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fashion history girlies i need ur help

what is the hat that Vera-Ellen wears in this scene called??? It’s such a cute style and I’m usually not a hat person. I tried googling it but couldn’t find anything specific. If anyone could tell me what this style of hat is I’ll love you forever!!! Merci!!

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Just something I thought was pretty

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what a great day to remember that we should not colonize mars, the whole concept is anthropocentric, imperialist, unrealistic and just weird, and the idea of establishing the same capitalistic systems that have turned out to be our downfall on another planet instead of solving problems on earth is so incredibly short-sighted and power fantasy driven that it makes me want to eat glass. the exploration of outer space should always be expressively and only for the benefit of all humankind, not to fill the pockets of some billionaires with a god complex. fuck elon musk all my homies hate elon musk

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“The mind, he reflects, is like a house — thoughts which the owner no longer wishes to display, or those which arouse painful memories, are thrust out of sight, and consigned to attic or cellar; and in forgetting, as in the storage of broken furniture, there is surely an element of will at work.”

- Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace

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just because this deserves its own post:

dressmakers, tailors, cosplayers, historical costumers, and generally any people who sew are artists

people who work with fiber (knitting, crocheting, etc.) are artists

embroiderers are artists

weavers are artists

lacemakers are artists

shoemakers are artists

leatherworkers are artists

textile, clothing, and fiber arts are still art forms, even though they’ve historically been devalued in many societies

credit. all. artists.

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israel is currently bombing damascus, syria in the middle of the night while the world is focused on the situation in the united states. please take the time to read through the carrd linked on this thread to spread awareness and help the syrian people in anyway you can

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Thanks to my 0 fans and followers for all the support you've given. Reminds me greatly of my childhood

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“It was love she sickened at. It was the enslavement, the self-abasement, the self-deception. That struck her. She saw the danger, all right; she read the flaw. Headlong hopefulness, readiness, need.”

- Alice Munro, Who Do You Think You Are

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Qu’est-ce que je peux vous dire?

Je n’ai d’autre choix que de vous aimer. Depuis le premier jour, j’ai su que j'appartiens à vos côtés. Je ne peux pas masquer ce sentiment qui m'envahit quand mes lèvres sont teintées de vos rouge à lèvres. Je vous aime : ce matin entre les draps ; demain en lisant à la bibliothèque ; mais toujours à côté de moi.

- L. Charce

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on knowledge

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Artist: oejerum

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The thing about aesthetic is that you don’t have to ask to be a part of it or fulfill any requirements. You just have to post whatever you feel like, tag it as such, and you’re in.

Don’t have live close enough to the woods for cottagecore? Tea, books, flowers, hijabs. Don’t have the wardrobe or college for dark academia? Candles, libraries at night,  computers, notebooks. Don’t want to or can’t deal with dying, piercing, or tattooing for punk? There are thousands of ways to be punk without it. 

Aesthetic is what you make it. Mix, match, invent, and invite yourself in. 

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I feel like it’s important that we don’t constrain ourselves, and force ourselves into a narrow box in which we do not fit for the sake of the “aesthetic.” It’s fine to take inspiration from aesthetics, as well as to throw yourself completely into them, but it isn’t a requirement of you. Take part in Dark Academia if it makes you happy, but never let the constraints and limitations of an “aesthetic” change the little things about yourself that are intrinsic to your character. It’s ok to fidget and it’s ok to have trouble focusing. It’s ok to wear bright blue and listen to Panic! At the Disco, and it’s ok to do all of these things while taking part in an aesthetic movement or culture. It’s doesn’t make you any less dark academic. It makes you simply yourself, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

Confession: Dark Academia and ADHD

So, I’ve been into the dark academia aesthetic for a few months know and I love it. I enjoy learning about philosophy, ancient history, and the color palette is amazing.

But sometimes, probably because my ADHD, but I find myself attracted to the very opposite of what I think of as ‘dark academia’. I love punk rock (Panic! at the Disco), bright colors (not neon, but think bright purple, royal blue, salmon, turquoise), and really sugary foods. And sometimes I hate myself for fidgeting in my chair because it does not fit with what I’ve learned/come to know as ‘dark academia.’

Then again, I’ve come to have a very rigid idea of dark academia as a ‘scholarly person wearing dark clothing and sipping black coffee while reading something they’re super passionate about.’ When I’m not medicated (which is another way of saying ‘not-caffeinated’), I feel like I don’t fit that. 

Have you all ever felt like your personality contradicts the aesthetic that you wish your life could be like?

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One day you’ll sit in the sun and things won’t feel so bad

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darling (condescending, with a bit of gay subtext)

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The futurist manifesto is.... dear god

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Sometimes academia is listening to podcasts and audiobooks on topics you're passionate about, because long repetitive hours of work dominate the vast majority of your waking life.