Lapin Crétin

Sapere Aude

[yama-bato]

Alexandre Manuel

Vertical Horizon, 2013

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Jehnny Beth from Savages. Photo: TIM Tristane Mesquita

[elierlick]

30 Things You Can Do with a Degree in Gender Studies

Let me preface this by saying that we should never have to validate our life choices by our job prospects. But I do want young scholars to know they have options as Gender Studies majors. As work becomes increasingly automated, full-time job opportunities are scarce for our generation and will become increasingly limited as time goes on. We’re at a point in history where universal basic income should be a given part of society.

It’s simply not true that degrees in the humanities will equate to unemployment. It’s annoying when I mention I was a Feminist Studies major and am immediately met with “what are you going to be doing with that degree?” Not only are these questions condescending, they also don’t realize that there are actually a ton of opportunities for Gender/Feminist/Women’s/Sexuality Studies majors (I’m currently running an organization, writing for multiple publications, editing an anthology, and in a Feminist Studies PhD program in order to become a professor for the record). Some of these job prospects may need secondary degrees but having a degree in Gender Studies can make doing them easier and allow you to specialize in gender issues. Some can also be done with other degrees as well. Here’s a list of 30 things you can do with a degree in Gender Studies:

1. Work at a large number of different organizations 2. Become a professional editor 3. Teach K-12 education 4. Enter grad school 5. Become a professor 6. Work in college administration 7. Conduct research  8. Write for periodicals, journals, or magazines 9. Do art 10. Social work 11. Become a psychologist/therapist 12. Work in human resources 13. Run a resource center 14. Work as an editor-in-chief of a magazine 15. Work in politics/law 16. Become a crisis counselor 17. Write a book 18. Become a union organizer 19. Start an organization 20. Create a co-op 21. Do consulting on gender-related issues 22. Become a librarian 23. Analyze policies for advocacy groups 24. Grantwriting 25. Manage organization volunteers 26. Work at a shelter 27. Do legal observation 28. Organizational administrator 29. Train employees in issues like conduct, harassment, or respect 30. Work at a women’s-centered service like Girl Scouts

[theclassicsreader]

honestly though

[thombrowneny]

… moses …

oscars 2018

moses sumney

ph: emma louise swanson  

[tournevole]

Louise Bourgeois, Self portrait, 2007

[neaura-nightsong]

Hi there! I’m Neaura, and I have Borderline Personality Disorder. BPD is an illness that not many people seem to know what it is. Not only that, but it can be wildly different person-to-person, depending on individual circumstances & severity of the disorder. Someone could have a few symptoms, or many, and they could be an inconvenience, or they could make it completely impossible to live normally.

Quick Notes: - People with BPD generally have emotions x5 more intense than neurotypicals - Black & White (all good or all bad) binary thinking - Splitting: Social or Environmental stimuli can trigger a flip in thinking from “all good” to “all bad” or vice versa - a brain that is constantly running on high alert, working on overdrive, regardless of circumstance - Lack of, or skewed sense of self, constantly changing identity or personality traits - Often struggles with thoughts of self-harm, suicide, or depression - extremely high level of empathy - Often charismatic, able to know what to say and how to say it to provoke the desired responses in others

[ninjabbi]

[kaasbolletje]

[genderqueer]

“We must shift from a politic of desirability and beauty to a politic of ugly and magnificence. That moves us closer to bodies and movements that disrupt, dismantle, disturb. Bodies and movements ready to throw down and create a different way for all of us, not just some of us. The magnificence of a body that shakes, spills out, takes up space, needs help, moseys, slinks, limps, drools, rocks, curls over on itself. The magnificence of a body that doesn’t get to choose when to go to the bathroom, let alone which bathroom to use. A body that doesn’t get to choose what to wear in the morning, what hairstyle to sport, how they’re going to move or stand, or what time they’re going to bed. The magnificence of bodies that have been coded, not just undesirable and ugly, but un-human. The magnificence of bodies that are understanding gender in far more complex ways than I could explain in an hour. Moving beyond a politic of desirability to loving the ugly. Respecting Ugly for how it has shaped us and been exiled. Seeing its power and magic, seeing the reasons it has been feared. Seeing it for what it is: some of our greatest strength.”

— - Mia Mingus Femmes of Color Symposium: Keynote Speech (via thegang)

[aw1998monsters]

Pleats Please by Issey Miyake

[killyohji]

Yohji Yamamoto Pour Homme FW16-17

[qarurumon]

Men’s clothing is more pure in design. It’s more simple and has no decoration. Women want that. When I started designing, I wanted to make men’s clothes for women. But there were no buyers for it. Now there are. I always wonder who decided that there should be a difference in the clothes of men and women. Perhaps men decided this.

Yohji Yamamoto, 1983 NY Times   (via fakemargiela)

[ukpuru]

Biafra, 1968.

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Raf Simons  Fall/Winter 2017