The Inconvenience You Are Trying To Escape Is The Act Of Living

I hate obvious people.

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Eurydice (Sarah Ruhl); Liana Rādulescu ; “Spending More Time” (Ron Hicks); Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller) ; It’s Been a Long, Long Time (Harry James, Kitty Kallen); Unknown ; Romeo and Juliet, Act 1 Scene 1 (Shakespeare); Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo); Unknown, Quora ; Eurydice (Sarah Ruhl)

The idea that a man can only treat a woman right so long as that's his "dream woman" or the "woman for him" while treating his previous placeholders poorly is a horrible and detrimental lie. This lie that so often gets perpetuated online is particularly harmful because it places the blame for the man's actions on the woman he's with, rather than tackling the toxic and immature character of the man.

A man doesn't treat you right not because you aren't his "dream girl", but because his moral and ethical grounds are rotten. You deserve so much better than that and the true colors these toxic men are able to hide with the women they claim to really like eventually come to the surface in the long term.

"If I've got a problem, then we've got all one." Today's art warm-up brought to you by more World's Beyond Number fan-art! This time of the Lightning Bolt & Fireball 'Tomori' This was a really fun design challenge! I'm pretty sure I'll change some things about their design over time too :)

Hoes, please stop buying the same AP and HB sets as eachother then shooting with the same photographers with the same concepts and eerily similar captions... it's overdone😅

I've got recs for similarly priced lingerie brands that are way better, quality and design wise, and less circulated on heaux-twitter

For captions, watch a movie, series, or read a book and stop using the same (overused) Charles Bukowski, Pablo Neruda, Pablo Picasso, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Coco Chanel, etc. quotes... same goes for wearing a powersuit and captioning "Ms. (blank) will see you now😀

Boycott Israel Cheat Sheet: Cosmetics, Health and Personal Care

When I began this blog, it was my intention to keep it strictly focused on the art of Palestine, and not to use it as a sounding block for pro-Palestinian politics. This is not to say the two things are unrelated – to the contrary, the art coming out of Palestine and from those living in exile is often explicitly political, and in all cases is shaped by the ongoing occupation of Palestine. My feeling was, and largely still remains, that this is a place for contemplation rather than debate. In light of the latest assault on Gaza, however, I have been doing a lot of talking with friends about BDS. What started as a conversation bemoaning the affiliation of MAC cosmetics with Zionist causes rapidly turned into a project; I spent the better part of a day compiling a list of cosmetics, health and personal care brands to avoid if you’re boycotting Israel, along with alternative products to use.

The process was abysmal. Surely, I have taken care never to underestimate US corporate ties with Israel, but even so, the explicit connections and the vast scope of products involved is frankly demoralizing.  That said, the boycott of Israeli goods is a vital step towards liberation for Palestine, and if you are interested in learning more, visit the BDS website and consult the list below.

A note about the scope and content: I focused on health and beauty items because they are the items I use most in my daily life, and because my friends – who seem disproportionately to be incredibly beautiful and well-groomed femmes – wanted to know about the products they are using. To do an exhaustive list is impossible at this juncture, though I hope to make lists focused on different sales arenas in the future. Topically, it bears repeating that Palestine is a feminist issue – we as women and/or feminist advocates should remember this as we make choices about the kind of products we buy for our bodies.

The list is after the cut, please share widely! 

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How to have a conversation about a topic you’re not interested in or don’t know anything about:

Listen to what the other person has to say about the topic.

Ask a question about what they said. Asking them to clarify or explain something you don’t understand is great, but any question will do. All else fails, ask them to explain what they like about some part of the topic.

Listen to their responses and go back to step 2.

Do this until 5-15 minutes has passed, then change the subject to a topic of your interest, unless you are actually interested in learning more on this subject, in which case, go on for as long as you like.

Sometimes, they will say something like “I’m sorry to blather on about [topic].” This is an attempt at a conversational dismount. You can either say “no, it was fascinating, thanks” and then bring up your own topic, or you can say “no, it’s fascinating, please keep going” if you want to keep hearing about their topic. Note the tense difference (past -> moving on, present -> keep going).

I just thought I’d write a script for this, because someone who can’t / won’t do this came up in a Captain Awkward column, and listening about topics you have no interest in is a really useful skill to have and not often explicitly taught, particularly to boys and men.