#avant garbage

[absolute-eyesore]

Cw; flashing lights, loud noises, screaming

05-04-24 - The Polyester Friends perform a poetry reading featuring transformed cuttings of Shel Silverstein books mixed with industrial/digital noise.

[skeletonpete]

Frightening Flickers: MoMI Halloween Event

The Museum of the Moving Image recently celebrated the essence of the Halloween season with a gala costume party held on the premises. Located in Astoria Queens, New York – a neighborhood linked to the filmmaking industry for over 100 years – the museum offers visitors a detailed look at the historical and technological gestation of the art of cinema. Hosted in partnership with YELP, museum…

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so listen. we all know that if they ever made a tlt show it would be bad pretty much no matter what. so my pitch is let’s just give the project to steven moffat and see what he does with it. by the time he’s done we’ll have a show called “john” all about how tragically and manlily sad jod is and how you know what maybe imperialism is ok sometimes. tamsyn gets buckets of cash, some white guys get acting roles that they’ll regret the rest of their career, and i get a new hbomberguy video essay to rewatch every six months or so. someone call the fucking bbc ive solved this.

[hffhifjou]

this might be a ‘controversial’ opinion, or basically just a stupid take about a silly thing that’s got me tilted but i have to get it off my chest.

✨everything cod related needs to be nihilistic and avant garde unless it is the complete opposite.✨

like i want to see ether a take on how these men are brothers because they’ve shat in the same bucket in some demolished building miles from everything they hold dear. and how they love each other more deeply then they love their own flesh and blood, because their own flesh and blood hasn’t held their crumbled, shattered, mutelated form and provided a promised safety; because nothing overcomes bonds of fear. OR a take on how 🤭🤭✨soap owns 3 fur coats and is weird abot the triple x movies! ☺️☺️ gaz still believes in santa! and has professed it DEAD seriously. ☹️🙏🙏 price watches love island but only the australian version. also 90 day fiancé ☺️☺️☺️ ghost is a inter fan… he has a david beckham poster up☠️🤚

[crookedvultures]

i find it so funny how zillennials are legitimately angry that modern tumblrinas are glamorizing 2014 tumblr when that was the best time of my life and the most fun i’ve ever had on this website. i got into uni i had my last fun summer job and i had no fucking bills. it was just me, iphone 5s, tokyo ghoul and vibes

[maxdibert]

I feel like the main reason why people love the marauders era so much is because it is very easy to create a bunch of aesthetics out of it. It's the 70s so people already glamorize it and make it edgy etc. and that's why the fans get lost in their stories. It's all fun and games, dancing, fighting, passion and rebellions that people just romanticize every single character and completely erase or downplay who they actually were. Like with Lily, James, Remus and Sirius. They all smoke cigarettes while listening to ABBA after a day of making silly pranks or fighting for a "cause" during a war. People just project their desires and fantasies into these characters when in reality they all kind of sucked and noone would probably want to live in an era of war and rising fascism with these people.

Honestly, I have no issue with them creating a parallel universe where it's practically a Muggle school with occasional spells because everything about that fandom’s dynamic is basically your average teen drama series. I get where that comes from, and that’s fine—the inseparable friends trope, high school drama, self-discovery, and all that stuff we’ve all related to at some point, even if those of us over 25 find it boring now because it feels far removed from our lives, which are more about paying bills and antidepressants. But I understand the fandom. I understand why they love to idealize it. I get why they’re so into creating "headcanons" that aren’t even headcanons but just rewriting the canon to reflect their image and make them feel seen.

My only real issue, the one thing that genuinely bothers me about that fandom, is that they include absolutely everyone—characters who canonically didn’t even overlap in school years, characters who are canonically psychopaths and torturers, characters who are literal garbage—and they justify everyone. Everyone except one. And that one character, unsurprisingly, is Severus Snape. The canonically poor, canonically unattractive, canonically unmasculine, canonically non-conforming to hegemonic standards of masculinity in both his time and ours. He’s the one who always gets all the hate. He’s the one labeled the homophobe, the sexual predator, the violent one. The one it’s okay to call ugly, disgusting, or make fun of for supposedly not showering or mockingly use his bully-given nickname. Only him. No one else. Just him.

And it disgusts me because that fandom didn’t used to be like this. They didn’t do bashing for no reason; they weren’t this childish.

Can someone from that crowd explain to me why they hate J.K. Rowling so much when they’re perpetuating the same garbage stereotypes? Why do they think they’re so avant-garde by changing the sexual orientation of every male character while relegating the female ones to decorative props, pairing them off so they don’t interfere with their MALE ships? Why do they think they’re more progressive for making Sirius "feminine" while villainizing Severus, a character canonically mocked for being unmasculine? Why do they label James Potter as a saint under the rainbow flag and call Snape a homophobe when it was James who canonically mocked Snape for his appearance and for not fitting the mold of hegemonic masculinity? Why do they go on about body positivity, headcanoning Regulus with crooked teeth or Lily as plus-size, while turning around and mocking Snape for—God, this is so laughably ridiculous—not fitting beauty standards? They literally have posts laughing at him for having a big nose or greasy hair and then have the nerve to act like making Lily plus-size in their fics is groundbreaking?

