westwallys:

There are a hundred and seventy-eight laws that differentiate on the basis of sex. Women can’t work overtime. We have to get credit cards in our husbands names. We’re not allowed to work in the mines. This is a man’s world.

You think you can change the country? You should look to her generation. They’re taking to the streets. Protests are important, but changing the culture it means nothing if the law doesn’t change. 

Who did you say your name was? Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

On The Basis Of Sex (2018), dir. Mimi Leder.

Notorious RBG!!!

It’s started Houseplant! According to Life&Style, papa Charles is “extremely unhappy about the fortune he’s having to spend on Meghan’s upkeep.” The article is sooooo snarky!!…”Pinching pennies clearly isn’t Meghan’s strong suit”.…“has expensive tastes and it’s breaking the bank”.…”He feels like a walking ATM machine”.…”has spent a reported $1 million just on the American actress designer wardrobe”…”the rags-to-riches royal racked up a $2.5 million tab after joining The Firm”….Looooolol!

anonymoushouseplantfan:

https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/meghan-markle-spending-out-of-control-163007

https://www.newidea.com.au/prince-charles-lashes-out-at-prince-harry-bride-meghan-markle-over-extravagant-spending

These are not reliable sources, but it’s interesting that the story is out there.

doyouevenfilm:

In a faraway land, long ago, there lived a King and his fair Queen. Many years they had longed for a child, and finally their wish was granted. A daughter was born, and they called her Aurora. Yes, they named her after the dawn, for she filled their lives with sunshine.

Sleeping Beauty (1959) dir. Clyde Geronimi

I was happy but happy is an adult word. You don’t have to ask a child about happy, you see it. They are or they are not. Adults talk about being happy because largely they are not. Talking about it is the same as trying to catch the wind. Much easier to let it blow all over you.

Jeanette Winterson (via quotemadness)

Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years

archaeologicalnews:

At an archaeological site in northeastern Jordan, researchers have discovered the charred remains of a flatbread baked by hunter-gatherers 14,400 years ago. It is the oldest direct evidence of bread found to date, predating the advent of agriculture by at least 4,000 years. The findings suggest that bread production based on wild cereals may have encouraged hunter-gatherers to cultivate cereals, and thus contributed to the agricultural revolution in the Neolithic period.

A team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen, University College London and University of Cambridge have analysed charred food remains from a 14,400-year-old Natufian hunter-gatherer site—a site known as Shubayqa 1 located in the Black Desert in northeastern Jordan. The results, which are published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, provide the earliest empirical evidence for the production of bread:

“The presence of hundreds of charred food remains in the fireplaces from Shubayqa 1 is an exceptional find, and it has given us the chance to characterize 14,000-year-old food practices. Read more.

‘Birds of Prey:’ Black Canary, Huntress, Cassandra Cain, Renee Montoya

justiceleague:

Black Canary, Huntress, Cassandra Cain, and Renee Montoya will join Harley Quinn’s girl gang in the Margot Robbie film “Birds of Prey,” TheWrap has exclusively learned.

Robbie will produce “Birds of Prey” and reprise her “Suicide Squad” character, Harley Quinn. The film is centered around a revolving group of female heroes and villains, individuals with knowledge of the project tell TheWrap.

In addition, TheWrap has learned that the villain in “Birds of Prey” will be a Batman comics villain who has never before appeared on the big screen.

“Birds of Prey” will be produced by Kroll & Co Entertainment’s Sue Kroll and Clubhouse Pictures’ Bryan Unkeless, as well as Robbie.

‘Birds of Prey:’ Black Canary, Huntress, Cassandra Cain, Renee Montoya

witherspoons-reeses:

“An idea is like a virus, resilient, highly contagious. The smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you.”

