest pie, but the world delivered this adorable family video anyway.
2| FINALLY the first full-length trailer of Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. I am very optimistic!
1| My vacation in Slovenia was one of my favorite trips this year, and this couple’s blog post has GORGEOUS pictures of some of my favorite destinations!
2| NomadicMatt is one of my favorite travel bloggers, and I love this piece he did about pursuing your life’s passion.
But I don’t buy into the idea that “you can find your passion” by sitting down with a pen and paper and thinking, “OK, I’m going to write down my passion and just do that.”
I think you stumble onto your passion.
You go out and live life and then realize: “this is the thing that lights my fire the most.”
In my latest Podcast Recommendation List, Kim commented and requested that I do a similar post about Instagram. I love fulfilling readers’ wishes, so here you go! Five people I follow on Instagram that I think other people might like following too.
This Midwestern instagrammer posts simple pictures of life in the country: leaves, sunsets,dandelions, farmhouses. The photos are simple and pretty, and they remind me of everything I love best about my homeland.
Momo is the cutest dog on the internet, and I cannot help but feel happy every time a new post appears of her (his?) expressive black and white face.
Iceland is at the top of my list of must-visit countries, and this Instagram account fuels my desire with each new picture of stunning mountains, ice blue lagoons, and sweet cityscapes.
This Instagrammer specializes in minimalist photos that make my heart feel peaceful. Therapy in an app.
With all this natural beauty, it’s only fitting to appreciate the male form too, right? And it is a scientific fact that male forms always look better with a kitten!
Leave a recommendation in the comments below!
Can’t stop, won’t stop…listening to podcasts.
I recommended five my favorite podcasts in May and another five in August. The wait times between rec posts are shrinking because there are SO MANY great podcasts out there. It’s getting to be quite difficult to put all this great material into my ears, but I try. Hopefully you’ll find something you want to try listening to during your commuting, cooking, or cleaning times!
Imaginary Worlds stands out amongst hour+ long podcasts by being between 20-25 minutes each episode. Host Eric Molinsky delves into all things fantasy and science fiction, sometimes veering historical, other times cultural or just flat-out nerdy. Some of my favorite episodes include “Heroines,” “Politics of Thrones,” “Undertale,” and “Fantasy Maps.”
2| My Brother, My Brother And Me
Lin-Manuel Miranda mentioned this podcast in the Hamiltome Continue reading
Every once in a while, a girl has to binge herself on fanmade videos of Bucky Barnes.
This is a thing, right?
It all started with this video I found on Tumblr, which was captioned “this is so erotic” and THEY WERE RIGHT.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BKQPTpQBHO6/
My fav is problematic Pt. 143. I’m a pacifist, okay! But I still get turned on by powerful men working out their toxic masculinity in tight-fitting leather outfits because they don’t know how to express their feelings and be proper humans!!
It helps that the editing of this video is SPOT ON and wow, does the synchronization of punching/music beats really make the whole thing pop.
I moved on to this video, which did a great job of transitioning from sad “omg Steve lost his BFF Bucky” to screeching “I’m alive and I want to punch people to death!!!”
These are the two things I love most about Bucky. There’s the tragedy of his story (and Steve’s story). They are people manipulated by governmental powers into becoming something other than themselves (sometimes for good, but always something foreign). Steve takes that confusion and anger and buries it, Bucky takes that confusion and anger and expresses it.
Maybe my fav is not so problematic! Through the character of Bucky Barnes, I get to see expressed anger, to vicariously live through someone who is like, “THIS SUCKS AND I WILL FIGHT MY WAY OUT OF IT” which is so NOT my natural reaction.
I might be pushing this a little too far, because let’s be real, this is mostly about dat body.
Anyway, I fell down the Bucky Fanfid rabbithole, and eventually I was left with not very well-crafted videos, so I need your help! Do you know of any great Bucky Barnes (or other Marvel-themed) videos to recommend?
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