#Andrea Rankin

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You drew stars around my scars

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The Walking Dead infects Image's covers in October with variants

The Walking Dead infects Image's covers in October with variants #comics #comicbooks #variantcovers #walkingdead #twd

Image Comics has announced a line of exciting team-up variants in celebration of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead hitting its milestone 20 year anniversary. These variant covers will infect Image Comics titles all through October and feature Image artists’ unique interpretations of the iconic horror series’ characters. The first nine Walking Dead team-up variants revealed this week feature…

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HIS DARK MATERIALS | panjava + the circle of love, living, and death for @willsilvertongue​

vladimir nabokov, letters to véra || @filmnoirsbian​ || simone de beauvoir, diary of a philosophy student: vol. 1 || e.e. cummings, vision || clementine von radics, in a dream you saw a way to survive; “the fear” || philip pullman, the amber spyglass || andrea gibson, the madness vase; “two birds” || alejandro jodorowsky, what is love? || octavio paz, tr. by eliot weinberger, “letter of testimony” || claudia rankine, “some years there exists a wanting to escape...” || philip pullman, the amber spyglass || anaïs mitchell,  hadestown; "road to hell (reprise)" 

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knowledge of the world's cruelty does not negate the knowledge of its kindness. or, asta lathan

photo by me / i was made for sunny days by the weepies / ode to by cathy linh che / small town moon by regina spektor / the one who stayed and the one who left by regina spektor / sweetpea image from wikipedia / sweetpea flower meaning / the light by regina spektor / photo by me / emergency management by camille rankine / firewood by regina spektor / premonition by jaroslav panuška / sweetbrier flower meaning / song of the insensible by andrew kozma / sweetbrier description / refusal to mourn by andrea cohen / an unkindness by owen gent / aster flower meaning / lighting candles by the weepies / sweetbrier flower / sweetbrier description / little bird by the weepies / aster flower / the light by regina spektor / firewood by regina spektor / window of awareness by holly warburton / the deal by mitski / red red rose by the weepies

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The DroughtofApathy Theatre Awards Nominations:

Best Ensemble Stereophonic Jaja's African Hair Braiding Merrily We Roll Along Illinoise

Best New Song "Evanesce," Days of Wine and Roses (Adam Guettel) "Masquerade," Stereophonic (Will Butler) "East of Eden," Stereophonic (Will Butler)

Bad Accent Eddie Redmayne's Muppet Voice Whatever the fuck Jeremy Jordan was doing Colton Ryan's Muppet Voice from last season, I'm still not over it

Diva Performance of the Year Jennifer Simard, Once Upon a One More Time Jessica Lange, Mother Play Emily Skinner, Suffs

Most Incredible Scene Transition The I Need That home cleanup transition Opening up Jaja's African Hair Braiding shop Mary Jane's apartment set lifting up to reveal the hospital set Doubt revolving set Appropriate house falling into shambles with a tree and everything De-renovating the Broadway Theatre after Here Lies Love flopped

Most Beautiful Woman On Stage Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret Kelli O'Hara, Days of Wine and Roses (bonus points for The Hours) Jessica Lange, Mother Play Anika Noni Rose, Uncle Vanya

Moment So Horrifyingly Bad I Physically Recoiled Eddie Redmayne as the Emcee singing "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" BEFORE the party Everything Gayle Rankin did on that stage "My name is Ponyboy//I'm the youngest of the three," lyric from The Outsiders The Hell's Kitchen book being allowed on Broadway at all

Most Hated Sound Designer Gareth Owen, The Who's Tommy Jon Weston, The Wiz Gareth Owen, Hell's Kitchen (hey, a doubly-bad showing) Brian Ronan, The Great Gatsby, but specifically those gunshots

Floppiest Flop Show How to Dance in Ohio Lempicka Here Lies Love Grey House Once Upon a One More Time

Weirdest Marketing/Publicity/Social/Design Decision How to Dance in Ohio only emphasizing "AUTISM REP" over everything that might have drawn in any kind of crowd at all.

The Lempicka social media team just straight-up lying with their pull-quotes and then doubling down and getting snide.

Broadway producer Greg Nobile's twitter discourse.

The Cabaret social media brand refusing to acknowledge Bebe Neuwirth exists and is the only thing holding that show together.

Who did the Days of Wine and Roses cast album design and like...why?

Can You Spell Miscast? Eddie Redmayne, Cabaret Gayle Rankin, Cabaret Eden Espinosa, Lempicka Basically all of The Wiz Doubly so for The Great Gatsby

Star-in-the-Making Sarah Pidgeon, Stereophonic The Grey House kids Hannah Cruz, Suffs Amber Iman, Lempicka Anna Zavelson, Encores! The Light in the Piazza (not Broadway, but I said what I said)

Criminally Underutilized Older Character Actress Jayne Houdyshell, Uncle Vanya Emily Skinner, Suffs Andrea Burns, The Notebook Beth Leavel, Lempicka Mia Katigbak, Uncle Vanya Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret

Worst Audience Behavior The couple who stayed on their phones the whole time at The Wiz.

The guy who started screaming and fighting at the top of act two at Hell's Kitchen.

The drunk women at Melissa Etheridge who were singing and flailing the whole show.

Shrieking girls at Bad Gatsby whenever the leading man did anything.

Family in front of me at Heart of Rock and Roll.

Guy behind me at Cabaret crunching wine chips through all of act two.

Iconic Merch Item Rosie the Elephant, Water for Elephants: she's so soft and well-made and perfect and I love her and need her. Great American Bitch clothing, Suffs Mother Hat, Mother Play Tissue box, The Notebook

Moment that Had Me in Tears When *spoiler* off-stage, Jaja is taken in by ICE and her daughter can't find her and may face deportation herself.

