Our last work by Edmund Dulac is Dissolving in Foam, an illustration made for Hans Andersen’s The Little Mermaid (originally published in 1837).

My fave Ghostbuster!!

Open for commission

When a comrade gets arrested

If you’re new to actions with an arrest risk and you don’t have experienced protestors with you, there’s stuff you can find online about having a legal team, writing the name of a lawyer on your body, saying NOTHING to the cops except the name of your lawyer, etc. That’s all good advice.

But let me give you a bit of advice that is just as essential as all that:

If one of your comrades gets arrested, and you know they can be held for 6, 9, 12 hours, depending on where you are, you get a group of people together and you wait outside the police station.

You may be tired, you may be stressed, it may be freezing, you may need to take turns, but you take whoever can still physically and mentally bear it and you go to that police station and you wait for your comrade. You can spend the time taking care of each other, drinking hot drinks, doing whatever gets you through, but you wait.

And when your comrade gets out, you make sure they do not walk home alone in the dark thinking about the fucked up experience they just had, you make sure there’s a big fucking crowd of their comrades there to greet them with hugs and hot drinks and a cigarette if they smoke.

And whether the arrested comrade that just got out is happy or sad or pissed off, you take that for what it is and give that space and you support that. And you get them a hot meal and you hang out with them and you offer to let them stay at your place or you stay with them so they don’t have to spend that night alone with their thoughts.

You do this every damn time, regardless of whether you really like that comrade and regardless of how you feel about the thing your comrade got arrested for, regardless of how often they’ve been arrested. Because you never know how shitty their experience is going to be in there this time. 

Trust me. This is absolutely essential. Once you’ve been arrested and have felt the difference between walking home alone or having your friends waiting for you, you’ll understand.

Be good comrades

I can’t stress how important this is. When my father and I were arrested in Seattle some years back for agitating for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, we were greeted outside the jail by the event’s organisers. They cheered us, had cokes and munchies for us. They drove us to our car and, during the drive, asked if we wanted to stay the night in Seattle with one of the organisers, they filled us in on what had happened after our arrests, they asked about and listened intently to what we experienced from arrest to release. They did so much so well that when another call went out for potential arrestees, we were amongst the first to raise our proverbial hands.  Read the post. Re-read the post. Remember it. And, when the chance comes, do it.

When I was arrested at a Black Lives Matter protest a few years ago, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice were doing Jail Support when I was finally let out of One Police Plaza at around 6am. 

They had gotten a klezmer band to stand along the hill you have to go up to leave the jail, and as I walked to where the volunteer lawyers were waiting (they were there to make sure all 200+ people who were arrested that night would be represented at their later hearings. They also were surrounded by volunteers who had food, phone chargers, directions to all the nearby subway stops, and one of them let me borrow her phone to call my mom when I got frustrated with how slowly my phone was charging) the band played music, cheered and applauded. 

Honestly? That band playing klezmer for me as I left jail, cheering me on and making me laugh… it’s a memory I really treasure. 

It’s also one of my mother’s favorite stories. Before I told her about that band, she got so upset and agitated whenever anything reminded her of my arrest. She’d freak out, cry, start fussing over me, and so forth. After I told her about the klezmer band though? It became something she’d tell her friends about, over and over again, laughing each time. She stopped calling me to beg me not to go and protest every time she knew a big one was happening, and instead would call to make a joke about how if I want to listen to klezmer she has some CDs I can borrow.

When I think about that night, rather than any of the many many terrible things that happened from the moment the cops grabbed me onward, the first thing I remember is the klezmer, and how it made me laugh, and the popcorn someone gave me as I gave the lawyers my name and info, and the kindness of strangers.

After the dehumanization of even a few hours in police custody, those volunteers made me smile, and gave the night a new fun and funny angle to be remembered from. I actually laugh when I think about that night, thanks to them.

Jail Support is a beyond vital part of protesting. It really really is. 

Had an impromptu chat with @ushi418 about fashion history the other day- thought I’d post it here as a quick ref for people!

anyway jeff bezos could eradicate homelessness. he could literally give each homeless person 100k and it would only take less than .5% of his entire wealth. what the actual god giving fuck

Why do you think they deserve it

Well shelter is a basic need, and would at the very least allow them a place where they can get back on their feet. Food water and shelter are necessary for a healthy body and psychology. There’s also the fact that they’re people too, and a little help goes a long way in making a decent community. There’s plenty of reasons

Yeah they need stuff, but why does every homeless person deserve 0.5% of someone’s income

You have five hundred apples, and just one day to eat them all. 

You pass by a small crowd of hungry children, and decide you’d rather 455 apples go rotten than give them to some snotty brat who isn’t your problem.

It doesn’t matter how hard you’ve worked for your 500 apples, or that you aren’t the parent of any of those kids. in the moment you decide to walk away, it doesn’t matter why they’re hungry, or who owes who what.