Do they not realize how utterly hypocritical, cynical, and cringe they are?

If this wasn’t the case, I honestly wouldn’t give a damn about that fandom. I wouldn’t care if they idolized a bunch of bullies or treated a group of budding psychopaths as misunderstood kids. Really, I wouldn’t care. But trying to sell this idea that they’re so inclusive, so free of prejudice, and that their view of these characters is doing the world a favor when they’re perpetuating the same prejudiced, discriminatory, classist, and misogynistic crap as J.K. Rowling on one of her better days on Twitter? They can go straight to hell with that.

Stop bashing a character for no reason, especially when that character canonically embodies everything they claim to be fighting for with their pastel pink version of "That '70s Show." Give me a break. Tell it to someone else.

[matchesarelit]

Imagine If You Will...

(Spencer Agnew Drabble)

So... the Mountain mall wasn't the worst place to work, the crowds were anything but chaotic, but tucked away in the info booth you found yourself often able to focus on simple directions and parking validation, for the most part, that is of course until the Dew™ released a new flavor, and distributing samples became part of the job description.

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A/N: Obvs no affiliation with mtn dew

Swinging your feet back and forth, you swiveled in aimless circles, the tepid weather outside mixed with the lack of any seasonal sales had left the mall all but empty. The heavy thud of a box sounded from the other side of the desk, as Samantha dropped the package off, In your months working under these specific fluorescents this box was the first of its kind. Yet the packaging was anything but non-descript; cold neon greens and the little mountain graphics coated not only the cardboard but the bright pink tape that bound it.

Reaching across the bench to pull it over, you sliced it open revealing another layer of wrapping, once again neon green, the tissue paper was nicely tied with a ribbon, yet seemed to be about to burst.

Finally reaching product after sifting through the copious amounts of padding you were somewhat confused by the abundance of cans, 'Is this... our yearly bonus?' your words were muttered somewhat in jest but were laced with confusion nonetheless. Tugging some sort of invoice from her back pocket, your colleague read out 'Sampling Product', her finger forming bunny rabbits over the phrase.

"So we're giving out samples now? I guess its somewhat informative...?" You mused still not truly convinced.

"It does mention it adds a fiver to our hourly rates for the next couple months.' she added with her eyebrows raised.

"Well then" you muttered hands on your hips, suddenly much more impassioned over the news "Better get to it then oh-" As you ferreted through the box you retrieved a few tees; the 'i' information symbol on the front and the Mountain Dew advertising on the back- honestly not too horrendous...if you ignore the familiar neon green of the fabric.

The next day, you'd donned the bright shirt and as you began to stack a little tower of cans, on the smallest of folding tables, you watched the stores slowly open up for the day ahead. The weather was once again mild inside and outside the shopping center, but the day dragged on. You would swear it took hours for the long hand of the clock to shift even slightly, and even worse by the time it hit ten you'd already received four separate complaints about your attire and the shelling of so called 'sugary garbage' ... Cause yes Dorris I chose for this mall to be owned by Mtn Dew, me the person at the info desk at nine AM on a Sunday...

Nevertheless, customer service frustrations aside, the day passed easily enough, a few samples were taken with mixed reactions, a couple four-packs bought, but otherwise it was business as usual.

"Excuse me-uh am I able to try some of this" The man on the other side of the desk was peering through his curls to look between you and the signage sheepishly. Trotting out from the behind information desk to the small folding table with a nod, you grabbed one of the tiny sample cups, filled it and handed it to him as he exchanged a quiet 'thank you'. Expecting the exchange to end there you turned to retreat to your station, only for him to speak up once more catching you in the act...

"So um-'Ultimate'...what flavor is that?" Sizing him up somewhat as you reached for a can you relented, curious of his reaction to the overzealous biography printed on the back of the can, "The description we get from the can is 'Chaos Berries grown on mountain alcoves, watered with traditional dew.'"

He looked back at you somewhat vacantly, seemingly lost in the avant-garde flavor description, so in an attempt to shock his system you countered with a giggle; "But to me it just tastes like lime." After your confession he found his words quite quickly in turn.

"I was just thinking the same thing - the lime thing- not the um- Chaos Berries" His tone was jovial but still immensely hesitant.

"Do you like it? In my experience that's all that really matters," Suddenly feeling it important that the conversation continues you found some words you weren't entirely sure fit together as you stuttered on; "I-Its like I always say; the real chaos berries are the friends we tasted along the way." Okay. So they definitely didn't all go together, at least not in the same analogy, and yet in place of his confused stare he was now looking at you with a warm smile. You thought it must have been the sweetest smile you'd ever received, his eyes were crinkled slightly on the edges in good natured amusement and overall it left nothing for you to do but return it as best you could.