Merrily We Roll Along overture.

Mary Jane breakdown over the music therapist.

All of Maryann Plunkett's masterful performance in The Notebook.

Me going home to sob over how they butchered Cabaret.

Kimberly Akimbo final performance, it might've opened last season, but fight me

Reading an article on the opening of the Bad Gatsby where a car hit a pedestrian right next to where all the celebrities were getting their photos taken and no one noticed. (tears of laughter-pedestrian was not hurt badly)

Single Best Costume Emily Skinner's Dorothy Louden coat Jennifer Simard, titties up and out as the Stepmother Sara Gettlefinger's fun jumpsuit and headscarf combo Anika Noni Rose entrance blue gown with the plunging neckline and deep v back Bebe Neuwirth's little pink nightie and phenomenal shawl Kate Baldwin's off-the-shoulder outfits in the regional production of A Little Night Music

Best Playbill Design Stereophonic - 10/10 no notes Suffs - Like the art style Illinoise - I really like the colors and art style Here Lies Love - I like the colors

Worst Playbill Design Cabaret - you should be ashamed of yourself. Not even the title Doubt - I know there was a last-minute replacement, but c'mon Lempicka - whoever did this should be taken out back and shot Spamalot - it's just the same damn design as the original, but brighter and worse

Tony Snub Laurie Metcalf, Grey House Jennifer Simard, Once Upon a One More Time Chip Zien, Harmony Days of Wine and Roses, Best Musical Grey House, Best Scenic Design of a Play

Cars on Broadway The Bad Gatsby cars that actually drive The Lempicka silver car that isn't green and doesn't drive The Illinoise concept car made out of props and actor's bodies The Back to the Future car that files and spins and shit

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hiiiiii i was wondering, what artists are u most inspired by? :00

God SOOOO Many Haha! @awseriously and @schoolunchtray are the Recent Two Big Ones, and I'll Sorta Rattle Off a Small Snippet of Other Ones

Cate Wurtz (Her Work Can Be NSFW Heads Up) (Twitter, Lamezone.net)

Pochowek (Twitter)

Ala Flora (Twitter)

Vewn (Youtube)

Jonni Phillips (Youtube)

Ball and Cone (Tumblr)

Teleostauber (Tumblr)

Beefcliff (Tumblr)

David Rankin's Dull Book

Sally Cruikshanks

Anna Oppermann

Kristoff Zetterstrand

Alex Colville

Paul Bush

Robert Reed

Toba Kheedori

Wayne Thiebaud (Specifically His Drawings of San Francisco)

Andrea Zittel (Specially A-Z West)

I Have a Notes Document Thats Just Listing Off Artists I Like and What I Like About Em But These are the Big Ones. For the Ones Who are Online I Listed What Websites I Mostly Watch Em On! Thank You for Askin

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Best Mystery Series with Unforgettable Detectives The allure of a good mystery series lies not just in the twists and turns of its plot but in the depth and complexity of its characters, especially the detectives. These sleuths, with their keen observation skills, sharp intellects, and often, complex personal lives, draw us into their worlds, making us yearn for more with each solved case. This article delves into some of the best mystery series that have given us unforgettable detectives, characters who have become almost legendary in the annals of crime fiction. The Golden Age Classics The Golden Age of detective fiction, a period broadly defined as the interwar years of the 20th century, gave us some of the most iconic detectives who continue to be celebrated and revisited through various media adaptations. Hercule Poirot - Created by Agatha Christie, the Belgian detective with his "little grey cells" has become synonymous with the classic whodunit. Poirot's meticulous nature and flair for understanding the human psyche have made him a beloved figure in mystery literature. Miss Marple - Another of Christie’s creations, Jane Marple, is an elderly spinster with an uncanny ability to solve crimes through her understanding of human nature, derived from her observations of village life. Philip Marlowe - Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, a private eye in Los Angeles, brought a hard-boiled edge to detective fiction, combining cynicism with a code of honor in his quest to uncover the truth. Modern Masters of Mystery Transitioning from the classics, the latter half of the 20th century and the early 21st century have introduced us to detectives who have redefined the genre, adding layers of psychological depth and complexity. Harry Bosch - Created by Michael Connelly, Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch is an LAPD detective committed to justice at any cost. Bosch's dark past and relentless pursuit of truth make him a compelling character in modern crime fiction. Inspector Rebus - Ian Rankin’s John Rebus, a detective in the Edinburgh police force, is known for his dogged determination, complex personality, and the gritty realism of his Scottish setting. Kay Scarpetta - Patricia Cornwell’s series featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta blends forensic science with thrilling narratives, making Scarpetta a pioneer in a genre that has since seen many imitators. International Intrigue The global appeal of mystery series has led to the rise of unforgettable detectives from around the world, each bringing their unique cultural perspectives to the genre. Inspector Montalbano - Andrea Camilleri’s Sicilian detective, Salvo Montalbano, combines a love for gourmet food with sharp detective skills, set against the backdrop of the picturesque Italian island. Kurt Wallander - Henning Mankell’s creation, a Swedish detective, is characterized by his deep introspection and the melancholic backdrop of rural Sweden. Wallander’s cases often explore social issues, adding depth to the mysteries. Erast Fandorin - Boris Akunin’s detective, set in late 19th-century Russia, combines historical detail with intricate plots, making Fandorin a standout character in international detective fiction. Breaking the Mold: Unique Detective Duos Some of the most engaging mystery series have deviated from the lone detective model, presenting dynamic duos that combine their diverse skills to solve crimes. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson - Though predating the Golden Age, Arthur Conan Doyle’s Holmes and Watson set the standard for detective partnerships, with Holmes's brilliant deductive skills complemented by Watson's medical knowledge and steadfast loyalty. Mulder and Scully - From the television series "The X-Files," FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully brought a supernatural element to detective work, with their contrasting beliefs and backgrounds enriching their investigations into the paranormal. Strike and Robin - Robert Galbraith (a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling)

