"My daughter has not seen her biological dad since she was four. She’s 11 now. When she was two he contacted me and asked if I would allow him to terminate his parental rights so he could stop paying child support and I agreed.. I wanted to spare her the heartache of a revolving door father and the sacrifice of the financial support was well worth him never being able to disappoint her again. I never lied to her about where he went or who her dad was.. I have always answered her questions in the most age appropriate way possible. When she was four he contacted me and told me he has been diagnosed with cancer and would like to see her. I set aside a day and we met in the park. He had asked for two hours. He stayed 20 minutes and we never heard from him again.. Over the summer we ran into somebody that knows him and they commented on how she looks like his other children. They elaborated that he has settled down and has a family now. My stomach tied itself in knots thinking of how hurtful that must be to my daughter.. I cut the conversation short and we got in the car to leave and that’s when I saw her smiling. She said “mom.. He figured out how to be a dad. That’s such a nice thing. I’m happy for his kids.” And that’s the day an 11 year old taught me all I need to know about forgiveness"
—A comment on this Humans of New York post (via aboutme-g)
The Moment from The Age of Ultron Trailer that Crystallizes Why Marvel Studios Has A Woman Problem
Following its leak online yesterday, Marvel Studios officially released its trailer for the Avenger’s sequel, “Age of Ultron”. You can watch the entire trailer here.
And in that trailer there is this moment above which is without question one of the best action moments.
It is Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow dropping out of a plane while riding a motorcycle.
Can anyone argue this is not awesome?
Every male lead character save Hawkeye and Nick Fury has had a standalone movie. Ironman, Thor, Cap and the Hulk. Antman will soon have his own film. There is also rumors swirling about a Dr. Strange movie.
But Black Widow, the character that is about to appear in her fourth Marvel movie, does not have a film announced.
With Lucy this past year, Johansson showed she can take mediocre material and turn it into a worldwide hit grossing over $415M globally. That’s for an unlicensed character in a film with bad to middling reviews. By comparison the first Captain American film with Chris Evans had a worldwidel box office of $370M globally.
When asked why there is no Black Widow film, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has that he “hopes” to have a movie “sooner than later”.
Marvel Studios Executive Vice President Vicki Alonson was recently asked about the lack of female led films by Marvel she said “if it were up to me, it would be today”
Why with the success of Lucy, Black Widow given plenty of life out of the four other films she’s appeared in would Marvel Studios not greenlight this film?
I’m not sure I entirely can put the blame on Feige. He ultimately answers to Ike Perlmutter but you have to wonder too why he is choosing to leave the potential gross of a Black Widow movie on the table.
It’s not the visibility of the character.
It’s not like they don’t have an actor proven at the box office.
It’s not like there aren’t any good stories to tell.
There’s only one major difference between Black Widow and the other characters Marvel Studios is giving their own movies to - she’s a woman.
i dont believe the whole ‘girls mature faster than boys’ thing because girls are literally sexualized from infancy and forced to act Adult about things from a ridiculously young age while boys are taught that they can act like tantrum throwing little shits forever
Give me ten thousand pages of team 7 doing things together besides missions I REFUUUSE to believe sasuke spent every waking moment wallowing and training, I want to see more of the friendship he’s so invested in gdi I would love to hear this twelve year old asshole all bashful inviting Naruto and Sakura over for dinner to hang out
Islamophobic:
their Koran permits them to beat their wives...
Me:
Yes it does but could you tell me what with?
Islamophobic:
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Me:
A blade of grass, I don't know the last time you tried to beat someone with a blade of grass but it is pretty damn impossible, you must look at the people the Qur'an was revealed to, the Arabs at that time (just like most of the world) would beat their wives brutally. To tell them they couldn't beat their wives would have caused rebellion, so Allah (swt) being the greatest of planners, revealed it in a way that was so clever. It permitted them to beat their wives (as not to cause rebellion) however only with a blade of grass (which we all know to be impossible). Then the most beautiful line came saying but surely it is better for you to forgive, do you see now that the Qur'an does not permit the brutal beating of wives which in that time would have saved the lives of many women. Also I suggest you look at the rights of a wife over her husband, then tell me my religion is sexist.
I can't believe this is still getting loads of notes, this has to be my most successful post ever.
