hi from ma grizz

interests include feminism, colors, my delightful fatness and the delightful fatness of others, knitting, crocheting, teenage fanclub, goths and goth things, power pop, lynda barry, babies (animals and human), rabbits (all ages), incredible eye makeup, noel fielding, and the time julian casablancas sang about how he saw a spanish guy doing the bartman

[magrizz]

hello, how are you?

[catsbeaversandducks]

UPS drivers have the most interesting photos to share. 

Photos via UPS Dogs

[nocontextgoodplace]

[ibsbarbie]

Fucking why

[madness-and-gods]

[magrizz]

do you want to come to my party

[fuckyeahcraft-blog]

Yarn Bombed (by RhubarbPatch)

Some lovely cheerful yarn bombing!

[bfparchive]

Ugh, guys, don’t do this, never do this, some person or people yarn bomb periodically all over my fucking neighborhood and never come back and check on their shit and now there’s just faded, raveling, mouldering yarn clumps on lampposts and fenceposts and trees that mostly looked just fine before being “reclaimed” and it makes me embarrassed about how grungy and derelict, say, the lot on my corner, or the sidewalk up the block, now seems

(also, the posts and poles used to be available for posters and fliers and now aren’t because guess what you can’t tape a show or sale poster to the fucking gross mildewed yarn things, so you’ve actually decreased useful community space, thanks so much)

[isabel--the--spy-deactivated201]

never not reblogging yarn bombing hate

[rgr-pop]

who the fuck can even afford to abandon that much yarn, yarn is like one of the less cheap craft supplies, to me yarnbombing is a form of conspicuous consumption like lawns and truffle fries (except not like truffle fries because truffle fries are fucking cool)

[isabel--the--spy-deactivated201]

literally never not reblogging yarn bombing hate/this is another really really good point, even if this is like lion’s brand acrylic that adds up a lot for one of those trees much less all of them

[yiduiqie]

i loathe yarn bombing, so +1. 

in australia a lot of yarn bombing takes place on private property, so i wonder if that contributes to the fact that i haven’t seen any gross decaying yarn bombs?

[liz-squids]

I’ve seen plenty of decaying yarnbombing around the northern end of Coburg.  It’s gross and wasteful.  And, to reiterate, bad for trees.

[liz-squids]

FURTHER THOUGHTS REGARDING MY HATRED OF YARN BOMBING, because I just angrily ate my breakfast and remembered this: 

So, Moreland City Council sponsored a yarn bombing thing outside the Coburg Library last year.  (Yarn bombing is soooooooooooooooooooo subversive, you guys!)  Some of the stuff, like knitted flowers loosely tied to tree branches, was really cool. 

Most of it was … not.  You had your trees wearing legwarmers, which messes up the lives of the organisms living in or on the trunk, and can cause rot if the wool is left to get damp and mildewy.  It also interferes with photosynthesis in some species. 

Then there were the gross, mildewed layers of wool on the bike racks.  I wasn’t a cyclist at the time, but I saw a lot of people going out of their way to avoid those racks.  And parking places for bikes are finite!  Not to mention that most of the posts around the library were also wearing blankets. 

Most annoying of all, for me, was the fact that all the seating provided for the elderly and disabled — and there are a lot of elderly people in that suburb — was covered in wet, mouldy wool.  Sucks if you’re in poor health and need a nice sit!  

I mean, I was only mildly annoyed at the time, but right now, being in the middle of a nasty rheumatoid/fibro flare-up, I’d be ropeable if the only options for resting were (a) covered in wet wool or (b) owned by businesses that expect you, not unreasonably, to buy their products in exchange for using their chairs. 

…I wonder if there’s a statute of limitations on writing angry letters to council? 

IN CONCLUSION, I hate yarn bombing.  It is bad and people shouldn’t do it.  It’s also so very tied up in gentrification that I feel like an actually subversive application of knitting skills would be to make blankets and knitwear for homeless people, or refugees, or poor people.  

[sqbr]

And this is all a pretty damning counterargument to all the people who say they like yarn bombing more than typical graffitti because it’s less damaging/permanent. They like it because it’s associated with nice, non threatening middle class establishment types. 

What I don’t get about councils paying for it: why not just paint those things? I don’t know how trees feel about being painted(*) but poles and benches and stuff could often do with some nice cheery colours, and it wouldn’t interfere with their usefulness. 

(*) googling “painting trees” was unhelpful haha

[bedbugbiting]

I hate yarn-bombing because the first time I saw it was in a park next to the downtown courthouse and across from Seattle’s busiest (and sketchiest) homeless shelter. That park is full of homeless people, all day every day. If the shelter is at capacity, people sleep in that park. So, the first time I saw yarn-bombing, I saw people sleeping under trees that were better dressed than they were. And fuck that.

[nudiemuse]

Yup.

I was invited to help yarn bomb something, brought this up and was uninvited for harshing their yarn squee.

