Ramblings...

darkestgreen:

thebestworstidea:

resilientkate:

softgore:

“This piece was primarily a trust exercise, in which she told viewers she would not move for six hours no matter what they did to her. She placed 72 objects one could use in pleasing or destructive ways, ranging from flowers and a feather boa to a knife and a loaded pistol, on a table near her and invited the viewers to use them on her however they wanted.
Initially, Abramović said, viewers were peaceful and timid, but it escalated to violence quickly. “The experience I learned was that … if you leave decision to the public, you can be killed… I felt really violated: they cut my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the public. Everyone ran away, escaping an actual confrontation.”
This piece revealed something terrible about humanity, similar to what Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment or Stanley Milgram’s Obedience Experiment, both of which also proved how readily people will harm one another under unusual circumstances.”
This performance showed just how easy it is to dehumanize a person who doesn’t fight back, and is particularly powerful because it defies what we think we know about ourselves. I’m certain the no one reading this believes the people around him/her capable of doing such things to another human being, but this performance proves otherwise.”

this is why performance art is important

So every single person who told me ‘ignore them they’ll go away’ and ‘you can’t let them know they bothered you’ and ‘They’ll stop if they don’t see you react’ and all that bull shit, my entire school career, I want you to look good and hard at this.
I want you to think about what you said.
What you keep saying.
What you are telling your children.
You are making them powerless.

that last comment. actually crying.

thebestworstidea:

resilientkate:

softgore:

“This piece was primarily a trust exercise, in which she told viewers she would not move for six hours no matter what they did to her. She placed 72 objects one could use in pleasing or destructive ways, ranging from flowers and a feather boa to a knife and a loaded pistol, on a table near her and invited the viewers to use them on her however they wanted.

Initially, Abramović said, viewers were peaceful and timid, but it escalated to violence quickly. “The experience I learned was that … if you leave decision to the public, you can be killed… I felt really violated: they cut my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the public. Everyone ran away, escaping an actual confrontation.”

This piece revealed something terrible about humanity, similar to what Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment or Stanley Milgram’s Obedience Experiment, both of which also proved how readily people will harm one another under unusual circumstances.”

This performance showed just how easy it is to dehumanize a person who doesn’t fight back, and is particularly powerful because it defies what we think we know about ourselves. I’m certain the no one reading this believes the people around him/her capable of doing such things to another human being, but this performance proves otherwise.”

this is why performance art is important

So every single person who told me ‘ignore them they’ll go away’ and ‘you can’t let them know they bothered you’ and ‘They’ll stop if they don’t see you react’ and all that bull shit, my entire school career, I want you to look good and hard at this.

I want you to think about what you said.

What you keep saying.

What you are telling your children.

You are making them powerless.

that last comment. actually crying.

(Source: andrewfishman)

patrickat:

chekov-chan:

nominee84:

yanagoya:

meandmylittlevoices:

alloutorg:

URGENT: today in Russia, a terrible bill passed in the Russian parliament’s lower house that censors all things considered “gay”. It’s our local partners’ worst nightmare and we need your help.

This vote comes off the back of two brutal anti-gay murders in Russia, and the trial of a major LGBT rights organisation today.

Tell world leaders to STOP the crackdown, add your name:
www.allout.org/russia-attacks

REALLY IMPORTANT

This really is happening, and it’s scary as hell.

“Update June 12: the situation is worsening. Russia has just passed a new anti-gay law makes it illegal even to say the word “gay”. People in Russia standing up against the crackdown are urging All Out members to keep growing the petition to help draw the attention of world leaders and the media.”

spread this like the plague

The law allows gay foreigners to be detained for up to two weeks before being deported, as well. Go to visit Russia and reveal you’re gay, your accommodations might become courtesy of Vladimir Putin.

This is fucked up! Oh god Russia :(

ragemovement:

Subvertising in California!

“Protecting the rich is this officer’s top priority.

Don’t be caught being poor.”

