[jussanother]

[nostalgic-teddyy]

“Ghetto” is a high taste level art form that has been twisted to be seen as lowbrow and vulgar due to the propaganda from white supremacy. Personally, as I was growing up, I was conditioned by other white people that I went to school with to think “ghetto” was bad or embarrassing when in actuality, the whiteness I was surrounded by was ultimately trashy, ignorant, and narrow-minded. I had to grow out of that conditioning of seeing my beautiful people that way when the white people I was around smelled like their pets, drove big muddy trucks, and chew tobacco and kept a bottle of their residual spit. When I moved to Atlanta when I was 18, I experienced so much unique blackness so abruptly, that it was like I was seeing again. I was finally around BLACKNESS and it was so fun, engaging, and beautiful. Ghetto to me is whimsy and enthralling. Ghetto is loud and unique. Ghetto is beautiful.

[uncannycandy]

yes… black people, and black women/girls in particular, have never lost their whimsy— society just judges us and calls everything we do ghetto or ratchet to make it seem bad

that’s why it’s so funny to see those tiktok think-piece videos of someone holding those microscopic microphones with a furry tip, talking about how people are afraid to be unique or whimsical nowadays, and it’s like, well no, because that topic is just very white-centered. it’s not that people are afraid to be different; it’s that white society is incredibly judgmental towards other cultures/races and other things that don’t fit their norm, so the limitations they put on themselves because of that are automatically seen as the case for everyone else (even though they aren’t)

[2886beaconstreet]

ao3 asking if i want to see mature content. do i want to see birds in the sky. do i want to feel the wind in my hair and the grass under my feet

[reghalia]

cen jin telling wu fu to break up with dignity, she's nicer than I would ever be.

tbh he would have deserved it if she dragged his name through the mud. she had a miscarriage and he was already sleeping with someone else? playing house in their newlywed house? having a whole ass nursery and preparing for a baby with someone else? LYING ABOUT IT ALL?

I would let him burn and never be able to show his face again anywhere. at least she made sure his ass got nothing and got her money back on the house. he tried to make it seem like it was all her fault when he was being a piece of shit. your inferiority complex isn't her damn problem you coward.

bless li wu for not backing down when he showed up and telling him off too. which again proved wu fu is a coward.

[cnladies]

michelle chen 陈妍希 and zhou keyu × sniper butterfly 狙击蝴蝶 — grazia china, january 2026

[psalm40speakstome]

Sniper Butterfly. Episode Eleven

Love that he’s a bit kinky but in a wholesome way

[eggsdoodz]

july eggbox mail club design !

[shortybynature]

What I’m lowkey loving about this show, and I normally don’t, is the subtle foot fetishness of the ML loll he legit freaked out at her touching his shoe at one point but now he seems to be relishing making her flustered that way as well by legit grabbing her foot on multiple arguably necessary occasions

Lmfao it doesn’t as romantic written out like this but it really is the perfect demonstration of his evolution as a character and their relationship - like he was scared af at the beginning, rightfully so, but now this man has zero chill&nerve and it’s hilarious but beautiful to see

[gothhabiba]

see this is exactly what I'm talking about. this labour is so incredibly invisibilised that there are real human beings, walking about amongst us, leading normal lives, etc., who earnestly believe that machines can make an item of clothing from start to finish.

[rowanrightalong]

Hey just in case someone on here doesn’t quite understand how labor intensive making a garment is, here is a list of things that (to the best of my knowledge) cannot be done by machine alone, from a costumer/tailor in training

Cutting - in my opinion, the most labor intensive part of the process. The amount of time/effort needed varies depending on the pattern and if seam allowance is included or marked separately, but no matter what this process can not be done by machine. Each and every panel and piece of fabric that goes into a garment must be cut by hand by a person.

Pinning/clipping - pinning (or clipping) is the stage at which you align the pieces you are going to be stitching together and hold them together with — you guessed it! — either pins or clips. This can not be done by machine.

Stitching - the actual sewing. This can be done by a sewing machine, but that machine still needs to be operated by a human being.

Ironing/pressing - two words that mean the same thing. The iron itself is a machine, but once again, it needs to be operated by a human being.

Finishing - depending on the technique you use, there are certain finishing techniques that can only be done by hand. But, let’s assume we’re talking about fast fashion, which is usually just finished with a simple overlock/serger. Once again: these machines need to be operated by people.

These are just the basic steps to making a garment, and don’t include textile arts that I am not as knowledgeable about, such as weaving, knitting, and crochet. Also, it is important to note that there are a lot of things that can only be done by hand, such as certain stitches and decorative techniques.

Also, the machinery being operated in textile factories is not equivalent to a domestic sewing machine. We’re talking about one of these guys:

See that gray cylinder under the table, behind the knee pedal? That’s the motor. These machines can sew through your fingers bones and all and not even stop. The people in these factories and sweatshops are operating heavy machinery, and are subject to all the risk that comes with that in addition to all of the work I mentioned above.

Please respect textile workers and continue the fight to eliminate the use of sweatshops and exploited labor in the fashion industry!

[uninterruptednonsense]

Reblogging with some additions from a different post o'mine:

" I'm taking a sewing class and I asked my teacher about how much machines can actually do. She said that while a lot of actual fabric we use in our projects is machine-woven, and sometimes there are machines for particular knitting patterns or for the same small thing over and over and over (i.e. socks), the overwhelming majority of pieces of clothing are in fact just sewn together by humans. Usually women. Underpaid and overlooked. Thousands and thousands of them, working 12 hours a day or more in huge warehouse-factories. You're probably wearing something one of those women created right now.

