Still untitled

… but now with a description. Same username on Bluesky.

[elierlick]

Thirty-year-old Tamara Rees shows us what trans empowerment looked like in 1954. She fought Nazis, taught parachuting, and traveled the world... but her biggest challenge came when the press learned of her identity.

1950s news coverage of Tamera Rees' transition shows a time before the trans moral panic. Most stories regarded her as brave or heroic for her openness. National newspapers even celebrated her wedding in 1955.

The New York Daily News, which now hosts daily anti-trans editorials, ran a shockingly respectful series on trans people in the 1950s. Tamara Rees's narrative was among the longest and most detailed. She thoughtfully implored the public to respect not only her identity, but also other trans people like her.

Tamara wasn't the first famous trans woman of the 1950s, nor was she the best known. However, she had a unique opportunity to share her own story. You can read Tamara's 1955 autobiography, Reborn: A Factual Life Story of a Transition from Male to Female, at transreads.org/reborn 

[suonko]

by Takeuchi Seiho

[periodinteriors]

Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin, A Room in Alexander Basilewsky's Residence in Paris, 1870, watercolor.

[zebydeb]

All the wealthy collectors seem to have had a room like this and I love seeing them. A lot of great medieval pieces are only in modern museums today because people like this collected them and then bequeathed them.

But I always take a moment of reflection for the many stressed-out housemaids who had to do the dusting. You know he wasn’t doing it himself.

[nasa]

Join Moon Joy June!

Are you in need of some serious Moon joy? Get ready for Moon Joy June. NASA is hosting a month-long art challenge and we would love for you to participate! For every week of June, NASA will introduce a new prompt to inspire artists and creators of all kinds:

June 1-7: Launch 

June 8-14: Moon 

June 15-21: Crew 

June 22-30: Earth 

To share your Moon joy-inspired art on Tumblr, use the hashtag #ArtemisArtShow.

The sky is (not) the limit! We encourage all forms of art, including but not limited to: paintings, drawings, sculptures, dances, music, animations, nail art, latte foam art, poetry, fashion. Choose your favorite medium and share it with us!

Learn more about the challenge in our FAQ. Happy Moon Joy June to all who celebrate!

[taciturn-nerd]

Lord Peter learns the connection between advertising and the working class

He had never realized the enormous commercial importance of the comparatively poor. Not on the wealthy, who buy only what they want when they want it, was the vast superstructure of industry founded and built up, but on those who, aching for a luxury beyond their reach and for a leisure for ever denied them, could be bullied or wheedled into spending their few hardly won shillings on whatever might give them, if only for a moment, a leisured and luxurious illusion.

[archiveofcanvas]

Anonymous painter (circle of Gerolamo Tessari), Saint Anthony Preaching to the Fish (detail), 1518, Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua

[fuckyeahkitschy2]

[zebydeb]

We had this exact thing but it was called Beetle Drive (cootie isn’t really a UK word).

[dragon-in-a-fez]

under US law, it's illegal for anyone who's not a member of a recognised native tribe to own an eagle feather. the penalty is a $100,000 fine.

14 years ago when I had recently moved to Alaska, I went hiking with an Aleut friend, and she pointed to a feather lying on the ground and said "hey that's a bald eagle tail feather, you should grab it!" and I was like "uhh I'm very white and that's very illegal" and she went "they're fuckin everywhere up here man. I have 20." so she grabs it off the ground and hands it to me and says "there, now it's a ceremonial gift from an indigenous person."

and I'm like, okay, cool, I guess this is how we do things in Alaska. nice.

so I keep this bald eagle tail feather around for years. display it in my home among other cherished memorabilia from places I've lived and visited, etc.

on a whim, I have just now looked it up. there is no exemption to that law for a ceremonial gift from an indigenous person. the last 7 years I lived in the US, I was technically a bald eagle poacher.

probably a good thing I don't intend to move back there anytime soon. I wonder what the statute of limitations is on bird crimes.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

@freedomisscaryshit I'm fucking dying I think you forgot the word "feathers" in your tags?? or do you just wish you could grab whole ass eagles that land in your yard??

[emotional-support-husband]

As an Indigenous person, it continues to astound me that there are such strict laws (written by White people) in our name, laws against...picking up things just found on the ground. Like, stop pretending this is "for" us. We don't want this.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

so, for clarity, that's not what this is. the law against possessing feathers is an anti-poaching measure, derived from a North American treaty protecting certain migratory bird species from hunting. that treaty has an exemption for indigenous people to allow tribes that use eagle feathers in ceremonial or religious practices to continue doing so.

