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circusbones: fursasaida: Stagecoach Mary: groundbreaking...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:56:52 +0100

fursasaida:

Stagecoach Mary: groundbreaking badass gunslinger.

When Stagecoach Mary wasn’t cracking rabid wolves in the fucking face with the stock of her ten-gauge or single-handedly building schoolhouses for poor Native American girls, you could find her in the saloons of Cascade drinking men under the table like the chick from Raiders of the Lost Ark and chomping on homemade cigars so potent that hardly any gunslinger in town had the stomach to handle them. You’d think maybe some folks would have tried to fuck with her, considering that she was, you know, a black woman in a society that at the time wasn’t particularly well-known for its attitudes towards racial and gender equality, but Stagecoach Mary wasn’t the sort of badass chick that was going to let people tell her what the fuck she was going to do or how she was going to do it. At a time when non-prostitute women weren’t allowed to drink at saloons, she received special permission from the Mayor to be served at any bar in the city any time she wanted, for life. Any time some asshole messed with her, she fucked him up. Like, one time a guy called her a rude name outside a saloon, so she looked at him for a second, said nothing, then grabbed a big fucking rock out of the street and clubbed him in the skull with it repeatedly until other cowboys finally restrained her. This chick gained such a reputation for being the shit out of uppity gunslingers that didn’t show her the proper respect that the Great Falls Examiner newspaper once cited this hard-drinking, quick-tempered asskicker as having “broken more noses than any other person in Montana,” and nobody ever debated the claim.

People, this woman was so incredible that the fact that she had a pet eagle rolling around the Old West with her wasn’t even the coolest thing about her.

always reblog Stagecoach Mary.

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:55:12 +0100

lesliehowardforever: Leslie Howard and Marion Davies, Five and...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:54:19 +0100

lesliehowardforever:

Leslie Howard and Marion Davies, Five and Ten

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:53:29 +0100

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:35:40 +0100

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:31:37 +0100

detenebrate: 0xymoronic: shitarianasays: theeyesinthenight: t...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:30:18 +0100

detenebrate:

0xymoronic:

shitarianasays:

theeyesinthenight:

the-sonic-screw:

platinumpixels:

volpesvolpes:

unseilie:

sarahvonkrolock:

gaysexagainstawall:

them-days-was-olden-as-fuck:

The spread of the black death.

Poland

Poland, tell us your secret.

Poland is the ~~old~~ new Madagascar.

If I remember correctly, Poland’s secret is that the jews where being blamed all over europe (as usual) as scapegoats for the black plague. Poland was the only place that accepted Jewish refugees, so pretty much all of them moved there.

Now, one of the major causes of getting the plague was poor hygiene. This proved very effective for the plague because everyone threw their poop into the streets because there were no sewers, and literally no one bathed because it was against their religion. Unless they were jewish, who actually bathed relatively often. When all the jews moved to Poland, they brought bathing with them, and so the plague had little effect there.

Milan survived by quarantining its city and burning down the house of anyone showing early symptoms, with the entire family inside it.

I reblogged this tons of times, but the Milan info is new.

Damn Italy, you scary.

Poland: “Hey, feeling a bit down? Have a quick wash! There, you see? All better”

Milan: “Aw, feeling a bit sick are we? BURN MOTHERFUCKER, BURN!!!!!”

Also, this might have something to do with it: from what I understand, O blood type is uncommonly… common in Poland. Something to do with large families in small villages and a LOT of intermarriage. The black plague was caused by a bacterium that produced, in its waste in the human body, wastes that very closely mimic the “B” marker sugars on red blood cells that keep the body from attacking its own immune system. Anyone who has a B blood type had an immune system that was naturally desensitized to the presence of the bacterium, and therefore was more prone to developing the disease. Anyone who had an O type was doubly lucky because the O blood type means the total absence of ANY markers, A or B, meaning that their bodys’ immune system would react quickly and violently against the invaders, while someone with an A may show symptoms and recover more slowly, while someone with B would have just died. Because O is a recessive blood type, it shows in higher numbers when more people who carry the recessive genes marry other people who also carry the recessive gene. Poland, which has a nearly 700 year history of being conquered by or partnering with every other nation in the surrounding area, was primarily an agricultural country, focused around smaller, farming communities where people were legally tied to, and required to work, “their” land, and so historically never “spread” their genes across a large area. The economy was, and had been, unstable for a very long period of time leading up to the plague, the government had been ineffective and had very little reach in comparison to the armies of the other countries around for a very very long time, and so its people largely remained in small communities where multiple generations of cross-familial inbreeding could have allowed for this more recessive gene to show up more frequently. Thus, there could be a higher percentage of O blood types in any region of the country, guaranteeing less spread of the illness and moving slower when it did manage to travel. Combine this with the fact that there were very few large, urban centers where the disease would thrive, and with the above facts, and you’ve got a lovely recipe for avoiding the plague.

