Mattie Artemis @mattieartemis - Tumblr Blog

the legally blonde mentality isnt just for law students. u can bring that attitude with you into every field of work. be the whimsical force of positive change. wear that neon outfit. snaps for us all.

punkrorschach

this post was inspired by my boss telling me she couldnt "take me seriously" in a pair of dinosaur print overalls. sorry i have two degrees and a dope wardrobe. you dont need to take me seriously but You Will Take Me.

black-quadrant

OP's an inspiration. bring on the whimsy movement!

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.

jess-abides

This is it, this is the one

loontattoo

see unfortunately I have this condition where if I am not explicitly told that I am a part of the ingroup then I will assume I must be part of the outgroup

kayvsworld

my body, tearfully: when sleep???

me: my dude we just woke up!! It’s time for wakefulness and doing things and Productivity

my body, weeping: but???? when sleep?????

rizaoftheowls

me: okay, finally now is sleep

my body: no. wrong.

housegoblin

it is a mystery

gallusrostromegalus

Sure we all know lots of animals, but there's absolute shitloads of animals and a lot of them have weird fucking names. NOTE: there are seve

I made a quiz about some of my favorite animals :)

gallusrostromegalus

Ask and You Shall Receive!

A sequel to my very popular and not at all rage-inducing animal quiz. After much constructive feedback, I've decided to try some new format

gallusrostromegalus

This came back up in my notes so we all get to enjoy* them again!

*Quiz 1 has an average score of 40% and Quiz 2 has an average score of 25%

:)

#40% on the first one #48% on the second

woke up and a title card flashed across my mind

"The One Where The Gang Find An Archaeology Beast"

noelledeltarune

i hope i am not just an online presence to you all but also someone who has a really bad headache

bsaka7

excerpts from erin in the morning's article on the ioc's ban on transgender women and sex testing policy

agarthanguide

Link to the article

We regret to inform you that the sunshine and friendship app is actually a children killing app.

#wtf??

rowark

(X)

goomymegpoid

I wish this feeling upon everyone who wants to wear a dress, its really the best

ghostlynblm

this makes me so happy as a fat hairy guy who likes skirts and dresses i never get to see guys like me in dresses it’s always skinny twinks this makes me so happy 🥺🥺

greelin

it’s soso cool how mental health meds can lower your heat tolerance severely and make you sweat buckets. Love this feature

greelin

every moment of being alive is like this

beholdingslut

in absolute tears about the pride module at my work

dikdikpronouncedxylophone

bigfoots-biggest-fan

HOLY SHIT GUYS, I WAS INSPIRED BY THIS POST TO TRY MAKE THE SONG AND YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE THE SCREAM I SCRUMPT WHEN I DRAGGED THE TRAINING AUDIO OVER THE BACKING TRACK AND IT LINED UP PERFECTLY