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This is what time it is in the Twilight Zone. (at Disney...

Fri, 31 May 2013 08:47:33 -0700

This is what time it is in the Twilight Zone. (at Disney California Adventure Park)

disquietingtruths: “I fundamentally disagree with those who...

Tue, 28 May 2013 12:52:37 -0700

“I fundamentally disagree with those who think that people must be “forced” to work, or that government should “guarantee” a job. In my view breaking the link between paid work and survial would be a good thing. If people are intrinsically of value, then they have the right to survive with or without working. I therefore think we should guarantee basic income, rather than jobs. Or, to put it another way (and root this argument firmly in human rights), we should guarantee people’s unconditional right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”: after all, people who are forced to do physically debilitating and mentally unstimulaitng jobs in order to survive are effectively denied the second and third of these rights. If people don’t have to work to survive, most will find or create work that fulfills themselves and benefits others, and we will all be richer for it.”

— Frances Coppola

themanifestoshow: It’s the 1996 US Women’s Olympic Team! This...

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:44:02 -0700

themanifestoshow:

It’s the 1996 US Women’s Olympic Team!

This is the first time I’ve worn a bathing suit on stage. Thank you to The Manifesto Show for letting us be so silly.

"When you grow up as a girl, the world tells you the things that you are supposed to be: emotional,..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:30:36 -0700

“When you grow up as a girl, the world tells you the things that you are supposed to be: emotional, loving, beautiful, wanted. And then when you are those things, the world tells you they are inferior: illogical, weak, vain, empty. The world teaches you that the way you exist in it is disgusting — you watch boys cringe backward in your dorm room when you talk about your period, blue water pretending to be blood in a maxi pad commercial. It is little things, and it is constant. In a food court in a mall, after you go to the gynecologist for the first time, you and your friend talk about how much it hurts, and over her shoulder you watch two boys your age turn to look at you and wrinkle their noses: the reality of your life is impolite to talk about. The world says that you don’t have a right to the space you occupy, any place with men in it is not yours, you and your body exist only as far as what men want to do with it. At fifteen, you find fifteen-year-old boys you have never met somehow believe you should bend your body to their will. At almost thirty, you find fifteen-year-old boys you have never met still somehow believe you should bend your body to their will. They are children. They are children.”

- | Stevie Nicks (via laesquinalatina)

I DIDN’T THINK I COULD LOVE HER MORE.

(via resplendent-quatopygia)

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Tue, 21 May 2013 15:46:36 -0700

themanifestoshow: THE MANIFESTO SHOW 2ND ANNUAL LATE NIGHT...

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:51:40 -0700

themanifestoshow:

THE MANIFESTO SHOW 2ND ANNUAL LATE NIGHT SHOW !!!

First half — 8pm

The Accompanists

Clever Girl

Ever Since Mom Died

The 1996 US Olympic Women’s Gymastic Team

Team Lottery Slot - Bring one or more friends and throw your crazy late night team name in the hat at the top of the hour for the chance to play!!!

— Break —

Second half — 9:15pm

The Revolving Door

Skyrimprov

Cyberdyne Systems Presents: DelNet

The Stage is Lava

99 Provlems

The Boy in the Brambles

— Break —

11:15pm

Jam!

We are located at:

The Clubhouse [theclubhouseimprov.com]
1107 N El Centro Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90038

Remember, there’s a team lottery AND a jam every night, so everyone in the audience will have a chance to play.

We are improv for the people so admission is free, but we urge performers and audience alike to throw a few rubles in the donation bucket. There will also be beer and water available with donation.

— Team Info —

The Accompanists: We are three accompanists doing musical improv! Watch as we swap out the accompanist every scene with daring aplomb! (Brynna Campbell, Danny Cohen, Zach Reino)

Clever Girl: Isla Nublar’s only all-Velociraptor Harold team and their coach, Jurassic Park game warden Robert Muldoon. You yes-and them, and they just yes-and right back. And that’s when the edit comes. Not from the front, but from the side… (Brynna Campbell, Ryan Hitchcock, Dan Lippert, Jacki Merchant, Naida Osman, Jason Sheridan, Art Tebbel)

Ever Since Mom Died: Every scene starts with the common phrase ʺEver since Mom died,ʺ and is spun into improv gold! (Dave Christenson, Anthony Gioe, Anne Lane, Justin Michael, Nadia Osman, Jake Regal, Jason Sheridan, Marissa Strickland)

The 1996 US Olympic Women’s Gymnastic Team: Aged members of the famous gymnastics team along with their dedicated coach come out to show their improv skills. (Carmen “Kerri Strug” Angelica, Stephanie “Dominique Dawes” Bentley Pollard, Diana “Dominique Moceanu” Varco, Lara “Shannon Miller” Zvirbulis, Anthony “Bela Karolyi” Gioe)

LATE NIGHT Lottery Slot: Bring one or more friends and throw your Late Night team name in the hat at the top of the hour for the chance to play!!!
Revolving Doors: We’re a new team that just learned The Revolving Door and we are eager to put it to use! Sometimes we get it right, other times it’s downright confusing! (Scott Neiman, Anne Lane, Josh Covitt, James Mastraieni)

Skyrimprov: From Windhelm to Markarth, the Companions to the Dark Brotherhood, the lowliest scum in the Ratway to the Jarl of Solitude, enter the world of the Elder Scrolls. Through improv.

