gaslight, gatekeep, gastropod

my art tag is #sleepybones art

[toki504]

[nextlevelsmp3]

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[kaidenchii]

Revelations 16:3

“Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living creature in the sea died.”

[sleep-y-bones]

got a job at the local aquarium, continuing reading moby dick... oh yeah it's gonna be a good pride month for me

[qqchurch]

[advanced-passenger-train]

[mandavee]

Oh my god

[red-mercer]

My God it's basically just us and the French

[a-cipher]

anon I want you to know that I am always thinking about this

[papertrlck]

Happy pride month. I doodled my DD favorites to subtly share my headcanons.

[sleep-y-bones]

"Loss/Grief"

((click for full res pls))

[sleep-y-bones]

opened tumblr to see people reblogging this because apparently it's been 18 years since Loss, so happy 18 year lossiversary

[sexy-people-contests-2026]

Tumblr Sexyman Contest 2026 Round 1 Part 4

Goncharov (Goncharov)

Shadow Milk Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom)

Remaining time: 3 days 2 hours

[sexy-people-contests-2026]

Tumblr Sexyman Contest 2026 Round 1 Part 42

Papyrus (Undertale)

Hannibal Lector (Hannibal Tv show)

Remaining time: 3 days 2 hours

[sexy-people-contests-2026]

Tumblr Sexyman Contest 2026 Round 1 Part 78

Shane Hollander (Heated Rivalry)

Chuuya Nakahara (Bungou Stray Dogs)

Preminger (Barbie: The Princess and the Pauper)

Remaining time: 3 days 2 hours

[estrogenesis-vaporeongelion]

"i'm no better than a man" hey don't say that. of course you are

[internetgreatesthits]

[discflame]

my live reaction to this moment

[rabbiteclair]

auto immune disorders happen when the immune system ignores regulatory factors and begins attacking healthy bodily tissues, due to what scientists refer to as "sheer love of the game"

[gogeyama]