inothernews: Via the New York Post: One of DC Comics oldest heroes is super-coming out. The original Green Lantern - a DC Comics mainstay for the past 70 years - will be revealed to be a gay man in next week’s issue of “Earth 2.” Alan Scott - formerly a married father of two who first appeared in 1940 - tips readers off to his sexuality early on in the comic when he gives his boyfriend a welcome home kiss. “He’s very much the character he was. He’s still the pinnacle of bravery and idealism. He’s also gay,” “Earth 2” writer James Robinson told The Post. The Emerald Guardian’s sexuality was rebooted along with the rest of his fictional universe as part of DC’s “New 52” initiative aimed at rejuvenating their characters. OH MY GOD. <3 This is why I love D.C. comics.

inothernews:

Via the New York Post:

One of DC Comics oldest heroes is super-coming out.

The original Green Lantern - a DC Comics mainstay for the past 70 years - will be revealed to be a gay man in next week’s issue of “Earth 2.”

Alan Scott - formerly a married father of two who first appeared in 1940 - tips readers off to his sexuality early on in the comic when he gives his boyfriend a welcome home kiss.

“He’s very much the character he was. He’s still the pinnacle of bravery and idealism. He’s also gay,” “Earth 2” writer James Robinson told The Post.

The Emerald Guardian’s sexuality was rebooted along with the rest of his fictional universe as part of DC’s “New 52” initiative aimed at rejuvenating their characters.

OH MY GOD. <3 This is why I love D.C. comics.

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“I like that I stick out. I was watching ‘Valentine’s Day’ on the plane recently. I have a tiny part in that movie. I was watching all the women — Jessica Biel, and Emma Roberts, and Jennifer Garner and Julia Roberts. They are gorgeous women, and I don’t want to take anything away from them, but they all do have a very classical look, with a very thin nose. I’m watching this parade of these faces and then, boom, it was my face, and I was taken aback. I was like, ‘Oh, my nose is so big!’ I have never in my life thought I had a big nose, but, well, there it was. The first time I was on TV, on ‘Flight of the Conchords,’ someone put up a YouTube clip and said, ‘You’re too ugly to be on TV.’ And I was like, ‘That is exactly why it’s a good thing that I’m on TV.’”

Way to rep, Kristen Schaal! Big schnozz-girls unite!

(Source: eduardosuaverin, via ifc)

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nyartsmag: NY Arts Magazine Announces Promotional Opportunities For Artists For 17 years we have been continuously publishing, promoting &amp; supporting over 20,000 artists, writers, curators and more. Our website gets 3,000,000 hits per month and our daily newsletter reaches 16,000 subscribers In conjunction with international galleries we are offering monthly promotional/exposure/opportunities in print and online at NY Arts Magazine. To participate in these publicity opportunities contact marketing.nyarts@gmail.com Very proud of my new internship! Check it out, and follow/reblog! And submit your art!

nyartsmag:

NY Arts Magazine Announces Promotional Opportunities For Artists

  • For 17 years we have been continuously publishing, promoting & supporting over 20,000 artists, writers, curators and more.
  • Our website gets 3,000,000 hits per month and our daily newsletter reaches 16,000 subscribers
  • In conjunction with international galleries we are offering monthly promotional/exposure/opportunities in print and online at NY Arts Magazine.


To participate in these publicity opportunities contact marketing.nyarts@gmail.com

Very proud of my new internship! Check it out, and follow/reblog! And submit your art!

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Best Goat Milk Icecream in New York, holla.

Best Goat Milk Icecream in New York, holla.

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Kitty on the books.

Kitty on the books.

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US Navy Blue Angels

US Navy Blue Angels

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More theater billboards.

More theater billboards.

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thepoliticalfreakshow: Out of 178 nations, the U.S. is one of three that does not offer paid maternity leave benefits, let alone paid leave for fathers, which more than 50 of these nations offer.  In comparison, Canada and Norway offer generous benefits that can be shared between the father and mother, France offers about four months, and even Mexico and Pakistan are among the nations offer 12 weeks paid leave for mothers.American women are offered 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, which exempts companies with fewer than 50 paid employees, but in 2011, only 11 percent of private sector workers and 17 percent of public workers reported that they had access to paid maternity leave through their employer. And for first-time mothers, only about half can take paid leave when they give birth. At the same time that working women in the U.S. lack a benefit widely available across the globe, almost 50 percent of families had two working parents in 2010, and 26 percent of households were headed by single parents. Without guaranteed paid maternity leave, many of these working women face significant financial hardship by having to choose between their paycheck and their families. Women are forced to put their careers and financial future at risk simply because they want to have children. During their pregnancy, they face being fired unfairly or not being able to properly care for themselves. They should not have to worry about making ends meet without paid maternity leave on top of that.

thepoliticalfreakshow:

Out of 178 nations, the U.S. is one of three that does not offer paid maternity leave benefits, let alone paid leave for fathers, which more than 50 of these nations offer.

 In comparison, Canada and Norway offer generous benefits that can be shared between the father and mother, France offers about four months, and even Mexico and Pakistan are among the nations offer 12 weeks paid leave for mothers.

American women are offered 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, which exempts companies with fewer than 50 paid employees, but in 2011, only 11 percent of private sector workers and 17 percent of public workers reported that they had access to paid maternity leave through their employer. And for first-time mothers, only about half can take paid leave when they give birth.

At the same time that working women in the U.S. lack a benefit widely available across the globe, almost 50 percent of families had two working parents in 2010, and 26 percent of households were headed by single parents. Without guaranteed paid maternity leave, many of these working women face significant financial hardship by having to choose between their paycheck and their families.

Women are forced to put their careers and financial future at risk simply because they want to have children. During their pregnancy, they face being fired unfairly or not being able to properly care for themselves. They should not have to worry about making ends meet without paid maternity leave on top of that.

(via aeli-revolutionaren)

1 week ago
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Thanks, Kenji.

Ya dig.

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