George R.R. Martin on writing women
- George Stroumboulopoulos: There's one thing that's interesting about your books. I noticed that you write women really well and really different. Where does that come from?
- George R.R. Martin: You know, I've always considered women to be people.
Off On a Tangent: The Crime Reading List For Those Who Read and Loved GONE GIRL
So I’m not yet certain if Gillian Flynn’s GONE GIRL is my favorite crime novel of 2012, but it will almost certainly be up there. And so far I’d say it’s a favorite of a great many people thus far, hitting #2 on the NYT bestseller list its first week out, tons and tons of raves/ongoing reads in my…
These are real fucking men.
This picture is great from the start, and then you realize that they’re literally wearing her shoes and it makes it that much better.
This is beautiful.
omfg. They look fucking fabulous.
Oh my god <3
Im sorry but this is a must
This is a thing that should happen more often.
So it’s my city’s multicultural festival, and I’ve been volunteering at a nearby Ukrainian pavilion serving lunch, and there was a guy there that was going to be doing this. :D It made me happy to hear.
Fucking fierce.
(Source: melikdaniel)
21 Pictures That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity.
Buzzfeed is doing it right.
What if Game of Thrones was a rom-com with “Call Me Maybe” on the soundtrack?
Well, we’d watch the crap out of it for one.
I want to be her right now. Yes, I do.
Who doesn’t want to be this girl? Summer never fails to deliver a sense of freedom and pure delight, one felt all the way from straw-topped head to neon-painted toes.
Via: Habitually Chic
Winston Churchill in his officer’s uniform, age 21, 1895.
Oh and we have much more from the world of dashing officer uniforms:
Grand Dukes Sergei and Pavel of Russia, c. 1870
Henry Ossain Flipper, c. 1877
Vasil Levski, 1867.
Submitted by E. Crowell
Aug. 25, 1944: “The Allied War Machine Rolls Through France on Both Fronts,” read the headline above this photo, which shows Nazis in France captured by Canadian troops. The picture ran with an article by André Lebord, the pseudonym of a French underground leader, as told to Leland Stowe. “This was the hour that more than 500,000 French patriots had been living for, through months and years of hunger and heartbreak,” it said. Photo: The New York Times

