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#non-lm/historical sideblog. btw

history-of-fashion

1860s Portrait of a Man (photo by unknown American photographer)

(National Gallery of Art, Washington)

#1860s #historical fashion #early photography

mote-historie

Paul Gavarni, Le Carnaval à Paris, Les Bals masques, 1830s.

Chez Aubert & Cie & Chez Bauger, Paris s.d. (1842 et 1839), 25,5x34cm, relié.

For sale: EditionOriginale

Paul Gavarni was the pen name of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (13 January 1804 – 24 November 1866), a French illustrator, born in Paris. (x)

#1830s #paul gavarni #i love the carnaval series so much

guiltfactory

you're my brother and to some extent my wife

#valjean and fauchelevant

clove-pinks

A London Street Scene, by John Orlando Parry, 1835.

#1830s #many fun google search rabbit holes to go down here #have YOU seen the industrious fleas?

birdplushie

often you will see things online where you just have to be like "what a strange thing to say" or "i don't think that's true :)" to yourself and try to move on or you will lose your mind

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.

beggars-opera

I once saw an article put it this way: often "this is problematic" is used to shut down discussion of a thing, by casting a sweeping but vague judgement. But really if used at all it should start a discussion about what the problem is.

i’m sorry the posting quality of this blog has kind of tapered off over the past two years i’ve just been really enjoying living lately

#l832.txt

therealbonsaikitten

Marius being stupid and sad I guess

#les miserables #marius

clove-pinks

"No ice-cream today, junior, daddy has to fit into his frock coat."

Fashion plate in Journal des Dames et des Modes, c. 1831.

#1830s #historical fashion

fullcolorfright

Studies of actors’ headshots from the Feb-July 1925 issues of the Standard Casting Directory. This was how silent film actors advertised themselves, so it’s chock-full of interesting-looking people, & a great resource for anyone looking to design ‘20s-style characters

#20c #bookshelf