Gentrification Creates A Stifling Homogeneity In Urban Areas That Makes It Less Suited For The Everyday

Gentrification creates a stifling homogeneity in urban areas that makes it less suited for the everyday lives of the lower class and more suited towards the leisure and tourism of those with expendable income.

An old, decrepit laundromat gets replaced by an upscale bakery? And people are mad? It’s not that the poor hate organic vegan cupcakes, it’s that most of us don’t have a way to do laundry in our own home.

Run-down corner stores replaced by hand-made designer clothing boutiques? We don’t hate your eco-fabric shawl, but I can’t eat that for dinner after work like I could have a can of beans I grabbed from that corner store when I don’t have time to take the bus to the real grocery store after work.

What gentrification brings in and of itself is not typically bad, it’s that gentrification brings institutions of leisure and pleasure and makes it so that the poor have to go farther out of their way for basic necessities. It turns low-income living spaces into local tourist attractions. It can even create food deserts by putting restaurants, grocery stores, etc. in that the majority of the lower class cannot afford.

Imagine if someone totally renovated your house and turned it into a mini theme park - they took away your sleeping space, where you prepare food, where you clean yourself and get ready for your day, and replaced it with things that will please people who are visiting, who have their own homes they can go back to, who are here not for their entire life but just as a distraction from their otherwise mundane existence. It’s not that you hate theme parks, it’s not like you’ve never been to a theme park and vow to never visit one again. It’s just that you need to live! To survive! And the leisure of those who have more than you should not invalidate your existence.

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1 year ago

Warning: Major major one piece spoilers of wano and egghead!!!!!

Tw: death & blood

Warning: Major Major One Piece Spoilers Of Wano And Egghead!!!!!
Warning: Major Major One Piece Spoilers Of Wano And Egghead!!!!!
Warning: Major Major One Piece Spoilers Of Wano And Egghead!!!!!
Warning: Major Major One Piece Spoilers Of Wano And Egghead!!!!!
Warning: Major Major One Piece Spoilers Of Wano And Egghead!!!!!
Warning: Major Major One Piece Spoilers Of Wano And Egghead!!!!!

The idea of luffy’s vivre card flash-banging sabo in that pitch black bilge is making me laugh so much

Bonuses:

Warning: Major Major One Piece Spoilers Of Wano And Egghead!!!!!
Warning: Major Major One Piece Spoilers Of Wano And Egghead!!!!!

Full pic of that last page👇

Warning: Major Major One Piece Spoilers Of Wano And Egghead!!!!!

Here’s the full pic of this since it being a gif absolutely tanked the quality of the image.

Some little notes:

I felt like it would be in sabo’s best interest to cover up those funky little wounds imu gave him so that he doesn’t, ya know, bleed out and die or something cringe like that. So I imagine he used his weird coat thing as impromptu bandages.

Has anyone else noticed that his reverie coat doesnt actually have arm sleeves????? That coat has no other purpose than to drape over Sabo’s shoulders to make him look cooler and by god is it working. I cannot knock the hustle.

9 months ago

How to put “wrote fan-fiction” on your résumé:

Leveraged an inventory of established fictional character and setting elements to generate a disruptive custom-curated narrative entertainment asset.

7 months ago

Different Strokes?

I think I left the teller at the bank genuinely disturbed when I told him that “If I can’t afford it, I just don’t buy it.”  “What about a car? Do you drive a car?” he inquired, his voice toning on the edge of fear.   I told him, “Yeah, I have a vehicle. I bought it used for under $3,000.”  He looked physically pained. “What about if you want to buy some kind of new appliance? Or furniture?” he persisted. I stared at him blankly. “My couch was $5.00 at Goodwill. Like…I just buy shit cheap or I don’t buy it at all. The only thing in my life that I make payments on is my house, my bills, and my insurance, and that’s split five ways because I have housemates.”  The young man looked horrified? Appalled? And somehow also awed?  This guy couldn’t have been much older than me. But it seemed that he’d never even considered the option before of saving up for something to purchase it outright instead of using a credit card. Am I the only person in my general age group (just turned 26) who’s never owned a credit card, and who has forgone basic comforts in order to save up for items so you don’t owe money to anyone, like, ever? 

3 months ago
Lil Comic Bout Choppers Nose Bc I Rewatched Drum Island Arc
Lil Comic Bout Choppers Nose Bc I Rewatched Drum Island Arc
Lil Comic Bout Choppers Nose Bc I Rewatched Drum Island Arc
Lil Comic Bout Choppers Nose Bc I Rewatched Drum Island Arc
Lil Comic Bout Choppers Nose Bc I Rewatched Drum Island Arc

lil comic bout choppers nose bc I rewatched drum island arc

2 years ago

You know what’s some crazy $hit?

This fabulous bitch

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She makes a shit ton of poses (like 16,000 or some crazy nonsense).  I used this lovely lady to draw so much as a teen.  Whether it was some nerdy pose for my Mary Sue as fuck OCs

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or for full on fight sequences

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or for tragic deaths of my OCs in the arms of a totally OOC main protagonist.  

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this bitch hooked me up.  

And with the wildest, craziest stuff that you could see in your head but had no way or resources to reasonably draw like

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or this

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or this

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DUDE!  INASNE SHIT!!  So I was using her for a pose reference and decided, you know what, I owe this bitch some cash.  Lemme dole it out for her.  BUT then, I looked and saw she only has 286 fucking patrons!!  This chick gives out free shit and spends countless hours arranging these shoots and setting this stuff up.  

I’ll fork up the cash, SenshiStock.  You’re worth it.  

Check out this amazing woman’s stuff, and get knowledged:  https://www.deviantart.com/senshistock

2 years ago
Day 18
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Intercommunity racism is such a complex topic. I’m not usually a kumbaya-let’s-all-hold-hands kinda person but I wanted this to be somewhat positive.

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