i know my value.

#alixrenee. 28. lawrence, ks. (yes, like supernatural) i like to erase mental health stigma & spread body positivity & fight heteronormative bullshit & be an intersectional feminist killjoy & see diverse representation in media & get lost in long fantasy series & watch super heroes fly around & play skyrim and magic the gathering.

[n0chillvibes]

teachers that roast the people you hate are the backbone of our society

[manbunenthusiast]

[babyanimalgifs]

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[starkstricken]

PSA: DON’T USE FLASH!!!! TO TAKE PHOTOS!!!!! IN MUSEUMS OR GALLERIES!!!!!!!

so i was in front of Van Gogh’s Starry Night at the moma yesterday and this girl in front of me took a picture with the flash on (WHICH YOU DONT DO!!! EVER!!! BECAUSE FLASH IS TERRIBLE FOR PAINTINGS!!!! THERE WERE SIGNS EVERYWHERE SAYING NOT TO USE IT!!!!) 

so i said “hey, dont use flash” 

AND THIS MOLDY ASSBABY turns around, gives me the dirtiest look, takes ANOTHER photo WITH HER FLASH ON and fucking!!!! walks!!!! away!!!!!! and ive never come so close to beating the ever living shit out of someone before in my life.

Starry NIght is one of the most important, beloved works of art IN THE WORLD and youre such a entitled piece of shit that you risk damaging it just to get a fucking photo??????? and you know what? it doesnt even matter that it was starry night, ANY piece of art deserves to be shown safetly. just because an artist isnt famous doesnt mean you get to put their work in jeopardy. art is so fucking imporant to our histories and cultures, to our very humanity, and it makes me furious when people dont respect it. 

this has been a psa from an angry art history student thank you and remember to turn off your flash 

[katanamasako]

how it damages the painting is what I will now explain since OP just went on a rant but didn’t explain why it’s bad for paintings. Older paintings especially but also newer ones. Have you ever wandered why museum lighting is filtered into a dull yellow? Why it seems to be so dark but you don’t really pay it any mind until you step outside and you are instantly blinded by the sun?

Sunlight, full spectrum, will FADE paintings, and can even cause chemical reactions in some that cause flaking, particularly those that have been restored with certain compounds. YOU ARE LITERALLY ERASING THE ARTWORK WITH EACH FLASH.

White spectrum light is bad, blue spectrum is WORSE. light filtered through yellow filters seems to do less damage and that is why they ask you not to use flash. There are cameras now with settings for museums that disables the flash and still manage to pick out the artwork. For artists the world over, this is a huge chunk of history that can not be recreated once it is gone. Please. Respect the rules in a museum.

[starkstricken]

hi OP here, thank you for explaining!  I honestly didn’t realize so many people didn’t know how harmful it is, so originally my post was just because i was angry people were being willfully harmful. But i realize now that a lot of people don’t know, so educating is the key!!

[thesnobbyartsyblog]

Museums are well lit, no need to use flash.

[iiphides]

And if it isn’t well lit by your standards, that’s to preserve the art.

[lushthemagicdragon]

I am museum staff and I approve this message also please stop leaning on sculptures and frames i swear to god who raised you

[ophidiae]

I am retired museum staff, and I also approve this message!

At the museum where I worked, we had the lights in the textile section hooked up to motion detectors so they only lit up when someone walked through the exhibit. It was 100% for protecting fragile & delicate textiles from light exposure.

[alcor]

reasons why the English language sucks: colonel

[skateybears]

all are welcome

[blankpointdankmemes]

[cindysmoon]

[denverdeathgrip]

Written by a Nigerian Muslim to be exact

[fandomsandfeminism]

Paying employees a living wage is part of operating costs. If a business cant afford to pay its employees a living wage, then it has failed as a business and should no longer operate.

[bitchycode]

[onlytwitterpics]

[guddog]

“how will i explain gay couples to my children”

if you can explain to your children that an immortal man in a red suit who lives in the north pole travels around the entire world on one night every year on a sleigh carried by magical flying deer i think itll be easy enough to tell them two people are in love

[alexander]

i choked reading this

[kaladinsenpai]

Perrin began walking to check on the supply carts, but something small struck him softly on the back of the head. He froze, turning, scanning the forest behind him. To the right, it stood brown and dead; to his left, the tree cover dwindled. He couldn’t seen anyone. Have I been pushing myself too hard? he wondered, rubbing his head as he turned to continue walking. Imagining things that— Another little strike on the back of his head. He spun and caught sight of something dropping to the grass. Frowning, he knelt down and picked it up. An acorn. Another one smacked him in the forehead. It had come from the forest. Perrin growled and strode into the trees. One of the camp’s few children, perhaps? Ahead was a large oak tree; the trunk thick and wide enough to hide someone. Once he grew close, he hesitated. Was this some kind of trap? He laid his hand on his hammer and inched forward. The tree was downwind, and he couldn’t catch the scent of— A hand suddenly jutted out from behind the trunk, holding a brown sack. “I caught a badger,” a familiar voice said. “Want to let it go on the village green?”

Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson, Towers of Midnight: Chapter 44 - A Backhanded Request 

Ta'veren reunion = all the feels.

(via kaladinsenpai)

I think about this scene so dang often.

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[thereal1990s]

Pretty Woman (1990)