Interestingly enough, as a result from the plague, the entirety of Europe now has a higher percentage of people with O blood type than any other region of the world.

WHY IS THIS ALL SO COOL

When Tumblr teaches you more about the plague than 12 years of school ever did.

Just to throw a nod in, as a medieval historian, this is all credible, and is the leading theory as to the plagues effectiveness at this point. So. Enjoy your new knowledge!

ouroboroschoked: Killing Us Softly 4, with Ed. D Jean...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:28:31 +0100

ouroboroschoked:

Killing Us Softly 4, with Ed. D Jean Kilbourne

Killing Us Softly is incredible and I urge people to watch it.

scifigrl47: OH MY GOD

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:26:52 +0100

scifigrl47:

OH MY GOD

buffalo-divine-eden-no7: Justin Gaffrey

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:26:13 +0100

buffalo-divine-eden-no7:

Justin Gaffrey

wyndamwesley: Wash and → Kaylee Wash, tell me I’m pretty. Were...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:24:07 +0100

wyndamwesley:

Wash and → Kaylee

Wash, tell me I’m pretty.
Were I unwed, I would take you in a manly fashion.
‘Cause I’m pretty?
‘Cause you’re pretty.

For there were other Elves of various kind in the world; and...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:23:35 +0100

_{For there were other Elves of various kind in the world; and many were Eastern Elves that had hearkened to no summons to the Sea, but being content with Middle-earth remained there, and remained long after, fading in fastnesses of the woods and hills, as Men usurped the lands. Of that kind were the Elves of Greenwood the Great; yet among them also were many lords of Sindarin race. Such were Thranduil and Legolas, his son.}

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:21:48 +0100

people: you're so quiet, like you don't talk

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:15:27 +0100

people: you're so quiet, like you don't talk
me: I talk, just not to you

cumaeansibyl: catsbeaversandducks: “The 33 Most Important...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:11:03 +0100

The Yin Yang

The Reluctant Snuggler

The Double Plank

The “Bobcat And Fawn”

The Sideways Teddy

The “Sleep With One Eye Open”

The Cape

The Deep Sea Diver

The Forbidden Fruit

The Perfect Circle

cumaeansibyl:

catsbeaversandducks:

“The 33 Most Important Cuddling Positions” - by BuzzFeed

(sadly photoset doesn’t allow more than 10 pics, please click HERE to see more 23 cute cuddling positions!)

*scroll scroll* okay, cute pictures, nice

*kitty with bear* OH MY GOD

*second kitty with bear* REBLOGGING NOW

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:09:50 +0100

do-you-have-a-flag: theysayoftheacropolis: rifa: hannibal-anno...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:08:22 +0100

do-you-have-a-flag:

theysayoftheacropolis:

rifa:

hannibal-annotated:

Will Graham’s Dogs

Oh my god

this is the happiest this show has made me

other than this it’s all “WHY HANNIBAL WHY”

underbitey puppy!

theheirsofdurin: Richard Armitage spam (103/?)

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:07:11 +0100

theheirsofdurin:

Richard Armitage spam (103/?)

latentpower: awkwardsituationist: cambridge university...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:05:32 +0100

latentpower:

awkwardsituationist:

cambridge university students were asked on campus why they needed feminism. here are 60 answers. click the link for over about 600 more.

This is amazing