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some of my favourite vídeo essays about art history:

whose migrant mother was this? the story of the native american woman who became the face of the 1930s depression (and got almost nothing for it)

bauhaus design is everywhere, but its roots are political how even a simple choice between what font to use can be a political act

edvard munch: what a cigarette means munch + tobacco = art? (yes we’re still on the topic of art as a political weapon)

art that was never finished how great masters sometimes even didn’t finish stuff. also! the history behind the colour aquamarine

fka twigs on mary magdalene (if you like asmr you’re gonna love this)

having a coke with frank ohara (technically not art history but this video is too good for me not to mention)

video postcard: woman at her toilette a quick dive into my favourite painting of woman impressionist berthe morisot

this documentary about georgia o´keeffe (that ive seen about 10 times)

david hockney on vincent van gogh on love of nature, beauty, attention, and the art of looking (essentially a mary oliver poem in interview format!!!!)

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dante and the invention of hell short film about centuries of art depicting dante’s circles of hell, my favourite works possibly ever made were inspired by his writing (sky arts documentary so it’s not your standard v. essay)

who’s afraid of modern art: vandalism, video games, and fascism about the meaning of modern art and the publics response to it, as well as a political campaign to eradicate it or moreso make an example of the so-called ‘undesirable’ nature of their art

how to make communist art on the future prospects of art for art’s sake and creativity outside of capitalist restraints

Brigsby Bear, nostalgia culture and millennial optimism a little off topic but an essay about a film that questions our need to attach our identities to our past and our childhoods in particular, questionning whether we should put our faith into recreating our old loves or creating new ones - i think its relevant based on the films perspective on art

museum theft PLEASE watch this introduction if nothing else today, it will make you cling to the edge of your seat; truly a masterpiece

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POST PLUS IS COMING, WHETHER YOU WANT IT OR NOT!

Despite the fancy survey, changes to the UI and TOS reveal we’re getting the service in the future whether we want it or not. Obviously, Post+ is a terrible idea that is trying to bank revenue on user content. Unlike patreon or onlyfans, tumblr’s primary focus is on FAN content. The legality of this is NOT in the users favor and as the new tumblr TOS states, said users will be entirely liable for whatever legal matters arise.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING?

Besides filling out the survey, it’s time to show tumblr we mean business and show our displeasure by hitting them where it hurts.

Ad revenue.

We’re proposing a 24 hour log off as phase one of this protest.

WHEN IS THE PROTEST?

August 6th 2021

12 am Eastern Time (US)

4am UTC

5am BST/London

6am Central Europe Time

7am Moscow Standard Time

9:30 Indian Standard Time

12 noon Hong Kong Time/Australian Western

1:00 pm Japan Standard Time

1:30 pm Australian Cental time

2:00 pm Australian Eastern Time


August 5th 2021

11pm Central Time (US)

10pm Mountain Time (US)

9pm Pacific Time (US)



THE END TIME IS 24 HOURS FROM START TIME!!!

So no posting, no queues, no likes, and no reblogs!

WHAT IF I CAN’T/WHAT ELSE CAN I DO?

Like this post and share it AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE. Use the hashtags #tumblrlogoff2021 or #postplusprotest on ANY and ALL social media.

WILL THIS WORK?

Maybe, maybe not. It’s an attempt at doing SOMETHING.

BECAUSE I’M A TIRED IDIOT, USE THIS TO DOUBLE CHECK YOUR TIME ZONE!!!!

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Event Time Announcer shows time for Log off protest 2021 in locations all over the world. In New York it happens on Friday, August 6, 2021 a
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My dark and sexy queer Dracula’s brides retelling is out in the world today!

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GRAB YOUR COPY FOR 

  • sapphic longing at the opera 
  • religious overtones 
  • all bi cast 
  • poly m/f/f/m relationship 
  • cathedral kisses 
  • overcoming abuse in gothic chateaus 
  • the horror of love 
  • european carriage roadtrips 
  • vigilante vampires 

AMAZON // INDIEBOUND // NYX // BARNES AND NOBLE // APPLE

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Abridged history of early 20th century Chinese womenswear (part 6.2: 1950s-mainland China)

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*I know the 1950s is not early 20th century but I don’t care, this is a continuous narrative.

*I worked my ass off trying to research this please give me attention. It’s still quite incomplete so if anyone has sources/additional info please let me know!!

