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‘Synth-Sense’ - graphite/acrylic/digital
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Good things take time, including recovery.
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this is batman in the bathroom
last night i was briefly talking about furbies and agreed that they should be interpreted as miniature, flightless griffins
‘furbies’ are opportunist desert insectivores that may also eat some plants or carrion. resembling the build of a chinchilla with soft downy feathers and an otherworldly rate of colour mutation. they live in large family burrows and are extremely socially intelligent and vocal, in captivity they will mimic human speech. because of this, their small size, and many morphs, domestic furbies are popular pets but must be kept in at least pairs
i witnessed the most fascinating thing today imo…my 4th grade art class were talking while they did their work and one of them was like “if you work hard all your life…….it means NOTHING” and their response was to all crack up and start running with this bit like. “you work all your life on an oil painting. the mayor comes in. he says ‘i didn’t even ask you to do that painting.’” they kept going giving examples of nothing mattering and laughing hysterically. they’re 9. like, we think OUR humor is depressing or w/e, how are THEY going to be
Millennials are depressed but the Gen Z kids are straight up nihilists
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Urgent and relevant
everyone forgot that mlk jr. said he hated white moderates
he said white moderates were a greater stumbling block to freedom than the kkk. mlk jr said that.
yo can someone please tell me if this is accurate? Because that’s fucked up
yes and he was right
read the thing for yourself https://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/documents/Letter_Birmingham_Jail.pdf
Most relevant paragraph
“I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says, “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can’t agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically feels that he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by the myth of time; and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a “more convenient season.” Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.”
He wasn’t wrong. It is, sadly, still true today.
“…who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.” We talk about this in seminary all the time: peace that is won by one side holding its foot on the other side’s throat is not peace. When we pray for peace, we must pray for peace with justice, never at the cost of justice, made by silencing the oppressed.
Fellow white people, don’t just reblog or share mlk jr.’s more palatable “hate cannot drive out hate” type quotes and ignore the fact that he also said challenging things like this. We must hold ourselves accountable. We must not be lukewarm. And there is never a “more convenient season” to act to secure rights for all people – the time is now.
He also had a speech to the APA that openly called out white people for caring more about “riots” and damaged property than the fact that Black people were suffering under institutional violence.
He called out white people regularly for their lack of empathy for Black lives and their continuance to spout respectability at Black people than hold the white policymakers accountable for their racism.
Boost tf outta this for MLK day.
We’re done talking about “ I Have a Dream”.
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this is pink and shes perfect! no pictures of her are unflattering!
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Pride, 2017
On June 28, 1969 the Stonewall Riots took place in New York City. The following year, led by the efforts of Brenda Howard ( the “mother of pride”) and others, the first pride parade/protest was held to commemorate the event. In 2000 the event received federal recognition as President Bill Clinton issued a proclamation declaring June Gay and Lesbian Pride Month. After 8 years of silence during the Bush administration President Obama subsequently declared June Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month in 2009 and each subsequent year of his presidency.
The last two years of Pride have been marked by distinctly different events. 2015′s Pride was a capped by the joyous celebration of the Obergefell ruling making marriage equality the law of the land. By contrast, 2016′s Pride fell in the shadow of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando.
In 2017 we enter Pride under the reality of a new administration that is quite frankly hostile to the LGBTQ+ community, no matter how they want to spin things. We enter 2017′s Pride witnessing events in Chechnya, Indonesia, and elsewhere around the world; as well as both violence and renewed legislative attacks here at home. We enter the month in the wake of the attacks in Portland, under the threat of continued immigration actions, with a government withdrawing support for critical criminal justice reforms, and launching an assault on research, data collection, healthcare, social services, and critical support in numerous areas that often impact the LGBTQ+ community in significant ways. What I hear from LGBTQ+ folks in 2017 is a great degree of uncertainty and fear for our future, our rights, our safety. But I also see our strength, our resilience, our community. And I see a long history of people willing to step up, speak out, kick ass, and fight for equality for all of us. That’s something to take pride in.
I hope that, especially for the LGBTQ+ youth out there, that rich history and the strength of our community brings a sense of hope. As Harvey Milk so eloquently put, “you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life isn’t worth living.” And as challenging as things have felt of late, I’ve got a hell of a lot of hope.
This year as we go into Pride month, I hope everyone, whether you’re an ally or a member of the LGBTQ+ community, takes some time to reflect on our history, and on the work that still needs to be done. Our history goes back way further than Stonewall (we’ve been around forever) but I think there’s something particularly powerful about the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement coming out of a riot. Pride is not about tidy corporate sponsored rainbow parades - it’s about that moment when the most marginalized members of our community pushed back. And in case it wasn’t clear enough already, we’ve still got (whether they’re literal or metaphorical) bricks and pies to throw.
And as we head into Pride I ask you to consider doing the following:
For those in the LGBTQ+ community:
Be visible. Be as open and proud as you can (comfortable/safely) be. You matter, your presence matters, and your identity and story matters.
Stay intersectional. There are a lot of issues to tackle and a lot of ways in which our identities overlap with those challenges. Our movement is always stronger when we embrace that.
Stay hopeful, stay engaged. We will keep moving forward.
For our allies:
Listen, learn, and be present. Read LGBTQ+ authors, take part in events that you can (like Pride festivities!), and just take a little extra time this month to do your homework and engage with LGBTQ+ voices and issues.
Give. Support LGBTQ+ folks and organizations with your money and/or volunteer hours. And at the very least take a little time to give some love and support to the LGBTQ+ people in your own life. Give us a hug, order us some pizza, whatever you can do.
Stand up. Whether it’s at your school, workplace, community, or just online, stand up and let the world know that LGBTQ+ rights and individuals matter to you.
It takes all of us.
There’s an interview that Leslie Feinberg did in 1998 with Sylvia Rivera, one of the trans women at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots, where she talks about her experiences, emphasis mine:
“We were not taking any more of this shit…I’m glad I was in the Stonewall riot. I remember when someone threw a Molotov cocktail, I thought: "My god, the revolution is here. The revolution is finally here!” I always believed that we would have a fight back. I just knew that we would fight back. I just didn’t know it would be that night. Of course, we still got a long way ahead of us.“
June 2017 is Pride month, and “we still got a long way ahead of us.” Yes, we do. But we’ll get there. Stay strong, be proud, keep fighting.
An important read for the start of pride month.
Although in Phoenix, it’s miserably and dangerously hot out by June, so we do our Pride in April. While it feels a little odd to be off of the rest of the country’s schedule, it’s (almost) like getting two prides.
Weirdo life update thing
Hi. I’m not sure if anyone I used to interact with on here is still active on their blogs (except for like 3 people), but anyway, yeah, sorry. Read if you feel like it, but no obligation.