wayward son

redraw (2023 vs 2021)

The Astrologer emptied the whole of the bowl into the bottle N. C. Wyeth American, 1882-1945 Oil on canvas

soup wizard lol

god i HATE medieval middle school my freaking bullies put me in the iron maiden again

ok guys i get it you watched that jacob geller video and wanna show me how smart u are by dropping an "erm actually" on my post but what youre critically missing here in this reality im imagining is that schools have themes now (medieval, cowboy, space, the simpsons) to keep students engaged and this medieval middle school operates not unlike the "medieval times" chain of restaraunts in which a tacky pastiche of the era is presented for novelty and engagement purposes so having an iron maiden at Medieval Middle School still makes sense in spite of any historical inaccuracies contained within the scenario

Thousands of years apart (hello I’m already a sucker for the calamity au)

Daily Mirror, England, April 8, 1920

what a beautiful day to not be in high school

a rly good comic i found while doing research for my lgbt history paper

my take on moon spirit sokka by @peachieflame

[ID: A drawing of Sokka from Avatar: The Last Airbender, shown from the neck up. His hair is white and in a loose ponytail, and it comes down to his shoulders. He wears Yue’s hair ornament and a teardrop jewel earring. He is smiling with a soft expression on his face. Behind him is the moon, illuminating him. End ID./]

and i count my blessings every day

since a ton of people are getting into music as gaeilge because of hozier, can i recommend my fave artist, róisín seoighe? she's a native irish speaker and language ambassador whose lyrics often involve the preservation of irish culture and deep rage against colonization. níl mé marbh ("i'm not dead") makes me cry like a baby and sin do lamh ("reach out") makes me want to burn all of colonialism down. she's also done several collabs with imlé, another EXCELLENT irish language band that does modern-feeling rock and dance music! my fave of their collabs right now is ÉAD ("jealous").

both artists have less than 1,700 monthly listeners on spotify simply because they sing in irish & they deserve more bc their music Really Is Excellent. translations of many songs are google-able & when there Aren't english translations, it's really good practice for people learning irish!

LMAO the last one! The strongman’s immediately like “No. No, absolutely not. Nope.” and the bodybuilder looks around like “Are you kidding me? I’ll die. You know that, right? I’ll die?”

The Rogue, the Paladin, the Barbarian have a day to themselves and enjoy some friendly competition.

This is such a fun video to watch. Not only do you see 3 versions of masculine fitness and strength but with each movement you can almost see where their weight is distributed and where they place their control. Which makes it fun to think about body builds and fantasy characters.

friends.....romans.......cunty men

I’m not a classicist, but I suspect one of the reasons so many of the Greek gods are portrayed so unflatteringly was less because they were seen as villains than because they represented their domains.  Of course Zeus sometimes misuses his power, that’s what a king does.  Of course Artemis’s wrath is wild and painful, that’s what nature can be.  Of course Hades snatched away a young girl from her mother’s arms, that’s what death does.  This is one of the reasons callout posts for some gods comparing them negatively to ‘nicer’ gods are kind of missing the point.

as someone who is partially a classicist, this is a better analysis of Greek mythology as a whole than 99.95% of the takes I’ve seen on here (and a substantial number of the takes I’ve seen in ~academia~)

treating every korok I find extra gently to make up for all the war crimes 💔

@isabelladeltigre

Historical facts revealing corruption and racism are only dangerous to those who are currently corrupt and racist.

if the truth is so dangerous to the current order, maybe that order needs to be dismantled

we are in a media literacy crisis

friendly reminder that characters don't need to be saints to be entertaining. and telling a story does not mean endorsement. art does not need to be all about morally good people.

IDK if this was meant as hyperbole but it's literally true:

Adult literacy is low.

Child literacy is low.

Information literacy has shifted dramatically in the last decade, but reputable information sources like research journals and factual news reporting have been unable to keep pace.

We are genuinely in a crisis of media literacy, with ever fewer genuinely factual resources available in the style and language used by contemporary audiences.

It may sound condescending, but we genuinely need to remind people, or worse, explain to them for the first time that art is not evidence of real world behaviour.

So, thank you, for this reminder. Genuinely.

You're correct:

Art does not need to feature exclusively morally pure characters. Art is not proof of the creator's secret, violent desires.

ETA; Yes, the links are US American; no your country is not immune to propaganda. Be POLITE in asking, and I will help you find the data for your own country as well.

White and white passing women have learned how to weaponize victimhood and once you’re aware of that it’s so goddamn obvious

I think a lot of people understand this conceptually but IRL only see it as like ‘white woman saw a black guy and called the cops’ but it’s also ‘white/passing woman says something problematic then trots out the emotional pain of being accused once there are consequences’ and the ENTIRE schtick of ‘soccer mom type has been mildly inconvenienced (often bc of her own doing) in relation to a transaction and now she want ssomeone PUNISHED so she goes directly to the manager acting extremely put upon’

The key is that they center how shocked/uncomfortable/inconvenienced they are and exaggerate the pain and upset it causes them, then aims it at who they want punished.

I’ve experienced the really simple, petty shit too. When I worked at Lowe’s, a coworker made a joke and I laughed, noticed a customer in front of me and said “good evening”. Then I noticed she had some badass shoes and I told her I liked them. Mind you, I was still giggly from the joke, all this happened in like a minute or two. She immediately called a manager and claimed that I was making fun of her and demanded I be fired. I explained to my manager what happened and exactly what I said, and she threw a fit saying I was just trying to save my skin and that I shouldn’t be laughing while at work anyway. So this gringa felt so hurt by the little brown woman enjoying her night at work and dishing out compliments that she had to go play the victim and demand I be fired. All because, what, I wasn’t miserable? I dared to look her way? Like yeah, they often weaponize victimhood in a way that ends up violent, but they also do it just to be petty. They ruin people’s lives sometimes just because they had a bad day. And all of that needs to be addressed. We see it every day.

YEP! White fragility is handled with the same lashing out behavior but the women do it by trying to get you fired/arrested i.e. outsourcing the violence. She had to feel an even slight moment’s discomfort because she’s petty and paranoid and literally wanted to take your daily bread for it. So uncouth. It’s honestly barbaric.

A key here though is that you’re separating petty and violent and I’m not. Because while her desire may have been petty, her goal was not: She wanted you fired. She wanted you starving. She wanted to take your livelihood because you made her feel a thing she didn’t like. In 2018 that’s violent. People are out here starving and dying and not affording medical care and having to crowdfund groceries. Trying to get someone fired on a whim is literally violent.

for the love of god unmute

Muted it took me 6 seconds to figure out what was going on. Unmuted I had tears in my eyes 3 seconds in