Art

All things related to my artistic endeavors. All art related things. Art things and the like. Art, art, art! Art? ART! 

[kylos]

inspired by this post

[mbergeron]

The 3rd March one is my favorite.

[my-gender-is]

my gender is officially classified as a sin by the catholic church

[gayclark]

Francis supports the LGBTQ+ community though?

[nyanguardparty]

lmao no

[yharnambimbo]

people really saw him go “civil partnerships (not marriage) are ok… i guess” and think he’s ally of the fucking century now despite calling trans people the annihilation of man and comparing us to weapons of mass destruction

[yourbestmate]

Just leaving this here…

I know that Hungary is not a big country, but please pray for us!

[yourbestmate]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/11/hungarian-government-mounts-new-assault-on-lgbt-rights?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

A few months later… It’s getting worse…

Hungarian government mounts new assault on LGBT rights

Constitutional amendment proposed to enshrine defence of so-called ‘Christian values’

[yourbestmate]

A Children's Book Is Becoming a Symbol of Resistance in Hungary’s Fight Over LGBT Rights

'A Fairy Tale for Everyone' has become the target of homophobic attacks

Also this…

[returnofahsoka]

i know we are all caught up in a global pandemic, but in the meantime my country is demolishing lgbt rights one step at a time. i know there isn’t much you can do, but please at least, hear us. to know that our voices are heard helps and it makes me feel a little less hopeless

[whitepeopletwitter]

[wetwareproblem]

Literally anyone who’s read the results of any other time this experiment has been tried. Why are we still trying to prove the concept?

[kedreeva]

Here’s the link if anyone wants it!

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2242937-universal-basic-income-seems-to-improve-employment-and-well-being/

Universal basic income seems to improve employment and well-being

Finland’s two-year test of universal basic income has concluded that it doesn't seem to disincentivise working, and improves recipients’ men

[kayasurin]

We’re still trying to prove the concept because in the West, Big Business and their owners, The 1%, are screaming at the thought of having to give up a little money so everyone can get universal income that supports life - meaning jobs either have to pay you to put up with the literal shit or people can walk away from them without becoming homeless.

[comicgeekscomicgeek]

Our entire system is basically based on people being so afraid of homelessness and starvation that they’ll accept any shit job for shit pay.

[jenniferrpovey]

Past experiments have shown that UBI:

Increases high school graduation rates

Reduces:

Domestic violence

Alcoholism

Emergency room visits related to mental health

Road traffic accidents.

All while not disincentivizing employment for most groups (the exceptions being high school students, who were able to focus on their studies, and new mothers…who were using it as maternity leave!)

People, for the most part, want to work.

UBI would allow us to expand the definition of “work.” If somebody can live off of UBI, then they can devote themselves to things which we don’t currently value financially such as the arts, raising children well, etc.

And if somebody wants to stay home and play video games all day…then so be it. Not that many will.,..and of those who do most will probably find some way to make that into their “work,” whether by providing play throughs and tutorials or competing seriously.

[jabberwockypie]

If somebody stops working all together as soon as they get UBI and stays home to play video games, they probably desperately needed a break.

There are so many people who are struggling with mental and physical illnesses, and chronic pain, who are still breaking themselves working because they don’t have another option - because it can take years to get on disability, and it’s not enough to survive on, so people keep going as long as they possibly can.

Even if it’s not a matter of disability, as such … people get burned out?

We’re not really built to do school and work with minimal breaks to the extent that we do.

Despite what our puritanical culture says, there’s no shame in needing a break.

[naamahdarling]

I’m disabled.

If UBI was a thing, I would actually be able to work. There is probably a job out there I could do for a few hours a week, but because of SSDI’s draconian income limits, I would basically lose half my wages, meaning a minimum wage job would actually pay me HALF minimum wage.

If UBI were a thing, I could go to school to learn a marketable skill. Right now, I can’t. They yank your benefits if you go to school too much because if you go to school, they think you can work. Even if you can only do it one class a semester, over years. As I understand it, the limit is over your lifetime. I can never get a degree in something like graphic design which would allow me to work in a field I love FROM HOME.

If UBI were a thing, I could get married without losing my benefits. Also, right now, I am not even allowed to save up enough to pay for rings or a wedding, even if I do it over literal years.

When you are disabled, the government forces you into a cramped, hopeless, mean little life. God forbid UBI be awarded to someone who doesn’t “deserve” it, though. We can’t have THAT. Lazy people are a crime worse than letting people struggle and starve.

So yeah, fuck the United States.

[anxietyproblem]

[raintome]

[witch-of-the-wild-xxx]

!!!!!!!!!!!

[amvi1323-deactivated20201209]

I went through a lot of things after surviving abuse, but one of the things that traumatized me the most was how all the shrinks and counselors treated my anger.

I wish someone had said this to me, instead of making me feel like a monster.

[tzifron]

[curlyfreaksword]

To all the people who believe property is more important than 600 hundred years of slavery and oppression of Black people.  

[memehumor]

After seeing this I think we should put electric fences

[cognitohazardous]

legit think all customer service workers should be provided with a 6 ft long staff they can use to push back customers

[alohammora]

[catasters]

[dumb-of-ass-pure-of-heart]

[mamapluto]

I'd like to take a moment to remind everyone that a majority of the Native American and First Nations items you see on display in museums are not only stolen, but extremely sacred. For *many* of these (especially things like masks, pipes, etc), they are only supposed to be seen during certain ceremonies, and never by outsiders. Some are ancestor spirits, some are animate, some have direct ties to certain cultural entities. Please be highly conscious and respectful of this when you come across photos of them online. Ask who the source is, and question if it's something your eyes were ever meant to see. If it's being posted from a Native Nation's channels/reps, or is being shared by Native Americans at large w/o a reminder to non-Natives saying to not interact, then it's generally fine to look at/share (tho you can also generally just ask us lol). But please please PLEASE quit posting/sharing images of things like masks and pipes.

