a select niche of boomers literally think Tumblr is supposed to be a hookup app and it's very very funny to see them talk on Facebook about it from that angle, sometimes complaining about their lack of success. Sir the average person youre trying to flirt with is half your age and gay for a video game creature.
this is SO fucking funny I'm sorry
Hand-colored tintype portrait of three unidentified African American women, c. 1856.
Source: Harvard Library.
Giving mom a kiss before bedtime.
Four cubs? She has FOUR healthy, happy cubs??? I’m 🥺😭❤
holy shit
dog im shouting
Well..
revyspite
??????? Lol
Where? How? WHY?
ilikechildren–fried
My favorite things are when spectacular effprt is out into such stupid shit
Someone spent fucking days on this
Fun fact: According to Greek legend there was a famous prostitute who managed to avoid a death sentence by showing the judges her boobs and arguing that it would be a crime against the Gods to destroy something so beautiful.
Before you ask, yes there are paintings of this. And yes, they’re amazing.
karlosmadera
I love history.
fyeahteamgents
Role models tho.
we-all-eat-death
donzs
The gay one
No, but this is one of my absolute favorite bits of history!
The courtesan named was named Phryne and she was indeed a renowned beauty, and was indeed was put on trial for a capital crime. And yes, the sum of her defense consisted of her stripping in court (helped by her lover/defendant) and asking the jury (all males) if they were prepared to destroy this.
But this is actually a very interesting case of Values Dissonance - the capital crime she was accused of was blasphemy. In Ancient Greek society, exceptional beauty was a sign of favor from the gods, and they took the idea that beauty indicated goodness with great seriousness. They even called their nobles Kaloi k'Agathoi, “the Beautiful and the Good.”
So by showing off her great physical beauty, Phryne was being very clever indeed, her argument essentially being “How could I possibly commit blasphemy if the gods have given me this body?“
God, I adore history.
nationalshitpostingagency
”If these tits are legit, you must acquit.”
Damn they had pretty privilege even back then
I’ve seen a lot of other versions go on and on more about how empowering and feminist this story is, and going on about how it’s proof that women are “so powerful” that she only lived because of catering to the male gaze.
But if that woman didn’t perfectly cater to the male gaze, which most of us don’t, she would have fucking died. Only having your life spared because you’re sexually pleasing to men and dying if you don’t is not a positive story and really fucking body negative. What if her breasts sagged or were asymetical or she in any way didn’t perfectly fit men’s beauty standards for women? Most of us don’t and are already made to feel ashamed or terrible for not perfectly fitting beauty standards! We should be deconstructing the idea that women need to fit beauty standards or cater to the male gaze, not passing around a story of a woman only living because she met patriarchal beauty standards as a positive story!
I don’t know how to tell everyone reblogging this that a story of a woman only being allowed to live because her boobs were perfect and she catered to the male gaze is in fact, not positive at all and not #girlpower
this is entrapment
two equally delightful paths here:
1) a very simple and genuine “i like your shoelaces”, which tells me that you are either a lesbian or a very cool ally
2) “i like your shoelaces” followed by the pronounced grimace of one recalling their past sins, which tells me that you were a 2012 tumblr user. i now hold the power in this conversation and you are at my mercy.
if you know about 2012 tumblr how do you hold any power in any conversation
well, stucky fanfic url, the trick is to not let them know that you are also cringe
this is the most poignant burn ive seen all year
wilburian-deactivated20221116
everyone lost
losers gonna pick on losers forever ^-^
trans-angel
Tumblr has the best PvP of any social media
catscenter
the-entire-furry-fandom
ʍoǝɯ
meow
baka-dot-exe
Atlas the titan condemned to hold up the sky for eternity
gen z: *blurry stock photo of lemons with the caption “lemn”*
Here have this
I laughed so hard at this
John Cho in Cowboy Bebop (2021)
IM SO OBSESSED WITH THIS CLIP ITS SO FUCKING FUNNY HE JUST VANISHES
everyone here has experienced the surreal drink description page of dominos’ online ordering right
There is nothing to say about Dr Pepper
Dr Pepper’s greatness needs no introduction
we legally cannot say anything about dr pepper.
doctor-patient confidentiality