Maybe my limbs are made
mostly for decoration,
like the way I feel about
persimmons. You can’t
really eat them. Or you
wouldn’t want to. If you grab
the soft skin with your fist
it somehow feels funny,
like you’ve been here
before and uncomfortable,
too, like you’d rather
squish it between your teeth
impatiently, before spitting
the soft parts back up
to linger on the tongue like
burnt sugar or guilt.
For starters, it was all
an accident, you cut
the right branch
and a sort of light
woke up underneath,
and the inedible fruit
grew dark and needy.
Think crucial hanging.
Think crayon orange.
There is one low, leaning
heart-shaped globe left
and dearest, can you
tell, I am trying
to love you less.
So many ideas for letter fronts…
feminist hat! (or, get one custom)
AAAAAAAAA I want this!!!!!!!! Maybe not in those colors, but def want this!
just finished one in different colors! WAIT AND SEE, TUMBLR!
craft props.
“China Doll is a fantasy palette inspired by a time and a place. It’s not our intention to offend anyone. The colors and the image for the palette were indeed inspired by the vintage Chinese posters, Oriental culture, and dolls.“
Yeah, because…
I…..don’t see a problem
JESUS CHRIST! I think people seriously need to calm down. These ARE the colors you would find in China Doll. I think it sucks that we’ve gotten to the point where if someone uses another nationality to describe something people immediately shout racism.
god fucking damnit. I hate this. Someone tries to appreciate and pay homage to another culture, and they get slammed for racism.
even I experienced that firsthand when I described dark mori. Got some hate mail for that.
I think some people don’t realize that cultures by definition have distinguishing characteristics, and that often the only way to describe the look is to call out the culture by name.
not to mention that this is a VERY common thing in the fashion industry.
it’s great to have ideals, but you also have to remember the reality and then work toward your ideal within the reality.
and get the stick out of your ass, look up the word “INTENT” and enjoy beauty.
Except that like, some of us white folks seem to really not understand that other people’s cultures aren’t there for us to use in whatever self-entitled way we see fit. I don’t know what kind of ‘defining’ characteristics we’re getting at here, and honestly I’d rather you don’t try to answer that for fear of more gross stereotypes, like in the descriptions for this particular ad. A “China Doll” is not a nationality, if you did a little research you’d find that China Doll is a term that came about from white mens’ experiences with Chinese sex workers. It posits the stereotype of Chinese women as being obedient, subservient, naive and over sexualized. There are legitimate reasons to be offended, and it is not the place of white folks to decide that people aren’t allowed to be offended when their cultures are pooped all over.
Saturday Jan 1 @ 01:04amhell0nurse asked: Honestly none of the Asian people I know are very offended by the term "oriental" and I garuntee that if the women I know were to encounter that ad they wouldn't give it a second glance.
It’s not about whether this, or that person is personally offended- but the accumulation of culturally appropriative practices within our Western society that create a culture in which white folks refuse to recognize their privilege and see other cultures as fair game to use as they wish. It contributes to larger fucked-up systems of racism, oppression and white supremacy and it’s no good at all.
Friday Jan 1 @ 07:20pmAwesome Street Art by Pavel Puhov
SET THE WORLD ON FIRE
Friday Jan 1 @ 07:02pmYOU OTHER READERS CAN’T DENY
WHEN A BOOK WALKS IN WITH A GOOD PLOT BASE
AND A BIG SPINE IN YOUR FACE YOU GET SPRUNG
WANNA PULL OUT YOUR PENS
‘CAUSE YOU NOTICED THAT BOOK WAS DENSE
READING, HALF-RIMS I’M WEARING
I’M HOOKED AND I CAN’T CARING
OH BABY I WANT AN E-READER
AND A MEANINGFUL METER
MY TEACHERS TRIED TO TRAIN ME
THAT BOOK YOU GOT MAKE ME SO BRAINY
Sigh. If I had these I would totally wear glasses and be actually able to see the world…
Friday Jan 1 @ 07:01pm