violent-darts:

thechronicleofshe:

when-did-this-become-difficult:

trebled-negrita-princess:

angrywocunited:

le-kif-kif:

barbrastreisandvision:

coco chanel was a nazi

i say this with no hyperbole whatsoever

she literally worked for the nazis and benefitted from jewish shareholders in chanel being sent off to concentration camps when their share came into her possession

parisian consumers actually refused to buy a lot from her own ranges after 1940 because she was an infamous collaborator but british and american consumers kept on buying them and continue to glorify her

that’s nice

this is a good review of the book where this is explained:

“Gabrielle Chanel — better known as Coco — was a wretched human being. Anti-Semitic, homophobic, social climbing, opportunistic, ridiculously snobbish and given to sins of phrase-making like “If blonde, use blue perfume,” she was addicted to morphine and actively collaborated with the Germans during the Nazi occupation of Paris. And yet, her clean, modern, kinetic designs, which brought a high-society look to low-regarded fabrics, revolutionized women’s fashion, and to this day have kept her name synonymous with the most glorious notions of French taste and élan.”

And she’s still hailed as a “Feminist icon”  by white women. 

Shit… File this under: “shit I didn’t know but does not surprise me in the least”

WAIT there’s a good ending to this–Coco Chanel originally was business partners with a Jewish family, the Wertheimers. She tried to screw them over, but they were too damn smart for that, so they gave their shares to a dude named Amiot, went to NYC in 1940, and then came back later. Today the company is still owned by the Wertheimer family.

This Jewish family now owns the entire legacy of Coco Chanel plus all the money from the company and if that isn’t one of the best revenge stories I don’t know what is.

Ayyyyyyyyy ❤

Hat-tip to the Wertheimers. Buy Chanel with a clear conscience and awareness that you are ironically spiting her entire worldview.

sauron-in-the-tardis:

the-gunlady:

The Avengers + expository cinematography 

#THIS MOVIE DID THIS SO WELL OKAY IT MAKES ME REALLY EXCITED #AND GIFS DO NOT DO IT JUSTICE AT ALL #literally look #clint swooping down from the sky like a fuckin bird #nat straight-up like a spider in a web surrounded by trapped flies #thor riding in on some fucking lightning what did u expect? #bruce is literally in a green cage #tony is presented as iron man first – zooming off toward the city that’s about to be destroyed #cap is alone in a gym from his own time period which he promptly wrecks #i mean GUYS

clockways:

Weather or not you’re making a mountain out of a molehill or a problem is really a mountain, sometimes you need to see where you stand and find a safe way down from the problem. I couldn’t find quite the spread I wanted for this read (I am still building my library) so I crafted my own spread for it. @copperbadge​ posted a spread of his own so I decided I would get up the nerves to post my simple little one. I hope it helps someone out!

  1. Where do you stand? What’s your current position in life in relation to this issue or your current stance on it.
  2. How is your footing there? Where does your position put you? Are you on firm ground or is the issue shaking things? Or should it?
  3. Where do you need to go now? What you should think about doing next? The next step or the level ground you need to get to.
  4. What will you find along the way? What will you find as you travel and get to that level ground?
  5. What should you avoid on the path? What dangers do you have to watch out for that could become pitfalls or problems of their own?

My own read below the cut.

Keep reading

riallasheng:

disneysmermaids:

cherribalm:

site that you can type in the definition of a word and get the word

site for when you can only remember part of a word/its definition 

site that gives you words that rhyme with a word

site that gives you synonyms and antonyms

THAT FIRST SITE IS EVERY WRITER’S DREAM DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I’VE TRIED WRITING SOMETHING AND THOUGHT GOD DAMN IS THERE A SPECIFIC WORD FOR WHAT I’M USING TWO SENTENCES TO DESCRIBE AND JUST GETTING A BUNCH OF SHIT GOOGLE RESULTS

This site is also a godsend for editors.  The number of times I have to come up with a word to replace something that is being used far too often or the like is insane.

These sites are fantastic resources for writers AND editors! ^_^

ogtumble:

Help me, tumblr. I recognize but cannot accurately name each of these actors and actresses. So far, I believe they are:

William Powell as Wadsworth
Jean Harlow as Miss Scarlet
Judith Anderson as Mrs. White
Cary Grant as Professor Plum
Rosalind Russell as Mrs. Peacock

Can you identify who the actors “portraying” Colonel Mustard and Mr. Green are?

Thank you!

William Powell, Jean Harlow, Norma Shearer, Archie Leach, Roz Russell, Leslie Howard