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ninjamcqueen: laughbitches: Best vine ever. oh my

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:12:27 -0500

ninjamcqueen:

laughbitches:

Best vine ever.

oh my

thingsorganizedneatly: SUBMISSION: packing for 10 days in...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:58:16 -0500

thingsorganizedneatly:

SUBMISSION: packing for 10 days in Korea.

totalfilm: Sony confirms The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and 4 Sony...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:28:16 -0500

totalfilm:

Sony confirms The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and 4

Sony has unveiled long-term plans for the future of one of its prime properties with the announcement that The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and 4 will arrive in 2016 and 2018 respectively…

can we just take a moment to appreciate everything about this...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:49:25 -0500

can we just take a moment to appreciate everything about this show

laughingsquid: Diapered Monkey Buys Himself a Drink From a...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:47:21 -0500

laughingsquid:

Diapered Monkey Buys Himself a Drink From a Vending Machine

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kaliande: SIGNAL BOOST if you guys see that link going around that says you can read 50 shades of...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:41:53 -0500

kaliande:

SIGNAL BOOST

if you guys see that link going around that says you can read 50 shades of grey for free

DON’T CLICK IT

it will bring you to a site where you can read 50 shades of grey for free

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"And then, in 2010, Marvel Comics presented a Spider-Man (the ‘Ultimate’ version) who was 13 years..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:09:37 -0500

“And then, in 2010, Marvel Comics presented a Spider-Man (the ‘Ultimate’ version) who was 13 years old and brown. To see Spider-Man pulling his mask over a tiny brown chin – to see a boy with short curly hair sticking to the ceiling of his bedroom— well, something happened. Dagim has been Spider-Man for two Halloweens in a row. He takes a bath with his Spider-Man and a toy killer whale. He has Spider-Man toothpaste and a Spider-Man toothbrush. If Spider-Man offered medical coverage, I think he would want that, too.
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I thought for a while that my son would never be interested in my comics. I was afraid they would just represent another club he couldn’t join: all those big-jawed white guys with their hair parted to the side. But thanks to Spider-Man, my son imagines himself jumping on giant robots and saving the city. I hear him doing that behind the door of his room.”

- NY Times: A Superhero Who Looks Like My Son (via fyeahlilbit2point0)

Yes. This.

(via youneedtolookatthis)

I got to meet Miles at a convention last summer. Not some kid in a costume. But Miles.

There’s this kid at our booth. I’d guess around 11 years old. He had been by the booth solo a couple times already. This time he had an adult.

“This one dad. This is the new Spider-Man.”
“Uh, huh.” his dad was singularly unimpressed with Spidey.
“No dad see,” and he points to one where Miles has the mask off, “He’s half black and half Mexican.” the kid is just beaming.
Dad starts to smile. This is about when a lady walks up, she puts her arm around dad and the kid says hi to mom.

Here’s the thing. This kid’s dad is Hispanic and mom is black. Miles was literally showing him he could be Spider-Man.

This isn’t me wanting to grow up and be Storm. This isn’t me wanting to be Captain America. Those are characters that are like me, kind of. But I have tons of characters that are “just like me”. That’s my white girl privilege.

Miles, beyond being a super awesome Spider-Man is a super awesome role model. This is a character that says, you exist AND you can be a hero.

Miles is the reason I am so passionate about representation in comics. Because I saw that little boy’s face and the pride in having himself matter enough, his family matters enough, to be shown in comics.

The kid and I had a lovely chat about Miles and how awesome he was. His dad asked for info on the comics so he could try & find the back issues for his son. It is pretty much my best memory of that convention.

I started reading Miles because I was interested in a different take on Spidey. I kept reading because Miles is AWESOME. I will continue reading so that kid keeps being able to see himself in the pages of a comic.

(via optimysticals)