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[sartorialadventure]

“Chimera” by Thierry Mugler, fall 1997-98

[shredsandpatches]

For reference: colors produced using dyes available in the Middle Ages. [source]

[sartorialadventure]

Alexander McQueen, fall 2014

[yesterdaysprint]

Barnard Bulletin, New York, November 22, 1938

[imposterogers]

me, charging any random cat i see: cat!!!!

cat: *fucking books it*

me, hulk voice: FRIEND STAY

[horrorandhalloween]

by  Michael Buxton

[yesterdaysprint]

The Boston Globe, Massachusetts, January 2, 1946

[yesterdaysprint]

The Public Ledger, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1919

[michellepsychologist]

This is important

[oddlings]

I. Wish. I. Had.

[jads-abum-rat]

[vespertineflora]

[audio transcript]

Woman: He’s fine. He misses you.

Man: Give him my love.

Woman: Will do. 

[woman looks at ridiculous oversized bird]

Woman: SQUAWK

Bird: SQUAWK

THE END

[alt-j-deactivated20171027]

nah I think we should really stop glorifying cigarettes

[dirty-sparkletini-no-olive]

you sound boring.

[psiioniic-miracles]

You sound like you’ve never had the scent of cigarette smoke ingrained in your clothes to the point where people in middle school thought you smoked at eleven because your parents couldn’t be bothered to go outside. You sound like you’ve never had your mother flick cigarette ashes out of the car window and have them fly into your face. You sound like you’ve never been kept up at night by the sound of your dad hacking up a lung because he has to get up for his midnight smoke. You sound like you’ve never had to run into a convenience store to get your mother cigarettes as soon as you turned eighteen and cringed at touching the box because you know they’re not only killers but government sanctioned killers because they can not only tax the shit out of them but ensure people buy more at the cost of young lungs and a once beautiful home now plagued with the smell of smoke and ash. You sound like you’ve never had a great grandmother who stopped smoking 30 years before her death who still got lung cancer and subsequently died. You sound like a Fucking ignoramus. Smoking isn’t Fucking cool, it isn’t fun to glorify, it’s disgusting and makes not only you but your children smell bad. Makes not only you but your children cough, get cancer, get sick.

You sound like a Fucking moron. Smoking isn’t cool. Grow the Fuck up.

[adrunkensailor]

No, you grow the fuck up. There’s mountains of constant judgment when it comes to smoking. How about you leave people alone and let them do what they want with their bodies.

[yourladyindank]

There is a REASON. It’s not just their bodies they’re fucking. It’s never just their bodies with something fucking airborne. Especially when you have CHILDREN AND PETS.

[surfeit-of-stoats]

My grandfather smoked in his house decades ago. We moved in. We started working on it. After just one day of having the AC off so it could be worked on, I could no longer stay in the house because the smell was coming out of the walls <I>so strongly</I> and triggering my asthma to the point where I couldn’t breathe. My grandfather is dead and his smoking still managed to effect me that negativity. It is not just their body.

[justbecauseyoubelievesomething]

My aunt took up smoking in secret as a coping method for her depression. My cousin found out and she was so scared for her mom’s health that she hid the cigarettes. But when my aunt noticed they were missing, do you think she had a calm conversation about the whole thing with my cousin? Nope. She stormed into her room in such a rage, my cousin was too scared to even argue. She just gave the cigarettes back and prayed for her mom to leave the room. There was no explanation for why she took up smoking, for why she was trying to hide it, no reassurance for her worried daughter, not even a question as to why my cousin took them… there was just addiction-fueled anger. Directed at a child who had no control over her environment.

And then there’s my own mother, who has never taken up smoking, but who grew up with two chain-smoking parents. My mom who has permanent lung and throat damage from a lifetime of breathing in smoke that she didn’t ask for. My mom who now takes daily medication so her throat doesn’t ache.

But, tell me again how smoking only affects your body?

[anti-stupidity-capaldi]

I grew up breathing not only my step-dad’s cigarette smoke, but all his friends as they’d frequently hang out in the living room together creating a cloud of smoke that permeated the whole house. I got asthma at 10. I found a growth in my left lung at 30. I now have 1 lung. 1 lung and I’m still asthmatic. Fuck people who smoke around children.

[fathercryptid]

If you can’t agree with this, then fucking unfollow the shit out of me. Too many people in my family have died. My grandfather lost his wife to Lung Cancer. He still smokes though. And my dad who stopped cold turkey when my oldest brother was born and went through hell to make sure his first kid wouldn’t have to also. But did it help? No. Because his mom didn’t care that she had a newborn inhaling her goddamned secondhand smoke. Don’t you dare say it only affects the smoker. Don’t you dare.

[myboyfriendpetebuttigieg]

My emotions are valid*

*valid does not mean healthy, or good, or to be privileged above common sense and kindness

[proxi-centauri]

A distinction for anyone who is young and hasn’t figured this out yet:

You are allowed to have whatever emotions you want. No one can control your emotions. Emotions are healthy responses to things.

You are not allowed to have behaviors that are harmful just because you have certain emotions. Your behaviors are what you can control, and they are far easier to control than your emotions.

You can be jealous about someone or their talents until you turn green, but it is harmful to yourself and to that person if you try to sabotage them because of it. You can be so angry you can literally feel your temperature rise, but this does not give you permission to rage at others.

Your emotions are valid. They are always valid. You are a person of value. However, you behaviors are not always justified just because of those emotions. You may not be able to control you emotions, but you can certainly control your behaviors.

[exoticeva]

THIS

[pleasuresoftheduke]

Springtime | J.C. Leyendecker (C. 1927)

[myheartissupernova]

Carina with a small herd of pumpkins.

[katthedemonslayer]

i should really go to bed but like  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[stupidfuckingquestions]

[zebablah-deactivated20160105]

television history

[virginmarx]

i’ve been trying to explain this sketch to people for years

[badgyal-k-deactivated20190901]

Wig Stuff

Sometimes (many times) u have to pluck ur parting. Use tweezers.. Using ur hands heightens the chance of ripping the lace

Concealer on ur parting for blending purposes

Razor combs are ur friend for trimming down bulk and “wiggy looks” (unless thats what ur going for). Also, if u want no leave out, u can make baby hair with razor combs with ease

Fabric dye/tint works wonders for dark skinned people who want to blend the lace color with their skin (or scalp if u have leaveout)

Sew an elastic band from ear to ear inside a full lace/lace front to keep the hairline from lifting

Simple, but wash ur wig when u get it in a solution of vinegar and warm water followed by shampoo (ESPECIALLY SYNTHETIC HAIR!!! THE FIBERS ARE COATED IN ALKALINE FLAME RETARDANT MATERIAL THAT IRRITATES THE SCALP. FOLLOW THE SAME PROCEDURE FOR BRAIDING HAIR).

If u want to straighten or curl a synthetic unit, wet it first. The water creates a protective barrier which keeps the fibers from melting

Take care of the hair underneath and try to get a satin cap instead of a nylon one. Nylon is drying (u can make it work with nylon tho.. Just moisturize often)