The Southern California Cahuilla tribe’s language is Severely Endangered. Bird Singers perform songs in the Cahuilla language, keeping traditions and the language from dying out completely. #GISH
Louie Louie was composed and recorded by Richard Berry in 1955. But The Kingsmen’s 1963 recording became a standard in pop and rock instead, and it’s their version that was recognized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
This weekend I was told a story which, although I’m kind of ashamed to admit it, because holy shit is it ever obvious, is kind of blowing my mind.
A friend of a friend won a free consultation with Clinton Kelly of What Not To Wear, and she was very excited, because she has a plus-size body, and wanted some tips on how to make the most of her wardrobe in a fashion culture which deliberately puts her body at a disadvantage.
Her first question for him was this: how do celebrities make a plain white t-shirt and a pair of weekend jeans look chic? She always assumed it was because so many celebrities have, by nature or by design, very slender frames, and because they can afford very expensive clothing. But when she watched What Not To Wear, she noticed that women of all sizes ended up in cute clothes that really fit their bodies and looked great. She had tried to apply some guidelines from the show into her own wardrobe, but with only mixed success. So - what gives?
His answer was that everything you will ever see on a celebrity’s body, including their outfits when they’re out and about and they just get caught by a paparazzo, has been tailored, and the same goes for everything on What Not To Wear. Jeans, blazers, dresses - everything right down to plain t-shirts and camisoles. He pointed out that historically, up until the last few generations, the vast majority of people either made their own clothing or had their clothing made by tailors and seamstresses. You had your clothing made to accommodate the measurements of your individual body, and then you moved the fuck on. Nothing on the show or in People magazine is off the rack and unaltered. He said that what they do is ignore the actual size numbers on the tags, find something that fits an individual’s widest place, and then have it completely altered to fit. That’s how celebrities have jeans that magically fit them all over, and the rest of us chumps can’t ever find a pair that doesn’t gape here or ride up or slouch down or have about four yards of extra fabric here and there.
I knew that having dresses and blazers altered was probably something they were doing, but to me, having alterations done generally means having my jeans hemmed and then simply living with the fact that I will always be adjusting my clothing while I’m wearing it because I have curves from here to ya-ya, some things don’t fit right, and the world is just unfair that way. I didn’t think that having everything tailored was something that people did.
It’s so obvious, I can’t believe I didn’t know this. But no one ever told me. I was told about bikini season and dieting and targeting your “problem areas” and avoiding horizontal stripes. No one told me that Jennifer Aniston is out there wearing a bigger size of Ralph Lauren t-shirt and having it altered to fit her.
I sat there after I was told this story, and I really thought about how hard I have worked not to care about the number or the letter on the tag of my clothes, how hard I have tried to just love my body the way it is, and where I’ve succeeded and failed. I thought about all the times I’ve stood in a fitting room and stared up at the lights and bit my lip so hard it bled, just to keep myself from crying about how nothing fits the way it’s supposed to. No one told me that it wasn’t supposed to. I guess I just didn’t know. I was too busy thinking that I was the one that didn’t fit.
I thought about that, and about all the other girls and women out there whose proportions are “wrong,” who can’t find a good pair of work trousers, who can’t fill a sweater, who feel excluded and freakish and sad and frustrated because they have to go up a size, when really the size doesn’t mean anything and it never, ever did, and this is just another bullshit thing thrown in your path to make you feel shitty about yourself.
I thought about all of that, and then I thought that in elementary school, there should be a class for girls where they sit you down and tell you this stuff before you waste years of your life feeling like someone put you together wrong.
So, I have to take that and sit with it for a while. But in the meantime, I thought perhaps I should post this, because maybe my friend, her friend, and I are the only clueless people who did not realise this, but maybe we’re not. Maybe some of you have tried to embrace the arbitrary size you are, but still couldn’t find a cute pair of jeans, and didn’t know why.
This post is one of those things that I will reblog every time it appears on my dash. This is so important, and no one ever tells you about it.
I almost didn’t read this but then I did and I’m really glad that I did.
Super important
Tldr: The reason clothes never “looked right on you” is because models and celebrities always had their clothes tailored to fit them perfectly.
This is so important. If something doesn’t fit you perfectly, the problem is the clothes, not you.
So idk if others have noticed this before - but it’s the first time I’m seeing this, hence the post.
There’s a website, https://www.photosugar.com, which apparently mirrors all pictures, gifsets etc. people post on their tumblrs (and also other social media sites like twitter and instagram, if I understand it correctly).
Now it won‘t turn up anything but a 404 error in my case, because I sent an e-mail to the contact address, which is [email protected] with the title “My content on your website”:
Hello,
it’s come to my attention that you are mirroring all of the posts containing
pictures/gifs that I post on my tumblr. I am asking you to stop pulling the content from my tumblr and to
delete me from your website.
tumblr username is „lordhellebore“
Thank you.
I got a reply consisting of the single word “removed” after just one day, and as you can see, it worked perfectly fine with the informal mail I sent. So if you want them to stop mirroring your tumblr, it seems all you really need to do is this.
I can’t test the site for all of my mutuals, but I’m tagging a few whom I found on there by random trial & error, and I suggest you look yourself up if you see this post and dislike tumblr mirrors (even if this one is only for pictures, not text).
….basically, whomever I’m trying at random, it seems that you’re on there.
Please reblog so others can know and ask for removal if they want to.
Reblogging this because for whatever perverted, voyeuristic reason, the person or persons who run this “photosugar” have copied my random as hell blog. Just sent an email to the address stated in the original post, and I highly suggest you all look on this site for your content as well.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING!