Inception (2010) dir. Christopher Nolan
–  opened in US, Taiwan, Neterlands, Mexico, Kazakhstan, india, Ireland, Indonesia, UK, and Canada on July 16, 2010

The irony that Tom Sykes & Omid seem to miss is that Tom Sr only told us of this conversation with the Harkles AFTER Megs ghosted him. All through their “romance” and wedding, Tom Sr. was silent. And then he apologized for staging the pap pics. The man APOLOGIZED. And yet they gave him the cold shoulder. And in the meantime, Megs is racking up a humongous clothing/jewelry bill & calling herself a humanitarian. This is so absurd it brings to life the saying: ‘truth is stranger than fiction’.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Yep, and he had to apologize through the press because they weren’t talking to him. That was the issue.

And they ghosted him AFTER there were a ton of leaks from the palace about how they didn’t blame him for the pictures and they were so concerned about his health and the were going to go see him in Mexico. I bet he thought everything was okay and he had been forgiven and then he realized they weren’t taking his call anymore. That’s when he decided to apologize through the press.

I can’t remember if it is a PR anon on Skippy that implied Pa Markle is part of Meghan’s strategy or a tarot reader. THe more I see the more it seems he is part of the strategy, as now he is putting her as a victim. Before the wedding in the end she got what she wanted it was a circus but the more I see her the more it seems she loves the circus, just like her family.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

I think it was one of Skippy’s anons.

I doubt it’s a coordinated strategy, however. I feel like it’s more that her family knows her and they’ve been in this situations twice before. They know what she’s going to do. 

Tom Sykes is on a roll defending Megha’s decision to ghost her dad now.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/now-meghan-markless-dad-seeks-to-shame-her-as-well

Jezebel, however, seems to think that dad deserves another chance. 

https://jezebel.com/meghan-markle-s-dad-is-really-bumming-me-out-these-days-1827623578

And so do the local papers.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/tragic-reason-meghan-markles-father-14910134

But I doubt that will happen if Thomas joins Celebrity Big Brother’s “eye of the storm” lineup. 

https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/16/celebrity-big-brother-theme-leak-heavily-hints-meghan-markles-father-thomas-joining-years-epic-line-7720057/

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anonymoushouseplantfan:

SHOTS FIRED!

You know it’s about to ‘go down’ when you’re actually slowly whispering “oh my goood”. Daddy’s got an in with the UK press now. It’s official. The Sun is his UK TMZ.

No response wringed from RoyalMeg or KP out of his Saturday & Sunday exclusives in The Sun, so now the old fox is shooting warning shots with a sharp loaded shotgun! LOL, good heavens. He’s basically going, ‘oh you thought this was embarrassing? Pick up the damned phone or I’ll show you embarrassment.’ He’s really much better at this media game than his daughter.

I mean…, “If I chose in a month, or couple of months, to go to En­g­land — I want to see my daughter. I’m thinking about it. I don’t care whether she is p***** off at me or not.”

And, “I still want to meet the Queen. If she’ll meet Donald Trump, why not me? (!OMG!) I’d like to be treated by the royal family like Meghan’s father. I should be regarded with the respect of any other father of the bride.”

Well you go daddy-o! LOL. Dear oh dear…

Here’s to him actually doing it. Can you imagine the brouhaha he’ll cause with Fleet Street chomping at the bit? The poor (literally and figuratively poor!) father, pictured outside of KP gates, not being let in, pouring his heart out to his darling daughter through the press in an attempt to reach her. Fearing she’s being held hostage in there; smothered into silence under a mountain of £€$£€$£€$ bespoke swag. DANG! Do it Thomas Markle Sr. Doooo iiiiiiit!


Thanks for sending this in. It’s turning into quite the soap opera. 

It would actually be a big chance for her. She could have a public reconciliation, introduce him to the Queen, and then leak that she’s now talking to him but being very careful about what she says because she knows he’s talking to the press. That would neutralize him.

But it sounds like she’s going to try ignoring him, which will just make him rant and rave. That’s going to look pretty funny when she decides she wants to do charity again and starts going on Heads Together events telling people that “we must all help” the mentally ill and families in crisis and there should be tons of support and no stigma.