introduced Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott, a private detective and his assistant (later partner), who solve intricate cases in contemporary London, showcasing a deepening personal and professional relationship. Conclusion: The Enduring Appeal of Mystery Detectives The best mystery series do more than just entertain; they immerse us in worlds filled with intrigue, challenge our perceptions, and introduce us to characters who feel as real as people we might know. The detectives highlighted in this article, from the methodical Hercule Poirot to the introspective Kurt Wallander, and the dynamic duo of Strike and Robin, have become unforgettable not just for their ability to solve complex cases but for their profound humanity. They remind us of the power of observation, the importance of justice, and the enduring appeal of uncovering the truth. As long as there are mysteries to be solved, these detectives, and others like them, will continue to captivate and inspire us. In exploring these series, readers not only find thrilling mysteries but also encounter characters that reflect the complexities of human nature. Whether through the lens of a hard-boiled detective in the gritty streets of Los Angeles or a medical examiner uncovering secrets in the autopsy room, these stories offer a window into the depths of the human psyche. The detectives' journeys through the labyrinth of crime and their own personal struggles highlight the universal quest for truth and redemption. As we follow these detectives on their quests, we are reminded of the resilience of the human spirit and the power of a keen mind. In the end, the best mystery series leave us not only satisfied with the resolution of the case but also more deeply connected to the rich tapestry of human experience.

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Carbon tax countdown: reprieve unlikely for big jump at the pumps

It seems unlikely Nova Scotians will be getting a last-minute reprieve from the federal carbon tax, set to take effect on Saturday.

Waiting for her husband at a north end gas station Monday, Andrea Hay couldn't help but notice the current price of gas around here, and balk at the idea it will be at least 12 cents higher Saturday morning.

"Pretty concerned, especially when you're driving a V-6," said Hay.

"The gas prices have been pretty atrocious, especially when you're trying to get back and forth to work."

The federal charge is expected to impact Nova Scotians far more than its maritime neighbours, but the government and opposition have very different views on how to ease the burden for residents.

"This will be the biggest jump anywhere in the country," said N.S. Liberal Environment & Climate Change Shadow Minister, Iain Rankin.

"Previously we negotiated the cap and trade system that limited the cost the pump to one cent a litre, while bringing in revenue to fight climate change, while everywhere else had the backstop, so six or seven cents a litre, and then they've increased to about ten cents, so you're going to see about a four cent increase, whereas here, we're going to see almost the full 14 cents," said Rankin.

"So, it'll be a 13 cent to 14 cent increase here."

Prices in New Brunswick and P.E.I. are only expected to rise about three cents.

The steep hike in Nova Scotia was also predicted by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation last week.

Concerned about a disproportionate impact around here, the four Atlantic Premiers wrote to the Prime Minister last week, requesting an urgent meeting and a delay in implementing the tax because of ongoing high inflation and an apparent discrepancy in the expected costs.

CTV News reached out to the Prime Minister's office to confirm receipt of the letter and inquire whether a meeting was being arranged.

There was no response before deadline.

"It's a bad thing. It will punish Nova Scotians unnecessarily," said N.S. Premier Tim Houston from his office in Pictou.

"The price of gas will go up. Diesel will go up, [and] Home heating. And that means that the price of everything will go up. Everything that needs to be moved from where it's produced or grown to a market is going to cost more," said Houston, noting none of the Atlantic premiers dispute the climate is changing and action does need to be taken.

"We don't believe a carbon tax is necessary. We put forward a plan to the Federal government that is actually better for the environment and certainly more affordable for Nova Scotians, but that plan was rejected because it didn't include a carbon tax," said Houston.

But Rankin says the PC plan had other shortcomings.

"I think time is up for them to come up with a plan that's commensurate with the federal guidelines. I think it's just politics at this point, the last few days before it takes effect."

Houston argues the carbon tax concept simply doesn't fit in the maritime region.

"The carbon tax is meant to deter behaviours. Put a tax on it and maybe people won't do what we don't want them to do. But in this province, a very rural province, we have to drive to work. Public transit? Not an option for most Nova Scotians. Walking to work? Not an option for most Nova Scotians. Biking to work? Not an option. We still have to drive, we still have to heat our homes. So the carbon tax makes things more expensive, but it won't modify behaviour, therefore it doesn't improve the planet," he said.

Even with quarterly rebates as the tax is fully phased-in over the next seven years, federal officials estimate Nova Scotians will be shelling out $635 more, with P.E.I. at $569 and New Brunswick at $501.

But, there are options to provide relief, say the opposition Liberals.

"There's a number of different things under the provincial control. One of them is the gas tax. Another one would be income tax," said Rankin.

But the Premier dismissed the idea.

"We're running a deficit. That means we're investing more in Nova Scotians than we're collecting. So to hear the opposition suggest that we reduce healthcare spending, just so we can send more money to Ottawa, it doesn't make any sense to me," said Houston.

"This Carbon tax is unnecessary. It will punish people, and any suggestion that we should roll over and accept that, and reduce healthcare spending, and reduce investments in housing, and reduce investments in roads and poverty, it doesn't make sense why they would take that position."

