Notes of a Dirty Young Man

In a love-hate relationship with the whole of humanity, right now.

[lunam-flore]

I drew my umbreon OC as a bunch of spooky black cat memes.

[kitt-the-werefox]

I love them and have a Request:

[lunam-flore]

I don’t want to forget so I’m reblogging a;sdlfjk

[lunam-flore]

@jess-the-werefox

[catchymemes]

[hikingdyke-deactivated20170912]

What advice do you have for a 14 year old girl?

This is so vague I love it. The voices you are hearing are real, god is speaking to you. The nation of France needs you. Don your armor, take up arms, lead the French army. This is your destiny, joan. When the flames come for you let them lick your bones and laugh.

[nerdygaymormon]

“Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) is a 1991 piece by Felix Gonzalez-Torres in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. It’s a spilled pile of candy. 

“Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) represents a specific body, that of Ross Laycock, Gonzalez-Torres’ partner who died of AIDS in 1991. This piece of art serves as an “allegorical portrait,” of Laycock’s life. 

The pile of candy consists of commercially available, shiny wrapped confections. The physical form of the work changes depending on the way it is installed. The work ideally weighs 175 pounds (79 kg) at installation, which is the weight of Ross Laycock when healthy. 

Visitors are invited to take a piece of candy from the work. Gonzalez-Torres grew up Roman Catholic and taking a candy is a symbolic act of communion, but instead of taking a piece of Christ, the participant partakes of the “sweetness” of Ross. As the patrons take candy, they are participants in the art. Each piece of candy consumed is like the illness that ate away at Ross’s body.  

Multiple art museums around the world have installed this piece.

Per Gonzalez-Torres’ parameters, it is up to the museum how often the pile is restocked, or whether it is restocked at all. Whether, instead, it is permitted to deplete to nothing. If the pile is replenished, it is metaphorically granting perpetual life to Ross.

In 1991, public funding of the arts and public funding for AIDS research were both hot issues. HIV-positive male artists were being targeted for censorship. Part of the logic of “Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) is you can’t censor free candy without looking ridiculous, and the ease of replicability of the piece in other museums makes it virtually indestructible.

[wakingfromthewater]

As of late September 2022, the Art Institute of Chicago has changed their exhibit label on this piece to remove any mention of AIDS, Ross Laycock, death, or his relationship with Gonzalez-Torres (via willscullin on Twitter).

Left: old wall text. Right: new wall text as of 9/28/22.

The language they’ve changed to use, talking about “the average body weight of an adult male” is the kind of careful language that art museums might use when we don’t know for sure what something is about – but in this case we do know exactly what the Gonzalez-Torres intended this to be about. (Take it from the Smithsonian if you don’t want it from me!) The museum hasn’t attempted to offer any explanation why, although I cannot think of any unless they wanted to give in object lesson that erasure doesn’t stop even in death.

[ravenkinnie]

HAPPY PRIDE TO CONSTANTINE GETTING SPITROASTED BY A WEREWOLF AND HIS HUSBAND

[i-hate-chick-fil-a]

We stan!!!!

chaotic good

[exploding-plastic-inevitable]

There’s a happy ending to, because the robbery was unsuccessful, the couple ended up getting the money Eden needed from a movie inspired by em! Also John only had to serve part of his sentence. Check out their wedding photos btw they’re beautiful.

[itsanidiom]

reblogging because I’ve seen this post a thousand times and I’ve never seen the happy ending!! 

[ponycamp]

[nobodysuspectsthebutterfly]

#happy international omen’s day (via @kaava)

[thegneurshk]

[viejospellejos]

[gif87a-com]

[knightlyhoods-deactivated202404]

when you tryna chill but your siblings love annoyin you

[lovely-little-hellfire]

Favorite moment

[dovahhoe]

That’s that “Ima beat yo ass” run 😂😂

[hennypendergrass]

He finna beat his ass

[thelittlertiddy-deactivated2018]

I can hear the “aye chill bro chill I’m just playing”

[sixpenceee]

A drone has crashed into Iceland's spewing Fagradalsfjall volcano, with its final spectacular moments being captured on video.

(Source)

[ladameblanc]

Love geology, love fire 🔥

This is gorgeous

[modmad]

[changelingsrule]

That was terrifying.

[bruiselikeviolets]

you ever read something so fucking stupid you want to blow your brains out

[universefemme]

Bisexual women aren’t straight for dating men

[fierceawakening]

What the everloving fuck

[calslaundry-deactivated20211010]

[fiestabear]

[zukkacore]

I s2g every day I wake up and Andrea long chu is terrorizing me with more biphobic takes on Twitter

[funny-tik-toks]

[cheeky-orchid]

He's perfect

[titkoks]

i really didn’t think it could get worse, and then-

[hell-aint-a-bad-place]

??????????????????????????????????????????????

[killfridge]

LMFAOOOOO

[lifeofcynch]

OH MY GOD.

[free-range-tiddies]

Can't believe Peter Griffin really tried it.

[video-store-clerk]

Ok but I'd the second dude like...a vampire? Because my straight ass is bewitched.

[gamebiadvance]

[Transcript:

(the first person has text over them that says "being fat and wanting a girlfriend")

First person: "See what's behind this door..!"

(Door has text over it that says "fat girls" while The Toccata and Fugue in D minor plays in the background)

First person: "Noo, is there a bett-"

Second person: " Yo it's funny that there's an entire demographic, of petite women who love bigger men. But because you've just ousted yourself, as a cunt, it's never gonna happen for you mate. You're really out here body shaming, all these beautiful shawties, big body Bugatti (kiss noise), exquisite; but you're built like a less cool Bling Bling Boy from Johnny Test. Make it make sense mate. It doesn't- it really doesn't. Could've kept your mouth shut. But you had to say something. And you even went so far as to put it on the internet. And you thought that was a good idea because-? Please, take yourself elsewhere. Sincerely the entire fucking human race."

End transcript.]

[thunderboltsortofapenny]

The moment that man started speaking -

[bundibird]

That transcript up there is great, but it fails to mention that the second person? Has a voice like... warm caramel. Like a blanket on a rainy day. Like the gentle creak of an ancient tree in an even more ancient forest. A voice that's a low, deep -- far deeper than expected -- warm, and has a soothing timbre that, honestly, I could listen to for hours.

[mandy-lane]

Doja Cat photographed by David LaChapelle for Planet Her

[nepofledgling]

it’s okay to murder people but it’s not okay to disrespect your wife btw

[stevienick]

[angrywocunited]

[huntingvoldemortinamobilelibrary]

if you don’t think this carries an important message about our society then you are what is wrong with human society today

[denise-huxxtable]

And this is why when you see a post empowering and uplifting black women, do not invade it with “don’t you mean all women.” No, because this is not the reality of “all women.”

[doubleicon]

^ exactly.