[hoziergf-deactivated20181219]

I always get so fucking mad when I remember that it’s actually a 16-year-old Algerian girl who influenced BOTH Picasso and Matisse. and. No one gives a rat’s ass about her work which was very focused on women and nature. History -or people dare I say- didn’t bother to remember her name because she was a young Algerian woman and no one cares about Maghrebi/Arab women. unlike P*casso & M*tisse who both became legends, almost gods both during their lives and after their deaths, no one knows her.

Her name was Baya Mahieddine.

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[sliceofpearpie]

i hope that more people know about her now, especially seeing as OP literally linked to an article about a Baya Mahieddine exhibition in 2018.

It is remarkable that she had such a strong practise and had great influence at 16. Despite various disruptions that caused her to stop painting, she returned to her practise from the 60s until the end of her life.

It was within her work that Baya found freedom. The world she painted, after all, is one where women assert their individuality and are free from the men who attempt to brand them with labels, keep them inside the home, or hold them back in any way. “If I change my paintings, I will no longer be Baya,” the artist said in 1991, after her husband died and she’d returned to painting. “When I paint, I am happy and I am in another world.”

More on Mahieddine’s work here.

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[megurashkarchived]

this is so funny

[m4a1-shermayne]

Imagine showing this video to someone 6 months ago

[m4a1-shermayne]

Imagine showing this video to someone 1 year ago

[iwontbelookingdown]

oh my god.

[hopefulartandwriting]

This would literally be a closing shot in Black Mirror

[justcatposts]

Little girl teaching her cats how to draw a flower 

(via)

[hottiewitabloggie]

they’re? just? sitting there ???

[ladycavalier]

it makes it 100% better that i can’t understand her, i feel like i’m hearing what cats hear

[justcatposts]

“My cat Blackberry has done this before but my friends told me it was really impressive and I should share..” 

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[joygucci-deactivated20160123]

Reblog if you're black tumblr.

You don’t have to be black, it just means you support us, you stand by us and you’re for us.

[zaybntdaw-blog]

100%

[wetpsy-deactivated20150407]

200%

[decodethefallenmoon]

Someone who’s black or supports black people and their human rights. it literally says that in the description. “You don’t have to be black, it just means you support us, you stand by us and you’re for us.” 

[fall-out-trans-child]

Why the fuck does this not have more notes wtf.

[the-shipping-machine]

I support you.

[straykidshizzle-deactivated2019]

Of course!!

[fandomshavecollided]

[naruwhoa]

🙏🏽✊🏽🤟🏽

[the-worm-man]

not even a question. Support EVERYONE, no matter race, sexuality, religion, etc.

[smartest-of-them-all]

If you can’t reblog this please unfollow me

[mediumofchange-deactivated20211]

💜💜💜

[fiveloveten]

🙌🏾

[fit-ishmom]

Will always reblog!!!

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[thehugwizard]

You got my support friendos

[catchymemes]

[jagermortis-deactivated20200817]

welp. i was THISCLOSE to posting an adolescent “i hate everything” post… and then i saw this.

[eilti]

Literally just let this play 8 times in a row and my smile never faltered even once 😁

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

This healed me….

[justcatposts]

“Not leaving anyone behind 🙌🏿” 

(via)

[justcatposts]

We have two sane cats. Pushed our luck getting a third. 

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[everythingfox]

“My dad is retired now and helped with rehabilitating a squirrel he found. The squirrel comes back daily for snacks, pets, and fights.“

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[melonmemes]

[nomehablen2]

this is so fucking funny

[sadistmichael]

if any/all of 5sos straight up said they were uncomfortable with people writing fic about them, would you stop?

I would, but I highly doubt that they would ever say something of that nature. This band has existed for over 8 years, they know their fans and what drives them. I’ve been studying fandom for a long time and the fascinating thing about it is that there’s so many people that get confused about what it’s function is for. 

