Sleepless Nights

you've found the stupidest blog on this entire website, congratulations

[itchycoil]

Whenever you’re feeling sudden calm its because I took your voodoo doll out for a picnic on a grassy hill

[roachpatrol]

thank you

[coqueli-cat-deactivated20191111]

this is so sad yet important

[jamaicanblackcastoroil]

12 or under. Think about it.

[clevergirlswithcurls]

Even with this, men will still say that most women find it innocent and like the ‘compliments’

[zany-the-nerd]

Child: What’s a VHS?

Me:

[animentality]

i  have honest to god never seen a santa clause reaction gif in my entire life

[broomchickabroom]

OH MY GOD

[profeminist]

Male artist makes statement by installing sculpture in public w/out permission. Outraged that artist installs sculpture in public w/out permission.

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‘Charging Bull’ creator says NYC, ‘Fearless Girl’ statue violated his rights

“Speaking at a Manhattan news conference, Arturo Di Modica said he placed the “Charging Bull” statue in front of the New York Stock Exchange in 1987 as a symbol of America’s resilience following the stock market crash that year. The city later relocated the sculpture to a small public park area nearby.

“The bull represents strength,” said Di Modica. “The strength of America, the strength of the market.”

The iconic statue over the years has become one of the city’s most popular tourist attraction. But on the eve of International Women’s Day, State Street Global Advisors placed the new a statue of a little girl, hands defiantly on hips, in front of the bull.

The new sculpture virtually overnight became a representation of a lack of gender diversity and equality on Wall Street and in other  U.S. workplaces. The investment firm said it commissioned the artwork as a part of its call on behalf of the more than 3,500 companies that benefit from its clients’ investments to make sure their governing boards are diverse.

Created by artist Kristen Visbal, “Fearless Girl” gained widespread attention as tourists flocked to the site to take pictures with the statue. 

By March 27, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed that the “fearless girl” statue would remain on Department of Transportation property as a part of a municipal art program through February 2018.

Many hailed the announcement. But Di Modica was far from pleased. He said “Fearless Girl” was part of an advertising campaign that altered the artistic message behind “Charging Bull” without his permission.  

“What they did, it’s a negative,” Di Modica said of the new message conveyed by “Fearless Girl.” Now, the message is “I’m here, what are you going to do,” he said.

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[notimpossiblejustabitunlikely]

It’s worse than the title suggests though, because while Di Monica did put up his sculpture without permission and was by popular demand allowed to have it stay (short version), the creators of Fearless Girl did get a permit beforehand, they were just stealthy about it. Which makes his arrogance about all this even shittier.

[thesimpsonswayoflife]

[thebestoftumbling]

[rihennalately]

Rihanna looking ICY in a Gucci Crystal Bodysuit at Coachella Day 2 

[enterheavenalive]

I wanna pull this stunt

[xxziggystardust]

[everybidenjusthavegoodtime]

give a man a guitar and he’ll play for a day, teach a man guitar and today is gonna be the day that they’re gonna throw it back to you

I swear to God I am so tired of this meme. You guys need to leave Wonderwall alone, seriously by now you should’ve somehow realized what you gotta do

[hannah-the-lion-deactivated2023]

my friend asked if i was gonna stop laughing at wonderwall jokes.

i said maybe

[fandomsandfeminism]

Full time work should entitle someone to enough pay for rent, food, bills, and leisure activities. Full time work for a full life wage. You put in your 8 hours a day, 5 days a week? You should be able to afford the basic shit you need in life, no matter where you work.

[rainydayshea]

pisses me off that this is considered a radical statement.

[ew--gross]

I do agree with this but from economic standpoint if you are working at a job like McDonalds as someone flipping burgers and making fries you are getting paid for the amount of skill needed for the job. But if its any other job that requires you to have an actual skill that you can make a career out of then yeah you should be getting paid enough to live a standard life.

[geekandmisandry]

If you work FULL TIME you should be able to afford to fucking live. No, it doesn’t matter if it’s flipping burgers, these people contribute to our fucking economy and they MATTER. They should be allowed to be alive.

Jesus fucking Christ do you people hear yourselves?

[janothar]

People like this are why we can’t move on to issues like reducing how many hours is full time, or working out UBI. We’re going to need to do that. Most people just don’t know what’s coming down the pipeline, without a major change to the structure of the economy, we’re looking at large scale permanent unemployment, even in the “skilled” labor force.

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

Also? Making food is a fucking skill. Running a fast food kitchen is a fucking skill. Operating a drive-thru is a goddamn fucking skill.