Hay says she's not considering a different vehicle yet, but acknowledges fuel prices are painful.

"Even if you live close to your job or further away, it still impacts family. Your ability to make money to pay for the gas," she said.

For the latest Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page.

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Andrea Fraser 

Welcome to the Wadsworth: A Museum Tour, 1991

The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, USA

Who built the house I grew up in? I’m not sure. Who built the house that I live in now? Also, not sure. I like it this way. I do not feel a need to know who built these buildings, and if I did know, would it change what I am doing or what I did inside them? What is this tendency about? That is, the desire to name a building after yourself and create an impetus (vacuum) for the future to come. 

Welcome to the Wadsworth is a roughly 25-minute long video of Andrea Frazier walking around the Wadsworth Atheneum, the oldest continuously running art museum in the United States located in downtown Hartford, CT, a city that has been the home to a majority African-American, Puerto Rican and Jamaican community. In a recorded conversation with Claudia Rankine at Dia Chelsea, Fraser says that the museum is an “institutionalization of, kind of, white, Yankee, colonial, settler, you know, history and identity” where she acts as a cream-of-the-crop docent, knowledgeable of deeply minute details surrounding the building's founders, their kin (who may or may not be relevant to the museum) as well as their contributions to the architecture and museum collection. In her conversation with Rankine, Fraser goes on to explain that the video shows herself becoming “interpellated by the institution… and becoming the subject that it produces… which is a subject of white flight, and home rule and anti-segregation in what was then, the most racially and economically segregated urban area in the United States.” Fraser’s summation of her own artwork is right on the money; economical in her use of words it almost emulates the virtuosity of the performance itself but in a diametrically different manner. Fraser is a master of spoken, written, and body language and this video is a testament to her acting pedigree. 

For the duration of the 25 minutes Fraser never enters the museum itself, but instead merely traces its exterior speaking about the numerous buildings that compose the museum to the camera that acts as the visitor of the museum. This refusal to enter the museum is perhaps a way to emulate the Hartford residents' experience of the museum, always outside even when they are inside, or maybe to evoke the elephant in the room (or outside?) (we outside?) that she is making herself vulnerable to retaliation by the very community she is talking shit about as she is talking shit, edging on becoming a world-star video as her convictions turn-up around the midway point of the sequence when the “subject” is fully “produced”, i.e. she goes fully mask off Trumpian-conservative-groyper mode. There is a distinctly revealing albeit subtle and brief point in the video where a passerby does a double take when they overhear Fraser's unhinged rant about poor Hartford residents. It's truly an exciting and cringeworthy experience in equal measures, especially considering Fraser’s ethnic background (she is half Puerto Rican but resists being called a person of color as revealed in her conversation with Rankine.) The two feelings, excitement and cringe seem to be the affective charge of the work, both impressive and invoking a sense of pity for Fraser. I am sorry she had to remember all that pointless information for whatever frame of time she had to, and I hope she’s been able to forget it all by now.    

My hottest take here is that thirty-one years later and the museum has done very little to address the core of Fraser’s criticism in her video dedicated to the museum. I don't know if that is the point of or the inherent weakness of institutional critique as a methodology. We can critique all day but what are the results of these critiques? Is the critique just another aesthetic form to create with? The Wadsworth offers free entry to all Hartford residents, as well as a free entry on specified days where families with children are invited to listen to local music of the upper-middle class kind and produce crafts through a series of pop-up workshops, you know the kind of thing museums and art non-profits usually do all the time nowadays. The collection, although branching off to include contemporary art is still predominantly filled with European still-lives, portraits, and landscapes, essentially still “interpellating” and “producing” “subjects” in the vision elucidated by Frasier and established by Daniel Wadsworth, a vision in which contemporary art is of bad quality and the classical stuff is actually the good stuff. Better yet, a vision that claims ‘we can integrate you poor people but we will not let you rewrite our legacy!’ Allowing the Amistad Center for Art and Culture to occupy a single-suite gallery in the museum that showcases programming independent from the Wadsworth further illuminates the stark differences in values between the two institutions. Why not just rename the entire institution after the Amistad? With a simple perusal of both websites of the institutions, one can clearly see that the Amistad lacks the funding, and clout to even begin to consider it on the same playing field as the larger museum. If the museum would like to do something truly radical it would publicly commit self-iconoclasm (or some neoliberal, financing-savvy version of iconoclasm) by selling most of its collection (mostly from before the 1950s), removing every trustee's nameplate, rebranding itself the Hartford Museum of Contemporary Art, or better yet, revisioning itself as another community center for the city of Hartford, perhaps divvy up its rooms to different organizations dedicated to the health and wellness of Hartford citizens, or even offer itself up as a safe haven for the homeless that some of its visitors seem to resent so often. But the museum will never commit such a dishonorable act towards Daniel or the new Daniels that bestow their value for the public to enjoy, so we just have to settle with the Wadsworth signaling the virtue of “institutional critique” whilst operating business as usual. Pat on the back, and the legacy continues. The rest are no better, this same critique applies to most institutions in the Western world, let alone the United States, the Wadsworth Atheneum just happens to set the precedent for the United States, it is our living ancestor.

[inevitablemoment]

Samlan September Day 8 - POV Outsider

Word Count: 598

Warnings: Unlikable POV, abuser's POV, internalized misogyny, microaggressions, mentions of 22x03

Fandom: Law & Order

Pairings: Nolan Price x Samantha Maroun

Fulfilling my dream of telling Andrea Rankin off with Protective!Samlan fluff.

