either I drink it or the boat sinks!

23 they/them pronouns. I'm cooler @horror-of-life and my Studyblr is @blondestudyblr.

[gerardwayspostnutclarity]

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[sitting-in-thee-corner]

Saw demolition lovers live #neverkillyourself

[emoparamore]

gerard way @ london night 2

[emoparamore]

gerard & the clown @ london night 2

[emoparamore]

ray toro @ london night 2

[jam-campasta]

WHO ELSE CRIED 🖤

[pityroadart]

no morning colder than the first frost / no friends closer than the ones we've lost

Rain in Soho by The Mountain Goats + birds on a telephone wire

[theaterard]

the slap(s)

[theaterard]

i heard her wailing through my earplugs that’s how loud she was

[luck-system-shenanigans]

i feel like im a weird age where i got just a blurry glimpse at the world Before. it used to be cold in the mornings and websites had fun games and the search results showed you what you searched for. covid wasn't a thing. can anybody fucking hear me. did i dream it all????

[hollanov-ann]

[myvintagevogue]

LIFE 1961 - photo by Yale Joel

[spider-artdump]

[granstromjulius]

William Russell Flint

[russianblush]

nothing but uncouth thoughts

[catilinas]

Please Stop Calling Things Archives – AHA

What do historians mean when they say "archive"? One archivist makes the case for a more precise use of the word.

It is a shame to fight over terminology, especially when there is a perfectly accurate and precise term that could be used: personal collections. Not only is “personal collections” more accurate, in my experience it also draws students’ attention to a number of questions that they don’t ask about the term “archive.” When I discuss personal or special collections with students, they begin asking questions that “archive” does not inspire, such as: Collected by whom? Collected why? For what purpose? These are the questions we are trying to teach as historians.

As many historians currently use the word “archives,” they seem to imply that an archive is the natural state in which primary sources arrange themselves after being discarded or left by their creators. It creates the false impression that there is little to no work that goes into making primary sources available to researchers, and—more dangerously—that archives are even a neutral or unmoderated space. When archives and the historical record are used interchangeably in this way, we are unable to see what might be missing.

[cordspaghetti]

wartime pinup gerard from my sketchbook