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"Do you really believe ... that everything historians tell us about men – or about women – is actually true? You ought to consider the fact that these histories have been written by men, who never tell the truth except by accident." — Moderata Fonte

Hi, I'm Lisa. I'm a huge ass history nerd. I'm a women's historian.I study European women's history (1500-present) and US history (to 1865). I blog mostly about the history I study and feminism.

painting: Hearing - Philippe Mercier.

apriki:

If you’re planning to continue to use a downloading system (and I honestly hope you do - saying megaupload shutting down is the end of downloads would be like saying file sharing was dead when napster got taken), here are a few tips:

FOR UPLOADING

rename your files something simple - for example, “GOT” or even “throne” for Game of Thrones, or “TVD” or “vampire” for The Vampire Diaries. Sometimes files will be taken down for being named something copyrighted.

change the extension of your file to .ppt or .abc - after downloading the person can change it back to .avi

put http://anonym.to/ before your url link

FOR DOWNLOADING

there are lots of other downloading sites! Filesonic, fileshare, rapidshare, mediafire… get out there and explore for your links, you’ll find heaps of them (and probably in HD - megaupload was the go-to source of medium quality files, but 720p is usually uploaded to other servers)

tehparadox is a goldmine for links - and most of them are filesonic/fileserve, which means they’re still valid.

you can use torrenting! Here is a guide for everything you need to know about torrents and how to use them. It’s not complicated at all, and in some ways a lot simpler than direct download.

Install JDownloader! It will change your life, I swear.

filestube is a great way to find links - just be really cautious as to what links you’re sent to - if you’re getting vibes that it isn’t a legit link (size is often an indicator here: regular shows should be about 350mb, movies 700mb - anything incredibly large (unless it’s HD) or small in size is not the real deal), don’t download it.

AVOID programs like limewire - i hope this doesn’t even need to be said, but downloading programs are crawling with viruses.

FOR STREAMING

ngl, the loss of megavideo is a blow in this department. I would say that if you can, download, but if you can’t, livestreams like justintv can work well.

tumblr tags! Searching for a movie or show in the tags can produce a wealth of download or streaming links (the “shame” tag has been going off lately for this reason, fyi).

American sites like ABC often stream episodes after they’ve aired - for Americans only, of course. Use a proxy program like tunnelbear or hotspot shield to bypass country limits - this can be used for sites like hulu as well.

Have fun and be smart when it comes to downloads!!