Enjoy!

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Andrea sipped her champagne as she looked around expectantly for a certain someone. Of course, since he had apparently decided to fashion himself as a "man of the people," maybe he wouldn't be showing up tonight.

When they had been dating, Nolan seemed to enjoy these functions. At least, when she asked, he remembered to always say yes. And he remembered the rules; smile, only speak when spoken to, and don't pig out.

Andrea succeeded when she finally spotted Nolan with his little slip of a secretary on his arm. Of course, he was smiling, as she would have trained him to, but...

This was different. His eyes were a lot brighter than when he had smiled at her. Each movement of his was genuine and in-the-moment, unlike how he just seemed to rehearse every conversation for each possible outcome before he had it with her.

The secretary girl whispered something in his ear, and he let out a laugh. Andrea never liked watching comedies with him, and not just because his taste in movies were so banal-- how could a boy who had a law degree enjoy watching Bill Murray and Harold Ramis getting high on MDMA and singing doo-wop tunes as a jody call? His laugh often got on her nerves, especially if she was trying to work.

She sauntered up to Nolan, letting her shimmery black dress due most of the work for her. The secretary was wearing an off-the-shoulder, burgundy number that complimented her curves and showed off a bit more cleavage than Andrea's dress. Well, Andrea could certainly see how someone as young as her was promoted to work alongside the Executive ADA. Her ebony hair was curled into forties starlet-style ringlets that made her look like she had just rolled out of Clark Gable's boudoir. But her face was fixed in a glare, something protective that reminded her of a fierce guard dog.

Oh, wait? Was she going to get fired from the firm for thinking that?

"Nolan..." she put on her most sultry voice, even though she hated it. "It's been while..."

Nolan seemed to recoil from her. "Yeah, it... it has, Andrea. Now, if you'd excuse us--"

"But you just got here," Andrea tried to block their way. "Really, Nolan... are you still angry with me about trying to save a sick man from death?"

The secretary scoffed. "You're making it sound like you trying to pay for the man's chemo when he shot up any person who looked remotely Asian on the subway!"

Nolan placed a hand on the secretary's shoulder, rubbing his thumb into the skin of her collarbone as Andrea spotted something gold on a certain finger. "Sam, it's okay-- don't want you stressing out."

"See? Nolan-- whom I've known since college-- says it's okay," Andrea pointed out.

"No, Andrea, I mean that it's okay, Sam doesn't have to come to my rescue," Nolan corrected. "I can tell you what I think of you myself."

Andrea furrowed her brow in confusion before deciding to change the subject. "I-- I didn't that you've gotten married."

Nolan looked back at the secretary with that unfamiliar smile, keeping his eyes on her as he said. "Yes, we are. One year, as of last week."

The secretary smiled back at him. It made Andrea's blood begin to boil. She only grew angrier when she finally noticed the roundness in the other woman's belly. The secretary turned back, the fire reigniting in her eyes.

"Now... if you'd excuse us," she emphasized every word as she helped Nolan-- her husband-- make his escape.

[alessandro55]

Fashion Images de Mode N°6

Lisa Lowatt-Smith , Introduction Rankin

Vision on, 2001, 208 pages, 25x32cm, ISBN 978-1903399484

euro 100,00

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Annually, Fashion Images de Mode meticulously sifts through the vast expanse of fashion photography, casting aside tired clichés and recycled banality to reveal the avant-garde essence of global style with precision. Renowned as the ultimate authority in fashion and photography, this curated collection serves as both a retrospective and a glimpse into the future trends. 

Under the editorial guidance of Lisa Lovatt-Smith, this year's edition presents a showcase of provocative, nuanced, and captivating images that redefine human adornment. Mariuccia Casadio delves into the artistic expression of androgyny, complemented by evocative illustrations from Annette Aurell. Tiggy Maconochie offers an insightful exploration into the enduring legacy of Jean Loup Sieff, while uber-chic photographer Terry Richardson adds a personal touch. 

Prefaced by the illustrious Rankin and featuring contributions from luminaries like David LaChapelle, Elaine Constantine, Katerina Jebb, Andrea Giacobbe, Warren du Preez, and Nick Thornton Jones, this year's book captures the highest point of innovation in haute couture. Fashion Images de Mode goes beyond being just a publication; it's a timeless source of beauty and endless inspiration.

11/10/24

[luthienne]

hello there ,i love your blog it brings me great comfort , if it's not too much trouble could you make a compilation about unrequited love, my situation is the i'm in love with someone that just wants to take from me and give nothing back, i will break up with him today but i'm feelling very sad about this , i hope you are doing well and have good things in life bye bye and sorry to bother you

i’m so sorry for what you’re going through but so proud of you for walking away. you can check out this compilation that i made; here are a few more:

“My heart is full not of guilt, or shame, or remorse, but of grief… Everything has become too terribly mixed up.”

Boris Pasternak, from Letters Summer 1926: Pasternak, Tsvetaeva, Rilke

“But if it’s love, by God, what is this thing? If good, why then the bitter mortal sting?”

Petrarch, from the ‘Canzoniere’ (tr. Mark Musa)

“He filled her up, her whole world, a moon obliterating the light of any other star.”

Catherynne M. Valente, from Deathless

Anne Carson, from Plainwater: Essays and Poetry

“If I let him do this to me, what else will I allow? Anything, anything, anything.”

Catherynne M. Valente, from Deathless

“God, what are you doing to me? / What am I doing to myself?”

Adonis, from ‘Concerto for the Veiled Christ’, Selected Poems (tr. Khaled Mattawa)

David Mitchell, Slade House

Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

“I want to give you everything. This is called a sickness.”

