bla-nket

julie, trace / untrace, dunedin nz

[whyideletedyourpromoemail]

While the word may be considered taboo in some circles of the musical elite, the fact is that Emo is back, and for some it never went away.

(via whyideletedyourpromoemail)

[letargos]

[azeoa]

[robotcosmonaut]

Kim Gordon

[rihannanews44]

[fuckyeaheda]

[yewfy]

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By the time I left St. Martin’s, I could not justify myself being an artist at all, because I did not meet anyone there who was doing interesting art that was also getting through to everyday people. [Students there were] exploring apathy, dressing up in some pigeon outfit, or running around conceptualizing. My life did not allow it: My mom was getting evicted, my brother was going to jail, I’d get my first phone call from my dad in twelve years confirming he’s still alive. So making ripples in the water, to aesthetically represent beauty, just didn’t make sense [to me].

M.I.A. (via arabaean)

[deadghosty]

winter solstice & summer solstice

[fuckyeahfeminist]

The two most effective beliefs that prevent us (whites) from seeing racism as a system are: 1. that racists are bad people and 2. that racism is conscious dislike; if we are well-intended and do not consciously dislike people of color, we cannot be racist. This is why it is so common for white people to cite their friends and family members as evidence of their lack of racism. However, when you understand racism as a system of structured relations into which we are all socialized, you understand that intentions are irrelevant. And when you understand how socialization works, you understand that much of racial bias is unconscious. Negative messages about people of color circulate all around us. While having friends of color is better than not having them, it doesn’t change the overall system or prevent racism from surfacing in our relationships. The societal default is white superiority and we are fed a steady diet of it 24/7. To not actively seek to interrupt racism is to internalize and accept it.

Dr. Robin Diangelo, “11 Ways White America Avoids Taking Responsibility for its Racism” (via fuck-yeah-feminist)

[gracielovessjesus-deactivated20]

If fetuses could talk they would say “please Mommy don’t kill me!”

[sasymptote-blog]

but they can’t talk. or think. they have no concept of existence, let alone death. they have no fears, no desires. your statement is irrelevant. if chairs could talk, they’d ask us not to put our sweaty asses on them, but they can’t talk, or even register their situations, so we don’t bother analyzing any other scenarios.

[ammaisspeaking]

[sixpenceee]

Mount Rainier shadow casts on the sky at sunrise. It only happens when the sun rises farther to the south and has to be in the exact position to where Rainier blocks the first rays of morning light. (Source)

[alexstrohl]

[srtakoko]

Sartre & de Beauvoir

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resurrecting my tumblr from the ashes