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Hi my name is Alyssa, 20↑, illustrator My prints and other merch!: https://www.lyssaohno.com/store

[lyssa-ohno]

Happy Miku day! I’ll be hosting a Miku Expo Cupsleeve event once again here in Chicago to celebrate both Digital Stars and Miku Expo returning to our city! Please share around with anyone who could be interested and hope to see you there!

Vendor form is here!

Yeah thats right I'm even posting it on tumblr

[cruel-hiraeth]

if you build “community” around hating other people, just know that the second you step out of line—regardless of your moral uprightness or the hypocrisy on their part—you’re the next person they’re going to tear to pieces.

[nightmarereverie]

[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.

[zemyanarozi-deactivated20200511]

@hadzyuka ❤

[brbaltering]

if i were to exist / to be okay with living, as a thing who does not live at all

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[tutminok]

Sketch

[tsumugiology]

random question:

what was your first exposure to prev and what made you decide to follow them?

[boogbug]

Me and I

[jesschrista]

blue

[kajosesshu]

[pugnole]

[pocket-cat-01]

Wym talking stage, merge souls with me rn

[wombrion]

very old madoka things

[the-quasar-hero]

Honestly I miss the energy Tumblr had when the first Pacfic Rim movie came out. Everybody was talking about who they were drift compatible with and that was like a huge compliment. Ppl were drawing Kaijus, and Jaegers, naming ‘em. It was a better time

[mezzodical]

[drtanner]

The image won’t load but god I hope it’s Robopope, The Robot Pope.

[hidakka]

i feel if riamu yumemi were to appear on any other branch she would be offed on the spot

[moghedien]

I feel like I need to share this because idk if Europeans are familiar with the presence of Aldi in the US, but at least especially in my area they’ve been growing a lot recently. Like Aldi bought out some local failing grocery chains where I live (Louisiana) and have opened Aldis in all these somewhat rural communities and small towns, which for the record I’m fine with

But as a result of this they are advertising a lot more in my area and also in many cases, the people in these areas have never been confronted with Aldi or any European grocery store. So the ads that Aldi is pushing out to its new US customer base feature a cowboy shopping at Aldi who is explaining to new Aldi customers how Aldi works. Like this cowboy is explaining you gotta put a quarter in the shopping cart and why there are very little name brands. A cowboy is how they want to reach their American customer base. They gave us a cowboy

[moghedien]

Here he is, the Aldi Cowboy