nprfreshair:

On today’s Fresh Air: the physical spaces that make up the Internet.  (Above: the physical spaces that make up online communities.)

(via xkcd: Online Communities)

shortformblog:

Pinterest already has become an attractive destination in particular for Facebook-ers who are looking for the thrill of a small startup versus working for the big company. Pinterest has about 40 employees. Five of the top positions are filled by former Facebook employees.

Key sign you’re not cool anymore? All the hipsters at your company move on, like moths to a light source. (thanks Greg Bufithis)

fuckyeahfeminists:

villa-kulla:

Reporter: I have a question to Robert and to Scarlett. Firstly to Robert, throughout Iron Man 1 and 2, Tony Stark started off as a very egotistical character but learns how to fight as a team. And so how did you approach this role, bearing in mind that kind of maturity as a human being when it comes to the Tony Stark character, and did you learn anything throughout the three movies that you made?

And to Scarlett, to get into shape for Black Widow did you have anything special to do in terms of the diet, like did you have to eat any specific food, or that sort of thing?

Scarlett: How come you get the really interesting existential question, and I get the like, “rabbit food” question?

The respect given to you if you’re a man in the entertainment business, and the respect given to you if you’re a woman in the entertainment business: all perfectly summed up in one idiotically thought out line of questioning.

Wow, reading the difference between the questions is HILARIOUS.

Did anyone else notice all the unnecessary ass shots of ScarJo throughout the movie, tho?

Considering that Scarlett is a rather good actress IMO, its digusting they still focus on her body only.

My life NEEDS to be like this every day.

whatshouldwecallme:

modcloth:

Atelier Versace Fall 2010.

rubywhiterabbit:

My little brother got into outer space and stuff so my step-mom bought him a place mat with all the planets on it. When I first saw it, I was upset, because it was newer and so Pluto wasn’t labeled. I was about to say something when I noticed something…

Pluto is there.

The artist remembered Pluto.

Guys…

The artist drew Pluto crying.

shortformblog:

Dating of bones suggest humans made music 42,000+ years ago

The oldest instrument: Unearthed from the Hohle Fels Cave in Germany, the above flute (made from animals; bird bone and mammoth ivory flutes have been found) now stands as the oldest known human instrument. Upon initial testing, researchers believed bones found with the flute to be roughly 35,000 years old, but improved radiocarbon dating has revealed that they’re actually between 42,000 and 43,000 years old. The implications of this on our knowledge of humanity’s history are considerable — past dating suggested humans waited on warmer weather before heading into Central Europe, near the Danube River, but now it appears that humans moved up the Danube well prior to an especially cold period of the Ice Age. source

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From childhood to fatherhood…

chicksforflicks:

Above are three graphs (click on the images to enlarge them.) 

The first graph depicts the proportion of female to male college graduates with Journalism and Mass Communications degrees. As you can see, a good chunk of these graduates are women. If we look at the next graph, however, we see a graph of gender distribution in key behind the scenes roles in movies (directors, writers, executive producers, producers, editors, and cinematographers,) where the jobs are held overwhelmingly by men. The 250 movies considered in this data encompass all genres, not just chick flicks. Although we showed in an earlier post that women are in fact becoming more involved in the film industry, based on the numbers above, we still have a long way to go.

In the third graph, we see a distribution of gender representation in news rooms. Again, predominantly male.

If the majority of these jobs are occupied by men, where are all of the women with these degrees working?! 

What we see here is an overarching problem in the workforce. Although more women hold degrees that qualify them for these jobs, the media is still a man’s world. Something needs to be done to get these educated, qualified women working in the media. If more women were controlling and reporting the media,  perhaps the ways women are represented in the media would change. 

These graphs are courtesy of Women’s Media Center.