Here and Heaven

There are only two cardinal directions - away from Kentucky and back to.
I’ve never seen the hearts pointed in opposite directions like that, interesting.

I’ve never seen the hearts pointed in opposite directions like that, interesting.

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Women read comics. Anyone at all engaged in social media knows this. Women read comics and are a driving force behind fandom. I think I could call them the driving force behind fandom and put up a convincing argument. Just think about it: what fandoms have driven America crazy in the last decade? Could anyone dissuade me from saying that they were Harry Potter, Twilight and the Hunger Games? “Avatar” may have put butts in theater seats, but you don’t hear about it… ever. No one is immersed in the world of “Avatar” except James Cameron and people who enjoy wearing Na’vi Zentai suits. “The Avengers” was pretty darn huge and, if Tumblr is any indication, a whopping portion of the people driving that fandom online do not possess a Y chromosome. Women engage in fandom to levels that men do not. When women get behind something, their sheer numbers and passion force it into the mainstream. That’s why you can name the actor who plays that werewolf kid in “Twilight” and probably sing at least the chorus to one Justin Bieber song. What do tween boys like? I have no clue. Sports? Probably sports.

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and yet men remain the most marketed demographic for just about everything.

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I’m pretty sure the only men who spend more time thinking about DC than women on Tumblr are the men who actually work there.

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I was just thinking about this the other day. It’s very true.

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Gorgeous post

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Applied Music: Hills Of Mexico

appliedmusic:

When I was in Old Fort Worth in 18 and 83
Some old Mexican cowboy come stepping up to me
Said I’ll hire you, young fella, how would you love to go
And to spend the season working in those hills of Mexico

Well having no employment back to him I did say
‘Tis according to your wages, according…

  • Tucker: These kids are coming out here and killing themselves all over the woods!
  • Dale: Oh my god, that makes so much sense!
  • Tucker: We got to hide all sharp objects!

rattlesnakehunting:

Snake hunt today on a rainy foggy day. I got to spend about 4 hours in what seemed like paradise with the fog and cool but not cold weather. I found 2 copperheads and 3 rattlesnakes, and lots of wildlife.

Consider how textbooks treat Native religions as a unitary whole. The American Way describes Native American religion in these words: “These Native Americans [in the Southeast] believed that nature was filled with spirits. Each form of life, such as plants and animals, had a spirit. Earth and air held spirits too. People were never alone. They shared their lives with the spirits of nature.” Way is trying to show respect for Native American religion, but it doesn’t work. Stated flatly like this, the beliefs seem like make-believe, not the sophisticated theology of a higher civilization. Let us try a similarly succinct summary of the beliefs of many Christians today: “These Americans believed that one great male god ruled the world. Sometimes they divided him into three parts, which they called father, son, and holy ghost. They ate crackers and wine or grape juice, believing that they were eating the son’s body and drinking his blood. If they believed strongly enough, they would live on forever after they died.” Textbooks never describe Christianity this way. It’s offensive. Believers would immediately argue that such a depiction fails to convey the symbolic meaning or the spiritual satisfaction of communion.

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Lies My Teacher Told Me, James Loewen (via whoistorule)

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