sed non omnis moriar

it's latin. look it up.

[sednonomnismoriar]

These Symbols Have Meaning

Last week’s move by the BBC North East to use the a red ribbon to commemorate victims of COVID19, along with the way the Pride Flag was used this summer, inspired me to do a little research and put into an image the history that exists behind these symbols, their meaning, their weight. Like many in the LGBT community I am tired of our symbols being misappropriated. 

The Red Ribbon

IN 1991, AT THE HEIGHT OF THE AIDS CRISIS, A GROUP OF ARTISTS CAME TOGETHER AS VISUAL AIDS ARTIST’ CAUCUS TO CREATE MEANINGFUL SYMBOLS OF COMPASSION FOR THOSE WITH HIV/AIDS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. THIS BECAME “THE RIBBON PROJECT”, KNOWN TODAY SIMPLY AS THE RED RIBBON. IT IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE YELLOW RIBBONS WHICH WERE USED TO HONOUR SOLDIERS SERVING IN THE GULF WAR AT THE TIME. THE COLOUR WAS CHOSEN FOR ITS “CONNECTION TO BLOOD AND THE IDEA OF PASSION — NOT ONLY ANGER, BUT LOVE…”. THE RIBBON FORMAT WAS CHOSEN AS THEY WANTED SOMETHING EASY TO RECREATE AND WEAR. THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS WERE “CUT THE RED RIBBON IN 6 INCH LENGTH, THEN FOLD AT THE TOP INTO AN INVERTED ‘V’ SHAPE. USE A SAFETY PIN TO ATTACH TO CLOTHING”. IT WAS FIRST WORN AT THE 1991 TONY AWARDS BY JEREMY IRONS AND OTHER GUESTS AND PRESENTERS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BROADWAY CARES AND EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS. IT WAS INITIALLY MADE BY VOLUNTEERS AT “RIBBON BEES” UNTIL DEMAND BECAME TOO GREAT. IT CAN NOT BE COPYRIGHTED, PROFITED FROM OR TRADEMARKED. THE RED RIBBON HAS BECOME A UNIVERSAL SYMBOL OF SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS AND CONTINUES TO BE A POWERFUL FORCE IN THE FIGHT TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS, FIGHT STIGMA AND LOBBY FOR FUNDING FOR SERVICES AND RESEARCH.

The Pride Flag

WANTING TO REPLACE THE PINK TRIANGLE WHICH WAS USED AS A SYMBOL OF THE LGBT MOVEMENT AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE DARKNESS OF WWII AND ITS FUNCTION AS A NAZI TOOL OF OPPRESSION TO IDENTIFY AND STIGMATISE HOMOSEXUALS AS SUB HUMAN, HARVEY MILK CHALLENGED ARTIST GILBERT BAKER TO CREATE NEW SYMBOLS OF PRIDE FOR THE GAY COMMUNITY. BAKER WHO WAS A GAY, MILITARY VETERAN WHO HAD TAUGHT HIMSELF HOW TO SEW, DEVISED THE ORIGINAL PRIDE FLAG WHICH WAS FLOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE SAN FRANCISCO GAY FREEDOM DAY PARADE ON THE 25TH OF JUNE 1978. IT’S THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY JUDY GARLAND’S “OVER THE RAINBOW” AND THE STONEWALL RIOTS. ARTIST LYNN SEGERBLOM CREATED THE ORIGINAL DYEING PROCESS, INSPIRED BY THE FLAG OF ALL RACES AND GAY ACTIVIST ALLEN GINSBERG. THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS MADE UP OF 8 BANDS OF DIFFERENT COLOURS EACH WITH AN ASSIGNED MEANING: HOT PINK (SEX), RED (LIFE), ORANGE (HEALING), GREEN (NATURE), TURQUOISE (MAGIC/ART), INDIGO (SERENITY) AND VIOLET (SPIRIT). THE HOT PINK WAS FIRST DROPPED DUE TO A DIFFICULTY IN FINDING FABRIC THE RIGHT COLOUR, AND THEN THE TURQUOISE TO CREATE A SYMMETRICAL OPTION THAT COULD BE SPLIT IN TWO TO DECORATE BOTH SIDES OF THE 1979 PARADE. IT HAS SERVED AS THE INSPIRATION FOR MANY OTHER PRIDE FLAGS IN THE LGBTQI+ COMMUNITY.

[goawfma]

we need to change the part of the history where yt ppl are given credit for “discovering” things that were never lost and were known by the indigenous ppl in the first place 

also they need to change the name officially 👌🏾

[normal-horoscopes]

NOTICE WHEN YOU HEAR THE TRUE NAME IT SENDS A LITTLE SHIVER UP YOUR SPINE

[purplelovedonut-deactivated2020]

[katswenski]

Pugtastic. My website – My Instagram – See me on WEBTOON!

