Ramblings of freedom, fandom, and fiction… Your hostess this evening is a persnickety 25 year old, who often has far too much snark than sense. She’s also a full-time law student, part-time geek, and one-time frontier psychologist. (See Miseria Nomine for my writing/fandom blog.) Tumblr (3.0; @tartmuse)http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/88dba7d7bcbb5c881f332802e0444968/tumblr_mmiuk8a9qX1rigdr4o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hatteress.tumblr.com/post/50147236244/lierdumoa-i-know-you-wanted-this-on-your">hatteress</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lierdumoa.tumblr.com/post/50147015892/i-know-you-wanted-this-on-your-dash">lierdumoa</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I know you wanted this on your dash.</p> </blockquote> <p>This is the best thing I’ve ever seen.</p> </blockquote>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50699103362http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50699103362Fri, 17 May 2013 22:51:51 -0400bounce bounce rarsuch a happy t-rex<p>Lay on couch.  Fall asleep - maybe 30 minutes.  Go to sleep very cold.</p> <p>Wake up.  Very warm.  Look at body. Cat on legs.  Cat on chest (and cat pee on chest, too).</p>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50687626382http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50687626382Fri, 17 May 2013 20:04:00 -0400my catssnuggle babbas<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f4ff7d2b2bf3ef6ef7ff47522adcee7b/tumblr_mmwbowgxOC1ql5yr7o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50686465942http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50686465942Fri, 17 May 2013 19:46:17 -0400meme right nowme in five yearsme in ten yearsGPOY<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1ea5d4b2849af1c4292cd588b01e5a4b/tumblr_mmx7zbbEhV1rwnp75o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/29a6f88be2c7bd99587248924f87e571/tumblr_mmx7zbbEhV1rwnp75o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ea53dac3a90b5ad0d7ade4901cd89013/tumblr_mmx7zbbEhV1rwnp75o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dbddcf646deed3050b2e5e0c5b1d7574/tumblr_mmx7zbbEhV1rwnp75o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pixelddump.tumblr.com/post/50657890189/reblogging-this-from-my-other-blog-cause-it-made">pixelddump</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>reblogging this from my other blog cause it made me laugh a lot</p> </blockquote>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50686407347http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50686407347Fri, 17 May 2013 19:45:24 -0400simsomg truth<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7738896c75249d55487a8035613bc87c/tumblr_mmy5dkbO071r0ym46o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Beauty baby girl is doing much better today.  The antibiotics seem to be working - her infection is clearing up, so no more bloody urine, which means she gets free run of the apartment again.  In fact, there she goes now - carrying around the wad of kitchen roll that I microwaved my turkey bacon on…</p>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50652884073http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50652884073Fri, 17 May 2013 10:24:00 -0400tallulahmy baby girlcatscaring for this incontinent kitten is hard and expensive but also very rewardingmiss purr boots baby buns<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/32b6cbcf1474d0f21e4554b1c1c49f6b/tumblr_mmtvtzTjiS1qhkkp7o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ebab050032f42457d65220466c57744f/tumblr_mmtvtzTjiS1qhkkp7o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nievie.tumblr.com/post/50618269717/arachnis-deathicus-gonna-quickly-throw-in-an">nievie</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://arachnis-deathicus.tumblr.com/post/50567848044/gonna-quickly-throw-in-an-epic-quote-i-found-on">arachnis-deathicus</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="aimFont">Gonna quickly throw in an epic quote I found on <a href="http://www.racebending.com/v4/featured/star-trek-whiteness/">this article</a>.</span></p> <blockquote> <p><em><span class="aimFont">KJKJ: Gene Roddenberry, with balls of brass, got up on national tv and said, “hey people, if a geneticist took all the best DNA from planet Earth and put it together to make the best human the world has ever seen - he wouldn’t be a white guy.”</span></em><br/><br/><em><span class="aimFont">This is why I find the casting of a white actor in this role to be so repugnant. They are not whitewashing an Asian role, they are saying that the best genetic material that the entirety of this world and it’s diversity has to offer….still comes from a white guy.