for emily, whenever I may find her

What is poetry that does not save Nations or people? -Czeslaw Milosz

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[strawbearrries]

“Lemonade was not made for me, either. As a Singaporean Chinese woman, I would be lying if I said I was familiar with the complex, myriad ways Beyoncé explores black female personhood, sexuality, and spirituality in the film. But as a non-American, non-white woman, what I am familiar with is appreciating art that is not and will never be made with me in mind. This is a process that white people are now struggling with more publicly than ever. It seems to me that much of the pain in this process comes from entitlement, which often stems from ignorance. I wonder: Do white people in the Western world understand just how much of global popular culture is tailored to their tastes and their histories? Do white people in the Western world know that, for non-white people who wish to participate in and discuss global popular culture, being well-versed in white cultural and musical history is almost compulsory? Do white people in the Western world know how laughable it is that they feel excluded just because a popular work of art dares to be less culturally legible to them?”

— Beyoncé’s Lemonade: A Lesson on Appreciating Art That Wasn’t Made for You | Consequence of Sound (via luxuriousvulgarity)

[bi-trans-alliance]

A Christian Group Is Paying For Transgender People’s Surgeries To Atone For The Church’s Discrimination

Transitioning is a varied process that differs from individual to individual, so it doesn’t always involve surgery. But when it does, those surgeries might not be covered by insurance and are often expensive, which is why a Christian group is encouraging church members to donate to help transgender people with surgery costs.

Faithfully LGBT, an organization that seeks to share the stories of LGBTQ people of faith, has started a campaign called the Tithe Trans Campaign to raise money for the transgender community. The campaign takes its name from a practice in which some Christians donate a tenth of their earnings to the church.

Faithfully LGBT is collecting donations to send to the Jim Collins Foundation, a non-profit organization that raises money to provide grants to cover gender affirming surgeries.

(read more)

[sciencetylia]

Direct link to the crowdfunding campaign:

Christians Give Your Tithe Towards Trans Surgeries

So far they’ve raised 5% of their goal of $10,000.

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G-G on Facebook - G-G on Twitter

[3eanuts]

February 6, 1993 — see The Complete Peanuts 1991-1994

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Yung Cheng Lin aka 3cm aka Ephlin Cheng (Taiwanese, based Tainan, Taiwan)  Photography

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Louise Bourgeois

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Julie Manet with cat, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (detail)

[thegetty]

Detail of The Orient Sea, Henry W. Cave, about 1890. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 84.XB.759.2.1. 

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[laclefdescoeurs]

An Elderly Man as Paul, 1659, Rembrandt van Rijn

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»post no dreams« john fekner (1978, grand central station, new york)

(via johnfekner)

[tinydeskcontest]

Watch Tank And The Bangas’ Tiny Desk Concert Now!

“Out of over 6,000 entries — more submissions than we’ve ever received — Tank And The Bangas won, unanimously, this year’s Tiny Desk Contest. I fully expected their victory performance here at NPR headquarters in D.C. to be celebratory. I didn’t know we’d all end up in tears.”

– Bob Boilen

Watch the full concert here.

[nprmusic]

There was not a dry eye to be found at NPR HQ when Tank and the Bangas performed at the Tiny Desk. This is one you don’t want to miss. 

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san miguel de allende, mexico

[micdotcom]

Watch: John Oliver shows how segregated schools are still destroying black kids’ education and self worth

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the most accurate picture of the retail industry