Merci

writer | eloquently erratic weirdo | gamer of the stealth and point & click inclination | unsettling goblin | ecclectic | boring nerd

[oshiwambo]

[amateur-climber-pro-shitposter]

Every year The Internet Archive hosts a competion to make art using newly public domain materials, and I've been losing my mind at this submission:

https://archive.org/details/555-milf-tar/

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[hypokeimena]

#'this is present in the text' is often a good first step #but those second and third ones (naming it; describing its function) are vital (via @elucubrare)

[havinganormalone]

Fanfiction is insane. You can write porn so good you make friends.

[gharibajameel]

sorry i know this is from mass efect and i think its supposed to be a big important moment but it looks like hes standin like this and got a big swangin thang lol

[mass-effect-heritage-posts]

Mass Effect heritage post

[origamicrow]

take a break while watching this little bunny cross your dash

[queen-sansasnark]

TEKKEN Bloodline, say less

[smsomah]

Cormorant fishing in Yangshuo near Guilin, Guangxi, China. Christian Vaisse

Cormorant fishing is an old tradition in which fishermen use trained cormorants to catch fish.

[manuciruja]

awww the like button turns into a rainbow when you press it! that's so cute...hey staff what's with all the trans women you keep nuking?

[manuciruja]

i think we should be ridiculing them more for this. you don't get to try and go all "queer website" when your staff likes to go on nuking sprees targeting the trans fem users

[smadsel]

would be remiss not to mention that the rainbow notably straight up just removed the trans flag colors from it. like they’re gone. it’s the progress flag minus the trans flag colors.

[smadsel]

that’s not the whole flag, now is it

[manuciruja]

hey staff what the fuck

[villainessbian]

hey staff don't you think you're being too on-the-nose

[shrodingers-catgirl]

HEY STAFF DONT YOU THINK YOU'RE BEING TOO ON-THE-NOSE

[princesssokphanny]

A once-in-a-lifetime shot — the moon perfectly framed by a rainbow. Caught at just the right time. 🌈 🌕

[kedreeva]

Sourcing the photos as taken by Mark Ham on Instagram, according to one of the replies.

[leebrontide]

Happy Pride month to the moon

[inchofsalt]

As much as Jin enjoyed the adoration, he wanted Hwoarang to squirm a bit longer. "D-do you like my shoes?" he asked with difficulty. A distraction. The question was enough to cause Hwoarang to pull back to look at his feet. Really look. "Damn, what are those? Four inches?" He took the bait.

Fandom: Tekken (Video Games) Relationships: Hwoarang/Kazama Jin (Tekken) Characters: Hwoarang (Tekken), Kazama Jin (Tekken), Lee Chaolan | Violet Additional Tags: One Shot, Established Relationship, Crossdressing, Costume Parties & Masquerades, Humor, Soft, Temptation, Teasing, Shoes, High Heels, fishnet stockings

[theinternetarchive]

dick ashworth, founder of pflag (parents and friends of lesbians and gays) marching in new york city, june 7, 1974.

[the-semicolonoscopy]

It’s Pride Month Eve, so leave out some milk for Freddie Mercury and his cats.

[the-semicolonoscopy]

Time for the annual Pride Month reblog of Freddie Mercury and his fabulous cats!

[arcolan]

11 year old border collie: gets a special shot for his chronic back pain this morning

2pm: "where's the dog he can't possibly have jumped over the fence"

3pm: "hi i live in [another village]! I got your dog here, if you can come fetch him?"

"well at least that new medication is working 💀"

[emcapi]

[were--ralph]

they slayed

[lilu-the-almighty]

Prev’s tags significantly added to my experience of this video

[apolladay]

I've never felt more validated by a headline.

[cerastes]

People don’t even say w00t anymore.

[cerastes]

This sux00rz…