I love how subtle this is.

rightqueer:

Queers Demand posters, which you can purchase here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/153456370/4-poster-set-queer-demands?utm_source=OpenGraph&utm_medium=PageTools&utm_campaign=Share

HOLY FUCK

(Source: melanatedconsciousness)

geraldthedinosaur:

after all the nerdy fun book shopping, i found myself hanging out near mont-royal, a really big hill in the middle of downtown montreal, where i spotted this giant tribute to colonialism and catholic supremacy. it even lights up at night. isn’t that cute?

open letter to mogli & the dirty sisters

tradingjack:

(also sent to their Facebook page)

hey everybody;

so I’m basically just weighing in on the most recent tumblr drama (WHICH, if you haven’t seen it yet, is pictures from Harbour Water that depict The Dirty Sisters wearing face paint that looks pseudo-indigenous-looking-kinda and burning sage), and I wanna say first and foremost that this is pretty out of character for me because I’m basically the ponder-it-in-my-head type. BUT I have recently been trying to be a little more open about stuff I read or see and feel weird about, so I figured I’d drop you a line.

As an aboriginal person, I’m gonna say that I just straight up object to the burning of sage in any kind of way by white people. I’ve been brought up by a native guy, I’ve been to the ceremonies and I’ve seen it burned by the indigenous people who knew what they were doing, and it’s a really really big deal. Like, a deal so big that I can’t even begin to explain it properly. the continuation of its use as something sacred and exclusive to indigenous spirituality, ritual and custom (as practiced by indigenous people [only]) means a lot to me, personally, and i wouldn’t be honest or a good friend if I didn’t say that seeing y’all do it feels like the colonialists got to ya.

THAT BEING SAID, I know that NONE OF THIS is coming from a place of legitimate unkindness or anything even remotely approaching that. I don’t know the rest of you very well, but mogli, buddy, I <3 u. I know you’re one of the shiniest souls out there and I am one of your BIGGEST fans and sometimes when I get sad I remember that time when I was feeling sad and anxious at the G and you just sorta looked at me and said “Tara, don’t be silly, everyone knows yr a gift from the lord” and I giggled until I felt better. I want you to know that I’m not whippin’ the hate out, I don’t think you’re any less of an awesome creature hell-bent on making this planet a better place. You succeed in that like every single day. Everyone’s gotta hold their friends hand at one point and say “Hey, buddy, maybe you should not do that one thing, k?” otherwise I don’t think you’re being friends properly.

ANYWAY, yeah. yr liner notes made me shiver a little because Indigenous people don’t really like to be referred to as a conglomerate (because there are 50+ distinct cultural/linguistic groups in Canada alone and there is no such thing as “native ways” or “native spirituality”, there are 50+ separate cultural practices, and lumping ‘em all together feels icky, u feel me?). And the sage made me feel REALLY squicky because I’ve written entire stories about sage and how it is just kind of a hands-off-white-people thing (maybe I will send a copy to you! would you like to read a story I wrote?).

As far as the face paint goes, though, I don’t really think that’s a big deal (maybe that’s just me?) because like so many different cultures paint their faces, and from what I understand y’all were just dressing up like animals.

ANYWAY, that is my ten cents. I hope you see that my disappointment is coming from a place of love and isn’t/will never manifest as anger or hatred towards artists I love + respect so much. I just wanted to make sure you knew how I felt. I guess it’s up to you to decide what you wanna do with that information.

your friend and comrade,

Tara

EDIT; I know a lot of this probably sounds too apologetic or whatever, but you gotta remember that I love mogli and my reaction to this was more of a *bart simpson voice* ah, man than a tidal wave of rage.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TALK TO ME ABOUT ANYTHING I WROTE.

THIS

catb0ykardashian:

makkie14:

I can’t not reblog a lion playing with a football sorry.

reminder that lions are not majestic beasts they’re just big gorky cats

and now we return to the land of ridiculous animals!

(Source: togifs)

did-you-kno:

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What strange little creatures!

Fermented onions

Fermented onions were my first foray into lacto-fermentation, and so far they are my favorite. So much so, I started two batches of them. I’ve been eating them every day. I really can’t get enough of my fermented onions. Why ferment? Because the bacteria produced during this preservation process aides digestion and has all sorts […]

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