so tumblr recently unveiled it’s new safe mode that blocks “sensitive content” on dashboards and completely on mobile.
if you’re under 18, there’s no way to turn it off.
it wouldn’t be too much of a problem if it was just like blocking p/orn or ns/fw art or anything, but, as it’s tumblr and therefore not a functioning website, it blocks like everything else except that stuff
for example, it blocks a ton of posts having to do with anything lgbt-related…. because kids need to be protected from the big scary gays amirite….
and also it blocks a ton of other innocent stuff like comic edits that have nothing inappropriate at all about them??
tldr; tumblr is censoring non nsf/w gay content just for the hell of it. you can let them know how you feel about that here
below the readmore are some examples of posts blocked by safe mode
THIS is reminding me of all the times I’ve had to say that taking the ‘black’ out of ‘Black Lives Matter’ to replace it with something else is an act of violence in itself. You think so little of the overall message, a message that is a PLEA that Black folks’ lives are worth giving a damn about, that you can openly treat it like a free-for-all just to be mocking and obtuse. Look how the thought of “Police Lives Matter” manifests. A non-Black Cop of Color with ‘Police Lives Matter’ kinda attitude gets away with the murder of an unarmed Black man.
the next time you think you’re lonely, just remember you have about 25 billion white blood cells in your body protecting your sorry little ass with their life. you have 25 billion friends who would die for you. no need for tears.
thank you osmosis jones
My immune system tried to kill me though.
Jordan just remember you had twenty five billion enemies trying to kill you and you’ve survived them all
Someone in the notes of the last Leyendecker post I reblogged mentioned having difficulty telling his work and Rockwell’s apart, and I know from experience that many people get them confused, which is somewhat astonishing as, to my eyes, their styles are very distinct. Leyendecker was Rockwell’s idol and mentor, but they were very different people and were interested in portraying different aspects of humanity, even when the basic subject matter was the same.
Surface-level, here are some differences:
Leyendecker smoothed out faults and imperfections (in the young. he stylized them in the old); Rockwell exaggerated them to mild or moderate caricature
Leyendecker approached his paintings as sculpture- even the merest clothing folds are carved out of the paint; Rockwell approached his paintings as drawings- the underlying contour always shines through.
Leyendecker used broad hatching brushstrokes and areas of smooth shine; Rockwell used more naturalistic texture and lighting
Leyendecker created idolized, larger-than-life figures that feel Hellenistic in their perfection; Rockwell created intimate scenes populated by figures that feel familiar in their specificity
Leyendecker’s best and most comfortable work was as a fashion/lifestyle illustrator; Rockwell’s best and most comfortable work was as an editorial/humor illustrator
Leyendecker created beautiful still lives with his figures; Rockwell told compelling stories
Leyendecker often created erotic tension in his paintings; Rockwell almost never did.
See below: Two paintings of soldiers with women, but in Rockwell’s there is a clear punchline, and while the poses are contrived for the sake of composition, they’re not self-conscious. The women are pretty- as demanded by the central joke- but not truly sexualized anywhere but in the mind of the young soldier who is being overloaded with cake and attention.
Contrast Leyendecker’s soldiers with a young nurse. Everyone in this image is posing attractively- no one has their mouth full or ears sticking out. Each crease and fold is sharp and sculptural, and the light picks out their best features- in particular the shoulders and posterior of the soldier facing away from the viewer. There is neither joke nor story, merely a group of beautiful young people, portrayed with deft brushwork and graceful lines. (and check out that hatching! That’s indicator #1 that you’ve got a Leyendecker image)
Leyendecker was very comfortable with “hot young things wearing clothes”, and did them very VERY well, but his facility with idealization came at the cost of personalization, which was fine for fashion illustration, but shows in his domestic scenes:
Beautiful, but… cold. (Also, that hand on the left- who holds a baby with their hand like that??? Good lord, J.C.) Compare a Rockwell illustration (for a baby food brand, I believe) of a mother and baby: this is clearly a real and individual young mother and baby, interacting exactly how parents and babies really interact.