</span></em></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>Reblogging again for that</p> </blockquote>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50652472899http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50652472899Fri, 17 May 2013 10:15:47 -0400I enjoyed BC's performance don't get me wrongAnd I enjoyed the moviebut this fact didn't really sit well with meEven when they opened the tubes the first glimpse we got was of a WHITE MANnot even a woman<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fb4e3e03aef58d7e3ba4e81d44c420c4/tumblr_mk4i8kaDo21r4jlj4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50649557976http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50649557976Fri, 17 May 2013 09:06:06 -0400catfluffy cat with a bowI wish my cats would wear bows<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://shialabeowulf.tumblr.com/post/48901166598/99-more-life-hacks-to-make-your-life-easier">shialabeowulf</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://shialabeowulf.tumblr.com/post/33670447154">(My original 99 Life Hacks post)</a></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/59faa31bb83f0d2e9b9268b0522ca2e2/tumblr_inline_mlublvVeqg1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/267c43ad712ec9b83f4317db62ec0384/tumblr_inline_mlubmhZoAz1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/14e6bbddf65950951180b4e5e75c32df/tumblr_inline_mlubmnXoE21qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/24279e881866faadcd47743e65bcddf1/tumblr_inline_mlubmqsSEA1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/6d428820ba8ce2a8f08cc9063b5e51b4/tumblr_inline_mlubmtYIH01qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/aeb954376a69888e55c8798e7d704c51/tumblr_inline_mlubmw4ZEY1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><a href="http://shialabeowulf.tumblr.com/post/48901166598/99-more-life-hacks-to-make-your-life-easier">Read More</a></p> </blockquote>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50591601155http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50591601155Thu, 16 May 2013 14:58:36 -0400reference<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6225174f3a6171f1d5cf45192a81c024/tumblr_mmv6m4kxZr1qc3qsmo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b0ee1ba5503553e368edc9bdcacb7605/tumblr_mmv6m4kxZr1qc3qsmo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ae8bddde957aa3c76cf6602df14560b5/tumblr_mmv6m4kxZr1qc3qsmo3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a2e5a0b82a8077dddf24f19548f4e1eb/tumblr_mmv6m4kxZr1qc3qsmo4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50549954299http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50549954299Wed, 15 May 2013 22:54:26 -0400amanda rosewaterdefiancechurch of scotch<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d6d6dd3e5257f359d9b518ec23b763b8/tumblr_mmv7x83yUi1qkhnbbo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/033eaaea8d2176a70f9f3983f44449ae/tumblr_mmv7x83yUi1qkhnbbo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2d3c496797d8b61c6376b4ef3836fc10/tumblr_mmv7x83yUi1qkhnbbo3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0262d268d9e3c3b7e84a18a96c21a7b4/tumblr_mmv7x83yUi1qkhnbbo4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8d51fc5880380e9422264382ba3cae6a/tumblr_mmv7x83yUi1qkhnbbo5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/76967641dca2a8ae5e82157420c214bd/tumblr_mmv7x83yUi1qkhnbbo6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><em>Anyway, I don’t buy into the whole ‘find one true love’ fantasy…</em></p> </blockquote>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50549877821http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50549877821Wed, 15 May 2013 22:53:00 -0400amanda rosewaterjoshua nolanPLEASE do not pit kenya and amanda against each otherand please don't kill one of them off!defiance<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f9e55ed1bcbdc1144e97524dddf80523/tumblr_mmm1ljkxvq1re5k83o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wantthepharaohs.tumblr.com/post/50524445705/fucking-this">wantthepharaohs</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>fucking THIS</p> </blockquote>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50533938268http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50533938268Wed, 15 May 2013 19:34:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/56eaaec75dcc49df6ca50dfa5705c5d5/tumblr_mf5o4xWImG1rlwwdxo1_250.gif"/><br/><br/>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50533803167http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50533803167Wed, 15 May 2013 19:32:45 -0400pigsaw babyI love youI will let you live with meI promise my cats won't eat you and will just lick you to death<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5l1pihCkt1qhn3smo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://alithea.tumblr.com/post/25135992217/is-junk-food-really-cheaper">alithea</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://canisfamiliaris.tumblr.com/post/25113196288/is-junk-food-really-cheaper">canisfamiliaris</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/opinion/sunday/is-junk-food-really-cheaper.html" title="Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?">Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?</a></p> <p>The answer is NO.