I do not know how to do these things. I have a masters degree and I have no fucking clue how to operate a deep fryer or make coffee drinks. I’d probably not be very good at it, because that kind of hands-on, fast-paced work is very hard for me.

But thankfully, there are people who are good at it, so I can do my job, and they can do theirs, and we can benefit one another by putting our skills to use in different areas. People who work in fast food are not less deserving of comfort and security in their lives just because their skills aren’t valued like they should be. That is a myth developed to deprive people of rights.

[goodness-gracious-great-balls-of]

My friend works as a medical assistant and I’ve worked at McDonald’s and Starbucks. You know there’s a lot of things you gotta learn in this typa job?

Like in addition to it being physically demanding (standing up for 4-6 hours straight, carrying heavy ice/coffee, constantly getting burned by boiling water and an oven, a lot of reaching and squatting (like a lot a lot I lost 40 FUCKING pounds in a year okay this job demands a lot from the body)), there are actual skills required. Also your skin splits from using so much antibacterial soap.

Do you know what temperature different foods have to be to prevent contamination? If it’s a “cold” or “hot” plate?? Do You know how long food can be out before bacterial contamination can happen?? Do you know the difference between say 1% and heavy whipping cream? Can you teach a chemistry class using milk????? That’s p much what you gotta learn to be able to do. My friend who works as a medic was surprised, because I do more in my day than they do, and THEY told me that. They were shocked how much I actually do; I am on my feet more, talking to more people, I have a working knowledge of food germs food born illnesses and chemistry, I gotta do the same shit with sterilizing my tools the same exact way a doctor sterilizes theirs. Etc etc.

There’s no such thing as an unskilled job. There are only undervalued skills.

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

“There’s no such thing as an unskilled job. There are only undervalued skills.”

[cultofplush]

And the injuries too, my God, the injuries. I’m not the most graceful person, by any means, but I can say with confidence that I have seen plenty of people hurt themselves way worse than the personal experiences I’m about to describe. (Btw, I worked in kitchens for 13 years, at every tier from fine dining all the way to gas station diner.)

I’ve scalded all the skin off the back of my hand, to the point that I had to go to the hospital. I have sliced the tip of my finger off in the meat slicer so deeply that I nearly bled out overnight. I sliced across my knuckle once, saw bone when I bent my finger to look at it, and almost passed out.

And that’s just the big stuff. There were hundreds of times I cut myself, and anyone who has ever worked in a kitchen can tell you that one of the most common injuries when you’re getting stuff in and out of the oven is the infamous ‘sheet pan burn,’ usually on the fingers, wrists and forearms. There’s getting splashed with fryer oil while you’re replacing it. There’s slippery floors, and I’ve seen so many falls. I slipped on ice once, with a bucket of 300° grease, and I am so fucking lucky I didn’t get horrible burns. (I did that for $7.50 an hour, btw.)

Kitchens are fucking dangerous. There’s a million ways you can hurt yourself. On top of that, you’re moving at an incredibly fast pace, especially in a fast food kitchen, where turnaround for orders is literally minutes.

Fuck anybody who says that restaurant work isn’t worth a living wage, because those people have clearly never spent any kind of substantial amount of time working in one.

[lyjerria]

[saintcurvy]

say it again riri it’s 2017 and this is still tru

[hilarioushumorfromouterspace]

[bongoslut]

I actually can’t handle this

[iheartsophieturner]

I love Sophie SO much

[princesscarriefisherarchive-dea]

the beatles were a boy band who got big bc teenage girls loved them so much and were so passionate but now people associate them with greasy 20 something pretentious white  boys……. what if in the future 20 something white boys try 2 reclaim one direction??? will i be ok. i don’t know. it might actually kill me. i’ll die at like 65 bc i’ll hear a 22 year old ugly white boy talking about what an Artist ™ harry styles is 

[melanchole]

someone: spanish is such a sexy language, i’ll do anything for u if you speak spanish 💛💜💛

me: envíame información de tu tarjeta de crédito

[chickenfluffbutts]

chicken shaming 

[arellasmercy]

@kedreeva 

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

SHAME THE BIRBS

[bluett-deactivated20200906]

Joke’s on you.  Birds feel no shame.

[transrusso-deactivated20200506]

some dude on survivor outed another survivor who happened to be trans and called it “deception” like this was some damn soap opera and everyone was like ”lmao that’s personal and not your fucking problem?” and the host immediately said “We don’t need to vote, just grab your torch” and had him kicked off. that’s some instant fucking karma.

[harocat]

I just read about this earlier actually. It sounds like the show handled it surprisingly well and Zeke (the trans contestant) said he wanted it to be aired, as opposed to the station just doing it.