Sculptures by Lauren Clay (via BOOOOOOOM!)
(via Embodiment, Verbs, Poetics | DRUNKEN BOAT) ‘Beauty is a Verb. The new poetry of disability.’ ed. Jennifer Bartlett, Sheila Black and Micheal Northen.
Hans Silvester `Ethiopia: People of the Omo Valley`.
Can you define beauty again? Beauty, within.
BLACK FLOWER FAIRIES OH EM GEE
THE SCAR PROJECT: Breast Cancer is not a Pink Ribbon
http://www.thescarproject.org/
A series of large-scale portraits of young breast cancer survivors shot by fashion photographer David Jay. Primarily an awareness raising campaign, The SCAR Project puts a raw, unflinching face on early onset breast cancer while paying tribute to the courage and spirit of so many brave young [people].
Up until tonight I never knew exactly what breast cancer survivors looked like after surgery. These courageous [people] inspire, move and tastefully challenge our notions of beauty. How is it that cancer can reak such havoc on their bodies, yet they are still so unspeakably gorgeous?
- Kate
Looking at these photos, I can’t imagine anyone trying to justify “Save the Boobies” merchandise. It is not about the boobies. It is about all these people.
Because I spend so much time now in a very professional, gender normative work environment, I have to remind myself that I love weird people, I am weird, I want to be weird, and being normal is truly horrifying. I’m thinking of that experience of seeing someone on the street or on the bus who is working some kind of weird, non-normative look and feeling some delight and relief, like the person’s existence is making space for you. I have often felt that way when I see other visibly queer or visibly trans people, or other kinds of rule-breakers. It’s beautiful to see people taking those risks and its wonderful to have those moments of mutual recognition with a stranger in the midst of a hostile world.
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| — | Dean Spade (Queerture: Q & A With Dean Spade)(via marfmellow) |
A photo of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, as described on the National Portrait Gallery’s Web site, says, ‘Beginning with Stein’s radical haircut of 1926, the women created an homme-femme style, a lesbian mode of dressing still in fashion today.’
This blog has now been created.
As per so-treu’s suggestion - this blog has now been created to archive all the harassment against PoC that tumblr staff do nothing about. A wordpress will be set up soon, in case tumblr takes this down.
ok i was away a bit. then i came back and saw this. you are the best and most beautiful ppl. on tumblr today.
