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This photo of two people dressed as the Twin Towers were taken during the 2001 Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, just seven weeks after the September 11th attacks. The angel wings and halos clearly frame the towers as memorial figures, honoring the thousands lost in the attacks. Instead of being seen as mocking, it was meant as a tribute, transforming the buildings into celestial beings.

The embrace between the two figures was especially moving. It suggested solidarity, grief, and the idea of the towers as “souls” reunited in the afterlife.

Costumes like this reflected how Halloween in 2001 became a public ritual of mourning as much as celebration. Many participants used costumes, floats, and puppets to grapple with loss and to express resilience.

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marthajefferson

“We didn’t lie to you folks. We told you we had living, breathing, monstrosities. You laughed at them, shuddered at them. And, yet, but for the accident of birth, you might be one as they are. They did not ask to be brought into the world. But, into the world they came. Their code is a law unto themselves: offend one and you offend them all.”

Freaks, Tod Browning (1932)

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duchessofostergotlands

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So sad to hear about Patricia Routledge’s death. Keeping Up Appearances is something I’ve watched and loved since I was a little kid. It’s a funny, goofy comedy on the surface but underneath it you have probably one of the best pieces of commentary on the British class system you can ask for.

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kdhume

There was a massive shift in how our culture understood morality when, after World War II, the general public realized “just following orders” was not an excuse for crimes against humanity. Now we need another moral shift in which we decide, as a culture, that “for the benefit of the stockholders” is not an excuse for anything.

speciesofleastconcern

We kind of need to relearn the “just following orders” part again

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menlove

been seeing far too many ppl talking about ICE detaining black citizens in chicago going "where are they going to send them back to?????" like you have severely missed every single warning sign that you've been given and deeply misunderstood what's happening. this was never about sending anyone "back" it's about murdering them and/or using them for labor. the fact that you can get this far into this and think ICE just wanted to send latines "back" is fucking crazy please read something. anything.

menlove

and like it makes the lukewarm fucking response to this shit make sense bc these people genuinely thought that they were just sending people back to their country of origin like. oh okay so you didn't believe us when we said we were getting detained and disappeared and killed. you just thought it was a kind of sad thing but ultimately not that bad. you really didn't listen when we said this was going to start happening to everyone the government deems undesirable regardless of citizenship. right. of course you didn't care.

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andhumanslovedstories

I am irrationally defensive of the jumpsuit, but in my defense some people who don’t like jumpsuits never shut the fuck up about how they don’t like them. I was watching a video of a creator modeling a jumpsuit, and the comments were all like “I don’t get why no one will make a jumpsuit where you can wear the top and bottom separately” hey dude that’s because then it wouldn’t be a one piece which is what people who like jumpsuits like about jumpsuits. If I wanted a shirt and pants, I’d have made different choices. “But how do you pee in it?” That’s a weird thing to ask me, your coworker you’ve met thrice. “I could never get it off in time” sounds like this is not a good garment for your needs. “Well I don’t wanna get naked in a public bathroom” skill issue and it sounds like you shouldn’t wear a jumpsuit. “I don’t get it” then don’t wear a jumpsuit.

I know this is such a petty thing to get irritated about. That knowledge changes nothing. It’s annoying to see someone post like “here is a jumpsuit I made and am selling” and to see ten thousand comments that are like “you should change it into a fundamentally different garment and then maybe I’ll buy it.” You’re going to the ice cream store knowing that you hate cold food and telling them their business would do better if they started microwaving their sundaes.

andhumanslovedstories

What annoys me so much is that this is a relatively benign manifestation of the prevalent problem of people not in the target audience for something being unable to not endlessly chime in. I know you think dark romance would be better if it wasn’t so dark. I know you think country music would be better if it sounded less country. I know you think whatever thing you don’t like would be better if it didn’t have the fundamental part of its identity that is that thing’s appeal to its actual audience. There is no version of this thing you dislike that you will like unless you dilute the thing entirely into something else. And even then, back to jumpsuits, if someone caves to the jumpsuit haters and makes them unzip at the waist or whatever, you’ll probably be like “that’s a wildly unflattering shirt and pants” which will be true, and you’ll move on to a higher quality product, which will likely be shirt and pants made with the intention all along of being shirt and pants. Like if you dislike the inherent premise of the thing, get out of the fan forums

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val-ritz

so i was talking to my grandmother about old-school video games and she was all

“y'know there was one game i used to play, and it had like a maze, and it was underground, and there was a guy in first person and he had a weapon”

so knowing her penchant for puzzle games, i started guessing like myst, or legend of grimrock

so we start hunting through these 90’s-era games featuring dungeon crawls.

turns out. it was not a puzzle game. it was nothing close to a puzzle game. apparently, in the mid-90s, my grandmother would sit down and play fucking Wolfenstein 3D and listen to AC/DC for like hours on end.