I sent an email for all my URLs with content and tagging the mutuals I can find on there who probably want themselves removed
(this applies to any sideblogs you have too)
and to spread the word. Check your other social media too.
You are ALL on this site, plus many I haven’t checked. Spread this in the community please, you’ve got more visibility than I do.
This is stupid! I’m not sure if they are mirroring your stuff as well, but I would check and email them if you dont want them to do it anymore. I just sent an email. I dont understand why people think this is okay to do.
This really unsettles me, so please check if your on here! Here are some of the ones that I know are on there.
I’m sorry I can’t get you all, but I checked and you all on there!
Woah holy shit really? Why the fuck would someone copy my small ass blog? Thanks for bringing this to my attention!! I don’t have time to check but hopefully all my followers will check for themselves and tag people either in comments or reblog this!!!!!! This is super important!!!!!!!!!!
Holy piss they are not kidding!
go check for your account! don't put an @, that doesn't work! just put your blog name like I did here !!!
THIS IS NEXT LEVEL STALKING YOU GUYS SOMEONE COULD FIND YOU THIS WAY ITS SUPER WEIRD CREEPY INVASIVE AND WRONG!! THIS PERSON OR PERSONS IS UNKNOWINGLY STALKING AND COPYING MY BLOG THAT IS SOME UNCOOL NON-EPIC SHIT RIGHT THERE!! CHECK FOR YOURSELF, I WAS JUST GONNA IGNORE IT BUT I GOT CURIOUS!! IT’S EXACTLY THE SAME AS MINE!
this is scary and i cant check bc im at work but once i get home, i will.
to my mutuals and followers, check if you’re stuff are mirrored
Oh my gosh I’m up there…
This is messed up and really scary to me. Why the hell would someone deem this an okay thing to do. To create a whole website dedicated to something like THIS. I am not okay with this, not in the slightest.
Guys, please check if your account is here and remove it if you don’t want it up there. I’m just about to do it myself.
Check your content, guys. This art theft is NOT okay.
oh jesus… mine was on there, even though my blog is relatively small in following. I’ve sent an email just now.
even if you think your blog is too small to be up there, check anyway. you never know!
Dude! I keep looking and I have removed myself to make sure nothing comes up, but I looked for the others and guys get them to remove you please to be safe! @thedarkenedkeeper@hwasabimoon14 and the others that follow me!
I honestly thought I wouldn’t show up on there, but nope, to my horror, they mirrored my shit. Sent them an email and immediately got a “removal” reply back. Tagging everyone I’m worried about.
YALL SHOULD CHECK THIS BECAUSE WE WERE BOTH IN THE FUCK
I’M FREAKING OUT RIGHT NOW I CAN’T BELIEVE I’M THERE!!! THIS SHIT IS NOT ONLY FOR BLOGS WITH A LOT OF FOLLOWERS!! I’M SCARED WTF!? I JUST HAVE LIKE 70 FOLLOWERS AND ALL MY POSTS ARE REBLOGS AND TRASH???
[[Check for your blog name there if you see this. Also, it’s really simple getting your info off this website. Just use this link and type in your username: https://www.photosugar.com/remove]]
Guys, found all of us here….what bleeping right do they have to use our info without OUR consent on a random site !?? Couldn’t tag everyone on here…
Some of the authors of the upcoming @deancasanthology have come together to offer a chance to win your very own copy of the anthology. We’re excited to read all 55 original stories that will only be available in this collection, and want to share it with as many people as we can.
1 Grand Prize: Hardcover copy + digital copy + artwork
3 First Prizes: Softcover copy + digital copy + artwork
10 Second Prizes: Digital copy
To enter, please simply reblog this post. You don’t have to be following any of us (but it won’t count against you if you do). If you’d like to reblog to signal boost but you’ve already purchased your own copy, please tag your post #not entering.
The giveaway will close on Sunday, June 10, at 8 pm EST, and winners will be announced by June 11. Winners will then have 48 hours to reply, or alternate winners will be selected. You must be willing to share your shipping address with me (if you win one of the physical copies), or an email address to receive a digital copy.
I’ll be picking winners tonight! Also, I just realized that buying the winner’s prizes will push us over the 100% line on the indiegogo! So I am REALLY EXCITED about watching that click over, unless a lot of folks jump on it before I draw the winners. I think that might be even more exciting, actually. :D
Some of the authors of the upcoming @deancasanthology have come together to offer a chance to win your very own copy of the anthology. We’re excited to read all 55 original stories that will only be available in this collection, and want to share it with as many people as we can.
1 Grand Prize: Hardcover copy + digital copy + artwork
3 First Prizes: Softcover copy + digital copy + artwork
10 Second Prizes: Digital copy
To enter, please simply reblog this post. You don’t have to be following any of us (but it won’t count against you if you do). If you’d like to reblog to signal boost but you’ve already purchased your own copy, please tag your post #not entering.
The giveaway will close on Sunday, June 10, at 8 pm EST, and winners will be announced by June 11. Winners will then have 48 hours to reply, or alternate winners will be selected. You must be willing to share your shipping address with me (if you win one of the physical copies), or an email address to receive a digital copy.
There’s just a few more days to enter, and we’re up to 91% of our goal!
Just a reminder that the 55 stories and the artwork in the anthology will not be available anywhere else. They will remain exclusive to this anthology, and you have until June 25 to order a guaranteed copy for yourself. :)
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