Have you heard of something called the fourth wall? 

It’s defined here:

In the untamed, sprawling, creative world of fandom, the fourth wall refers to the invisible line of cover that shields fans from the outside world.

That means that here (especially on Tumblr) we’re pretty safe from ever coming in contact with 5SOS engaging or facing our works on main. They aren’t active here, the fandom is small here. They just did a livestream where they read fanfiction on Wattpad and laughed about it for about 10 minutes, they know it exists and are blissfully aware that it’s a facet of the fandom that keeps them touring and making music. Does that make the fans entitled to their personal business or anything in their lives? Absolutely not. Thus fandom fills the gaps with fiction that suits an author (and fan) needs. 

I think that it’s assumed that writers know that none of this is real, none of this is tangible, and that it’s assumed that 5SOS will never see any of it. Here’s one of my favorite Tumblr threads about it, it’s extremely informative. Fans know what their boundaries are most of the time! That’s what makes things so great here, as we can connect on niche passions in so many different ways. 

I personally talk about fics and fandom on main all the time, as it’s a part of my research and I talk about the ramifications of such thought often. I am extremely self aware of what I do, and my blog is evidence of that. 

Here, Here, Here, and here are a few examples. 

It would be different if someone was actively tagging or tweeting someone’s fantasy at the band on main. But we aren’t contributing to that harm here. We all mind our business and keep our spaces tight for Tumblr fans and Tumblr fans only. I think it can only be a problem if someone isn’t aware of their influence with harmful dynamics and/or depictions of a celebrity–especially if they aren’t aware of it. Real person fiction can absolutely be something someone isn’t cool with, however, I don’t think it’s fair to police others that work within the healthy boundaries of fandom, especially if people are just doing what they’ve always done. 

Thank you for such an interesting question, it’s always fun to think about things like this. 💘

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[theawesomeadventurer]

okay but this is a power move above any other

[eelpatrickharris-deactivated202]

It gets even better, because he was doing all of this on a pitch black night. This dude swam towards a lure, slapped at it with his glove, and when it got caught; he let himself float and tugged on the line so the fisherman thought he had hooked a 100+ pound salmon. Once he was finally up to the shore, he turned a flashlight on in the guy’s face and walked out of the water, saying “good morning, gentlemen. State fish and game warden, you’re under arrest.“

At this point, the guy who had reeled him in had literally fallen over in shock, and the other people with him were scared shitless. The warden whipped some citations out of a plastic bag in his wetsuit, made the trespassers sign them, asked if they had any questions, and then gathered all of their fishing gear. And he just. Walked back into the river. And quietly swam away, without another word.

This man is a legend.

[do-you-have-a-flag]

warden coming out of his river to shame fishermankind

[sadistmichael]

calum and michael dancing to wildflower with smoke on michael’s instagram live / april 3rd

[blackqueerblog]

i wish somebody looked at me like the way he looked at that onion

[that-twink-over-there]

The scream always takes me out 🤣

[resonance-of-libra]

This is the Lucky Ace. Reblog to recieve a wad of cash that is oddly specific to your current needs.

[jukaidream]

I reblogged this shit two days ago y’all… what kinda sorcery is this. Oddly specific too …. I’ll take it tho 🤯

[thisisasinkingship]

I think I did it wrong

[resonance-of-libra]

You made me lol ^_^

[neshtasplace]

I’m reblogging cause I had a great boon, so charging this post with more power!

[trashzy-deactivated20211214]

Gerenuk

[prrb]

i hate that they can move their limbs like that so much.

[commander-ledi]

if i drew this and asked for critique on any art site, i know that every critique would tell me to go study more basic anatomy and lecture me about how joints dont work like that

[drtanner]

Unfortunately, every picture of a gerenuk is like that.

They’re just incorrigibly fucked up and if you tried to draw them as they actually are, it’s a cinch you’d get heaps of people trying to redline that shit for you and telling you to “fix” it.