#Edwin White

[random-brushstrokes]

Edwin White - Thoughts of Liberia, Emancipation (1861)

The subject of this painting is probably a freeman, since most enslaved peoples were forbidden to read. The title informs us that the man's thoughts have wandered to Liberia, where the American Colonization Society was organizing a resettlement of freed enslaved peoples. The reference to "Hayti" is a reminder of the fight for freedom in that French colony, as well as the social and political turmoil that followed. Enslaved peoples in Haiti won their freedom in 1804, after a 13-year war against their French enslavers. (source)

[bandcampsnoop]

5/15/23.

"Petunia" is the new LP from Tonstartssbandht (made up of brothers Andy and Edwin White and started in Orlando, Florida). When I saw the name I thought they might be a Scandinavian band, and in some ways they do remind me of bands such as Kiki Pau or Dungen.

But there is a vocal style here that recalls Field Music or even the sweet melodies of Kings of Convenience. And without a doubt, some of this music reminds me of Yes, Radiohead or The Smile. They toured a ton...I wasn't at all surprised to learn they toured with 工工工 (Gong Gong Gong).

Hard to believe this is the band's 18th album and second for Mexican Summer. A lot of catching up to do!

[diangelodork]

as someone who is a huge fan of other queer content (like heartstopper and red, white and royal blue), dead boy detectives feels so incredibly different.

despite how much i love those two, they don’t feel like they’re made for queer people.

in a lot of ways, they feel like media made for cishet people about queer and trans people which is fine and doesn’t make it unenjoyable, but dbda has a totally different feel to it.

it feels like queer media made FOR queer people.

they have so much nuance to their characters and don’t shy away from it. charles openly flirts with both edwin and crystal despite the fact that he never says anything about his sexuality and edwin’s backstory doesn’t try to hide the horrifying way that queer people were treated historically and i think that’s really important.

though he is very clearly repressed, he is still unapologetically queer. he showcases his jealousy loudly and there is no doubt in the viewer’s mind that he is queer even for a moment.

same with monty and the cat king. they’re so vibrantly and boldly queer. monty begins flirting with edwin nearly the moment we see him and as does tck. what i really appreciate about tck is his gender nonconformity. i think that’s so important and i honestly really appreciate that they don’t even mention it.

with tck in particular, his actions can be considered rather predatory, but we never really feel like that’s due to his queerness which is FASCINATING because that is a really harmful stereotype of queer people, but it never feels like that’s what they’re going for or like they’re using it to demonize queerness.

with jenny, she says so casually that she’s attracted to women and it’s not even something that they have to discuss again. it’s such an unimportant aspect of her character, but it’s still so unabashedly there. i love that niko doesn’t even say anything about it when she learns, she just accepts her, no questions asked.

even with simon, he very clearly discusses his sexuality in E7 when he tells edwin that he liked him, but he never has to say the words. we just KNOW contextually because he talks around it. he i would argue that he is the only instance of a character discussing shame in their identity and it immediately results in one of the loveliest quotes in the show.

“if you punish yourself, everywhere becomes hell.”

he has spent over a century repressing himself and when he finally tells edwin, the boy he liked and treated terribly because of it, he is immediately told that it is not torture to be queer. he is immediately told that there is nothing wrong with his sexuality.

the confession scene btwn edwin and charles in E7 and the scene in E6 where edwin is TRYING to confess are so fucking important to me. nearly immediately, charles tells edwin that it doesn’t make any difference that he’s queer and that he accepts him. when he does confess, he doesn’t make him feel bad for it. he tells him that he loves him too, but that he can’t say he does in that way right now, but that he’s the most important person in his life and that that will never change.

the scene in E7 where they’re on the roof and edwin tries to apologize for potentially having made things awkward, charles shuts it down immediately. he says “it doesn’t.” and that’s the end of it.

this show exemplifies queerness through a queer light and it’s very clear who the intended audience is for dbda not to sound like i’m hating on the first two pieces of media (rwrb is literally one of my special interests, trust me, i adore them both), but maybe that’s why hs was given a third season and dbda was cancelled within five months of airing. i feel that these two pander to straight people in a lot of ways, but dbda doesn’t. it’s something that is incredibly important to me and i’m really happy about it.

[undr]

Edwin Levick. Grand Central Station, New York, New York. 1915

[lutheban]

more dead girls! i was waiting for a chance to draw this image lmao

original:

[windybreeze12]

i love how no one, literally no one from the main/secondary cast is a straight white male in DBD.

Let's break it down:

Edwin: Straight White Male(?) Charles: Straight(?) White Male Crystal: Straight(?) White Male Niko: Straight(?) White Male Esther: Straight(?) White Male Monty: Straight White Male(?) Jenny: Straight White Male Cat King: Straight White Male(?) Tragic Mick: Straight(?) White Male(?) Night Nurse: Straight(?) White Male

AND HALF OF THE MEN HERE ARE GENDER-AMBIGUOUS BECAUSE WTF WE GOT A CROW, A WALRUS AND A CAT OVER HERE. MEN???

They're all just a textbook about diversity and this is reason number #984342423429 why this show should be watched and loved and not cancelled. GO GO GO

[disease]

ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND [1910]

[rivenantiqnerd]

love my little gay media where one is bisexual with curly hair and the other is a repressed gay autistic british gentleman

[bat-rot]

Got bored. Made the dead boy detectives cast as tweets

[wieqo]

၇͜ᩘ▩ ✺ 🪣 ⁺ ˳ But im So 𝓑lue ( 怕 ֹ☆*:.)

[ciarafarrellart]

DAY 3 eternity

i think edwin would only be comfortable to relax in such a way around charles

also i think charles would be listening to 👇

(on their vintage record player of course)

sorry for the low effort today i’ve been busy 😅

[geekwarriorgoddess]

I like the idea of Crystal starting an Instagram (Twitter, tumblr would work too, but for this I need insta) and posting about the boys. Like:

*photo of the office. No one there. Irl Charles is holding a book out of Edwin's reach, both are laughing*

Caption: "Edwin and Charles are flirting again... maybe we'll get work done tomorrow"

And so people think she's a great shit poster, with these two OC's that are gay teen ghost detectives.

I can also imagine her having a vlog, or maybe Nico, and it's just her talking so it'd be like "today's case - yes Edwin im filming a "vlog" - today's case - Charles they can't hear you, yes I'll tell them you were bad ass, no you can't show them your moves - today's case we had to-"

[local-limebug]

ok so real talk do you guys think charles makes colonizer jokes at edwin's expense or not

[valentinovamp]

Clara Bow (1920s)

[nemfrog]

Mantis. Edwin Way Teale, photographer. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. October 1940.

Internet Archive

[edwinhuang]

Happy birthday, Cammy ⚡️💥