comtessedebussy:

queertilly:

nerdyfacts:

Nerdy Fact #1501: The producers of Star Trek included scenes of overt sexuality to deflect the focus of NBC’s Broadcast Standards Office censors from other controversial aspects in certain episodes, like blatant allegories of the Vietnam war and racism.

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a little tasteful sideboob and no one will notice we’re telling the government to go fuck itself

And it WORKED. They had an episode about birth control. They had an episode about racism. They had an episode about the meaninglessness of war. In the 1960s. Right under the eyes of the censors. Because boobs.

matt-ruins-your-shit:

libertarirynn:

curiooftheheart:

tilthat:

TIL Daisy from The Great Gatsby is based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s girlfriend, Ginevra King. She broke up with him saying “Poor boys shouldn’t think of marrying rich girls”. The last time they met she asked if someone in Gatsby was based on her. Fitzgerald replied “Which bitch do you think you are?”

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P O W E R M O V E

Aw shit son

Imagine being roasted and your roast becomes required reading forever as an American classic.

zhanael:

orcthot:

tilthat:

TIL in 2012 the largest breast cancer foundation in the United States, Susan G Komen, attempted to withdraw funding for Planned Parenthood for mammograms, the diagnostic and screening tool for breast cancer.

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this is a good time to remind people that susan g komen is an awful breast cancer research foundation and you’d be better off donating to places like the breast cancer research foundation instead

It’s almost October, which these monsters have deemed their month, so please keep this in mind, too. Thanks.