Cyberdyne Systems Presents: DelNet: Cyberdyne Systems, the evil corporation from the Terminator movies, had created DelNet, a new line of improv-performing robots. (Farley Elliott, Anthony Gioe, Nick Mandernach, Ryan Meharry, Jake Regal, Richie Root, Jason Sheridan, Madeline Walter)

The Stage is Lava: Pillows and couch cushions are the only safe footing because THE STAGE IS LAVA! (Comrades and friends)

99 Provlems: It’s a 99-scene tag run in 15 minutes. ʺIf you’re having game problems I feel bad for you, son. I’ve got 99 Provlems and I don’t have time for gameʺ (Anne Lane, Alex Fernie, Alex Berg, Steve Szlaga, James Mastraeani, Ed Roe, Laura Chinn, Mary Holland, Todd Fasen, Betsy Sodaro)

The Boy in the Brambles: (Josh Simpson and friends)

Super excited about this show. I need to get my leotard out of storage.

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it is tied to everything else in the universe."

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:47:00 -0700

“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it is tied to everything else in the universe.”

- John Muir (via we-are-star-stuff)

universalequalityisinevitable: This “Earth Economy” sounds like...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:07 -0700

universalequalityisinevitable:

This “Earth Economy” sounds like a worthy improvement to me.

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Sat, 18 May 2013 15:29:12 -0700

"For the last three decades many Americans have puzzled over a system that gives an R to a movie in..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:44:52 -0700

““For the last three decades many Americans have puzzled over a system that gives an R to a movie in which a women is carved up by a chainsaw and an NC-17 to one that shows a woman sexually pleasured. From such ratings one might conclude that sexual violence against women is OK for American teenagers to see, but that they must be 18 to see consensual sex. What message does this send to the kids the MPAA presumably means to protect?””

- Carrie Rickey
(via we-are-star-stuff)

but we are not men: the 10 things men need to realize in 2013

Thu, 09 May 2013 01:41:49 -0700

but we are not men: the 10 things men need to realize in 2013:

iceepr1ncess:

ur opinion on women’s bodies doesn’t matter at all

ur opinion on women’s sexuality doesn’t matter at all

ur opinion on the friendzone doesn’t matter at all

ur opinion on women’s clothes doesn’t matter at all

ur opinion on how much make up women wear doesn’t matter at all

ur opinion on how much women drink doesn’t matter at all

ur opinion on how much sex women have doesn’t matter at all

ur opinion on how women conduct their personal relationships doesn’t matter at all

ur opinion on how women live their lives doesn’t matter at all

ur mom doesnt love u

Neil Gaiman’s Advice to Aspiring Artists

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:06:10 -0700

Neil Gaiman’s Advice to Aspiring Artists

ppgfreak85: One of the BEST ad campaigns about representation I...

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:22:50 -0700

ppgfreak85:

One of the BEST ad campaigns about representation I have seen.

Everyone has a backbone. Use yours.

feminishblog: thegoddamazon: missmisandry: Two of my favorite...

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:20:54 -0700

feminishblog:

thegoddamazon:

missmisandry:

Two of my favorite Disney fan art series’, together at last.

Jirka Vinse’s Real Life Disney Girls and David Kawena’s Disney Heroes

Hyper-realistic women and hyper-sexualized men

I’m about that life.

Of course the hyper-sexualized men are funny, but the hyper-realistic women are fascinating - can’t take my eyes off of them!

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Mon, 06 May 2013 19:51:33 -0700

"As Americans, we have this naïve assumption that people all over the world are struggling and way..."

Mon, 06 May 2013 19:33:38 -0700

“As Americans, we have this naïve assumption that people all over the world are struggling and way behind us. They’re not. Sweden and South Korea have more advanced high speed internet networks. Japan has the most advanced trains and transportation systems. Norwegians make more money. The biggest and most advanced plane in the world is flown out of Singapore. The tallest buildings in the world are now in Dubai and Shanghai. Meanwhile, the US has the highest incarceration rate in the world.”

- 10 Things Most Americans Don’t Know About America http://bananenplanet.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/10-things-most-americans-dont-know-about-america/ (via curlycherie)

There are two areas where the USA is way out in front of the rest of the world: war and prison. The technology of killing is the main investment of US national energy, and of course the semi-public semi-private incarceration economy is flourishing while schools and roads crumble. In many other quality-of-life terms — housing, healthcare, public transportation, public access to technology, mental health support, support for people with disabilities, childcare, primary education, maternity support, social safety net — I think a lot of US Americans personally know that things are not exactly rosy but see no options for fixing it.

(via zuky)

marianaysha: Have you checked out our snow white video! What...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:16:37 -0700

marianaysha:

Have you checked out our snow white video! What are you doing. Please watch snow white get awoken by her prince.

Marian + Aysha

wagatwe: historicalheroines: I’ve created these flyers for a...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:13:18 -0700

wagatwe:

historicalheroines:

I’ve created these flyers for a school activist project where I bring more attention to the women in history that have been forgotten or ignored. This blog will be an extension of those flyers where I post longer biographies of these women and other bad-ass women like them. Too often women’s achievements have been pushed aside, either by others in their lives, or else by the historians who choose to ignore them. This tumblr is dedicated to celebrating them and bringing their achievements to light!

Wow, eff you, Otto Hahn.

Yay ladies in history.

The Improvisor's Improvisor: Do this, but more.

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:00:27 -0700

The Improvisor's Improvisor: Do this, but more.:

improvisorsimprovisor:

I usually give the note of “do this, but more” when talking about scenes. I really do believe that whatever that first moment is contains everything we need. But I realize that the note is incomplete.

I recently saw a scene in which one guy wants a certain shade of white for his wall to be…

Bonsai is in the wrong dog bed. Doesn’t look like he...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:56:07 -0700

Bonsai is in the wrong dog bed. Doesn’t look like he cares.