[phlegminism-blog]

plus, the types of people who do yarn bombing (i can only assume white and middle to upper class) aren’t gonna get caught doing it and probably wouldn’t suffer very harsh consequences even if they did.  it’s kind of a form of appropriation (maybe?) because think about who graffiti/street art is associated with and how much trouble they get in when they get caught

[markusbones]

fascinating and important commentary

[hansmoleskine-deactivated201810]

wow this is really eye-opening

[3liza]

i want to add also that yarn-bombing usually uses cheap ass acrylic yarn which is, yknow, a synthetic fiber made of plastic. hence the word “acrylic”. it will not biodegrade in any reasonable timeframe. so it’s littering. it’s putting fucking plastic on and around trees, exactly the same as tying a fucking shopping bag to them, and walking away. fuck you.

[saphire-dance]

The only yarn bombing I have been involved with was knitting hats for the statues in the library, which later get donated to people in need of winter gear. It can be done responsibly, but it hardly ever is.

[themanwholovedflowers]

Los Angeles - May 14th at 7pm is the opening reception to my very first solo exhibition. This exhibition will showcase work from my series “The Boys Who Loved Flowers” and “Here, Take These”. There will be select pieces and prints for sale. You’re all invited! it’s free! Come meet me, check out some art and grab some flowers. Would love to see you all there! For more info please visit my website and spread the word! 

[cruisinwithjah]

TONIGHT

[themanwholovedflowers]

TONIGHT. DONT SLEEP.

[yeahwehadatime]

An endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly unfurls its wings for the first time (a 10-minute process reduced to 20 seconds through timelapse). (source: The Oregon Zoo)

[nudiemuse]

Thoughts on Health and Money and Shit.

Thoughts on Health and Money and Shit.

Most of the shit I take.

Behold an arty shot of my health woo.

Lately, add in an allergy pill and add in a calmag powder and usual nighttime otc pain relief and you have a large amount of what I spend my money on.

I know I can see some of y’all rolling your eyes and whipping out one or another study that says that vitamins and supplements and anything not X thing is bullshit or you might wander…

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[ginobambino]

Visit Original Link

Todd Rungren - I Saw The Light

This makes me feel like I’m in Laurel Canyon. So smooth. 

[magrizz]

my most favorite song in the whole wide world!

[shortvideosandstuff]

[cursethegoldfish]

“Free shipping on all orders”

[madeleinejubileesaito]

my sincerest wish for Cathy

16/30

[thelonegrasshopper]

Tumblr: we want to display your liked posts on your blog Me:

[magrizz]

I am ambivalent about the likes issue but extremely pro-slimey

[unfortunatesun]

[moderndaywarriorsawyer]

The Money Tubbs only comes around every 5628 seconds. Reblog the Money Tubbs and you’ll find money!

[modelinterrupted]

Bitttchhh the last time I reblogged some bullshit like this I booked a 2k 30minute shoot lmao

[samanthalena]

☃

[linrenzo]

Let see what happens

[cherryseltzer]

in my experience with tubbs this means that i’ll find 29 cents in a few minutes.

[covenesque]

white guys whining on all these scalia joke posts don’t actually give a shit about scalia, they are seeing a glimpse of how they’ll be viewed when they die. and it TERRIFIES them.

[covenesque]

bc nothign white men hate more than being EMBARRASSED or publicly humiliated

[love-sck-deactivated20200202]

[catchingarrows-blog]

This is very concerning. I just spent the last ten minutes removing my entire family (including my 14-year-old sister) from the site.

Cool Mom Tech has a guide on how to take your information off the site if for some reason you can’t watch the above video.

[fluffy-moose]

Just to inform everyone, it’s American only, but it’s real. I’ve found 3 of my friends already with this sight and the only reason I knew it was them was because I happen to have their address. PLEASE CONFIRM IF YOU ARE ON THIS SITE AND IF YOU ARE, REMOVE YOURSELF. NOW.

[kiriamaya]

Also, if you’re trans, I highly recommend that you look up and remove both your deadname and your current name, as spokeo is likely to have records on both.

[madamethursday]

Signal boosting because this is seriously scary.

They actually show a satellite map of the location you’re at (or listed for). So if I were still living at my childhood home, someone would only have had to know my name, one of my parent’s names, or my sister’s name and BAM. They can see my damn house. 

Luckily, I don’t live in the ass end of Tennessee anymore, but seriously. Go take the time and get yourself scrubbed from this site.

I hope somebody sues them out of existence. I have no idea why sites like this even exists. 

[magrizz]

ALSO you have to be vigilant with this site, because I once spent an afternoon scrubbing my family off this joint, and I just went there now and we were all back on it.

[mediamattersforamerica]

This 11-year-old understands more about the importance of representation than all of the adults at Fox News combined.

[beachwitchvibes]

this girl is so cute and cool that i’m actually crying and i want the world to be as good as she deserves