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Black. 24. Born and raised in L.A. Big ol' Fallout OC dork.

[spilledkaleidoscope]

Kim Skills!

No faces for him.

(drew this to accompany what started as a little spin-off of another fic...it's on ao3)

[lonelyspectator12-deactivated20]

No, you guys don't understand. This is HUGE.

In 1968, a schoolteacher named named Harriet Glickman wrote to Charles Schulz, the Peanuts creator, and asked if he could introduce a black character to the comic strip. Schulz wrote back that he had thought about doing so but he was afraid that the character would come off as too "patronizing" or stereotypical. The two then began writing back and forth, with Glickman helping Schulz develop the character of Franklin.

As expected, there was pushback. A lot of people argued that Schulz only created Franklin for "political reasons" (kinda like how people accuse things of being 'woke'). One teacher from the South wrote to Schluz, saying they didn't mind a black character being in the comics, but they didn't like that Franklin was in a classroom with white students. The newspapers even threatened to cut the strip completely. Schulz simply said "Either you print it as I draw it, or I quit."

Now, over 56 years later and during Black History month no less, Franklin is front and center for a Peanuts special. This is absolutely amazing and we should be talking about it

[jamesusilljournal]

The Poet, Reynier Llanes, 2021

[thegaymertrainer]

Omg Suzy you’re so crazy

[geocaprican]

[thatdisasterauthor]

Every few years I remember that the Alternative Limb Project exists and get blown away once more by their work.

This one is half hyper-realistic, and half swapable sections based on the woman's personality, moods, and spirituality.

This one comes with a DRONE and has control panels in the wrist and forearm, as well as a flashlight and laser pointer.

This one is older, from 2012, but I still love it. Shiny shiny.

This one has a WORKING CUCKOO CLOCK IN THE KNEE. A WORKING. CUCKOO CLOCK.

Another older one, this one with realistic snake.

This is a two part one, dedicated to railway workers/builders/passengers who lost limbs. The limbs can be hooked together to allow the little train to travel between them.

This one is a literal swiss army knife arm, full of survival supplies.

Just. GAH. They are all so neat.

The project was started by Sophie de Oliveira Barata and you really have to check out her work: https://thealternativelimbproject.com/

[revindicatedbyhistory-moved-dea]

Why would anybody read fanon when yours is an example of how cancerous it is 💀

anon did you think when i said "read fanon" i meant fan canon instead of... Frantz Fanon, author of The Wretched of the Earth?

[revindicatedbyhistory-moved-dea]

opressive systems perpetuate themselves by turning the very people they opress into agents of the system. read destiel fanfiction about this

[fuckblast]

OP I was at the library today and picked up the Wretched of the Earth in good part because of seeing this post

[revindicatedbyhistory-moved-dea]

first ever positive impact posting has had on the world

[officialunitedstates]

i thought this post was a little controversial and would make all the homeschooled kids on here angry so im not going to post it

[dangerkeith3000x]

Home schooled is two words. Were you home schooled?

[officialunitedstates]

thanks but i did in fact see the giant swiggly red line but made the determination that i am a trendsetter in the modern english language and can therefore do what i please when i please on my blogosphere

[fading-wraith-deactivated201808]

As a homeschooler with a 3.6 GPA ..this pisses me off.

[officialunitedstates]

if you would’ve helped your mom with the chores a bit more she would have bumped that up to 3.8

[kescalis]

I sketched out some centaur designs based on the 1910s a while back. I admit the research was pretty surface level, but it was still great fun.

[thecollectibles]

Walk in the Snow by Servane Altermatt

[kelogsloops]

Details of my painting, 'The Surrender'

Prints of this close in less than 24 hrs (Sun Nov 26th, 12PM PT), so it's the last chance to pick one up!

Check it out here: https://kelogsloops.com/prints

[itsloriel]

Lacemakers (Brittany, France), 1920.

via Anartist

[brisbanime]

5/29/2022

this was a mutual request (@snailsaalt)

[alocowberry]

Falloutober day one: War Never changes!

Prompts by @falloutober

[wolfythewitch]

How does this keep happening to me

[vague-humanoid]

[antiterfbutch]

I think about this shit constantly.

[cripplepunk-sylveon]

Anyone else remember when we were like, decades ahead of this kind of thinking, and advocating for co-ed sports, because we all understood that two people undergoing the same training at the same intensity for the same amount of time would achieve roughly the same result regardless of agab?

[fancyparadisetale]

[tivvzz]

"Not gonna talk about it"