something something darkside

My name is Alice. I love making things and I love art.

[mysterymellie]

[dankmemeuniversity]

[beeple]

MOON GHETTO

[avbbb77]

Cowboy Bebop | Headers

please like/reblog if you use/save

[moviehub]

Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo, third officer reporting. The other members of the crew, Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash and Captain Dallas, are dead. Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.

ALIEN (1979) dir. Ridley Scott

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[sloth-incarnate]

The way she says "it's not there" gets me every time

[geceetilkisii]

[nobodytoldthehorse]

Love logging on to tumblr dot com and seeing posts about why libraries should be Cancelled because they don’t pull problematique books

[nobodytoldthehorse]

Also let’s be real, Problematic Books are one of the strongest arguments for libraries’ continued existence?

Let’s say you need an outdated queer theory textbook that uses biphobic and cissexist rhetoric for your gender studies thesis, but you don’t particularly want to own that book.

Let’s say you need a primary source to strengthen your argument to your college as to why a certain political figure does not deserve to be a speaker at your graduation because they perpetuate hate speech.

Let’s say you and your friends want to hateread a book by your least favorite author but you don’t want to give him your money.

You deserve the ability to access that content legally without having to purchase and own it. And so does everyone else, no matter how suspicious you might be of their motives for reading a Problematic book.

[haunted-hideaway]

When I was doing my masters in library science, they reiterated over and over: there should be something in a library to offend everyone. Believe me. There are books in my library that I find offensive. But my job is to provide access. Not to question WHY people need stuff or to judge them. Libraries should function as a neutral space. We are providing information, which in and of itself is neutral. It’s what people DO with that information that matters. And even then, it’s not my place to judge.

[lyricwritesprose]

When I was in college, I was doing a paper for an African-American Studies class, and I found myself suddenly in need of info on exactly what sort of self-justification white people were using during the days of slavery.

And I found one in the college library.  An original slave-owner’s apologia from eighteen hundred or so.

Nasty stuff.  But studying the mechanics of evil is a useful pursuit.  One that has relevance in today’s world, certainly.

(My African-American Studies professor thought so too; he gave me an A.)

The point being, no matter how bad a book is, there is value in preserving it—if only to demonstrate, “This, this right here, this is a bad thing.“  Mein Kampf?  Worth picking through to note the psychology of a depraved leader.  (Did you know that Hitler framed every damn thing as a war, including farming, which he characterized as wrestling food from an unwilling land, or some such bullshit?  Might be a characteristic worth paying attention to.  Be cautious about leaders who use “war” rhetoric for things that aren’t actually wars, such as … oh, to pull an example out of a hat, how about “drugs.”)  Slavery apologia?  Leans heavily into Biblical justification, from the one I read, so maybe, just maybe, we should examine Biblical justifications very carefully.  Even the worst stuff teaches us things.

Which is part of what a library is there for.

[gothic-fashionable-monsters]

[la-laborista-republiko]

Oh, this is Advanced

[enerjax]

🎀Did someone say battle sailor Senshi??🎀

It took a couple of months, but I *finally* finished my battle sailor Senshi series ⚔️ It started out as a screencap re-draw of Usagi and then I just had to draw all the inner and outer ✨✨✨ I hope you like them!! I’ve opened up pre-orders for prints/transparent stickers/sets in my shop and they’ll be in stock in a couple of weeks! Each set order comes with a bonus Usagi eating ramen 🍜 Moon magic powerrr 🌙💕 Who is your favorite?

[mynameis-gloria]

Scultura di Andrea Salvatori

[tache-noire]

thats the wee cunt responsible for my mental illness

[infriga]

Tilth.

[sunsbleeding]

Love is enough

[aqua-regia009]

Virtute Quinque MMXX by Adrian Baxter

[menofcolorinfantasyart]

From Olympus

Photo: Ana Martinez 

Styling and Creative Direction: Mario Ville (Kattaca) 

Makeup design and make up artist: Lewis Amarante for Kryolan and Pankr0 

Makeup and hairdressing: Sergio Jiménez 

Models: Ricardo Nkosi, Mary Ruiz, Lewis Amarante, Aya Gueye, Juana Mum, Karina Soro, Ruben Buika, Virginia Buika, Isabella Menam, Oliver Lewis, Megane Mercury, Mendes Vieira, Claudia Duharte, Taylor Oscar Ruiz, David Durrant, Marina Gomes, Oscar Chibuike, Guille Gibbs, Lil Bambina, Elian Coiscou and Tigi.

[brandysmellville-deactivated202]

girls after saying something smart: So yeah

[skybluelipgloss]

Girls after giving a concise and completely sensible thought on the matter, with well thought out arguments:

... If that makes sense?

[jasmiinitee-deactivated20210610]

Girls after expressing a personal opinion: if you think that's okay haha maybe

[labradorduck]

Girls saying something they know to be absolutely correct and spent years studying: if I remember correctly