The Devil Made Me Do It!

Okay, so maybe I would have done it anyway...

[sarahsaharasaurus]

People should start pronouncing DOGE like DOUCHE, because it would not only anger the Orange and the Nazi, but it would also be a very apt description.

[soaked-doors]

still feeling shrimp emotions about them

[helium-stims]

source

[mrspider-deactivated20221213]

we need more women who are just fucking losers

[catgirldelinquent-deactivated20]

[boseman-chadwick]

MICHELLE YEOH by Sharif Hamza for ELLE, November 2022

[sailorsenshigifs]

[autre-ment]

[catilinas]

this is by @earthmadequilt on instagram!

[modern-politics111]

I Was 6 When My Father Decided We'd Sail Around The World. I Would Be Trapped On That Boat For Nearly A Decade.

"My parents’ narrative looked true — we seemed to be living a 'privileged' life. But the reality was very different."

[mini-wrants]

While Wavewalker represented freedom for my parents — they could pull up the anchor and sail away whenever they wanted — it was a prison for me.

I eventually realized that the only way I would ever escape Wavewalker was if I found a way to educate myself. I tried to convince my parents to let me go to school, and six years after setting sail, they finally agreed to allow me to enroll in an Australian correspondence school. I was 13 years old.

While it was clear to me that my only possible escape was through education, studying by correspondence on a boat was very difficult. By this time my father had turned our boat into a sort of “floating hotel” to pay for our endless voyage, and my parents wanted me to work rather than spending my days with my nose in my books.

There were also more practical issues. I had no postal address and I had no space in which to study apart from the one small table in our main cabin. Sometimes I would hide myself inside a sail at the front of the boat to study, knowing no one would come looking for me there. I had to fight my father for paper, which was an expensive commodity in the South Pacific. Whenever we reached a major port, I sent off the lessons I’d completed and asked the school to send them back to the post office at our next port of call, but if my father decided to change course, my lessons went astray.

I found the correspondence lessons very challenging, partially because I had missed a lot of education and because it was very difficult to learn remotely without being able to talk to a teacher. I knew, however, that I had no choice ― it was my only way out.

After three years of studying by correspondence while at sea, when I was 16 and my brother was 15, my parents decided to put my brother into a school in New Zealand. (As my father once explained it to me, my education was less important since I would never have to support a family.)

[sophiamcdougall]

I've read this book! It's great! Read it! You will hate and be completely baffled by her parents!

[mikkeneko]

Always keep in mind that just because a child's family is rich, does not mean the child is rich. Just because a child's family is privileged, does not mean the child is privileged.

[beckysquiltingagain]

Latest finish. All free motion quilted. One yard of gorgeous fabric by Moda in their Gradients Auras line. Satin backing. Four or five colors of thread.

I’m thinking this one would be amazing stretched on a canvas hanging on the wall and can’t decide if I’m going to keep it or sell it.

[caspianthegeek]

Being followed by all the questionable bots when you’re ridiculously asexual just feels like

[ketzalcoatl]

ketzal_coatl

[soberscientistlife]

They are perverts and need to mind their business

[prettypinkpansy]

rare vent art from a few months ago

[queer-and-longing]

I feel this!!! Also love how you muted the color along the way, I think it makes it that much more impactful!

[saint-yaint]

This is the thing!

[cal-is-a-cuddlefish]

[meepmoopmaap]

[sarahsaharasaurus]

You are not weird. They are just boring.

[vladtheunfollower]

Monet’s Pond, Seki City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Credit: Hidenobu Suzuki

[magnetic-maverick]

The Avatar Crew!

[ikimaru]

I was gonna draw something more serious but sometimes u just gotta draw memes

[memeuplift]

[unquietgravekeeper]