for the boots

hi my name's ysa, and i want to become one with the fish someday. welcome

[lesbianshepard]

while studying for my final i’ve decided the pyramid of cestius is one of my favorite monuments in rome. gaius cestius was, for all intents and purposes, a fucking nobody. 

dude was a mid level bureaucrat who decided “fuck it, I want my tomb to be a big fuckin pyramid.” and built it. and you know what? i can respect that. 

[lesbianshepard]

this wasn’t a trend or anything. he just decided that the egyptian pharaohs had pretty kick ass tombs and decided he was good enough to warrant one. 

[hyperactivehedgehog]

The fact that it is just standing there… at the street.. with a wall going right through it.. It’s like someone just dropped a pyramid in the city and everyone went like aw shit and then went in with their lives like nothing had happened..

But what’s even funnier is that most of the architecture was obviously build afterwards so that means that city planners actually went aw shit and pretended it wasn’t there like there’s a wall that was literally build “through” the pyramid askdjdsff

[lesbianshepard]

That’s exactly what happened! When they were building the Aurelian walls they just decided to incorporate it because

it would take too long to change the plans for the walls and build around it 

it was at the junction of two major roads

hey, the stone’s already there!

In the middle ages they saw it and went “Wow….this must be very important.” There was also another pyramid called the Pyramid of Romulus on the other side of the city so they all went “Oh my god. If that’s legendary Romulus this must be his brother Remus!” until they found the inscription and realized it was just some fuckin loser government dude.

[hamelin-born]

@elenothar

[annakareninas]

The Secret History, 1992. 

[blackcanarys-movedblogs-deactiv]

[zooophagous]

Hades speaks to me on a spiritual level

[spicy-vaginal-tacos]

why does tumblr always relate to the satan of every fandom

[a-cumberbatch-of-cookies]

Because it’s easier to identify with a flawed character then some kind of ultra human the hero normally is portrayed as.

[sinnamonrollsolo]

fuck that was deep man

[beyonce-knowles-carter]

22 YEARS AGO ON DECEMBER 18, 1998 - DREAMWORKS ANIMATION RELEASED “THE PRINCE OF EGYPT”

Because DreamWorks was concerned about theological accuracy, they decided to call in Biblical scholars, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim theologians, and Arab American leaders to help the film be more accurate and faithful to the original story. After previewing the developing film, all these leaders noted that the studio executives listened and responded to their ideas, and praised the studio for reaching out for comment from outside sources.

The animation team for The Prince of Egypt included 350 artists from 34 different nations. Careful consideration was given to depicting the ethnicities of the ancient Egyptians, Hebrews, and Nubians properly.

Both character design and art direction worked to set a definite distinction between the symmetrical, more angular look of the Egyptians versus the more organic, natural look of the Hebrews and their related environments. The backgrounds department, headed by supervisors Paul Lasaine and Ron Lukas, oversaw a team of artists who were responsible for painting the sets/backdrops from the layouts. Within the film, approximately 934 hand-painted backgrounds were created.

THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (1998)

[fucking-shitaki-deactivated2012]

[naturepunk]

I just spent like 30 seconds straight trying to understand what was so special about “The unthe unthe uthe unhe un”

“The unthe unthe uthe unhe un”

[brennacedria]

[thebrisklad]

Stem women should put cocaine back in coca cola

[thorndykes-deactivated20161204]

please stop reblogging sylvia plath poetry 

[thorndykes-deactivated20161204]

For ppl asking why she’s an anti black, anti Semite. She has used the n word and compared her depression to the holocaust

[transwolvie]

Even not counting her poetry her private journals are full of disgusting, overblown antisemitism. She didn’t just use Jewish people for her metaphors, she outright hated them irl and yet decided to use their suffering for her own gain

[foulserpent]

here’s a source with some quotes

[meta-hemeralism-blog]

okay, I’m Jewish and I appreciate this sentiment. and if someone wants to cut out Sylvia Plath, go for it, I get it.

But. by this logic we’d also need to stop reblogging TS Eliot, Oscar Wilde, and Shakespeare quotes. Virginia Woolf wrote anti-semetic things in her private journals, too. If you only want to read classic poets who liked Jews and black people, that’s fine, but like. good luck? Sylvia Plath isn’t an exception.

idk. Tumblr’s attitude of “consume nothing problematic” just doesn’t work if you’re part of a group that most culture-creators over the last few centuries have hated by default. For people actually in those groups, it’s not like the only two choices are 1) worship authors who hate you or 2) completely cut the majority of literature out of your life. You learn to read critically and acknowledge flaws where you find them.

anyway, as a Jewish woman, I would much rather see a version of this post that said “please read Sylvia Plath poetry critically because she’s anti black and antisemetic” than just “stop reblogging Sylvia Plath poetry.”

IMO, reblog Sylvia Plath all you want, just not unthinkingly.

[theroguefeminist]

I’m reblogging this now because I’m seeing anti-Virginia Woolf discourse lately due to the antisemitism in her journals and like… as a Jewish person who loves Virginia Woolf’s writing and an English teacher who knows that pretty much every writer of the classics is Problematic just…chill pls

[benevolent-atrophy]

The point isn’t to never consume media that isn’t ideologically pure. That’s never the point. Were that the goal, we would NEVER be able to consume any media. Nothing is ever ideologically pure, especially as time goes on and our social consciousness expands.

We should be telling people instead, “Be critical as you read this person’s work. They held bigoted views. Understand how that is reflected in their work, and be mindful of it. Be critical, be thoughtful”

Compelling others to not engage with something at ALL on ideological grounds is in the same vein as burning books. We should be compelling others to be critical and mindful, not narrow and willfully ignorant.

[antique-scarecrow]

“Understand how it is reflected in their work, and be mindful of it.”

[timegoddess167]

Booom ! No one literature is pure and it is not logical to think one medium is pure. You cannot cancel everything. On the same hand also realize that it is up to you to read and consume their writings or media if you see fit without judgement if you do not support their views about blacks, minorities, etc.

[sss]

[kinniquacks]

acoustic cover of me crying

[tchaikovskaya]

sometimes its just like *street lights reflecting off the wet asphalt at night* maybe life isnt so ugly after all

[miss-chicken]

[dankmemesreasonforliving]

[bootyscientist-deactivated20160]

i hate when people start typin while I’m still typin like I kno u see them dots ho wait ya turn

[yoncehaunted]

[jh-ddh4-7gbjv-xf6347bch-deactiv]

My nephew likes to play McDonald's, which is what you'd expect it to be. He says, "Welcome to McDonald's. How may I help you?" After you order, he says, "Okay, coming right up," and pretends to give you your food. He has another game called "Silly McDonald's," which is the same thing, except no matter what you order, he says, "Here's your cold hamburger."

[jh-ddh4-7gbjv-xf6347bch-deactiv]

I know I'm biased, but he's a comedic genius, as far as I'm concerned.

[jh-ddh4-7gbjv-xf6347bch-deactiv]

The last time I saw him, he said, "Let's play McDonald's," so I assumed it was regular McDonald's. But then he hit me with a cold hamburger. It was Silly McDonald's the whole time. I got played.

[jhasablogagain-blog]

[catchymemes]

[viostormcaller]

You really can’t find this type of humor anywhere else

[coolxatu]

outfit idea

[peppapigvevo]

this took me out