Even when they did basically the same content, and putting aside posing or composition or anything other than objective visual analysis, it’s still obvious who is who:
Red: NR’s smoother rendering vs JCL’s super cool hatching
Green: NR’s naturalistic cloth folds vs JCL’s sculptural stylization
Blue: NR’s natural lighting vs JCL’s world where everything is shiny
Now go forth, confident in the knowledge that you’ll never confuse a Rockwell or a Leyendecker ever again, and can refute any claim that their styles are ‘virtually identical’.
Interesting post! I have to agree that their styles are completely different, but I’ve spent a lot of time looking at Leyendecker’s work (which I strongly prefer.) This is a good guide for anyone who isn’t sure about the differences between the artists’ work and would like to learn more.
What rich fucker needs 55 beds and bathrooms to himself or a small family?
that makes too much sense so it won’t happen
Hey. I live right down the street from this and theyre looking to turn it into a facility for veterans. Theres unfortunately some backlash from the surrounding community, and its hard to see from the pictures but the building sits next to a neighborhood. Its also across the street from an elementary school.
Some people in the neighborhoods are UPSET that this facility will be offering mental health care for veterans. Theyre upset that mentally ill people are going to be coming and going near a school. Most of this is being voiced on the neighborhood forums so I dont have links for it, apologies.
The nonprofit that is leasing the space for their project still needs donations because the building is vandalized on the inside. Mostly from kids from the surrounding neighborhoods breaking into it. Which I know because I went to school with them. Anyways. Good news, this space is being used to help people who need it. Bad news, people are ableist assholes.
“We Wear Culture” is a collaboration between Google and more than 180 museums, schools, fashion institutions, and other organizations from all parts of the globe. It’s part of Google’s Arts & Culture platform, which is digitizing the world’s cultural treasures, and functions as a searchable guide to a collective archive of some 30,000 fashion pieces that puts “three millennia of fashion at your fingertips,” Google says.
But it isn’t just a database. Google has worked with curators to create more than 450 exhibits on different topics—say, how the cheongsam changed the way Chinese women dress—making the site an endlessly entertaining, educational portal filled with stunning imagery touching on everything from modern Japanese streetwear to the clothes worn at the court of Versailles.
i can already tell this has made writing for historical fandoms – the worst part of which, for me, is absofuckinglutely hands-down the clothing – much easier.
I think one thing Netflix has seriously underrated is the idea of Network Reliability, especially in regards to serialized shows. When an audience starts a show, they have to have faith that it is going to be followed through on, that it’s going to get a good ending, that it’s not going to get screwed over by the companies producing it. Where there is public mistrust, people are reluctant to get attached to new shows. Where there’s good faith and follow through, you can build a good rapport with your viewing base. No network has a perfect Network Reliability factor, they’ve all made missteps and due to the sheer sizes of audiences it was impossible to please everyone, but up until these last few years Netflix was up there with the best. Unlike older channels, they hadn’t had time to build up an archive of fan backlash, cancelled shows, mishandled character arcs, and executive mandated bad choices. That was one of their big selling points! They were supposed to be better than the old fashioned cable networks. They were supposed to be different.
Now Fox and HBO and TBS are doing the exact same thing they are in terms of diversity (ie: looking for more of it) and Netflix is cancelling several of the exceptional shows that really made it stand out from the crowd. They’ve jeopardized the sense of “don’t worry, we’re better, we’ll take care of you” and that’s going to hurt their television offerings going forward. If they’re going to act like all the other networks, we’ll have no choice but to treat them like one. It’s going to be a lot harder for me to get emotionally invested in their next, big, ambitious drama because of how messily and suddenly they ended Sense8. No one likes a nasty surprise, or an open ended story. For many people, their reliability factor just dropped and unless they can figure out how to change the game to better take care of viewers and follow through on shows they’re never going to be anything more than Moderately Mistrusted Television Network 2.0.
A Middleground 