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How the Myth of the Hedonistic Artist Lost Its Allure
How the Myth of the Hedonistic Artist Lost Its Allure belacqui-pro-quo: For the artist, though, asceticism isn’t a fad or a fashion or a mindful cleanse — a thumb of turmeric and a pinch of cayenne — prudently chosen. It is a regimen that evolves out of the need to do something unreasonable that an…
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Can’t help but think that in Tumblr land, it’s a case of “First they came for the female-presenting nipples, then they came for for fair use.”
mostlysignssomeportents: Both are about not angering the big gatekeepers in the tech world cough Apple cough.
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Fiesler : fan platform use at censorship inflection points
cfiesler: Survey Results: Fan Platform Use over Time Particularly for those who were kind enough to participate in our survey last week, or to share it even after we halted data collection (because we received so many responses so quickly!), I wanted to give you something interesting right away. As you know, the academic writing…
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FOTPT means Fresh Off The Press Thursdays
I read my insta wrong and missed the maestro printing by a day https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq0-NMDlHtG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jrt66sde7xdr
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Exquisite Corpses page 58
exquisitecomic: Exquisite Corpses – pg 58 – by Natalie Kane Natalie also made a flow chart about the comic until now!
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Harry Leslie Smith, vocal critic of austerity, dies aged 95
Harry Leslie Smith, vocal critic of austerity, dies aged 95 shrinkrants: “I am one of the last few remaining voices left from a generation of men and women who built a better society for our children and grandchildren out of the horrors of the second world war, as well as the hunger of the Great…
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proper button sewing technique
deadcatwithaflamethrower: actuallyclintbarton: ilwinsgarden: ccbytheseashore: xchrononautx: fuckyeahviralpics: It’s never too late to learn the right way to do things: button sewing technique via imgur → more… WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE I feel like I just reblog this every time it is on my dash, with hope that one day I will stop being…
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Inside the mind of a bee is a hive of sensory activity – Lars Chittka & Catherine Wilson | Aeon Essays
Inside the mind of a bee is a hive of sensory activity – Lars Chittka & Catherine Wilson | Aeon Essays kenyatta: Take honeybees, who have a symbolic ‘language’ by which they can communicate about the precise coordinates of food sources in flowers. In this ‘dance language’, a successful scout bee returning from a good…
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Oh to be white america
theoffingmag: “oh to be white, america oh to be white america ode to being white: america: ode to being white america or to be white in america or to be white america or to be america, white america” — Raquel Salas Rivera, “Selections from while they sleep (under bed is another country),” published in The Offing
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A Thanksgiving prayer from William S. Burroughs
mostlysignssomeportents: And in accordance with tradition, Uncle Bill will now lead us in “A Thanksgiving Prayer” (1986). https://boingboing.net/2018/11/22/a-thanksgiving-prayer-from-wil-2.html