You had the opportunity to help people, you had the ability to help people, you had the resources to help people. You had everything you needed to make a small, tiny little difference in someone’s life, and you decided not to.

What are you going to buy in your lifetime that’s worth more to you than your own humanity?

What are you going to buy in your lifetime that’s worth more to you than your own humanity

Reblogging for the very, very important lesson

Sometimes I wish there were a Hell if only for the visuals of a bunch of rich shit heads wandering around on fire asking “Where’s my money?!”

There are estimated to be at least 100 million homeless in the world. 100k each would be 10 trillion dollars. If this were less than 0.5% of Bezos net worth, then he would be worth more than 2 thousand trillion dollars.

Housing the homeless takes more than just blaming one asshole rich guy.

Twink // Otter // Bear solidarity

This is exactly what the 90s would have been like with today’s internet

Major plot twist

Giant animatronic dinosaur outside bbc hq! Wow! Credits: BBC

Ruby Bridges was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis in 1960.

This movie made me cry, I was so heart broken by how Ruby Bridges was treated! She was only 6, but was so strong. She is a very brave girl and she did not care what the white folks called her.

People are simply disgusting to minimize people by skin color!

Ruby you might not think you’re a hero… But to other people you are! You are A HERO and you are A PERSON WHO MADE AMERICA CHANGE!

this is white culture, this is their history, this is their legacy…being enraged at a damn baby just because she’s black.

she’s still alive by the way

Ruby Bridges in 2010 

“As Bridges describes it, “Driving up I could see the crowd, but living in New Orleans, I actually thought it was Mardi Gras. There was a large crowd of people outside of the school. They were throwing things and shouting, and that sort of goes on in New Orleans at Mardi Gras.“ Former United States Deputy Marshal Charles Burks later recalled, “She showed a lot of courage. She never cried. She didn’t whimper. She just marched along like a little soldier, and we’re all very very proud of her.“ 

U.S. Marshals escorted Bridges to and from school

As soon as Bridges entered the school, white parents pulled their own children out; all the teachers refused to teach while a black child was enrolled. Only one person agreed to teach Ruby and that was Barbara Henry, from Boston, Massachusetts, and for over a year Henry taught her alone, “as if she were teaching a whole class.”

Every morning, as Bridges walked to school, one woman would threaten to poison her; because of this, the U.S. Marshals dispatched by President Eisenhower, who were overseeing her safety, allowed Ruby to eat only the food that she brought from home.

Another woman at the school put a black baby doll in a wooden coffin and protested with it outside the school, a sight that Bridges Hall has said “scared me more than the nasty things people screamed at us.” At her mother’s suggestion, Bridges began to pray on the way to school, which she found provided protection from the comments yelled at her on the daily walks.”

More info on Ruby Bridges on Wikipedia

THIS SHIT WAS ONLY 58 YEARS AGO. PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS RACIST TERRORISM AND ACTS LIKE IT ARE STILL ALIVE, AND THEIR KIDS ARE IN THEIR 40′S AND 50′S. 

DON’T LET RACISM APOLOGISTS GET AWAY WITH “WHY ARE YOU LIVING IN THE PAST,” BULLSHIT ARGUMENTS. WE ARE LITERALLY STILL DEALING WITH THE FAMILIES THAT FORMED HATE MOBS OVER BLACK CHILDREN ATTENDING SCHOOL WITH WHITE KIDS.

This was her then:

This is literally how she looks in 2017. 

She’s literally not even  old. 

Tove Jansson - Illustrations for Alice in Wonderland

How to finger a girl

1,cut your nails 2,wash your hands 3,stimulate her thighs and grab it firmly 4,fuddle her boobs 5,flick and play with her clit while u kiss her same time 6,wait until she’s wet before sliding ur finger in so it won’t hurt 7,soon as u feel she’s wet,look her dead in the eyes while u slide ur fingers in her 8, grab her by the neck and choke her while ur fingers go deeper in her pussy (9) twist and grind slowly in her walls,looking for the pin point of her G spot (10) pay attention to her body language to know when u found the right spot with ur fingers (11) soon as u find the spot,focus on it,grind in there,go deeper,talk shit to her at the same time (12) ask her how she want it,faster? Slowly?

Few tips on fingering a girl,ur welcome

I’m just gonna leave this here ….

Yes please.

So many boys my age who don’t know how to do this right.

I wanna practice on a girl real quick who’s down ?😍😏😁😋😛🤔

2a. Talk to girl

2b. Talk to girl about sex

2c. Ensure what you are about to do is consensual. You can achieve this by talking

4a. Ensure you still have consent for what you are doing

6a. The consent thing

8a. Delete 8 above. Come back to this when you know this person REAL well, you've discussed bdsm, you've learned how to choke without causing damage, you have safe words/actions agreed, you are aware of any adverse reactions (ptsd or of any kind) that your partner may have, the signs that that may be becoming triggered, what you need to do immediately if this happens. When you're really ready, go for it and enjoy.

