you can't take the sky from me

cleoselene:

thetelltalejanelle:

punks and cannonballers: but honestly with elementary it’s like we have this show and these…

wingsoutstretched:

but honestly with elementary it’s like we have this show and these writers that are intent on slyly deconstructing every single sexist trope that we expect to see on a network program that JUST SO HAPPENS to have a male and a female as its leads 

because here in this episode we have this standard scene where MALE CHARACTER walks into FEMALE ROOMIE’S ROOM to discuss something important, and female roomie’s got to get dressed

and let’s just take a second to deconstruct what that scene ALWAYS does in traditional media (I.E. IT’S SEX OR SEXUAL TENSION IT ALWAYS IS IT ALWAYS ALWAYS IS) and what it gloriously REFUSES to do in this scene because

first, there are no sexual innuendoes, no lame-ass jokes that joan is less than clothed, i.e., less than the position he’s in. instead, holmes turns around and starts addresing the case at hand. end of story.

but THEN. joan changes clothes in the background, and she is fully clothed at all times. she covers one tank with the next. she adds a pair of socks. and, most importantly, she breaks a trope: she fiddles with finding the zip on her shirt, and she doesn’t ask the man in the room to help her. which, as you know, is a classic stereotypical ~sexual tension WILL THEY OR WON’T THEY~ move. joan fixes her own goddamn shirt. I repeat: JOAN FIXES HER OWN GODDAMN SHIRT. it might not seem like much, but when you think about this show in relation to so many other messages you get during the course of a typical day, and you think about how that scenario might play out on another show, you can’t help but realize how this show not only does this, but does this kind of thing like hitting a gently lobbed softball.

Once again, Elementary gets the important things right, and I love it all the more for having done so. 

I loved that bit with the zipper.  And I also loved how Holmes only stood there, back turned, only because he couldn’t bear to shut up about his mystery solving.  Like there was nothing hinky about it, it was just Sherlock rambling about solving some murder.

(via yolkinthejump)

shinesinthenight:

How to Take Care of Yourself When You Feel Like Crawling Under a Rock and Hiding:

obsessionfull:

1. Keep to your routine. It can feel like you’d rather call in sick and spend the week wallowing in secret, but it is GOOD for you to go about your day. Keep busy. Do things. See people.
2. Make sure you’re getting enough sleep. Life can be hard. Life without adequate sleep is much, much harder.
3. Eat the food that makes your body feel like it can climb mountains and run marathons. For me, that is not exactly the kind of food that emotional eating lends itself too, but I strive to eat the food that makes my body feel strong and capable.
4. Engage your mind in something creative. Turn your sadness and pain into something beautiful that you can be proud of. Share the knowledge that your pain has brought you. Teach someone. Turn something upsetting into something good. It’s good for you.
5. Be extremely, unendingly sweet to yourself. Give yourself the time and space to recover, heal, and pull your odds and ends together. Take it slow. Pay close attention to your body and heart, and act accordingly. Near tears every second of the day? Yelling at the people closest to you, because you feel so crummy? Apologize, practice self-awareness, and be compassionate – you are not a monster, you are operating in a moment of out-of-the-ordinary conditions.

It is OK to be weak. It is OK not to have all of the answers. It is OK not to want to go out and be social.

More than anything, it is OK to experience your pain or hurt in whatever way comes naturally to you.

(via drake-mallard)