Camille Rankine, from Possession

“Love that incorporates, that devours the other person, that cuts the tendons of the will. Love as immolation of the self.”

Susan Sontag, from Reborn: “July, 1958”

“Love isn’t always magic. Sometimes it’s just melting. Where it’s black and blue. Where it hurts the most.”

Andrea Gibson, from The Madness Vase; “Maybe I Need You”

“Love? I wanted to go with him, to be on the strong side, for him to spare me, like one who seeks shelter in the arm of the enemy to stay far from his arrows. It was different than love, I was finding out: I wanted him as a thirsty person desires water, without feelings, without even wanting to be happy.”

Clarice Lispector, Complete Stories

“Isn't there / always something we want / more than our own happiness? / A pull toward the Fall. / Haven't we all loved too much?”

Danusha Laméris, from The Moons of August; “Apples”

Yves Olade, from When Rome Falls; Bloodsport, 2017

“You have done this a hundred times. Will always do it. Always. I’m so tired of your lack of everything thoughtful, wise about you. You act like a child, a child that just asks and asks and never thinks and sucks one to death, and I’m sitting here crying because it’s so hopeless to ever expect you to be otherwise.”

Anaïs Nin, in a letter to Henry Miller

“Why should anyone go through so much in order to be treated right?”

Alice Notley, Culture of One

“Another moment and I will tell you: it’s not joy but torture you give me.  I’m drawn to you as to a crime—”

Osip Mandelstam, from Selected Poems; “Feodosia”

“I felt a terrified pity for him, for this man who lived in such strange, secret places that, if I loved him enough to follow him, I should have to die.”

Angela Carter, from The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories; “The Bloody Chamber”

Ingeborg Bachmann, from The Book of Franza (tr. Jan van Heurck)

“Desolately we parted. Dear one. When we really parted later on, there were no tears, no comfort either. Something like anger on your side, resolution on mine; each of us understood the other. We were not yet through with each other. To separate that way is harder, easier.”

Christa Wolf, Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays (tr. Jan van Heurck)

[ON LOSING LOVE]: This is the model I propose. You are arriving home and as you approach the garage you try to work your routine magic. Nothing happens; the doors remain closed. You do it again. Again nothing. At first puzzled, then anxious, then furious with disbelief, you sit in the driveway with the engine running; you sit there for weeks, months, for years, waiting for the doors to open. But you are in the wrong car, in front of the wrong garage, waiting outside the wrong house. One of the troubles is this: the heart isn't heart shaped.

Julian Barnes, A History of the World in 10 and 1/2 Chapters

Rainer Maria Rilke, The Book of Images

“It isn’t, our story isn’t—isn’t a story anyone would have chosen to live. But, I had to ask myself…would you change it if you could? Would you? And I had to realize that I wouldn’t. So—that’s all there is to that.”

James Baldwin, Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone

Nikki Giovanni, from “[Untitled]”

...nothing remains of you but the memory of something painful, close to breaking or being lost, and somehow very near extinction.

...no me queda de ti más que esa reminiscencia de una cosa doliente, próxima a quebrarse o a perderse, cerca ya, de cualquier manera a su extinción.

Dulce María Loynaz, Absolute Solitude: Selected Poems; “Poema LVI” (tr. James O’Connor)

Sandra Cisneros, “Mariela”

[black-coffee-and-sugar]

Azie killed it!!!

me praising a supergirl episode? i know, shocking. but 6x12 just came for me where i live! i knew it was going to be great but it surpassed my expectations. sister are really doing it for themselves! so many things to point out that were phenomenal but here’s what comes to mind rn:

- the camera work while kelly’s all distressed at the hospital, lil joey struggling to breathe, orlando looking so helpless > i was already stressed within 5 mins

- rankin literally saying “i’ll do everything i can to help these people” while rolling away to her private hospital room with access to trial medication when the residents of the heights probably don’t even have insurance or money to pay the bills. also rankin literally sucking the life out of this disadvantaged community, building wealth and pushing her political agenda on the backs of black people is the most realistic portrayal of true villainy that this show has ever given us

- kelly’s phone call to james in the stairwell, talking about how exhausting it is was so personal to me. i work in these types of communities all the time and it’s a hard fight. i get emotionally tired too. it does feel like screaming into the void, like one step forward and ten steps back. and i felt this for kelly.

- alex’s solution is to send respirators and nothing else? just makes me realize that while the super friends were protecting mxy and trying to capture nxyly, they were pretty much neglecting the heights. people who were literally dying and it’s horrifying to think of where their priorities lie. especially considering the fact that they could have handled the nxyly issue without alex so she can support her gf

- writer 1: how do we make the audience hate rankin some more?

  writer 2: have her kill a guy for a sandwich on white bread. it’ll make her look like even more of an asshole

but seriously, what kind of psychopathic shit was that?

- andrea has always been portrayed a shameless capitalist who only cares about grabbing eyeballs but it has never been highlighted as negatively as it was in this episode in that phone call with kelly 

- i think kelly reaching out to lena who isn’t even in national city really speaks to her desperation to have someone see her. someone hear her. someone fucking help and i’m glad she had at least diggle’s support

- that slim stack of bills is all it took for that woman to sell her soul to rankin? bruh...

- the super friends showing up to the heights, only concerned with tracking nxyly, not giving any amount of fucks about what kelly is trying to say enraged me. i know that was the point of the episode but STILL

- kara telling kelly that mxy can fix all this once they get him out of the crystal. what are you five? give me a goddamn break with this foolishness kara! so lil joey’s lungs are just supposed to hang on til whenever the fuck y’all save mxy? lena, please come and collect your wife

- kelly looking directly at kara when she mentions the word hope while dragging the super friends for their nonchalant behaviour > oof, a slap to the face

- i see nia had the one brain cell this week. she’s the only one who attempted to help kelly in whatever way she could. 