[clairesafffitz]

a relatable claire saffitz mood board

[priceofliberty]

Report: 95% Of Grandfathers Got Job By Walking Right Up And Just Asking

[lesb0]

Fun story my history teacher told us: his grandfather during the industrial revolution walked past a flyer which said “looking for smart strong boys” so he went into the factory, said “i’m strong and smart”, and he had that job from age 13 to 78

[kaiitea]

and this is why they expect the younger generation to simply “get a job” ahh it’s so much clearer now

[entwinedmoon]

#basically everyone aged Baby Boomer and up #still can’t wrap their heads around the fact that there’s no such thing as ‘just walking in’ anymore #like the majority of jobs you’d actually want require online applications and you’re lucky to get a rejection email  (via halffizzbin)

Here’s another fun story: My boss decided to slap my work phone number on all the ads we post looking for newspaper carriers. So I receive a bunch of calls from people looking for jobs. Working only part time, I’m not usually there when they call, so they have to leave a message and I take their info to pass on to my boss. Sometimes it can be weeks before my boss calls any of these applicants back, if at all. How the callers respond to not getting a callback varies. Most don’t do anything, but some call again. If the person sounds young, they may leave another message clarifying their qualifications and reaffirming their interest. If the person is old, and I can always hear it in their voice, they respond by getting mad, threatening to cancel their newspaper subscription, and occasionally swearing. The older generation is used to getting a callback, and an immediate one, so they throw a tantrum when they don’t get what they want.

And everyone calls Millennials entitled.

[truckerjbthemd]

Mind. Blown.

[spaghettisaurusrex]

This is great info, but the way the headline is phrased made it sound like they got the job of being a grandfather by walking right up and just asking

[mouchefska]

Let’s also talk about how everyone expects us to be able to “go get a job” including the generation that made that utterly impossible. The boomers did started all this bullshit with unpaid internships, qualifications that not applicant could feasibly have and disrespecting us so hard they don’t even call back to say they’re not interestsed.

[milesgmoralles]

[lestateur]

[friendly-animals]

[lovebeyondmeasure]

[oyasumi-killyou]

[opposite-of-a-problem-deactivat]

are you still open?

[quasi-normalcy]

The fact that you can’t raise taxes on billionaires even slightly without them pouring money into fascist political movements is, of itself, evidence that billionaires as a class shouldn’t be allowed to exist in the first place.

[blackjackgabbiani]

You, ah, don’t think it’s unfair to judge people’s morals based on their finances?

[quasi-normalcy]

I, ah, think that it’s perfectly fair to judge people’s morals based on the amount of money they pour into neo-nazi political movements, yeah actually.

[xprmnt626]

I, ah, also think it’s 100% fair to judge someone’s morals based on their finances whether they support neo-nazis or not. You can’t have that much money and be a good person. I’m sorry. I don’t care how many “”nice”” billionaires yall try to show me to prove me wrong. Nobody in the history of mankind has worked hard enough to earn BILLIONS. Even if they become philanthropists, they almost solely become billionaires by profiting from the labor (underpayment, abuse, etc.) of others. How can you say “hm..they could be a morally good person..” You also can’t be a billionaire in a country where people don’t have clean water or a world where people are starving and claim to be a good person.  There are a few people with enough wealth to end world hunger MULTIPLE TIMES OVER, yet here we are.  There is no such thing as a good billionaire as far as I’m concerned.  Nobody is deserving of that much money. Nobody has earned that much money. Nobody can sit on that much money and claim to be a good person. 

[crazy-pages]

I have spoken with Nobel prize winning physicists. I have spoken with their colleagues. I have worked with people who have led teams to make discoveries that twist my mind into knots. I have worked with scientists whose concept of hard work and dedication would beggar the belief of a robot. I’ve gone to talks led by scientists who head forty-people teams, synchronizing the efforts of others so efficiently I could scarcely believe it. 

These are people whose life works exist entirely in conceptual space, where the limits of what they can achieve are only their And they are impressive, don’t get me wrong, but few of them would I value more than a team of decent scientists. The amount of skill, intelligence, and diligence required to outwork even half a dozen of your fellows is pushing the limits of human ability. 

Even Albert Einstein, famed example of the brilliant lone scientist, was not that special. I’ve read his papers in detail, and those of his contemporaries (took a class on it actually). Without him the discovery of general relativity would have been delayed two or three years at most, the mathematical and conceptual groundwork that enabled his brilliance was laid down by others and being investigated by others as well. And I’d pit a decent team against Einstein any day of the week, an individual can only do so much. 

For the amount of money Jeff Bezos earns working for a day, $215,000,000 (x), I could hire a thousand such hardworking geniuses for a year. Maybe ‘only’ a hundred if they were from an exceptionally competitive and valuable field.

