Partially Obscured Something Or Other

[pumpkinrothalloween]

[witchesversuspatriarchy]

[robsheridan]

Selections from the pages of Spectagoria Magazine’s October 1985 “Vaporgoth” issue, which brought “old magick to the new wave,” according to editor Sera Clairmont. Bringing otherworldly darkness to the mortal world of fashion had become the signature of Spectagoria, but Clairmont had been in hiding for years and recent Spectagoria issues had been highly critical of the Reagan 80s’ excessive materialism, leaving critics wondering if Clairmont was even interested enough anymore in the superficialities of the fashion world to continue subverting them. It was a welcome surprise, then, for readers to discover that rumors of supposed Clairmont sightings in the underground nightlife of New York City were apparently true, and she had been gathering inspiration for a new vision of her occult horror style that kept up with - if not outpaced - the bright colors and neon lights of mainstream ‘80s fashion. As usual, the Vaporgoth issue perplexed some readers with elaborate set pieces and makeup effects that seemed to defy belief; but longtime fans only saw more evidence that Clairmont’s supposed prowess in dark cosmic magic was again hiding in plain sight…

To be continued.

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NOTE: Spectagoria is an ongoing work of fiction created by me. This alternate reality horror story is part of my NightmAIres narrative art series (visit that link for a lot more). NightmAIres are windows into other worlds and interconnected alternate histories, conceived/written by me and visualized with synthography and Photoshop.

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[thebelchers]

[witchesversuspatriarchy]

simple venn diagram

[vintage-halloween]

[thebelchers]

[thebelchers]

[barrelofmonkeys]

Black Friday Ghost Mesh Dress Hot Topic Halloween L

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[sarahseeandersen]

[lizclimo]

[oopsallskeletons]

[wonderstruck]

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

[titsay]

they had so much fun on their date

[dogmotif-deactivated20240505]

if you're not obsessed with anything weird and niche please try harder. stop going outside for a while. consider getting weirder about the things you already like

[pusheen]

[dykecostanza-deactivated2024112]

the bait and switch way this is written literally made me laugh out loud

[dykecostanza-deactivated2024112]

biden: my new plan guarantees four additional years of free education

kids in high school: holy shit free college?!

biden: oh no two years of pre-school and then two years of college*

*only at select locations, restrictions apply

[annalisa-nicole]

Okay but pre-school is expensive as hell. Making it free will directly improve the lives of so many families.

[blackfemmejeanvaljean]

so is community college it will literally cut the cost of college in half or make it free for the people that choose one of the many careers you can get with a two year degree are y'all stupid or just dumb

[imgonnakillyourayromano123]

do ppl actually not realise how important affordable childcare is to working women???

[soozencreates-deactivated202110]

Hi, I'm a mum! Pre-pandemic, I was working over forty hours a week, and the entirety of my paycheck went to covering my kid's daycare cost. Daycare and pre school are expensive, so much so that a lot of people quite literally can't afford it, even when working full time.

Having two years of pre-k education covered is absolutely beyond helpful. Parents genuinely want to provide the very best for the kids and having early education covered can go a long way in allowing parents to do just that.

[ultranos]

Look, I don’t have kids and I am still buried under student loans from college. I absolutely believe free college is necessary.

However.

There is decades worth of evidence that pre-K education is one of the strongest ways of giving kids enduring advantages in K-12 education. A lot of the data comes specifically out of Oklahoma, which does have voluntary universal pre-K (which makes it an excellent case study) and the research shows gains across all racial and socio-economic boundaries. That paper is from 2005. Researchers revisited the kids later to see how persistent these gains were, or if they were drowned out by all the other stuff.

Turns out, the kids who were in pre-K continued to have academic success through middle school (they hadn’t tracked through high school). And just for fun, they also did some projected adult earnings for kids who went through pre-K, as fun benefit-cost analysis of the whole thing. And it looks like the benefits skew disproportionately in favor of the more disadvantaged students.

Community college is great and should be accessible to everybody. But universal pre-K will catch more kids early on to ensure they have a better shot at finishing high school. The evidence screams that it is one of the single most-effective measures in leveling the playing field for all kids, and reducing the generations of privilege baked into the system.

[lynati]

And Biden’s campaign stance was always two years of free community college, NOT four years at any and all universities. It’s not a bait and switch if it’s the two years of college he previously “promised” us PLUS something new and different that is explained IN THE NEXT / SAME SENTENCE so people wouldn’t get confused and think it meant four years of college.

[gayahithwen]

The wording of the tweet is a little bit bait-and-switch if you haven't been staying on top of the policy discussions, but even so: this is a really good thing, please don't dismiss all the good that this policy will do just because it's not everything you want it to be.

[dragongirlteeth]

I feel like this is also a subtle way to encourage going to community colleges for trades rather than four year degrees, which is something that we desperately need since we basically lost most of a generation of skilled tradespeople in the push for "you have to get a four year degree to succeed"