- brainy really said racism is still a problem in the 31st century and it did not surprise me. 

- seems like having tunnel vision is a danvers sisters trait. i get alex not being able to relate to kelly’s struggle but come on she’s your girlfriend. can’t you tell when she’s upset?

- i’m glad that they addressed j’onn choosing the appearance of a black man and how even though he may have been a target because of it, he still can’t relate fully to the experiences like kelly, james and diggle can. it’s optional for him. they don’t have that luxury to check out whenever it suits them

- kara talking about the anti-alien hate with the col and i would like to remind kara that she genuinely thought things were improving and that the division didn’t exist despite j’onn and brainy repeatedly telling her otherwise. because, once again, her physical appearance affords her privilege that no black person or visible alien will ever receive

- every kelly scene was so emotional i was bawling wtf. her talking about pushing her pain and anger down and trying to be positive and all smiles > 100% accurate 

- i can’t believe i’m saying this but i did not need the lena scenes. they should’ve just kept those out. on the other note, magical amazon package delivery

- guardian’s suit is so fucking badass!!! i’m glad little black girls will feel SEEN and INSPIRED in this episode. thank you azie

- kara was really out there getting her ass kicked by a human who just got powers for a few hours? stop nerfing her abilities!

- the way we got an actual scene of kelly carefully wrapping her hair, the say her name t shirt, the books on the coffee table > well done azie

- alex and kelly in the final scene was a good portrayal of an interracial relationship where one partner wants to but just will never understand the issue fully. alex just needs to be there for kelly and i’m glad that they didn’t make it a moment to educate her white gf about racial discrimination. they kept the focus where it needed to be. i’m also  glad that unlike the other soical justice topics we’ve had,  they didn’t try to make it seem like something that is so engrained into the fabric of society can be wrapped up with a neat little bow and be done with. there’s more fighting to do but at least it seems like kelly will have the support going forward

- the promo after such a powerful episode gave me whiplash. back to our regularly scheduled nonsense i guess

This episode holy shit. man it was amazing. azie is a talented writer and it’s easy to tell that she was drawing inspiration from real and personal experiences. it was very easy for me to relate to these scenes, especially the hospital ones. also makes me annoyed because they’ve been wasting all this potential and this episode is proof that the show and it’s storylines can be nuanced and still include superhero aspects. too bad this episode will likely become one of few in this show’s entire run that actually accomplishes that.

[thespeedyreader]

Black Lives Matter: A (By No Means Complete) Reading List

“Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are a reflection. Books change your mind.” - Toni Morrison

It has always been, and always will be, vital to educate ourselves on the world around us. In response to the Black Lives Matter movement, I hope that this blog can become a platform for sharing resources on black history and literature, in a conscious effort to educate both ourselves and those around us. It is our duty to continue to amplify the voices of people of colour, because it is through education that we can make lasting changes in the world.

Here you will find a list of books and essays by authors of colour, and which speak about the experiences of people of colour everywhere. By committing to read even one of these books, you are expanding your consciousness of the lives around you, and giving people of colour a voice.

(Please reblog with your own book recommendations - keep the chain going!)

Classic Fiction

The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison

Beloved - Toni Morrison

Another Country - James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain - James Baldwin

The Colour Purple - Alice Walker

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe

Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys

Kindred - Octavia E. Butler

The Lonely Londoners - Sam Selvon

Small Island - Andrew Levy

Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

Contemporary Fiction

Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Girl, Woman, Other - Bernadine Evaristo

An Orchestra of Minorities - Chigozie Obioma

White Teeth - Zadie Smith

Red at the Bone - Jacqueline Woodson

An American Marriage - Tayari Jones

Queenie - Candice Carty-Williams

A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James

Black Leopard Red Wolf - Marlon James

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Sorry To Disrupt the Peace - Patty Yumi Cottrell

Freshwater - Akwaeke Emezi

The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemisin

My Sister, the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours - Helen Oyeyemi

Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

The Girl With the Louding Voice - Abi Daré

We Cast a Shadow - Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Washington Black - Esi Edugyan

The Black Flamingo - Dean Atta

Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson 

The Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi 

Poetry, Theatre and Graphic Novels

A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry

Citizen: An American Lyric - Claudia Rankine

Night Sky With Exit Wounds - Ocean Vuong

I Am Alfonso Jones - Tony Medina, illustrated by Stacey Robinson & John Jennings

Your Black Friend and Other Strangers - Ben Passmore

Say Her Name - Zetta Elliot, illustrated by Loveis Wise

Silencer - Marcus Wicker

Don’t Call Us Dead - Danez Smith

How ro Be Drawn - Terrence Hayes

The Black Unicorn - Audre Lorde

Coal - Audre Lorde

Passion - June Jordan

Children’s/YA Fiction

Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi

The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas

Akata Witch - Nnedi Okorafor

Binti - Nnedi Okorafor

You Should See Me in a Crown - Leah Johnson

With the Fire on High - Elizabeth Acevedo

Refugee Boy - Benjamin Zephaniah

Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X - Ilyasah Shabazz

Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness - Anastasia Higginbotham

A Is for Activist - Innosanto Nagara

New Kid - Jerry Craft

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work - Tiffany Jewell

Non-Fiction and Autobiography

The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy - Lani Guiner

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou

Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World - Layla F Saad

Don’t Touch My Hair - Emma Dabiri

Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging - Afua Hirsch

The Good Immigrant - Nikesh Shukla

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge (available for free on Yorsearch)

The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander (available for free on Yorsearch)

Sister Outsider - Audre Lorde

So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo

The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin

The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism - Robin DiAngelo

Divided Sisters: Bridging the Gap Between Black Women and White Women - Midge Wilson & Kathy Russell

They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement - Wesley Lowery

Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America - James Foreman Jr.

