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Architecture. Art. Literature. Music.

[feastuponthis]

[classicalcanvas]

Springtime (1873) by Claude Monet

[thechanelmuse]

Hazel Scott playing two pianos at the same damn time with ease

[erinbowbooks]

Hazel Scott was a musical sorcerer and a civil rights hero.   She:

 was admitted to Julliard at 8.  

was performing in top venues by 16.  

pioneered “swinging the classics” and made the equivalent of a million dollars a year doing it.  

was the first person of color to have their own national TV show.  

went to Hollywood but refused to be cast as a “singing maid.”  Demanded and got control over her casting, her wardrobe, and how footage featuring her was cut.  

refused to perform in segregated venues and led charges for integration in several northern cities, notably Spokane.  

She was brought down by the House Committee on Unamerican Activities, and has been largely forgotten.  But she was a sorcerer, and a hero.  

[charlesoberonn]

A good rule of thumb whenever a non-fiction author has "Dr." or "Phd" next to their name on the cover is to check if:

Their doctorate is real and from an accredited institution

Their doctorate is relevant to the subject matter of the book

[charlesoberonn]

Example 1:

Kent Hovind is not a doctor. He's a creationist conman. His "doctorate" comes from the unaccredited Christian diploma mill "Patriot University". The "propaganda in science textbooks" he's talking about is the theory of evolution.

Example 2:

Vivian King's Phd is in engineering science. She has no formal education in psychology, psychiatry, sociology, or any other field relevant to the subject matter of the book.

[charlesoberonn]

An author doesn't have to be an academic to have valuable insight and information to share. But if they are presenting themselves as an academic to seem more legit, but their credentials are fake or misleading, it's a big red flag.

[sleepynegress]

[urgetocreate]

Thomas Theodor Heine (German 1867-1948), Siegfried, 1921, Oil on wood

[huariqueje]

Morning in Paris - Onelio Marrero , 2019.

Cuban-American , b. 1958 -

Oil on canvas , 18 x 24 in.

[huariqueje]

The Villefranche Room -  Bernard Lamotte

French 1903-1983

Oil on canvas , 18 x 21.5 in. 45.7 x 54.6 cm.

[julymjji-deactivated20231015]

Michael Jackson Thriller in 4K

[catchymemes]

[filmsdotcomslashgay]

boy (2010) dir. taika waititi

i thought i was like you but i’m not. i don’t have any potential.

[livesunique]

‘Neptune’s Bath”

Alizée Pato (Environment Artist)

[callese]

refseek.com

www.worldcat.org/

link.springer.com

http://bioline.org.br/

repec.org

science.gov

pdfdrive.com

[moviemosaics]

Hatching

directed by Hanna Bergholm, 2022

[don56]

Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre and Vincent Price in a publicity still for “The Raven”

[aloneandforsakenbyfateandbyman]

TW self harm and spoiler alert and whatever but omgg still thinking about the ending of The Piano Teacher where Isabelle Huppert grimaces and stabs herself in the heart in public at a Parisian music hall after a lifetime of sexual repression followed by a failed perverted BDSM relationship with one of her students who actually was a wolf in sheep’s clothing and pretended he loved her but used, manipulated and brutally assaulted her, then psychopathically cast her aside with no remorse; leading her to this rage-filled culminatory moment of BPD self mutilation…. Girl…. Michael Haneke Did That

[aloneandforsakenbyfateandbyman]

Do u mind giving me movie recommendations feat erotica ?

I love erotic movies that are tinged with some type of horror/gore because that makes them all the more shocking and edgy but like in an artistic way. Or ones that have noir/B-movie overtones so here are some I enjoy: