[barstoolblues]

mozzarella and parmesan is kind of like the age gap yuri of cheese

[gaygoatshane]

ilya promising children cash if they win knowing he's gonna let them win and then asking shane for money because he doesn't have his wallet. he wasn't even an annoying husband yet but he was letting shane know his potential

[lgbtlaughs]

ACT UP, 1990

[eloquentedition]

Woman painting in the storm. Village of Burano, Italy, 1977 by Jean Gaumy.

https://www.instagram.com/jeangaumy/

[my-dailydreams]

[blushingbloom]

horse bridle made from watsonia leaves by Hannah Thornhill

[segamascott]

[downintheseine]

adoringly staring at mama

[grrlmusic]

Minami Gessel

[luntfontanne]

damn he really is an all-time poster

[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.

[synthgimp]

Nine Inch Nails promotional t shirt

[gunpowdercarousel]

I don't need therapy I need rabid gay people freaking out in my inbox

[geckogf]

𐔌ㅤ stand up for your right baby

[vooduude2]

My leftover pasta looked so beautiful in the microwave

[weterpete]

Um no I'm pretty sure those are both switches

[spookyscarysnails]

[fuckrozanov]

the worst writing crime you can ever commit in my opinion is watering down the dirty talk because you’re self-conscious that it sounds like it’s from a bad porno…..i cannot stress this enough……leave it alone. the moment you tell yourself he would not fucking say that you’re doomed. people will say almost anything if their dick is hard enough