9a. If you think twisting and grinding are what you should be doing, go back to 2b.

10a. Remember that you're not necessarily going to find her g-spot with your fingers

12a. Really, you're going to wait until 12 before you ask her how she feels? Go back to 2a.

13. Return to the clitoris and learn how she likes it stimulated. This will take time and communication. Every girl is different (this shouldn't come as any surprise. You don't expect every woman to like the same foods or have the same shoe size. Why would you think your technique is some kind of vagina skeleton key?) She will appreciate your effort though because this is far more likely to give her a satisfying climax than your jabbing, twisting and grinding trying to simulate her g-spot.

14. Aftercare. Give her space, give her cuddles, give her reassurance, give her snacks, whatever she needs right now. How do you know? Ask.

thinking about the girl who was abused so much by her former caretaker that she turned invisible(!), so moomin-mamma took her in + the moomins treated her with so much love and compassion that she slowly became visible again.

In Tuulikkis copy of “The invisible child”, Tove wrote: “Thank you for making me stop being invisible”

Here come the most Extra of turtles and tortoises

Indian Roof Turtle, about as close to a dragon turtle as we’re likely to get.

Burmese Roof Turtle, with a banana for a head

Diamondback Terrapin, the Rorschach of turtles

Red-Bellied Short-Necked Turtle, just look at those colors!

Burmese Starred Tortoise, geometrically chic

Radiated Tortoise, also geometrically chic but maybe more art deco

Painted Terrapin, no need to send in the clowns

Leopard Tortoise, breaking the mold with a little art noveau

Bell’s Hingeback Tortoise, “You think box turtles got it on lockdown? Hold my noms and watch this!”

Impressed Tortoise, what it says on the tin

Cane Turtle, otherwise known as “Winner Of Turtle Death Glare Competition Since Forever”

Mata-Mata Turtle, the very definition of chaotic Neutral as a turtle

Spiny turtle, a very sharp and very dangerous boy

Cantor’s giant softshell turtle, a pancake with turtle pieces

Alligator snapping turtle, a real life honest dragon

The last one!!!

Forest

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Life-Size Animals Emerge from Persian Rugs in Perception-Defying Sculptures by Debbie Lawson

Coast

i dont care if tolkien came up with orcs, tolkien orcs are not orcs. true orcs have big gay arms to hold their wives and husbands and aside from that only care about antiques roadshow

People need to realize that there’s a difference between straight people and Straight People™

Straight person: Hey, you got a new haircut. Looks really good.

Straight Person™: No homo, but your haircut looks good on you.

In case you were confused 👌

Just like how there are white people who are gay and then there are the White Gays

White people who are gay: “I’m gay.”

White Gays: “I can’t believe I got accused of racism after calling that person a racial slur! I mean, I know what racism looks like because I’ve been discriminated for my sexuality. How is me being racist even possible? I’M GAY!”

Lmao all the angry White and Straight people in the comments, keep reblogging

neurotypical: i don’t have any mental illnesses or disorders Neurotypical™: Happiness is a choice!! ✨✨Have you tried yoga? Drink more water and eat kale ✨✨

cis person: i identify completely as my assigned gender Cis Person™: It doesn’t matter what you identify as, cause you still have Female Genitals! I’m not being offensive!! Read a book on Human Biology! 🚹🚺

men: I identify as male.

Men™: feminazis ruin everything, get back in the kitchen and make me a sandwich bitch

atheists: I don’t believe in god or identify with a religion

Atheists™: Don’t fucking talk to me if you believe in God. Open your closed-fucking-minds!! (usually targeted towards Christians)

nice guys: hey I know when not to invade someone’s space and I totally respect boundaries

Nice Guys™: IVE BEEN YOUR FRIEND FOR A MONTH AND NOW YOURE TELLING ME YOU DONT WANT TO FUCK ME ???? WHAT IS THE POINT OF WOMEN IF YOURE NOT HAVING SEX WITH ME?

this post got all kinds of better since I last saw it

This post is perfection across the board.

christians: i believe in God

Christians™: GOD IS THE ONLY GOD OH GOD IS THAT STAR A PENTAGRAM?!?!?!?!?! READ YOUR BIBLE EVERYDAY IF YOU DONT YOUVE FAILED ALSO IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ME IN ANY WAY YOURE GONNA GO TO HELL CAUSE IM A CHRISTIAN AND IM EXEMPT FROM RULES CAUSE GOD SAID SO

gamers: I like video games

Gamers™: Video Games are Art and you can keep your political correctness bullshit right out of them! Anyway that female character CHOSE to dress that way!

Marie Babey (French, Paris, France) - Allez Virgile!, Tour Cycliste du Canal Paris, 1989  Photography

Heat index was 110 degrees so we offered him a cold drink. He went for a full body soak instead

he accepted ur cold drink!!