Previous posts in the series:

Intro/Context

The world of Chinese fashion split in two when the Communists won the Chinese Civil War in 1949 and the Nationalists retreated to the island of Taiwan. Having discussed the development of cheongsam in non mainland areas in my previous post, we’re going to look at the fashion in the communist People’s Republic of China in the 1950s. A common misconception is that during the roughly thirty years of hardcore communism (1949-1979), fashion and “traditional Chinese clothing” disappeared from mainland China and everyone only wore utilitarian, gender neutral work clothes. While it is true that conventionally glamorous clothing became less socially acceptable, Chinese women still had a wide variety of choices, both feminine and gender neutral, when it came to everyday clothing. I would actually say that there was a bigger variety of clothing during the 50s than the republican era, when women wore cheongsam and cheongsam only. The very traditional aoku was also alive and kicking. 

Casual Western clothing

Urban women commonly wore dresses, commonly referred to as 布拉吉 “platye”, which apparently just means “dress” in Russian. Between the years 1953-1958, China was very close to the Soviet Union so imported Soviet fashions were very popular. However, I think platye just referred to New Look dresses in general instead of a specific type of dress, since I flipped through some 50s Soviet fashion magazines and photos and they all just looked like simplified Western dresses. Actually, they looked like normal Western dresses, because Western fashion of this time was a spectrum that ranged from simple and practical (Butterick, Simplicity, McCall etc.) to elegant or batshit crazy (Dior, Balenciaga etc.) and 50s Soviet and Chinese dresses fall into the former category. Basically what we consider 50s housewife attire nowadays: dresses with a fitted waist and flared, full skirt. However, I don’t think Chinese women wore fluffy petticoats to support the skirts, so they look kind of deflated (but still cute). There were no rules for dress design in this period, so as long as you keep it modest and practical you could do whatever you want. Common design features of 1950s dresses were buttons, belts, ruffles, asymmetrical closures, decorative pockets and cap sleeves.

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50s photograph of three young girls. Two in New Look dresses (left and right) and one in cheongsam (middle).

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1956 photograph of a woman in a dress and black pumps. 

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Pages from a 1957 Soviet fashion magazine published by Leningrad fashion house depicting dresses and two piece combos (more pages in the link it’s really cool!). Friendly reminder that Stalin died in 1953 so fashion was probably more relaxed in the Khrushchev era, but I don’t know shit about Soviet fashion so who am I to talk.

A very iconic item of clothing in the 50s and indeed throughout the second half of the 20th century was the little white shirt (it’s not actually called that this is my invention). This short sleeved, button down shirt with wide flat collars, usually made of cotton or polyester, was a household staple and could be paired with literally anything. It’s often white but doesn’t have to be. It could be worn with skirts to create a New Look ensemble or dress pants for work uniforms. 

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1956 photograph of a Shanghai department store. The customer and employee both paired their shirt with skirts.

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Some Thoughts About Bell Names

Augusta: Well, her vocal  quality is that of an “august” older lady. Or maybe she was born in August. Beyond that, I got nothing. 

Septimus: Gonna go out on a limb here and guess that he was the seventh kid. 

Julius: Caesar? But he’s not the ruler, he’s a power-behind-the-throne type. Still, he is the sibling most closely connected to politics.

Commodus: Probably so named because Commodore is a naval rank. 

Aurelia: Apparently this means “golden”. Well, with her being so shining ant sparkly at parties, that makes sense.

Claudia: Comes from a word for “lame”, apparently. Yeah, not a clue on this one.

Tiberius: Ummm….the Tiber is a river…Tiberius writes poetry about nature…also “three” in Latin is “tribus” so maybe he’s the third kid?

Maximus: Means first or biggest. Maybe he’s the oldest?

Heraclea: Lots of possible meanings and references here, but I suspect that they just wanted something extra-classical-sounding for the Cambridge principal.

Regulus: “Prince” or “little king”. Youngest?

Florian: Means “blond”, apparently. Blond hair is often associated with goodness and purity, which is fitting for a clergyman, I suppose.

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OOor maximus was just an absolute unit of a baby ,,, a real whoppingly big boy. like u know those pictures of newborns that are the size of a 2 yo?? That big.

mama bell 8 months in, unable to move but for this Monster, pissed off to the nines w it and deciding Everyone must know what she had to goddamn carry: mmhm yes i’ll call him large

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