*INTENSE JAZZ MUSIC*

- Leah - Any Pronouns - Thirty - Writer - Nonbinary - Distressed Ghost - Resourceful Rabbit -

[storm-of-feathers]

yeah yeah rainbow capitalism is bad and whatever but like. when I was a child, being pro gay was not the popular or lucrative choice. I'm happy that times have changed.

[storm-of-feathers]

I miss rainbow capitalism. I do. I miss when it felt like public opinion was still pro gay. I understand it was always an empty gesture, but it mattered in a sense of knowing how socially acceptable being queer is. If that makes sense.

[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.

[barelysusan]

happy pride month

[kosmogrl]

[enki2]

[calciumcryptid]

I feel like a lot of people get "All Art is Political" confused with "All Art is made with Political Intentions" which is not the same.

[girl-blorbo-polls]

is your girl blorbo queer at all?

- yes, explicitly in canon

- yes, implied in canon

- yes, in my headcanons

- no

-nuance ™️

Is your girl blorbo queer at all?

Yes, explicitly in canon

Yes, implied in canon

No

Nuance ™️

Remaining time: 3 days 6 hours

[nepofledgling]

happy pride month from sápmi! ❤️💚💛💙 I want to show you the sámi pride flag, it’s a rainbow version of the sámi flag (bottom left picture) and I think it’s really beautiful

[nepofledgling]

happy pride month from sápmi again!

[necropolitus]

day 98 of ghost hiatus

[inkbi0tic]

[depsidase]

[fuer-diesen-sommer]

Information

[chapel-of-rizztual]

Happy gay month your favourite band loves you 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[cannibalchicken]

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

Alright tell me in the tags, what’s Your Poem? That poem you heard once and it has dwelt within you ever since?

[thatdykepunkslut]

The thing is, the clothes you wear DO say something. People love to go "you have absolutely no idea what someone's politics are from their clothes" but that's not true. Now, you cannot PERFECTLY guess someone's politics from their clothes and people camouflage themselves in different clothing for a variety of reasons, but wearing a business suit to casual events or wearing crust pants to work DOES show that you have certain beliefs!

Wearing a dry cleaned suit to go against punk "dress code" or whatever isn't "more punk" it just means you don't know what the fuck you or anyone else is talking about. If you're looking like a square on purpose to make a statement, that's one thing! I've been to shows with artists wearing every kind of shit, but the most interesting were actually trying to say something with it instead of just the fashion equivalent of "normalize loving your parents"

That's why I wear a lot of shit that's just older pieces of fabric cut up and put back together again with safety pins and floss. I am broadcasting my dedication to upcycling and rejection of fast fashion. I refuse to wear suits because I am against the ideologies that elevated the suit as a garment.

[keyboard-clicks]

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