[justsomeantifas]

lol

[republicansareahategroup]

Reblog in 30 seconds for good luck

[profeminist]

[berniesrevolution]

[zanmor]

these ones

[lavendermanna]

oh we can get even more specific than just a list of billionaires:

here are all of the scum who control oil, coal, and natural gas

here are the ones who run the factories

and here are the ones who extract the raw resources that the others need to make it all work

[libertarian-therapist]

23,000 people are reblogging a hit list

[bogleech]

Good.

[charlesoberonn]

Straight up admitting that Republicans maintain their power because of voter suppression.

[mysharona1987]

From The Washington Post. Damn

[leafwhirlwind]

Do not let them make you numb.

[mysharona1987]

Well, one teacher is pissed.

[juicetrump]

Not pissed...

The teacher has provided a very thoughtful analysis of issues that must be addressed BEFORE we can SAFELY reopen PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

...proactive.

[mydorkylittlehappyplace]

I’m just going to jump on here because this is my families reality at the moment. My mother is a high school theatre teacher and has been teaching for the last ~30 years.

One of the big things my state has been championing for going back to school is using larger rooms such as theaters, gyms, etc.

My mother’s Theater seats 120 people, which is on the bigger side for a public high school. Here is what that 6 feet apart looks like in the seats.Each white X marks a seat that cannot be used. The blue post-its are where they can.

16 seats. Out of 120. We measured the stage as well, to try and find room for kids to sit on-stage. 15 seats. This is one of the biggest rooms on the campus, not including the gym. 30 students, not including the teacher.

Average class size in her school before the pandemic started is 35 at the lowest. I’ve been in high school classes that range closer to 45.

There is an extremely confusing schedule still being hammered out that would involve class sizes being shrunk and finagled around, the semesters changed to quarters etc. etc. The expectation is that the teachers will sanitize their classrooms between the classes. Which is a pain, but teachers will absolutely do that. Good teachers go way above and beyond for their students.

And then the district told them that they have to provide their own PPE.

I live in a big city. You still can’t find good masks around here, gloves are in short supply. Hand sanitizer has finally been swooping back in, lysol wipes or anything like that are not. As of 7/8/2020, their union is still fighting tooth and nail for PPE to be provided. All while our Covid-19 cases continue to explode up.

I’m in California. She’s in a really good district, with decent funding and a great facility. We’re literally in one of the best-case scenario areas. I can’t imagine how the fuck these negotiations are going elsewhere, places with less funding in states run by fucking idiots.

Physically coming back to school is not feasible. There is no way without a lot of funding, that is not going to just magically appear, to keep students and teachers safe. Trying to do so with what we know now, with the preventative measures we have, with the funding the district has available, is going to end up killing people.

[dandywonderous]

My mom was telling me just the other day that on the message board where she and other teachers from her state discuss these issues, one had just blown the whistle on another district’s administration’s plan for online instruction. They planned to offer online IF:

- a parent or childcare professional (like a nanny) could be available throughout the day to supervise the kid and provide assistance

- parents would have to supply the computer and Internet needed

- the kid has to have had good enough grades prior to going online that they aren’t considered a risk for falling behind

The obvious problem with these guidelines is that they favor rich, well-off parents who can afford to cover these conditions. My mother lives in a poor state, so a large swath of kids aren’t going to fall into that category. That’s why the teacher was reporting on it, because it’s unfair and quite possibly illegal.

But on the other hand, I can understand why the school is considering these guidelines. In rural areas where it’s “too expensive” for companies to provide high speed Internet, online instruction has been impossible. Even my mother, the teacher, doesn’t have internet at her house fast enough to stream video, and it has a tight data cap. She would have to go into school anyway just to record her lessons, and then only half the class or so would be able to watch them without going into the public library or somewhere else with public wifi, which is something we’re trying to avoid.

The fact is that systemic issues have brought us to this point. Public schools are underfunded. Teachers are not being paid overtime for the extra work they’re having to put in to change to online instruction (for example, in case they move online my mother’s school made her move to a new software program, and unlike the last one this one doesn’t allow you to import lessons plans so she has to retype them all by hand, not just this year but EVERY year, and that takes hours, which she usually has to spend during her own unpaid time because elementary teachers do not get adequate breaks to do everything they have to during paid school day time). Internet, despite being at this point indispensable to modern life, is not provided to all people in our country because it’s still considered a product and not a utility. And all these problems have collided and they’re coming down on teachers’ heads.

My point here is please be kind to teachers during this time, they’re doing their best and they have little help.

[squeeful]

[mysharona1987]

^ OK if this was a teen dystopia novel the reader would roll their eyes at how ridiculous and over the top that was

[seraphic-sapphic-safehaven]

In case this isn't glaringly obvious by now:

White people do not and cannot experience racism and oppression on the basis of their skin color when they are the majority and the ones in power. Reverse racism is not real. Someone telling you that they bet you like casserole is not the same as Black and brown people getting gunned down in the streets for existing while Black/brown, Karen.

[seraphic-sapphic-safehaven]

As with all my posts about racism, you're encouraged to reblog this. Especially if you're White.

[bellygangstaboo]

Reblog if you agree.

[birbman-sasori]

I agree

[troubled-pasta]

Trifecta