Heavy is the head that wears the crown

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[alexisnoir]

our flag means death art!

Author: brainrottenaf

The Nap of Stede Bonnet, 1717

How come this is a one year old painting and I haven't seen it before?!

Absolute masterpiece!

[serhonney]

This is based on the painting 'Chatterton' by Henry Wallis, exhibited in 1856.

The original subject, Thomas Chatterton, is actually a young tragic figure. The Tate Britain (where it is held) has the caption as:

In the 18th century, the impoverished young poet Thomas Chatterton was exposed as a fraud after he sold fake medieval poems. He struggled to earn a living writing tales and songs. Penniless, he took his own life by drinking arsenic at the age of 17. To many Victorian viewers, Chatterton represented the growing divide between the values of the individual artist and the materialism of wider Victorian society. When he first exhibited the painting, Henry Wallis accompanied it with a quotation from the poet Christopher Marlowe: ‘Cut is the branch that might have grown straight’.

I think that it is interesting how the new context of OFMD makes it a comedy piece.

[catchymemes]

[zwoelffarben]

This instrument so sophistocated in design it sounds like two instruments.

[helloelicia]

I just looked up this instrument and HOLY HELL it’s great.

[screamydreamy]

[gunsandfireandshit]

I looked it up and the juice is apparently a concentrated ginger/mango/cayenne/turmeric blend

[moth-moth-the-magic-moth]

shit'll clear out your sinuses Right fast

[anon-was-taken]

potion of "yeah good fuckin luck"

[lost-carcosa]

[kingofdoma]

theseus can get fucked

[r--g--b]

was looking up 50s fashion for writing reasons and i CANNOT get over the outfits these girls are rocking

[gracklesong]

- This is bobby soxer fashion that originated in the 1940s, not 50s. Specifically, this 2016 Tumblr post attributes this photo to Life magazine in 1947

- The style was not considered masculine in its time (for commenters remarking on crossdressing laws); pants had been mainstream women’s fashion since the 30s and especially during WWII due to women in factory work. This was an extremely popular style associated with fans of popular music performers like Frank Sinatra. It was a teenage style in particular; the 40s saw the number of girls attending secondary school rise substantially, as did the number of teens with disposable incomes.

It’s fascinating to me that people under 30 are looking at very trendy look today and seeing gender nonconformity. It says more about what we consider “feminine” clothing to be today (Revealing? Low necklines? Translucent? Form-fitting? Curve-enhancing?) than the image itself.

[barrbodiedberry]

I made this for class and am proud! Seems like it could find a home on tumblr

[vampire-eros]

i got chills

[kingscrown666]

I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING

[jackironsides]

This is gorgeous but OH MY GOD THE CHOICE TO USE THAT SONG WITH THAT WORD REPEATED IN THE REFRAIN???

[hiraethcities]

im genuinely sobbing wtf

[sunshineandteddybears]

ToT

[barrbodiedberry]

Hey guys! Op here and I want to say thank you for all the love and support! I’m going to be making this animatic into a full fledged FILM next semester so stay tuned for more info and concept art! I’m also looking to hire a composer got my festival version bc copyright so let me know if you know anyone!

[barrbodiedberry]

Design updates! Oh and I changed the ending… you’ll have to wait and see why there are 2 Cyclopes….

[atlas-the-worldbuilder]

[barrbodiedberry]

You guysssss if you keep flattering me like this I’ll end up spoiling the whole filmmmmm!! (Obv none of these shots are finished this is just a sneak peak at my progress!)

[fungusqueen]

Me and @beautifultrees07 are plotting to do a secret guerilla pumpkin patch in a neglected waste patch by a local freeway. It’s gonna look cute!

[fungusqueen]

Update! We cleared this area of invasive (and abrasive!) weeds, hoed the rocky and barren soils, amended the earth (with a layer of straw for drainage and to hold moisture/encourage mycelium), created 18 pumpkin mounds of different varieties (Atlantic Giant, Jarrahdale, Lumina, Cinderella, Jack O’ Lantern, Musquee de Provence, and Red Warty Thing) in 96 degree weather so like, don’t even question our love for pumpkins and soil restoration! We added flowers for beautification and to attract pollinators. We moved discarded mattresses, furniture pieces, and removed bags of trash, glass, and dog poop. The pumpkin vines will reach maturity in October and we’re looking forward to the growth!