[chekhovs-raygun]

i used to collect feathers (illegally) as a teenager and the thing is that it's incredibly important for feathers from wild birds to be illegal to possess because it ensures that they never become fashionable to wear. the reason we passed the migratory bird act was because the american and european fashion industry was driving species to extinction in a timespan of years. not just decades. the ecological devastation of exporting birds for hats was absolutely insane and people were watching wetlands and forests and meadows just empty out in realtime. look at the wikipedia article for the plume trade.

the law against 'picking feathers up off the ground' means that you can't go shoot an eagle then sell the feathers on etsy by saying you 'just found them'. you can't own them no matter where they came from, which makes sure that they're not going to come from any birds killed and then secretly disposed of.

these laws, as harsh and ridiculous as they seem, saved flamingos, spoonbills, egrets, and all kinds of hawks and eagles from extinction. the minute these laws weaken and people can make money off killing them again, they're fucked.

[lizardlicks]

this is one of those "no actually this regulation exists for a reason" laws much like work place safety and building fire codes (that Republicans keep trying to roll back) and is written in blood just like them as well. it's just not human blood this time, and the fact that people actually cared enough about long term future over short term profit to get it put in place is nothing short of astonishing. That it didn't get put in place in time to save several species is heart breaking.

[hapalopus]

And yes, it's still needed today, despite no one wearing hats. People will go to crazy lengths to acquire rare feathers

Dead Exotic Bird Thief | Field Ethos

By Andrew Court In 2009, a college kid named Edwin Rist broke into the British Natural History museum…

[arthistoryanimalia]

#MooseDay 🫎:

Goyce Kakegamic (Anishinaabe (Cree), 1948-2021)

#Moose, early 1980s

acrylic on paper, 18 x 24 in (45.7 x 61 cm)

“Moose, abundant in the dense forests of the Anishinaabe territories, serve as a crucial source of food for many Anishinaabeg. Moreover, various parts of the moose – its hide, fur, antlers, and more – are employed in the fabrication of drums, artistic creations, and an assortment of tools. Unsurprisingly, then, the moose is a frequent subject of the Anishinaabe painters of this time.”

[arthistoryanimalia]

Resharing for #MooseDay 🫎

[simena]

Ottavio Mazzonis – Vestito rosa

[thesorceresstemple]

eastern greek fluorite carved owl. 4th - 3rd centry BC

[arthistoryanimalia]

#WorldPangolinDay :

Wooden Pangolin Storage Container

Yoruba culture, West Africa, possibly Nigeria, ca. mid to late 20th c.

12.75" L x 9" W x 6" H (32.4 x 22.9 x 15.2 cm)

“A rare wooden storage container carved in the form of a curled-up pangolin - a mammal known for its protective keratin scales and long, prehensile tail. The container is crafted from two pieces, with a hollowed interior that opens on iron hinges, secured by a wire clasp. The curled tail serves as a functional handle. While suitable for various storage purposes, it may have been used as a kola nut box. Several [4] species of pangolin inhabit West Africa and hold cultural significance in African communities, where they are incorporated into traditional ceremonies, rituals, and medicinal practices.”

[ymutate]

Filippo Palizzi (Italian painter 1818–1899)

Excavations in Pompeii, 1870

Oil on Canvas

119.5 × 86 cm.

Private Collection

[rabid-transcendentalist]

@anthropologist-on-the-loose get peer-reviewed because your shared experience with the subject of the painting really heightened the emotional impact of this artwork for me ( An impact which was already high tbh. The idea that Pompeii was built by generations, buried by generations, uncovered by generations. What if I just started screaming and never stopped. )

[anthropologist-on-the-loose]

"Built by generations, buried by generations, uncovered by generations" is ruining me, thanks

[cosmonautroger]

[mrshamill]

i can't hit the love button hard enough.

O. MY. GOD.

[monacellipress]

Jellyfish mosaic tile piece, Havana, Cuba. From Great Houses of Havana.

[diemelusine]

Ana de Velasco y Téllez-Girón, Duchess of Braganza (1603) by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz. Collection Alicia Koplowitz.

[sophiamcdougall]

So suddenly, as you do, I decided to translate an Anglo-Saxon poem.

(It’s my favourite. And it feels relevant.)

DEOR  Wayland knew wretchedness among the worms That brave earl felt bitter pain, Sorrow and longing were his fellows; Wintercold wrack. Grief gripped him Nithad had laid bonds on him, Upon the better man!

That passed by and so may this.

Beadhilde’s heart was not so sore For her dead brothers as for herself. That she was with child she knew. But never what to think, or what to do.

That passed by and so may this.

Matilda’s moans, so many – We remember them. The Lady of Geat, And her sad love, that stole her sleep.

That passed by and so may this.

Thirty winters Theodric ruled. The Maerings will not forget!

That passed by and so may this.

Remember Eormanric’s wolflike mind, How he scourged the land of Goths? That was a grim king! So many sat, wrapped in sorrows, Wretched in thought, wishing always For the kingdom’s freedom.

That passed by and so may this.

When you sit suffering, Your joy all gone, your mind all dark, When it seems endless, may you remember How God goes through the world And always to some brings glory And to some their share of pain.

And of myself, what should  I say? For a while I sang my songs among the Hedenings.   Dear to my lord, and Deor was my name. A good life it was, as winters passed. Another, skilled in songs, has taken What once I had, and all that I was promised.

That passed by, and so may this.