dikubutto

Au contraire, the puzzle was “how to kill Nazis” and the answer was “use gun”

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jakeperalta

I get a lot of ads and suggested posts from authors promoting their books with trope lists so I started compiling my favourites. personally nothing makes me want to pick up a book like knowing there's a scene where a guy gives his love interest some water 😍 you can rest assured there's no plot description to be seen because who needs that when you know the main guy loves a good boat 😍😍

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jakeperalta

a few more gems <3

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some things I've learned from my time in the self published romcoms algorithm:

  • sports romance is HOT right now (usually ice hockey, sometimes nfl, if the female character is also an athlete it can only be gymnastics or figure skating, if not her dad probably owns/coaches the team) but if he can't be an athlete he will be a cowboy or a billionaire
  • these readers apparently can't get enough of the come in his pants moments?? who knew
  • if the guy is grumpy it's called grumpy/sunshine but if the girl is grumpy it's called golden retriever/black cat (because dogs are boys and cats are girls. duh)
  • the cardinal rule is that the guy will usually "fall first" and he will ALWAYS "fall harder"
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#pretty accurate #i follow a LOT of these self pub folks on insta cause im fascinated by them more than anything #(and its not like im rlly using ig for much anymore anyways sooooo) #but yeah the nail has been hit on the head

theegosystem-deactivated2024012

the worst is wanting to create and create and create but being trapped in a body that is so so so so tired

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Posted 3 months ago



poll-position

You have to write a fanfic that incorporates ideas or symbolism inspired by your five most recent non-face emojis. Are you able to write one that you would consider good?

Hell yes! This is gonna be great!

It’ll be difficult, but I think I can make it at least readable

Probably not, but I’ll try for the giggles

Nope. No way. Not even trying.

I don’t write / other

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#🎉🌟🙌🏼🫵🏼💛 #i mean yeah i could probs make smth happen and it wouldn't be a wreck

so funny (I say this sarcastically) seeing the mixed standards on fic writing on here. the whole push pull of ‘write whatever you want who cares/if you don’t write these characters in xyz way I hope you die and go to hell’ and ultimately the 'just write it, your audience will find you’

and it’s like. dawg I have been writing fanfic for almost twenty years, and besides like a really weird two year period of my life when I was in high-school where I hit a particular niche for a somehow big fandom, it geniunely wouldn’t have mattered if I wrote much less published anything I’ve written. I rarely get comments, I get the bare minimum kudos if at all, hits are non-existent unless I dip into a semi-large fandom or get in the door early (like I did for Top Gun prior to TGM coming out, the fics I wrote for TG are some of my highest in hits in the last FIVE YEARS), it’s all drops in the pond.

I have next to no confidence and too high a standard in my writing anymore, my ideas are too big for what my body and mind can realistically endure 90% of the time. I try not to complain about this too much because I know nothing will change unless I sell out and write for the common denominator I have zero interest in.

So it’s just fun seeing the 'write what you want’ stuff all over my dash. Hell, I share it sometimes, but NOT because it works for me. I know it’ll work for just about anyone else.

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#this makes not a lot of sense im sorry #idk ive been wanting to write but everytime i think of smth im just like 'ok. so whos going to read it?' and the answer is usually #'two silent people and maybe one friend' and thats just not enough for me anymore. its like fucking torture out here #medazzas personal log


coffeepeople

the thing about tumblr is that I'm so entrenched here that they can make stupid ugly updates to the site all they want. I'll just sign in go "ugh fine, I'll work around it" and then continue to post things I wouldn't even tell a therapist.

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incognitopolls

What is your LEAST favorite type of body maintenance to do?

Showering/bathing

Hair care

Skin care

Nail care

Mouth care (brushing teeth, etc)

Eating

Using the toilet

Sleeping

Exercising

Something else not listed here

I don't mind any of these

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We ask your questions anonymously so you don’t have to! Submissions are open on the 1st and 15th of the month.

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#exercising and hair care #if i didnt like how my hair looks long id literally just go back to having short hair again #and im just unsure of how to exercise atp







redstonedust

ykno what do people usually mean when they say "childhood home" like is it the first place you lived? the longest? theres no way the majority of people lived in one place their WHOLE childhood so like where do you draw the line.....

redstonedust

hang on i forgot i have the power of polls

did you live in one "childhood home" for all of your childhood?

yes

no

nuance

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#i mean. yes and no? #i lived in an apartment until i was about five #but after that i lived in the same house until i was 24 #and i count that house as my 'childhood home'






lookingbackatfashionhistory

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~ Vénus: Autumn/Winter, Milieu du siècle collection.

Designer/Maker: Christian Dior; embroidery by Maison Rébé; authorized copy made by Nanty Frocks, New York

Place of origin: Designed in Paris, produced in New York

Date: 1949-1950

Medium: Viscose (rayon) tulle with pearlised paillettes and sequins

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