[fungusqueen]

Update! Remember her??? Be careful who you call ugly!! Our guerilla garden/secret pumpkin patch is really shaping up! Pumpkin vines are growing strong and healthy, cucumber plants are producing, and corn stalks are growing taller! This lot used to be filled with dog poop, mattresses, and discarded furniture! Hopefully we’ll have pumpkins soon. Me and my two sisters laid all the groundwork for this garden and it’s being maintained mostly by one of my sisters and other volunteers. We love to restore the soil, revive barren land, and coax pumpkins from the earth just in time for Hallow’s Eve ~ 

[fungusqueen]

Another update from August 5:

Foliage is thick and lush and baby pumpkins are forming! We’re excited for the turn of the season and to have a little pumpkin patch ready for Halloween

[stateoffelicity]

Sign the Petition

Justice for Lakeith Smith and A’Donte Washington!

Please sign the petition!!!

[vpiuke-deactivated20240227]

if you can, not only sign but also donate to his GoFundMe, run by his mother and cousin. Lakeith has been denied visitation from any family members for the two years he’s been at the correctional facility. he has a daughter who was born after he was arrested that he has been never allowed to see. lets get him out of there.

https://gf.me/u/ykgw4w

#JusticeForLakeithSmith Campaign organized by Lakeith Smith

Trying to raise at least $30,000 for lawyer to get guaranteed appeal release #BLM… Lakeith Smith needs your support for #JusticeForLakeithSm

[madelinison]

Don’t donate to change . Org donate to the go fund me

[batslime]

A few months ago I reblogged a post sharing Jazzy’s gofundme, a girl who was poisoned by her roommate, noting that she only had about half her goal despite the fund being up for several years. I saw a lot of people reblog that version; Just a month or so later when I checked her fund again it had been reached!! And tons of people still reblog it.

I think when people are just scrolling and they come across these posts they don’t check immediately and forget about it, seeing all the notes and assuming the fund is doing well- I think more people need this visualized to realize this person REALLY needs help.

We can’t let Lakeith continue to be punished in this repulsive system. Please make sure him and his fund get the attention Jazzy does and let’s do everything we can to get him to the goal!! We have to reunite him with his family by any means possible.

As of today ( Saturday, August 8th, 2020 ) Lakeith is $12,061 from his goal!!

[rose235b]

Hi Tumblr

Just wanted to say that the president of Poland Andrzej Duda just signed smthg called “Karta Rodziny”, which basically states that the only true family and marriage is that of heterosexual people, further doubling down on refusing marriage equality and adoption. It will “save children from alien and harmful LGBT ideology” by baning public institutions of mentioning the “LGBT ideology”.

The things happening over in america are horrendous, but also making way for changes for the better. They’re making the whole world have a discussion about racism still woven into our societies.

But please. It’s pride month. My country, my people need this to be on the lips of the world.

Spread the news

[tunneldweller]

the current government of Poland is very fond of the expression “LGBT ideology”, which sets up queer people as a bogeyman to scare up support for far-right parties. Duda is up for reelection this year and he’s clearly following the playbook to the letter. the insidious thing about Karta Rodziny is that it contains some positive ideas, like state protections for single parents and higher penalties for domestic violence… as well as “a ban on promoting LGBT ideology by public institutions”[1]. so if you protest Karta Rodziny, the gov’t and state-controlled media will absolutely claim you ~just want single parents to die~ and ~love domestic abusers~.

[1]: no queer-inclusive sex education at schools, for one. there’s been a push for better sex ed and a counter-push by far-right, anti-choice groups for NO sex ed.

it was signed June 10, 2020. this isn’t news from the 1990s.