The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir - Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower - Brittney Cooper

Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race - Debby Irving

The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy - Andrea Flynn, Susan R. Holmberg, Dorian T. Warren, & Felicia J. Wong

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race - Beverly Daniel Tatum

How to Be Anti-Racist - Ibrahim X. Kendi

[korra-the-red-lion]

Supergirl 6x12: Blind Spots.

Korra here! I actually watched an episode on time for once, yay! Also, holy effing smokes. This episode. My thoughts down below, and as always, SPOILERS AHEAD.

The opening scene with Nyxly and the blue alien guy tells us right away that imp magic is going to be a major issue right away this episode, which I enjoy.

Kelly and Orlando racing to help all the people who got trapped in the Ormfell building collapse and him telling Kelly that it will take too long to wait for 911 was just ugh. My heart.

The hospitals being overwhelmed, the need for extra oxygen and respirators, and the lack of empathy for the underprivileged... okay. If this isn’t a reference to both the Covid-19 pandemic and nursing crisis, I don’t know what else it could be. This one hurt.

Okay, so the Karen council woman, whose name is Jean Rankin, is awful. Pardon my language because I usually try to stay pg-13, but holy fuck I hate her. Unsurprisingly, she immediately abuses her new power. What a bitch.

Kelly calling for help but no one listening is absolutely heartbreaking. I wish Alex had at least asked her what was going on, but she didn’t and that is what makes it worse. I think in this case, it was because Alex has full faith that Kelly can take care of herself, but the lack of understanding what Kelly needs vs. what she can do is something Alex is missing.

This is small and random, but I’m glad that the show hasn’t forgotten James. So many shows have people leave the show and then pretend they never existed. SG has rarely done that and I’m thankful.

Diggle, my man! I think that this was his best appearance by far. I really liked him in the Batwoman one, because he encouraged Luke to keep moving forward, which was super touching. But him and Kelly connecting and trying to figure this out together was very well done.

Lena gets a couple of scenes this episode. The first one is driving me crazy. She has a text from Kelly, and a new notification. The point was to drive home that no one was listening to Kelly, which this did effectively. BUT, I also can’t get over the fact that Lena IGNORED Kelly’s message because she saw a new notification about Supergirl and had to race home immediately. I’m trying to keep my hopes low, but if this doesn’t scream Supercorp Endgame, what does?

Okay, but like, effing Andrea? Kelly, who is your friend and previous employee is asking you to cover a building collapse that has a bunch of people injured and dying and you’re covering TRAFFIC? WHAT THE FUCK? Girl, this is why your network is failing because of stupid ass decisions like this. Get it together.

Kelly finally losing her shit at the Super Friends was well deserved. Everyone was ignoring her this episode, and they were ignoring the serious issue on hand. Of course stopping Nxyly is important, but so is this. Kara and Alex both feel guilty immediately and Nia stops them from going to talk to Kelly so she can blow off some steam.

Kara and Kelly’s conversation was really good. I’m glad that it wasn’t Kara being completely ignorant like they do often, but instead not having her understand it from a certain perspective. I think this was one of the best moments of the episode.

This talk made me cry. Brainy is showing Kelly her new suit, and she asks him “Does it get better?” Jesse’s face is just agony when he tells her that there was still a lot of problems. I cried during this scene. It’s so frustrating. We have come a long way, but there’s many more steps to take.

THE NEW SUIT IS AMAZING. KELLY LOOKS SO GOOD. AHHHH.

Orlando is speaking truth. Why should he trust the new Guardian just because? It hurts but Kelly understands why she’s gotta prove herself.

Kara fights that idiot Rankin, but she’s mostly holding her attention so Kelly and drain her energy and return it to the people. This scene was really cool, ngl.

Okay, scene number 2 that made me cry. Kelly (magically I have to say) comes down from the building to speak with the people, mostly Orlando. She’s encouraging him to take a seat on the council. which is really sweet. But the scene when the one little girl says “I’M GUARDIAN” while the other holds the trash lid... I just....it speaks volumes. Remember when Supergirl first came out and little girls everywhere were so excited to see themselves on screen? Now little black girls can have their representation too. I’m actually tearing up writing this.

Lena gets home and you know it’s magic because snail mail beat her CatCo jet. Now she has a spell book!

Bye Diggle! It was fun having you around. The last thing he says to Kelly about Jefferson is so wonderful. Remember that now post-Crisis, Black Lighting is the OG black superhero that people looked up to. I just really loved this full circle moment.

Now the last scene. UGH. Kelly putting her hair up in a wrap. Her wearing the “Say Her Name” shirt. The music choice. Kelly telling Alex what she needs and Alex listening. Kelly crying in her arms. I bawled. This scene. I loved it. It was the best way to end an exhausting episode for Kelly.

Overall, not only the best episode of the season, but one of the best episodes of the entire show. I can’t say enough about it. Even if you stopped watching SG, I think everyone should watch this episode at least. Really powerful stuff.

Also, a promo! Yay! Looks like we’re getting a fun chaotic episode, which I think after an emotionally taxing episode like this, it’s needed. Until then, everyone!