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Lindsey Kustusch.

charnel-grounds

Randy Ortiz, “The Dance”

charcoal, pastel, and acrylic on art board, 2020

#randy ortiz #snakes #horror #dark art #art

cosmicanger

where i got my current tumblr handle from

Aimé Césaire: A Voice For History, Euzhan Palcy (1994)

#aimé césaire: a voice for history #euzhan palcy #1990s #documentary

enchantedbook

"Fire-Flies" (1935) by Lois Mailou Jones. From The Picture Poetry Book.

#loïs mailou jones #illustrations #fire-flies #fairy #book art

miamaimania

“Arabesque” ≋ Daniel Adel ◆ Oil on Linen

theshadowofthephoenix

I keep seeing posts from people who claim they will be blocking anyone who posts any content from the new Harry Potter show that begins airing in December.

So I wanted to say you’re all being ridiculous. You consume media all the time by actual rapists. You watch movies with actors who have killed people. You read books written by racists and homophobes. All. The. Time. And it is so unimportant to you that half the time, you don’t even know.

This business with JK Rowling is a witch hunt. She follows a different kind of feminism than you do. And sometimes she’s a little rude about it. (But we don’t tone police here.) She has never put hands on anyone. She has started charities with her own money. And she is an outspoken advocate for women experiencing domestic violence.

She has expressed acceptance for LGBT people, yes including trans people. She just does not believe a person can genuinely change their sex, that some ‘inclusive’ terminology dehumanizes women and that sex segregated spaces are necessary to protect women.

There is a reason that JKR is being derided the way she is, and it’s not because she’s the worst person in the world. And if you step back, if you read her words, you’ll see why.

Anyway, keep putting Harry Potter content on my feed.

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Nicholas Brendon, the actor who played Xander in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, died recently. The response was an outpouring of love: fans affectionately calling him “Nicky”, his former costars putting out loving statements about him, fans sharing stories about meeting him, so many Xander scenes and quotes from BtVS being posted. Fans called for mass streaming of “The Zeppo”, a Xander-centric episode. Nevermind that the creator, Joss Whedon, was/is abusive too.

You’d never know that Brendon had physically abused women.

In fact, when a handful of women pointed this side of him out and cautioned people about pouring love out for an abuser…they’d be told that it’s a complicated situation, that he was a complex person, that it’s okay to mourn the person he once was and just put aside that pesky woman-beating side of him. After all, the poor sweet man was troubled.

Watching this all unfold really put into perspective for me how little people care about women, especially compared to how much they care about worshipping men no matter what they’ve done. You can’t even mention Harry Potter or god forbid JK Rowling without people jumping on you to lecture you about how she’s evil and unredeemable and needs to die. I’ve even seen people call for boycotts of brands just because they did a HP collab. Yet you can post a loving tribute to “Nicky” and people will join in supportively, never once mentioning that he abused women. You can separate the art from the male artist, but don’t you dare suggest doing the same for a woman.

#harry potter #jk rowling

time-incantation

when I think about you…

(1998), directed by Mike Smith, based on the illustrations of Yoshitaka Amano, and inspired by the Tales of 1001 Nights.

datomatrix

shadows cast by a fire we didn't start

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#thinking about you #90s #mike smith #yoshitaka amano #animation #dark romance

tragbarerpanzrabwehrkomplexfagot

#funeral #after party #fun

princessofkazakhstan-deactivate

#liminal spaces #flood #car park

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pmamtraveller

by Lin Carter.

#art #illustration #lin carter

hatin

via weheartit

#start #survive

charnel-grounds

“Death of Altötting” a.k.a. “Death Clock” in St. Philipp and Jakob Catholic church in Altötting, Bavaria, Germany. The clock dates back to 1634, around the time of the plague in Germany.

— vintage German postcard, c. early to mid 20th century

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#death clock #death of altötting #17th century #grim reaper #time #art #clock