The thing with doing it there own way is that they can’t blame anyone else for the screwups. I think that’s why the palace is letting them do this. They don’t want to be responsible for a couple of adult babies.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

They are going to get blamed anyway, by Tom Markle of all people. It’s hilarious because Richard Kay had insiders saying that the staff was desperately trying to get Meghan to make up with her family and she just refused to do so. Now they are getting blamed for it all.

Hollywood american celebrity way is totally different than the British royal way. Trying to control their image from day one she thought she can outsmart the british press and do it the old hollywood PR way and control their narrative. I bet know she’s learning the british press is totally different from the american way. Americans love the flashy celebrity world but the british world is totally different. We have the same language but different cultures. She’s finding out the hard way

anonymoushouseplantfan:

I think the main difference is that a Hollywood celebrity can live in the publicist bubble forever, but royals have to interact with the real world. Meghan sold everyone this Hollywood humanitarian image and now that’s crumbling down.

Omid is dumb to defend Megs publicly. Tom Sr will clap back with receipts of how things were good up until just before the wedding. Omid should really stop listening to Megs and her lies. She’s already burned him, when will he learn? I can’t wait for the next Tom Sr interview.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Well, that’s what I don’t get about this sudden “toxic parenting” talk. Tom was supposedly a saint (amply documented in Meghan’s speeches, essays and social media) until early May 2018. 

Whatever Tom Sr does after this she completely deserves. To label him as a child abuser after saying what a great father he was is sick. And all because he didn’t fit into her brand so she kicked him to the curb. It’s her fault that he opened his mouth and I hope he keeps doing it too. I hope he gets mad enough that he tells us all about his precious daughter. How she uses people and throws them away like garbage. How shes been scheming everything. You reap what you sow Meghan. Go for it Tom Sr!

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Meghan’s a bitch for treating her father this way. My father was a raging alcoholic who didn’t do anything for me or my two sisters. From everything I’ve heard her father was wonderful to her and to treat him like that? Bitch.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Yep, it’s interesting how they use the language of abuse, but her dad was apparently fantastic to her until the tabs started circling and he got no media guidance from KP.

So, basically now that Mio has stupidly set up a rationale that Megs needs to separate herself from her father, we can probably expect that Tom Sr. is going to come back with everything that he did for his daughter growing up and beyond. Attempted ghosting isn’t going to work this time. Shall we take bets on whether or not Tom Sr. is going to appear on Good Morning Britain? Whether or not Meg’s previous Instagram posts will appear?

Just sayin’…cause this girl gives Fleet Street a lot to work with…

Re: Louis Christening Photos, Meg was obviously not matching w everyone else in room or the room itself. So, did she not get the message to dress in blue or cream; or did she intentionally wear the wrong color. I assumed her green was intended for Ireland, and she got a last minute invite. But, wouldn’t they want her to match for the photos? Is this Carole throwing shade at Meg by leaving her out w a pertinent detail omitted? Harry knew…

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Harry wore the right tie, so I’m sure they knew.

She probably wanted to stick out from the crowd, thinking she would look better if she wore a different color.

MM sugars are screaming at Emily Andrews at her twitter. For not being sugarly enough, i guess. And Emily is a MM and PH stan herself!!! These MM stans are crazy. Some are under 18, that explains somewhat their attitude.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

OMG, it’s a smackdown! But I think it technically starts in Mio’s mentions, I think. 

https://twitter.com/scobie/status/1017585646591008769

Then it moves the Emily’s mentions:

https://twitter.com/byEmilyAndrews/status/1017752757481197568

Emily felt so hounded she retweeted this:

The best part is the one where they complain about Emily using the phrase “newly-minted.” They clearly don’t know what that means and they thought Emily was calling Meghan nouveau riche or something. It’s hilarious. Em is a total sugar, but still attack her BECAUSE THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND BASIC ENGLISH. I’m dying.