Watch Out For Dinosaurs

theartofanimation:

Arif Makmun

omgthatdress:

Dress

Gustave Tassell, 1957

The Philadelphia Museum of Art

A:TLA Annotations: cadesama replied to your post: Love the blog. Thanks for all the hard...

atla-annotated:

cadesama replied to your post: Love the blog. Thanks for all the hard work! I have a question about Amon: the first thing that came to my mind when they showed the gathering of his followers was the Taiping Rebellion (and not just because of the use of the ‘ping’ character). Am I…

albinwonderland:

pastelchainsaw:

minuiko:

“You got a problem, bub?”

ANGELINA LOOK

hold me

atla-annotated:

LOK continues to parallel Chinese history i.e. we have now reached the beginning of the Chinese Civil War.

In episode eight we see a curfew being put in place for non-benders, as well as any association with Equalists being made into a punishable offense. Further, normal citizens are being rounded up under the excuse of them being potential Equalists.

Tarrlok’s actions split the City Council (plus Avatar) into two groups, those pro and those against the strict handling of the Equalist situation.

As I have pointed out before: The Equalists parallel the Communists, while the Task Force parallels the Kuomintang. Click me!

Now this is what happened in real life (it parallels rather well):

The April 12 Incident of 1927 refers to the violent suppression of Chinese Communist Party organizations in Shanghai by the military forces of Chiang Kai-shek and conservative factions in the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party).

Following the incident, conservative KMT elements carried out a full-scale purge of Communists in all areas under their control, and even more violent suppressions occurred in cities such as Guangzhou and Changsha.

The purge led to an open split between KMT left and right wings, with Chiang Kai-shek establishing himself as the leader of the right wing at Nanjing in opposition to the original left-wing KMT government in Wuhan.

Will we get to see a full-scale civil war? Is the EK Russia in this scenario?

More:

Be the leaf, Amon

Amon Poster - Real World References

The Meaning Behind Amon’s Name

Amon’s Mask - Analyzed through Beijing Opera Symbolism

Republic City, Yu Dao, Imperialism, the Boxer Rebellion and Hong Kong

What time period is ATLA set in

Implications of The Founding of Republic City i.e. The Promise Part One

curseofthefanartlords:

otobeamachine:

boxofsoy:

THIS WAS A FANTASTIC SERIES

I literally read Lirael once a month, soo good!

I need to reread this series. I don’t remember how it ends.

I don’t own the second and third books I checked those out from the library ages ago. ;n; (I just looked them up on Amazon and noooo they changed the covers, I liked the pretty painting covers.) 

23silence:

A. Renaudin - Nasturtiums, 1893

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And like the cycle of the seasons, the cycle of the avatar begins anew.

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organorigami:

“I remember when I was doing Rent and I was too thin, and I was doing that on purpose because I’m dying, I’m a HIV+ drug addict. I remember having to eat raw food and doing all this work to make sure I could stay thin… And I remember everyone asking me when I was doing press for the movie, “what did you do to get so thin? You looked great!” and I’m like, “I looked emaciated.”

It’s a form of violence in the way that we look at women and how we expect them to look and be, for… what’s sake? Not health, not survival, not enjoyment of life, but just so that you can look ‘pretty’.

I’m constantly telling girls all the time, “everything’s airbrushed, everything’s retouched, to the point of just that it’s never even asked, and none of us look like that.”

- Rosario Dawson

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becauseofthiswoman:

Name: Helen Keller
Dates: 1880-1968

Why she rocks: She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a bachelor’s degree. She became a prolific author and political activist, campaigning for women’s suffrage and labor rights, and participating in anti-war protests.

Quote: “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”

Because of this woman... her story proves that, no matter the disability, it is possible for women to break through and achieve their goals and dreams.