</p> <p><em>The “fact” that junk food is cheaper than real food has become a reflexive part of how we explain why so many Americans are overweight, particularly those with lower incomes. I frequently read confident statements like, “when a bag of chips is cheaper than a head of broccoli …” or “it’s more affordable to feed a family of four at McDonald’s than to cook a healthy meal for them at home.”</em></p> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sunfoundation.tumblr.com/post/25060135084/is-junk-food-really-cheaper">sunfoundation</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>this bullshit fills me with a very specific kind of rage. so, TIME TO DEBUNK!</p> <ol><li>that meal from mcdonalds takes virtually no time to acquire AND is available almost anywhere.</li> <li>the second meal? that “salad” is lettuce … with nothing else, not even dressing unless its just olive oil or some milk i guess?<strong> gross</strong>.</li> <li>also thats the price of each serving, <strong>not an entire loaf of bread, a bottle of olive oil</strong>, etc. that stuff adds up which means you have to have a lot of money at one time to buy it all.</li> <li>that meal probably took an hour and a half to make, which is a long fucking time when you work multiple jobs or are caring for a lot of people or dont have help! seriously, <strong>if you are a single parent of three who works, is spending an hour and a half every night preparing a meal a likely option?</strong></li> <li>same with beans and rice! <strong>also, you know whats a fucking bummer? eating beans and rice every night because you are poor</strong>. ask any person who has done it and they will tell you (you can start with me).</li> <li>there is a “nutrition” argument here that lacks a follow up: <strong>poor people are more likely to be doing physical labor and need more than 571 calories per meal</strong>.</li> <li>you know who is less likely to know how to bake or prepare a chicken? people without access to the internet, or libraries, or who werent taught how to by their parents because their parents worked all the time. <strong>access to healthy foods is a classist issue and classism is cyclical, you fucking morons</strong>.</li> <li>seriously, these sorts of infographics make me want to fucking flip tables. do you know why people don’t eat more fresh fruits and vegetables? because fresh fruits and vegetables are <strong>expensive</strong>, because they <strong>take a long time</strong> to prepare, because they <strong>dont live near a grocery store</strong> that has a decent produce section, because they <strong>dont have reliable transportation</strong> to get groceries to and from the grocery store, because they<strong> dont have the energy</strong> to plan all of the shit that is involved in making healthy, intentional, filling, balanced meals. basically: <strong>poor people get fucked,</strong> and then we get BLAMED for being lazy.</li> <li>eating “healthy”, aka access to fresh fruits and vegetables, is a privilege, first, foremost, always. so <strong>fuck you new york times</strong> and your ignorant goddamn infographic.</li> <li>there are SYSTEMATIC REASONS that we do not have equal access to fresh fruits and vegetables. they are very REAL problems. besides, you know, systematic poverty in america, the total mis-distribution of farm subsidies is a perfect place to start. read about that, then either<strong> get bent or start working on the actual problem</strong>.</li> </ol></blockquote>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50533714169http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50533714169Wed, 15 May 2013 19:31:00 -0400was thinking about this just yesterday as I wondered at the fruit stand in my kitchen<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/32e2cf56b3d0697c40dd43160398e0cc/tumblr_mmud202O2V1qc3qsmo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4eae53a503f1d53b651f9b259d20cd56/tumblr_mmud202O2V1qc3qsmo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/121b378f5fbe3e1f8407e9a8da1e6a0e/tumblr_mmud202O2V1qc3qsmo3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bc3e1befcc5a2601ddacf75c7ae64878/tumblr_mmud202O2V1qc3qsmo4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50502059844http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50502059844Wed, 15 May 2013 12:14:53 -0400rynndefiancethe MMO players had better finish hellbug seasons so that she can come back<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/71c65eaf5248b0ee34c3a650f9d105ed/tumblr_mmtakmhLdK1qfw6kdo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/04bff7eac730596a0b7af11d2da2d331/tumblr_mmtakmhLdK1qfw6kdo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ba713d18336d1c5add40aad6a387b58c/tumblr_mmtakmhLdK1qfw6kdo3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0713f58066cf3e5c6327387c80e4b45b/tumblr_mmtakmhLdK1qfw6kdo4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/10b2200130c8c18555c43ba159e1ccd5/tumblr_mmtakmhLdK1qfw6kdo5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e256b976b8d401e4c6afbea2bddc3ad0/tumblr_mmtakmhLdK1qfw6kdo6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50456887889http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50456887889Tue, 14 May 2013 20:07:48 -0400amanda rosewaterdefianceyou show them what a badass you are bbHEADSHOT<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c696aa0d9c50283d162fd8efd7884230/tumblr_mmfgwaGnYT1qhwmnpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://getoutoftherecat.tumblr.com/post/50427584376/no-cat-youre-looking-the-wrong-way">getoutoftherecat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>no, cat! you’re looking the wrong way!