For the money Jeff Bezos earns in a year, I could hire a village. I could create a project with so many educated minds it would be larger than the Manhattan Project. About a dozen times over. 

No one is that irreplaceable. No one has a percent of that worth. If someone is a billionaire, they are earning beyond their contribution to society, at the expense of other’s well-being. 

So yeah, fuck billionaires. 

[firebirdeternal]

Holding onto quantities of money that it would be impossible to spend in a normal human lifetime when people die every day is also evil.

Like Imagine having 10,000 cheeseburgers in a room, you literally cannot eat them all. You *can’t*. You eat them for every meal and they’ll all go bad before you make even the tiniest dent in their absurd mass. And into the room walks 1000 starving people. *Literally* starving, actively dying of hunger starving, and you don’t give them some cheeseburgers. 

[dancinbutterfly]

Look. I have wealthy family and for a brief period of my life? My nuclear family was securely upper middle class (a parent who made 6 figures a year) although that is well and truly over now.

You can have money and not be evil. You can make a few million in your life through legitimate hard work on your own part and save it and not use it all and have it make sense, numerically.

But when you hit the Bs? Nah. No. Sorry. If you are staying a billionaire and not giving and being taxed enough to drop back down into multi-millionaire status?

You’re no longer a person.

You are Smaug the Terrible wearing a flesh suit and I’m not surprised you are involved in global warming because what do western dragons do but hoard and burn?

[cluegrrl]

J. P. Morgan – the most unbleievably wealthy man of his era, the dude who personally inspired most of the anti-trust laws of the early mid-century in the US – J-fucking-P-fucking-Morgan himself, if his wealth were translated to modern scale? Would not be a Billionaire. Just fucking sit with that for a minute or two.

[franks23]

It’s posts like this that make me want to burn them all.

[distractedboyfriend]

[classicalliberalleague]

art imitates life, life imitates art

[the-grey-tribe]

gluttony vs lust

[gummi-waffen]

The face of a man that knew exactly what he was doing.

[xaviertriumphant]

I was distracted by this

[momo-aka-jem]

My eyes immediately went to that 👀

[journeymanfool]

[anotherqueerdoc-deactivated2019]

This is why tumblr isn’t dead

[diversed]

[tatatatath]

[justlookatthosesausages]

Please I’m begging you, please watch Klaus on Netflix, just for the sole animation and the tens of facial expressions per second that are all hand drawn

[argeriant18]

WAIT

HAND DRAWN

IT’S FREAKING HAND DRAWN

STORAGE BETTER MAKE SPACE I AM COMING FOR YOU

[looney-mooney]

HOLD UP I THOUGHT THIS MOVIE WAS STYLIZED CGI LIKE THE SPIDERVERSE MOVIE??? WTF HOW IN THE HELL IS ALL THAT HAND DRAWN YOU’RE SHITTING ME hold up lemme google this shit -

H. Holy fuck. These people are absolutely insane. How on earth did they even -

OH OF COURSE IT WAS HIM

[the-tumblest-jacob-deactivated2]

Y’all might find this interesting.

[adobsonartworks]

Hey, that’s my video! Yay! Anything I can do to help people appreciate this masterpiece of new technology and 2D art style! :)

[lloerwyn-deactivated20201104]

Klaus is great! It’s funny and beautifully animated and has such a well-designed cast of characters. I highly recommend it to anybody looking for something to watch.

[anxietyproblem]

[wolfinthethorns]

Honestly, in my work as a therapist, I’m seeing this A Lot, and tbh I still don’t have a satisfactory approach to it. A heavy dose of Existentialist “create your own Purpose” tempered with “when the plane’s going down, put your own oxygen mask on first”, but… yeah, there is no ethical way to work on individual emotional distress without acknowledging the systemic socioeconomic, geopolitical fuckery going on at the moment, and the sheer grief that comes with it.

[castielific]

I’m a guidance counselor/psychologist for teenagers and it’s getting really hard to motivate young people to work for a future they don’t believe in. 

 They look at ther future and see global warming, wwIII, unemployement, political unstability, poison in everything  they eat, the earth and animals dying all around them. 

I saw this video where someone was asking french teens in the 50s how they imagine the future would be. The war hadn’t been over for long and yet it was all positive with like peace and flying cars and such. Then they went and ask the same questions to nowadays teens and hell that was depressing. Some still had hope, but it was just that “well I hope I’ll have a nice house and maybe some kid” but there was such a hesitancy to it, like they didn’t dare to hope too much. 

People mock Greta Thunberg but what they don’t get is that when she said “you stole my dreams”, it was the truth. 

Young people don’t get to dream like they used to. They don’t dream anymore, they grief all that won’t be anymore and that’s just so fucking sad.