Most of the students (including me) were horrified. We had *no* idea. We figured that, given that we have supercomputers and massive industrial systems for almost every type of product you can buy, surely we would have figured out a better way? Surely there are machines that can put a t-shirt together by now?

She said, no, that's why fast fashion is really so bad. It's not simply about the quality of the product, it's about the human cost.

When you buy a cheap tee that says "Made in Bangladesh", this is where your clothing came from (and these are from one of the nicer factories):

(By Fahad Faisal. CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89582692)

Don't want to believe it? I understand. Here is the wikipedia page, you can read it in your own time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile_industry_in_Bangladesh#Readymade_garment_(RMG)_industry

[queeranarchism]

This isn't just true of clothes either. There's an astonishing amount of human labor behind most of our products. Even the steps that are automated are only possible because humans are constantly cleaning, maintaining, repairing, adjusting and fine tuning the machines.

I've noticed that the media that educates us often edits that out on purpose. In 'how its made' type videos, steps humans do by hand are often skipped because they don't make as smooth a video as watching machines do the parts of the production process that can be automated.

[stuckinapril]

I think part of getting better is complete ego death. Like you’re not above setting a timer for 5 minutes and focusing on a task. You’re not above doing a very simple 3 minute workout to start. You’re not above reading for 10 minutes a day when you first get out of your reading slump, even if you used to read for hours. You’re not above starting slow and then building up to where you want to be/where you once were. What you are above is total inertia. Doing something really is better than doing nothing. Radically accept where you are, radically accept your limits, and go from there. Don’t let your ego get in the way.

[dailycatsblog]

[bideogaymes]

i love when women.

[astarlightmonbebe]

the wonderfools: assorted thoughts

finished with the wonderfools. it was literally the perfect drama for me - underdog/misfit/oddball team with a side of reluctant allies, child experimentation, victims who become villains (kind of), superpowers (!). it was one of the shows that actually manages to be comedic without overwhelmingly so - the comedy balances with the action, but still allows emotional beats, without the angst being overwhelming.

a few assorted thoughts/rambles about plot and characters:

the only caveat i have with the plot is that they left out some background for unjeong. for instance, we clearly see that he was given the information on wunderkinder and contacting someone, who is revealed to have been ha wundo (wondo? i forget), highly implying that he sent unjeong to haeseong. however, i feel like they kind of drop this plotline off with only a few hints - it would have made sense if it was included in the final confrontation. just because it implies that wundo approached unjeong after he got out of prison like he did the other three, but the other three weren't aware of that. which makes me wonder what unjeong's original motivations were; it did feel like a slightly incomplete plot twist even with his betrayal and all that followed the reveal. since unjeong has no good feelings towards dr ha either.

the side effects plot! this one lacked just a little bit, but was overall strong - palho who can control gravity slowly turning to stone (? or hardening), horan losing her vision in one eye when she can create visual illusions. i wasn't clear on juran's (like was her hearing supposed to be part of the experimentation - but i think she was born like that), but in the final eps they show the graying of her hair really well. however, in the end they don't find a cure for the side effects, which doesn't bode well for unjeong, and also raises the question if the other three would start to experience side effects. seems like the side effects were related to only using their powers, which is maybe an easy fix, but i think it could be more complicated (potentially).

i'm so sad for juran, horan, and palho though. like that's a tragic ending, even with the hope for the future (horan and juran potentially living). BUT i gotta say that i love that tragedy (very reminscent of awaken (which i have to add i didn't finish but my interest has been revived), but also children of a lesser god, and other stories of kids raised and abused in group homes and orphanages that kdramas love in that vein).

small note but i was happy that they fulfilled junmo's character potential. i think around ep 3/4 i guessed that he was one of the kids, but then i thought they weren't going to go anywhere with that (which i thought would be a waste), only for them to come through with confirming that in ep 6. i think that's a great example of good storytelling, letting the audience guess without giving any overt clues, and then fulfilling it in a satisfying way. he'd be a fun addition to the team.

for our team of oddballs, they were fun! i liked all the different dynamics, and i liked that they were all actually weird and possibly unlikable in a lot of different ways, but in the end they came through for one another. it felt very realistic, and i love that they actually became a team.

unjeong and chaeni were cute! this was very much not a romance drama, but they were very much a romantic pairing all the same. i liked how she grew on him, and how they all kind of just wormed their ways into unjeong's life. nothing i love more than loner with a traumatic past being reluctantly adopted into a group of chaotic friends. i also love the setting of unjeong's apartment, and actually all their different living spaces, but especially the apartment. the original details are great - how he tapes down his fridge and drawers so they don't get ruined when he has a nightmare (also love the telekinesis resulting from nightmares), how chaeni makes it a home, how he moves out but keeps her stuff and she goes back there, how at the end chaeni isn't wanting to go home but to go to master's apartment.

i probably have a lot more to say, but all in all i really loved this drama. like i said, it was just a drama that seemed perfectly made for me. highly recommend to all those considering.

[iamacolor]

i LOVE a good "Magneto" moment for people with telekinesis, you go and prove to them they underestimated you, you go and turn their bullets against them!!!! you go and use the power they tried to kill you for agaisnt them!!!

[jively]

16/03/2026

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[wardengrill]

Summertime (1955)