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links of interest for February 7th – February 13th

Social Justice

Shifting Cultural Sensibilities and Valentine’s Pleas » Sociological Images
"Dmitriy T.M. sent along a series of vintage Valentine’s Day cards that, similarly, have a different effect given our contemporary cultural sensibilities. After decades of efforts to draw attention to and problematize men’s violence against women, these cards seem misguided at best."
Shakesville: Feminism 101: Helpful Hints for Dudes, Part I

Crafts / Sewing

Jordan Ferney | Oh Happy Day!: Vellum Mobiles
Creating a No-Sew Fabric Banner (tutorial) | papernstitch
Beatles Counted Cross Stitch Index
Monster Art Totes for Preschoolers
I do not know any preschoolers to make these for, but they're adorable nonetheless.
Mod-Mood Quilt | daintytime ~ Sherri Lynn Wood
Making something like this basically goes against my straight line, right angled nature… which is probably why I should make something like this.
Saltwater Kids: 5 minute bread bag tutorial
I bought "Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day" nearly a year ago but still haven't tried it out yet, on account of not having the right flour at the time of purchase. Creating something cute to put the bread IN, though, could be enough incentive to get baking.
Tips for Online Fabric Shopping – Sewing Blog | BurdaStyle.com
ruby star rising: Ruby Star Rising is in stores!
VIEWMASTER. FABRIC. WHAT.
A Sound of Music Birthday Party – The Sew Weekly
Best. Birthday. Party. EVER.

Soccer

ontd_football: Steven Gerrard today revealed how Fernando Torres’ transfer deadline day move to Chelsea left him broken-hearted
Reblogging mostly for the Gerrard/Torres picspams, not going to lie. THEIR LOVE WAS SO EPIC.
Fan Chants.com: Liverpool FC
One of my greatest problems in learning any of the LFC songs is that I never know what the tunes are, since most sites just list the lyrics. This gives you both.

Miscellaneous

The Four Icon Challenge
"I decided it would be a fun project to attempt to sum up some of my favorite books, movies, historical events, anything, with just four icons."
The Many Faces Of… Leonardo DiCaprio
"As Doctors of Filmology, we advise you to take your meds now as we put our test subject under the microscope. Because no one can FREAK OUT!!! quite like Leo can. We will delve deep into his psyche and watch him lose his mind, his family and his shaving kit."
Oscar bingo: 2011 edition | How About Orange

Inception

I want to like this way more than I actually do.

this unnecessary celebrity gossip moment brought to you by my overriding love for Josephine and her flying machine

My sister emailed me this morning to tell me the all-important news that Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes are apparently getting divorced. My first thought was that I hope it was because he signed the Roman Polanski petition. My second thought was that now she can date Leonardo DiCaprio. I am a terrible person, I know. I do not normally care about the personal lives of celebrities, especially when it comes to who they date, but I’ve always loved that Kate and Leo are BFF in real life and thus I want them to get married and have thespian babies together. (I’ve also secretly theorized that this is why Leo dates random models all the time, because he’s been biding his time.)

I’m saying this out loud because I know you were thinking it.

Shutter Island

I’ll probably enjoy this more on repeat viewings because a) Leo, b) Marty, and c) Leo.

when I tell you to do a thing, you do a thing

If you’re a Twitter user and, like me, a fan of Leonardo DiCaprio and/or Martin Scorsese, you can submit questions to the pair using #AskLeo and #AskScorsese and Paramount will pick five questions each to answer at the Shutter Island press junket on Friday. [via The Playlist.]

I got excited for a second thinking Leo and Marty were actually on Twitter, but I guess I will have to settle for continuing to follow fake Scorsese instead. Speaking of which, I also love fake Michael Bay a whole lot.

Dear Mel, please keep this as historically accurate as your other films, which is to say not at all

Mel Gibson’s Viking movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio is getting more awesome by the second:

“I think it’s going to be in the English that would have been spoken back then, and Old Norse,” says Gibson. “Whatever the 9th century had to offer. I’m going to give you real.”

Gibson says that the “big, wacky, epic” Vikings idea is one of the first he ever had, when he was a sixteen year old dreaming of being a filmmaker. “I want a viking to scare you,” he explains. “I want to see somebody who I have never seen before speaking low, guttural German and scaring the living shit out of me.”

A) You should always totally spend millions of dollars on ideas you had when you were sixteen, because most sixteen year olds have awesome ideas. B) “Wacky” Vikings! C) I want both Skarsgårds in this.

This is going to be glorious.

Sometimes snarky, usually indignant

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