I think a lot about about the popular reaction to those tiktok artists who use a pendulum over a canvas to paint instead of doing it by hand.

obviously a lot of them seem to bait negative reactions for views but like, most of the issue seems to come from the idea that it doesn’t require any effort - which is fascinating to me because you know they rig those rooms themselves?

Each video has different a setup that probably took a few hours at least; often the canvas is moving as well as the paint and the rigging is very symmetrical and smooth in a way that definitely took the artist a fair amount of calculation/work. Idk, I’m not saying it’s for everyone but it’s more purposeful than most people seem to think

Skill and time aside it’s interesting to see how small changes can drastically alter the shape of a pattern

If y’all can’t boycott Starbucks and McDonald’s what use are you really? Because these aren’t places that you NEED (do not bean soup this post I’m so serious) what do you have that’s a NEED from Starbucks?? Exactly.

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i hate it when i cant even write a poem about something because its too obvious. like in the airbnb i was at i guess it used to be a kids room cause you could see the imprint of one little glow in the dark star that had been missed and painted over in landlord white. like that's a poem already what's the point

you get it. you get the themes. i dont have time to do it justice. just look at it its on the ceiling

Found a TikTok account that is actively documenting plus size brands. Please share!

@mayakern i can't speak for shipping to nz but i love my skirts and button ups from her!!

aw thank you!! we do ship internationally but unfortunately as we are a small business and only ship out of the US (ie we don’t have fulfillment centers elsewhere) it does get pretty pricy

but yes we do clothing from XS to 6-8X depending on the item!

I will NEVER FORGET the Palestinian delegation showing up to Standing Rock. NEVER. THEY SHOWED THE FUCK UP EVEN FROM A WORLD AWAY.

saw this video of a pro-palestine march in korea directly after seeing a tweet about a pro-israel march in japan

the thing is israel basically belongs to the united states. it is funded by our government. they test weapons for us. when the us defends israel it is not defending a sibling nation where there might be room for them to break away or disagree, it is defending its own military interests. i think this is important for understanding why the states are acting this way and to make it clear this is something US citizens are directly involved in, as much as any other cruel, imperialistic war we are told to support, only to be apologized for as wrong decades later. you can apologize for the deaths once you have already benefitted from the deaths. that is how these things go but it is always essential to fight that pattern because we already know how it ends if we were to let it play out. none of this is new, for all the claims of complexity, it is the same old playbook and we must recognize it for what it is and fight it as we would any other demand for crimes against humanity in the name of "peace". learn from the past, learn from each other, learn from those who have been fighting this struggle longer than we have been alive. mass opposition to US imperialism, to settler colonialism, to """justified""" genocide is the only way.

Average Gaza social media user: Trying to find a place to keep my loved ones safe tonight, the bombing never stops and the air is filled with ash everywhere I go. If you receive this message please remember that the Palestinian people remain forever strong and will continue to fill the world with beauty and love no matter what is thrown at us.

Average Israeli social media user: Just finished brunnnnch with the besties 🤪, did you guys know that the average Palestinian IQ is 5 and that all Palestinian art has been scientifically proven to be worthless?

We stan

I’m all scratched up and I can still taste spray paint in my mouth and my husband almost fell out of a tree BUT THE GHOST SCULPTURES ARE FINISHED!

They’re finally finished and I’m so happy with them!!

Some progress shots:

who wants to see the worst thing ive seen this week

too bad, im showing you anyway

a non-photoshopped picture of someone actually wearing them, for your viewing pleasure

true romance

Just so y'all know, there’s more lol

SAME HAT

credits for the images:

letstalkpalestine

Working at an aquarium will have you saying things like “this is my favorite scallop because he’s sassy”

Could we please see the sassy scallop? 👀

Yeah this is him (he made a child cry once by shooting water in their face)

Israel has healthcare paid for the United States? You're joking ..you MUST be joking tell me you're joking right the fuck now

Not our country-daddy taking care of his side chick better than us UGH

I kept looking for non-biased answers and ran into a lot of 'ok sure the us gives Israel billions of dollars for Whatever but it's not JUST for healthcare, like it's not a dedicated thing' like...wow...truly a country of dancing around the issue. And to go "oh well the government pays it.." babes...

As always, the Irish speak nothing but facts.

How many more innocent civilians have to be killed by Israel before you condemn that for it?

That is a genocide.

That this is a crime on all accounts.

And deserves to be punished to the full extent off the law.

FINAL

"NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt" (1985-present) / "Unfinished Painting" (1989 - Keith Haring)

NAMES PROJECT AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT: fucks me up bc so many people died and so many people suffered and their partners didn’t have legal rights as next of kin and so many had been disowned by their parents and had to be held by a stranger while they were dying and if i could resurrect anyone in the world i’d dig up either reagan or thatcher and kill them again (jaskierx) The sheer size and it's meaning make me cry every time. (artemistakenidentity)

UNFINISHED PAINTING: A self-portrait left intentionally "incomplete". I'm roughly the same age as Haring was when AIDS ended his life and I can only begin to imagine how it must feel to know that your life has been cut short a third of the way through. I get such a lump in my throat each time I look at this. (louisianna)

(The "NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt" is an ongoing community art project honoring people who passed away due to AIDS-related causes. It consists of approximately 50,000 panels of 3 by 6 feet (0.91 m × 1.83 m) panels, which is an estimated 54 tons of material. It is currently housed in San Francisco, but is often displayed in various places in the United States.

"Unfinished Painting" is an acrylic on canvas painting by Keith Haring. It measures 39 x 39 in (99 x 99 cm) and some information on it can be found on the National Portrait Gallery's website. It is currently on display at The Broad in Los Angeles. This was Haring’s last painting and it was intentionally left incomplete.)

this was a really, really difficult choice, but I have to go with the Quilt..

Unfinished Painting is, in its own way, finished - it was intended to be "unfinished", and so it is. Its pain is in the finality, and the loneliness, the death of an individual.

The Quilt, on the other hand, is the opposite. Its pain is the pain of community and continuous suffering. The quilt is never done, and our work as a community, as activists, is never done. There's something about the way the Quilt manages to convey both the scale of thousands of dead as well as the individual that no other art has done for me.