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Link reblogged from Monsoon Poultry Hospital
Thin privilege is not thinking twice about job postings that list ‘physically fit’ or ‘in good shape’. When you’re fat you know it’s code for ‘no fat people’.
It’s actually code for ” we don’t want lazy…
Yeah, I’d agree with you on that one. Every job I’ve had that was physically demanding, and I’ve worked construction, the laziest were the thin young people and the heavier folks were the ones who literally did the most heavy lifting.
We had everyone from what you’d call husky to very heavy set on various jobs I’ve worked and it’s never been a problem, at least when they were physical jobs. I can’t say I ever paid any attention really once I started working in banking and IT.
However, I myself am what I call “Fit Fat”. I run, lift weights, etc but never seem to slim down. I have a number of friends who are the same. It’s not unreasonable to assume that the people I worked with were similar, in terms of body type and fitness level, where there could be others of similar size/shape/weight who would not have had the fitness level or ability to do the same kind of work and would not have been right for those kinds of jobs.
But that would be true if they were skinny and unfit. You can’t lift the box/push the cart/etc. then you aren’t suited for the position unless reasonable accommodation can be made (isn’t that the law?).
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Video reblogged from The Sea Doesn't Know My Name
Why I think Elementary is better than Sherlock! AM I wrong?
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Link reblogged from verity @ tumblr
This is a map of California vegetation and ecoregions.
This is a map of California vegetation and ecoregions.
As you can see, it is very colorful and very diverse. Keep that in mind, as you read through this thing.
California is the third largest state in America. To…
THANK YOU JESUS.
I get it- the show wasn’t originally shot in Northern CA so it didn’t look quite right but the number of people who do no research at all would make the baby Jesus WEEP.
And all the stories where they go to school at UCLA or USC and come home for the weekend? NOT FUCKING HAPPENING. Not on their budgets of either time or money, unless Derek’s magic insurance wallet pays for everything all the time.
SoCal and NorCal? VERY DIFFERENT. Also VERY FAR APART.
So thank you for writing this. YOU ARE A SAINT.
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Photoset reblogged from and you have every right to be scared
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photographer Yume Cyan has been shooting some magical long exposure photographs of fireflies in a forested area around Nagoya City, Japan. By keeping the camera’s shutter open at a low aperture Cyan captures every bioluminescent flash of each insect resulting in dotted light trails that criss-cross the frame.
Beautiful.
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I earned 147 points for my workout on Fitocracy!
Running (treadmill) +147 pts
- 0:07:03 || 0.5 mi (+24 pts)
- 0:24:05 || 1.9 mi (+123 pts)
Think you can beat me, or want to comment?
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I earned 296 points for my workout on Fitocracy!
Running (treadmill) +296 pts
- 0:55:34 || 4 mi || 4.5 mph (+296 pts)
Think you can beat me, or want to comment?
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I’m totally sucked into Teen Wolf fandom, especially the fic, right now but it drives me crazy when I get sucked into a story and it’s good, maybe I’ll go so far as to say GREAT, and suddenly, BAM, I get hit with something that throws me right out of the story.
I tend to read stuff that gets recommended to me, so I’m not really talking about bad writing, per se. I’m really talking about the stuff that’s… not out of character, but doesn’t fit. It’s mostly when someone who isn’t from the US writes Teen Wolf and doesn’t get someone from the US to beta read or at least do an “American Pick” of the story before posting, and they assume that how it works wherever they’re from (usually the UK) is how it works in the US.
I’m not talking about spelling here. I can get over all the extra ‘u’s that get thrown in when someone from outside the US writes a Teen Wolf fic. Whatever, it happens. I’m sure that was a thing in Harry Potter fandom as well, except the reverse- when Americans wrote HP fic and DIDN’T use British English spelling, I bet it drove everyone in the UK NUTS.
I FEEL YOUR PAIN, PEOPLE. I FEEL YOUR PAIN.
What I’m really referring to here is when they use the incorrect words for things. Like, the really incorrect words for things. [Look, people- US high schools? Don’t have canteens. Cafeteria. Football involves helmets and pads and cheerleaders. We play soccer here.]
And there are intricacies to dialogue that you really need to have someone look over so that Derek and Stiles, who are both American, sound right. For example, I’m reading something right now with Derek saying “You weren’t to know.”
“You weren’t to know.”? WOW. That’s SUPER British and neither very American nor very DEREK. A good beta could have told you that, had you asked someone who is both an American and who knows Teen Wolf. A better alternative: “How could you know?” or “How would you know?”
I’ve been debating this post for a long time because yeah, I get it, I sound like an asshole, because people write these stories and they work really hard. But not hard enough, apparently, because THEY GOT IT WRONG.
American cars don’t have a boot. They have a trunk. Americans have strollers, not prams. We don’t say “I’m going to University.” It’s usually “I’m going to college,” even if you are, in fact, headed to a University.
Your beta could have told you that, had you actually bothered to GET a beta. And don’t tell me you couldn’t find one, because seriously? Twitter, tumblr, LJ, Dreamwidth- WE ARE EVERYWHERE. All you have to do is ask and we will help. You did get a beta, you say? Well, if your beta is ALSO from where you are from? Not going to be helpful if you need help Americanizing your work.
Don’t let the need to get feedback or have your ego stroked keep you from getting a beta reader and getting it right. If you aren’t writing an AU set in the UK, and you aren’t from the US, then you need to find someone who can read over your work and check it for you.
I would do the same for anything I wrote set in any other country that I’m not from (unless, of course, the POV was from that of an uncouth, uneducated American, in which case, score, I can totally write that). I would never post a Sherlock story without BEGGING someone from England to read it first, I don’t think it’s too much to ask for the reverse to happen, especially when it’s not exactly difficult.
And yeah, we can tell. Just like you can tell when Americans write HP/Doctor Who/Sherlock/Being Human stories and don’t get a good Brit pick? We can tell.
To show that I’m not a complete asshole, I’ll even VOLUNTEER TO DO IT. That’s right, I’m volunteering to American pick your story. Hit me up, I’ll read it and pick the shit out of it (to make sure that Stiles and company sound as American as they damn well should) before you post that bad boy for the world to read.
I’ll make you another deal- I’ll get a good Brit pick for all my Sherlock, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, UK Being Human, Life on Mars, and whatever other non-American fandom I might happen to write in, and you’ll find an American pick for your American fandom stories, even if it’s not me. Deal? *shakes* Thanks.
