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[ellievsbear]

New brand of ink just came out

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[ampervadasz]

[summerash17]

Advanced maneuvers

[hoodiegal]

Schmovement

[ibelomoritei]

Princess Celestia

[userfish]

this pride month we’re all going to be radically pro transgender. or else.

[userfish]

hey so this means radically pro ALL transgender. don’t put limitations on this. all trans people are radically accepted here.

[hollowedskin]

I got a 4 min long video of Kimchi dreaming today, so here's a clip

You get the whole walk cycle and the little sprint at the end.

Sometimes her sprints last for like 4 or 5 seconds and she can shoot herself off the couch or into a wall if she gets a grip with her back claws. If she does it next to a wall, her head smacking into it sounds like someone is trying to break into the house. She doesn't wake up.

Later in the dream she injured her paw and was limping, and earlier she caught something and ate it.

[hollowedskin]

[offcyberin]

hm? is it tough not having any common sense? well, i guess so. but you know, there are things that only i can understand because i lack common sense

[tygerbug]

This is the money Marge. Reblog for good fortune

[cholerascum]

money marge

save me

save me money marge

give me one thousand dollars

[apolladay]

Renters: have you met your landlord?

* yes, they’re a relative

* yes, they’re a friend

* yes, they’re a neighbor

* yes, but I only interact with them when there’s an issue

* yes, but I’ve only met them once or twice

* no, I’ve only interacted with their manager/representative

* no, they’re a corporate entity

* not a renter

* see results

Renters: have you met your landlord?

yes, they’re a relative

yes, they’re a friend

yes, they’re a neighbor

yes, but I only interact with them when there’s an issue

yes, but I’ve only met them once or twice

no, I’ve only interacted with their manager/representative

no, they’re a corporate entity

not a renter

see results

Remaining time: 2 days 8 hours

[wanderlandappletree]

[ded-lime]

[mango-kitty-art]

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

[morteraphan]

Silent Listener [oc I 2021] 🔔

[ros-sauce]

(bravely) I think body parts should only hurt if something is wrong.

[kangamommynow]

And that something should be fixable

[teaboot]

Ideally with a warm bath and a good night's sleep

[damnhotpocket]

Gema.piano on instagram

Why are all music teachers like this 😭😭😭

[communeist]

THEY ARE

[crematedequally]

when i was 8 i had a very intimidating russian woman as a music teacher- she was both my opera instructor and piano teacher. about a month into piano, she sat me down and said to my mother and i "this child- very beautiful voice, good for singing. i will not allow this child to continue piano. god did not want this child to play an instrument. he told me this in dreams. that is all."

my mom had it written down on a slip so we could remember the exact words because it was so funny. i HATED playing piano and i was definitely not good at it (i did end up having a good 5 years of opera training and ended up being a pretty accomplished choir singer though) and the idea of god sending my incredibly severe and serious russian piano teacher a dream begging her to stop teaching me piano was probably the funniest way it could have gone.

[yandere-angela]

[kosmic-autokrat]

yeah