The Lantern Bearers, 1908 By Maxfield Parrish (American, 1870–1966)

LISTEN UP WOMEN LIKERS!

With the current fervor over “tumblr sexy men”, I would like to remind you all to celebrate and love the women in your life. So prepare yourselves for:

The TUMBLRWOMAN ELECTION 2023.

We’ll have 6 rounds total, starting with Part 1 of Round 1 at noon CET tomorrow, 29th of January, we’re on round 1 right now!

Each poll is up for 24 hours, happy voting! MASTERPOST

#feminism #equality

Hey, if Cecilsweep is making you consider to get back into Night Vale (which I strongly recommend, it’s fantastic), but you don’t feel like listening to several years worth of content, I suggest you to start with episode 210 - Ten Years Later. 

It’s a redo of Episode 1, but with every single difference and development that happened in these ten years. It’s an excellent way to mostly catch up, as well is the beggining of the current arc. After that, we’re currently in Episode 220, so you won’t have to listen to that much to be caught up.

(Also, Night Vale has official transcripts now! They’re linked in the official website) 

Can I watch a great film knowing the actresses in it were terrorized and mistreated the entire time? Can I watch a football game knowing that the players are getting brain injuries right before my eyes? Can I listen to my favorite albums anymore knowing that the singers were all beating their wives in between studio sessions? Can I eat at the new fancy taco place knowing when the building that used to be there got bulldozed eight families got kicked out of their homes so they could be replaced with condos and a chain restaurant? Can I wear the affordable clothes I bought downtown that were probably assembled in a sweatshop with child labor? Can I eat quinoa? Can I eat this burger? Can I drink this bottled water? Can I buy a car and drive to work because I’m sick of taking an hour each way on the subway? Whose bones do I stand on? Whose bones am I standing on right now? 

some recent-(ish) reads: (faves are bolded)

when buildings kill, places journal

The Psychology, Geography, and Architecture of Horror: How Places Creep Us Out, evolutionary studies in imaginative culture

influencer creep, real-life mag

mommy issues: unlearning inherited pain, human parts

it’s not a child’s job to heal their wounded mother, medium

don’t eat before reading this, anthony bourdain on the new yorker

eye culture: how the cult lab became the hub for london’s photographers, wepresent

the great beyond, real life mag

stop hyperbolizing language, substack

the family that would not live, colin dickey on longreads

abject permanence, larissa phan

how American culture ate the world, the new republic

queer readings of the lord of the rings are not accidents, polygon

the falling man, esquire

the dogs that grew wool and the people who loved them, hakai magazine

I’m like if a hater enjoyed things

I am a violin maker learning to tattoo so here is a banana with the decoration from the Hellier Strad violin