kenzie says...

Preview of senior pics! ;D – View on Path.

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:16:07 -0400

Preview of senior pics! ;D – View on Path.

Oh my God Tom. Seriously.

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:05:37 -0400

Oh my God Tom. Seriously.

thywanderingfaerie: andrewfishman: Marina Abramović, “Rhythm...

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:00:20 -0400

thywanderingfaerie:

andrewfishman:

Marina Abramović, “Rhythm 0,” 1974

Marina Abramović is best known for her performance pieces, in which she tries to explore what is possible for an artist to do in the name of art. Her best known piece was the recent “The Artist Is Present,” in which she sat motionless for 736.5 hours over the course of three months, inviting visitors to sit opposite her and make eye contact for as long as they wanted. So many people began spontaneously crying across from her that blogs and Facebook groups were set up for those people.

Her bravest piece, however, is my favorite. 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 that no one reading this believes the people around him/her capable of doing such things to another human being, but this performance proves otherwise.

Edit: Several commenters have pointed out that I’ve overlooked an important variable here: gender. They are right; I imagine that a lot of the dehumanization inherent in this performance is related to the gender of the artist. I am sure that people would have reacted differently to an utterly non-responsive male than they did to Abramović.

The first time I heard about her, I was so amazed. I still am. ;____;

throwbacksongs: Zoboomafoo Opening Theme

Fri, 10 May 2013 01:26:25 -0400

throwbacksongs:

Zoboomafoo Opening Theme

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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:49:26 -0400

ehehehelokid: justfaffingabout: catnipsoup: prettybluescarf: ...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:22:29 -0400

ehehehelokid:

justfaffingabout:

catnipsoup:

prettybluescarf:

tomhiddlestunned:

I SHOULDN’T BE LAUGHING SO HARD

oh

my fucking

god

It’s back! oh thank god it’s back!

O

M

F

G

mchiddlesgregorbender: torrilla: Tom Hiddleston attends ‘Iron...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:21:39 -0400

mchiddlesgregorbender:

torrilla:

Tom Hiddleston attends ‘Iron Man 3’ World Premiere held at the El Capitan Theatre on April 24, 2013 [HQ]

Fuck you…fuck you very muuuuch.

How dare you

Thor: The Dark World trailer gizoogled OH MY GOD

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:05:25 -0400

Thor: The Dark World trailer gizoogled

OH MY GOD

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Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:20:32 -0400

metallickah: unrealthings: batreaux: this is my linen closet, shows you some towelsand this is...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:50:31 -0400

metallickah:

unrealthings:

batreaux:

this is my linen closet, *shows you some towels*
and this is my lenin closet *shows you communist propaganda*

#Bed Bath and Bolsheviks

#communism works on paper but not on tile or marble

miss-love: mattrenez: igotaloveshekeepsmewaiting: melodiesinth...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:38:59 -0400

miss-love:

mattrenez:

igotaloveshekeepsmewaiting:

melodiesintheair:

jarpadd:

I suggest all females watch this.

*i suggest all humans watch this.

THIS SHOULD BE REQUIRED WATCHING FOR ALL HUMANS

I’m a 17 year old white guy living in middle class America. I’ve never exactly been a supporter of feminism because that kind of thing has never really affected me personally. I don’t notice it and I don’t care about it. But in nine minutes this video has made what is truly a serious problem extremely apparent. Those “why I need feminism” posts or those slut-shaming or rape culture campaigns never convince me of anything. But this video actually did I think.

tl;dr This video kicks ass, just watch it.

Stop what you’re doing and watch this

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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:38:33 -0400

ramblingrubixcube: fer1972: Know were you stand: Modern Day...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:37:24 -0400

ramblingrubixcube:

fer1972:

Know were you stand: Modern Day Locations blended with Major Historical Events by Seth Taras

1. The Hindenberg Disaster of May 6, 1937

2. Allied soldiers rushing the beach at Normandy in June 1944

3. The Fall of the Berlin wall in 1989

4. Adolf Hitler touring Paris and standing in front of the Eiffel Tower in 1940

Damn.

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Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:21:50 -0400

zavywavi: beauty-from-ashes: cosmopanther: Woman takes a...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:15:16 -0400

zavywavi:

beauty-from-ashes:

cosmopanther:

Woman takes a photo of herself every day for a year, chronicling the affects of an abusive relationship.

This is heartbreaking. You can see the happiness and hope slip from her eyes with every shot.

tw domestic abuse

wow.

To be honest, I was really nervous to watch this the first time it appeared on my blog, so I scrolled past it, almost in hopes of avoiding it. The second time it appeared on my blog, I forced myself to watch it, not because I owe her nor domestic abuse anything, but because her story needed to be seen. (This all took place over a course of 6 hours) I might be one person, but my commentary and my ability to spread her story through a simple “reblog” does affect others. Domestic abuse is never okay. Nor is ignoring it.

visionarywateringhole: secretcallgirl: kokilax: randomizeyourm...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:03:04 -0400

visionarywateringhole:

secretcallgirl:

kokilax:

randomizeyourmind:

Rape has become endemic in South Africa, so a medical technician named Sonette Ehlers developed a product that immediately gathered national attention there. Ehlers had never forgotten a rape victim telling her forlornly, “If only I had teeth down there.”

Some time afterward, a man came into the hospital where Ehlers works in excruciating pain because his penis was stuck in his pants zipper.

Ehlers merged those images and came up with a product she called Rapex. It resembles a tube, with barbs inside. The woman inserts it like a tampon, with an applicator, and any man who tries to rape the woman impales himself on the barbs and must go to an emergency room to have the Rapex removed.

When critics complained that it was a medieval punishment, Ehlers replied tersely, “A medieval device for a medieval deed.”

- Half the Sky, Nicholas Kristof

REBLOGGING THIS. x1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

A medieval device for a medieval deed - yes.

YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

FUCK RAPE CULTURE!!!!!!!!

“when critics complained” So there are actually people that think that causing a rapist to be in pain from the rape is too harsh of a punishment.. “nevermind the pain a woman feels, the rapist should be free of pain even when violating a woman in the worst way possible” … I fucking hate this fucking culture.

IT HURTS SO GOOD

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:08:02 -0400

IT HURTS SO GOOD

via GOOD magazine and History.com

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:42:20 -0400

via GOOD magazine and History.com

Marvel should attach this short animation to all of their...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:44:27 -0400

Marvel should attach this short animation to all of their movies.

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Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:40:26 -0400

kenzie says...

Preview of senior pics! ;D – View on Path.

Oh my God Tom. Seriously.

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throwbacksongs: Zoboomafoo Opening Theme

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mchiddlesgregorbender: torrilla: Tom Hiddleston attends ‘Iron...

Thor: The Dark World trailer gizoogled OH MY GOD

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IT HURTS SO GOOD

via GOOD magazine and History.com

Marvel should attach this short animation to all of their...

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metallickah: unrealthings: batreaux: this is my linen closet, shows you some towelsand this is...