</p> </blockquote> <p>Look at that dopey face…</p>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50427807774http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50427807774Tue, 14 May 2013 12:52:37 -0400cats<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1287fa1a11191de42db9d1c7209b53b9/tumblr_mmso6l8EHW1qzxruho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://poupon.tumblr.com/post/50426052720/grapeykins-heymonster-kathryn-janeway-our">poupon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://grapeykins.tumblr.com/post/50424120707/heymonster-kathryn-janeway-our-lady-of">grapeykins</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://heymonster.tumblr.com/post/50423451500/kathryn-janeway-our-lady-of-determination">heymonster</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Kathryn Janeway, Our Lady of Determination. </p> </blockquote> <p>yes good</p> </blockquote> <p>My mom’s girlfriend on the side</p> </blockquote>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50426514425http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50426514425Tue, 14 May 2013 12:27:46 -0400kathryn janewaystar trek voyager<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/329ea6dcf46344ccd0591872ef3b00e9/tumblr_mmrtd3ajbF1sqsrkmo6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2833f42d0e7a3df2554fca47fb01e664/tumblr_mmrtd3ajbF1sqsrkmo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7325db02c37e01f15fc4444b488fbe30/tumblr_mmrtd3ajbF1sqsrkmo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3f0046c012d5612a3b45aebfe4092132/tumblr_mmrtd3ajbF1sqsrkmo3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1ba3b98b81bec82073e6019211e4e8d5/tumblr_mmrtd3ajbF1sqsrkmo4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/742676ae35aaa816825eebf11e422aed/tumblr_mmrtd3ajbF1sqsrkmo5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <div><small><em>I’ve got a treat for everyone; gonna mix it up a bit today with some old world vinyl.</em></small></div> </blockquote> <p></p>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50419142440http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50419142440Tue, 14 May 2013 09:46:51 -0400defiancealek tarrchristie mccawleyand I loved that they play the cureI actually really like their ending montage + songSHIP ALL THE SHIPS<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/73a0dc0a961609ec830dc707c05c0cc0/tumblr_mmrzqupfw01rpkndmo3_r1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fc2e2764191f89077200ba07f5708c50/tumblr_mmrzqupfw01rpkndmo1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/744abbabe6af54da94dd78f185835e00/tumblr_mmrzqupfw01rpkndmo2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50419082305http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50419082305Tue, 14 May 2013 09:45:22 -0400defianceamanda rosewaterjoshua nolanugh as much as I love it I have a bad feeling about thisthey'll probably kill of amanda or kenya to make the writer's OTP happenor put Amanda and Kenya against each otherand that would suckthey can just all get married and be a happy family<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e24f2b1c26a36b7b29986b23f457b558/tumblr_mmsefw66GV1qfw6kdo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1e93d8d077e54513c0e9f7dfdfd94cc3/tumblr_mmsefw66GV1qfw6kdo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e03d31c23ce1becdbca92383a54f5d85/tumblr_mmsefw66GV1qfw6kdo3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/587c8a715bb4d26a0b1cbbf5196ae908/tumblr_mmsefw66GV1qfw6kdo4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/779cd88033b41fd1375d7049c3a5a77f/tumblr_mmsefw66GV1qfw6kdo5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6a932f2256e13ca9e149ddb1362e53f5/tumblr_mmsefw66GV1qfw6kdo6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2bf250308f7b633b046116540a4a7337/tumblr_mmsefw66GV1qfw6kdo7_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f7d64c6a06a6208ae01d638eb6f87c3b/tumblr_mmsefw66GV1qfw6kdo8_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b4d6de5e38d2c5f33e490a69768683d2/tumblr_mmsefw66GV1qfw6kdo9_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f0fac84c096a3b9a042fdbe352a6b43d/tumblr_mmsefw66GV1qfw6kdo10_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50419014842http://tartmuse.tumblr.com/post/50419014842Tue, 14 May 2013 09:43:42 -0400defiancespoilerstommy x irisa