[tauremornalome]

some donation links to help Polish LGBTQ+ community 

Love Does Not Exclude Association (Miłość nie wyklucza) - focused on ensuring the right to marry for all, regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity, and battling harmful stereotypes about the LGBTQ+ community (the link leads you to the donation page in English)

Trans-Fuzja Foundation - activities aimed to help the Polish transgender community by providing professional psychological help and support, legal advisory, educating the public opinion about transgender issues, creating safe spaces for the Polish trangender community (the link leads you to the donation page in English)

Kampania Przeciw Homofobii - fights the discrimination of non-heteronormative and transgender people in Poland, educates about LGBTQ+ issues (link to the donation page in Polish, where you can choose which specific area of their work you want to support - LGBTQ+ families, general support, fighting the violence against the community, fighting discrimination and ignorance in schools, LGBTQ+ health issues, work with LGBTQ+ allies and families of LGBTQ+ folks - google translate should help you with understanding the page)

Asfera Association - support of people from the ace spectrum, education about their issues. Link goes to their facebook page. As far as I know donations are possible only via bank transfers - 54 1600 1127 1884 0040 6000 0001, transfer title “darowizna”

[o-okr]

Here’s a petition you can sign as well!!! Please do, and please spread the news. We really need help.

Sign the Petition

Pass laws that would protect LGBT people in Poland and abolish current anti-LGBT laws

[crossdreamers]

Finding love as a transgender person

Marianne Oakes has shared an amazing collection of transgender love stories over at GenderGP. 

Here are a few of them. 

Marianne wrote:

The myth that trans people struggle to find love is damaging to our future generations, if trans youth or worse still, their parents believe this, then the impact can be loss of hope. My experience is pretty much like all the lovely comments here, let’s stop the myth, xx

More here!

[fred-erick-frankenstein]

These stories help so much. Not just because of the trans people find love just like everyone else, which is an important message on its own, but because there are some stories of other people who didn’t know since they were kids and this is so fucking reassuring!!!

[antifainternational]

We are sharing some of our favourite gifs each day this month for Antifa International’s fifth anniversary. Today: Nazi monuments being destroyed after the defeat of Nazi Germany.

[flowerpatchedheart]

If this offends you 😊 unfollow me 😊

[homoeroticisminspace]

And a note to confederates: these monuments weren’t kept because this was “history”. These monuments celebrated horrible things and we BLEW THEM UP.

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

  Far too many people have short memories when it comes to the shit their side did.

[afunnyfeminist]

White supremacists and police have never been asked to commit to nonviolence. That’s only ever been asked of victims.

[anarchistettin]

That’s only ever been asked of victims.

[lynati]

Say it louder for the people with their fingers in their ears.

[pblomgr1]

These are the solutions we need to policing right now. Remember: the problem cannot be solved by technocratic solutions (i.e. body cams, further trainings, etc.) The problem is policing itself.

[pyaasa]

[aroloverboy]

This Pride, don’t forget about us

ID: “This Pride remember to respect all trans people : Trans women who don’t shave with a drawing of a woman whit a yellow and pink beard, trans men who don’t bind, masculine trans women and feminine trans men with a drawing of a trans woman with short pink hair wearing a yellow baseball T-shirt holding hands with a trans man with a yellow crop top and short curly blue hair, fat trans people with the drawing of a fat trans woman with short white hair, dark skin and a pink cropped top, disabled trans people with a drawing of a wheelchair and a walking cane in the color of the trans flag, neurodivergent trans people with the symbol of the autistic community, trans people who are sex worker with a drawing of blue bra and pink underwear, poor trans people who can’t afford transition, trans people who aren’t out yet with a drawing of a closed door, trans people who don’t plan on transitioning, black trans people with a black fist holding a trans flag, and any trans people who isn’t white with multiple hands of different skin tones, muslim trans people with a drawing of someone wearing a hijab in the color of the trans flag, jewish trans people with a drawing of someone wearing a white shirt and a kippah in the color of the trans flag, non binary people even those who don’t identify as trans with the non binary flag, those whose identity you might not understand with the genderfluid flag, the agender flag, the demi gender flag and the genderqueer flag, trans people who don’t pass and don’t want to with a drawing of a trans woman with a beard and dark skin raising her fist, every pronouns with dialog box in which are different sets of pronouns, trans people of every identity with the gay flag, the lesbian flag, the ace flag, the bi flag, the pan flag and the aro flag, every trans person is beautiful and deserving of so much love so don’t forget the T.” End ID

P.S. : can someone tell me if I did the image description right cuz I have no idea

[deep-dark-fears]

CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS

CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS 

CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS 

CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS

[desolationofstephen]

“Ghandi Mate, Ghandi” - Enter Shikari