in the heat somehow I knew, it was you // beating down the dusk Hello Hawk - Superchunk
by Gerard Donelan
For historical context, this is about making a panel for the AIDS quilt, a memorial project which began in San Francisco in 1985. Due to the stigma surrounding both homosexuality and AIDS during this time, victims of the epidemic were often cremated and disposed of or buried without ceremony, their bodies unclaimed by their families or origin or held by hospitals rather than released to same-sex partners.
Each panel in the AIDS quilt memorializes a life lost to the disease. Each panel is 3′ x 6′ (approximately 1 meter wide and 2 meters long), the approximate dimensions of a cemetery plot. The quilt, which then consisted of 1,920 panels representing 1,920 individuals lost to AIDS, was first displayed in Washington DC in 1987. The public response was immediate, positive, and overwhelming, and the quilt began taken around the country to be displayed in more cities. At each stop, the names of the dead were read out loud. At each stop, more panels were added.
By the time the quit returned to the US capital in 1988, it had more than 8,000 panels.
The quilt continues to grow. Today, it has over 50,000 panels memorializing over 100,000 of our dead. It’s too large now to physically display in its entirety, but you can view the entire thing online. There are also curated virtual displays of just panels which honor the Black and native people killed by the virus because in the US (and likely abroad, although I don’t know enough about public health elsewhere to say so with confidence), communities of color are disproportionately impacted by epidemics, as we have seen time and time again.
If you’re unable to access the quilt, here’s a zoomed in screenshot of the bottom left corner:
The quilt is made up of several panel, each panel itself consisting of 1 to 8 quilts.
Here’s a screenshot of the whole thing:
This is only about half of the people - our people - who were left to die because the government didn’t think “the gay disease” was a problem. This is why we march.
I've seen seen some really long one shots and thought it should've been broken up into smaller chapters before, but I'm curious what you guys think so-
As a friendly reminder, please rb to increase sample size
hey, don't cry. 40,000 in small bills in the bag, alright? quickly
People liked pocket rats so here is a lil video of pocket rats
Here’s a christmas gift I made for my partner cause eeaao is their favourite movie
theartofobesity
Chinese painter Yu Xiaodong
[ID: A realistic painting of a nude fat chinese woman asleep on a couch. She rests one hand on her leg and one on the top of the couch. She lays atop a blanket and rests her head on a thin pillow. She wears a blue bracelet on one hand. End ID.]
i like the typography on this sign, it's like an old internet rant page
normal reactions to have about your bunkmate refusing to tell you his real name
Kenneth Anger (1927 – 2023) in Fireworks (1947)
Hey Mashblr, look what I found! At a sand sculpture exhibition of all places! :’)
Trapper in Some 38th Parallels would be like: wym your dick stopped working? come here baby
I'm a "multiple interpretations of a character are valid" person until I see an interpretation that explicitly contradicts canon and then I start chewing on the drywall.
Me: "they are fictional characters and you can have whatever thoughts or interpretations you like! You may be close to the creators intent, you may not! What does it matter! There is joy in the exploration alone"
Also me: blorbo would not fucking say that
“This character is multi-faceted and has many valid interpretations of them, but there are also aspects of them that are so set in stone that if you take them away, you’re basically talking about a totally different character.”
XENA & GABRIELLE
Xena Warrior Princess 3.02 “Been There, Done That”