"Well um thank you, I- should um-" He motioned to a random store as he waved goodbye briefly before starting off after a solid minute of silence between the pair of you. You waved to him briefly before retreating to your seat to find a small queue in front of your desk waiting for assistance. Quickly returning to work with a fresh warmth in your cheeks, you tried your best to focus on the task at hand for the hours to come.

[stupidtwewymemes]

Really fucked up how in Neo twewy they give no context for why Minamimoto loves trash and garbage so much, like zero mention of his avant garde street art trash sculptures but he still talks about trash constantly

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A moins d'une semaine du scrutin du 5 novembre 2024, toujours aussi incertain, le président démocrate a compliqué la tâche de la vice-présidente en qualifiant les partisans de son prédécesseur républicain d'"ordures", avant de se reprendre. Le mal étant fait dans une campagne acerbe où chaque camp tente d'exploiter les faux pas de l'autre, et où les deux candidats se disputent chaque voix ou presque dans les "swing states", ces 7 Etats décisifs pour la victoire.

Donald Trump arrive en camion poubelles dans le Wisconsin

Des moments aussi forts montrent que les oubliés les ignorés font la force du pays

L'armée des ordures arrivent

The king of garbage

[abwwia]

Senga Nengudi and Maren Hassinger performing with R.S.V.P. at Pearl C. Woods Gallery, Los Angeles, May 1977. Photograph by Harmon Outlaw. Courtesy Senga Nengudi, Thomas Erben Gallery, Lévy Gorvy, and Sprüth Magers.

Senga Nengudi (née Sue Irons; born September 18, 1943) is an African-American visual artist and curator. She is best known for her abstract sculptures that combine found objects and choreographed performance. She is part of a group of African-American avant-garde artists working in New York City and Los Angeles, from the 1960s and onward. Via W

Maren Hassinger (born Maren Louise Jenkins in 1947) is an African-American artist and educator whose career spans four decades.

Hassinger uses sculpture, film, dance, performance art, and public art to explore the relationship between the natural world and industrial materials. She incorporates everyday materials in her art, like wire rope, plastic bags, branches, dirt, newspaper, garbage, leaves, and cardboard boxes. Hassinger has stated that her work “focuses on elements, or even problems—social and environmental—that we all share, and in which we all have a stake…. I want it to be a humane and humanistic statement about our future together.” Via Wikipedia

2. Nengudi and Hassinger resting before their performance at Pearl C. Woods Gallery, Los Angeles, May 1977. Photograph by Harmon Outlaw. Courtesy Senga Nengudi, Thomas Erben Gallery, Lévy Gorvy, and Sprüth Magers.

3. Contact sheet picturing Senga Nengudi and Maren Hassinger performing with R.S.V.P. at Pearl C. Woods Gallery, Los Angeles, May 1977. Photographs by Harmon Outlaw. Courtesy Senga Nengudi, Thomas Erben Gallery, Lévy Gorvy, and Sprüth Magers.

Source and more: https://walkerart.org/collections/publications/side-by-side/individual-collective-a-conversation-with-senga-nengudi/

#SengaNengudi #MarenHassinger #blackartist #blackwomenartists #artherstory #artbywomen #womensart #palianshow #art #womenartists #femaleartist #artist #AfricanAmerican #visualartist #artcurator #blackherstory

[crimetimesteadicam]

📺 top 3?

💭 some more pretty please

📺 - favorite series/part?

TWCFM. might be my favorite anime ever, actually

Part 5 - love the high key drama and looooooove the art direction. this is my favorite lupin design because he's got crazy emotive range

Part 1 - this is the first lupin series i watched and i was hooked from episode 1 lmao

💭 - have any character headcanons?

this comes from like 4 lines of dialogue in that one part 6 episode where they're in the diner, but i headcanon that fujiko's super into like. highbrow avant garde art films. like black and white french cinema from 1925 that literally no one's heard of that features like... long clips of eggs boiling in coffee or some shit. the criterion collection is too basic for her tastes. eraserhead is peasant garbage to her. fujiko's watching shit like this. everyone hates movie night with fujiko.

[textualviolence]

i will say and im sorry in advance but the pirate show hatred is starting to feel a little performative and tired. Yes its ridiculous to compare it to black sails in terms of quality but omfd is not the bottom of the barrel of garbage content. Its literally fine...the actors look like they're having fun, its well-paced, it's visually interesting and the jokes tend to be well structured. Its not a masterpiece but 90% of tumblr thinking its the holy grail is reasonable given the general site culture & areas of interest & honestly does not warrant this degree of outrage and annoyance, like...I think some of you are a little too ashamed of having once been tumblr cringy tenderqueers and could stand to offer yourself a little forgiveness. Its a good quality show with inoffensive but centrally relevant gay stuff in it. You wouldve eaten it up at age 14 and can still have a decent time with it now if you relax your obsessive need to be cooler and more avant-garde than everyone else on the lame weirdo loser website...

[laylanatorseventeen]

rolling up to pelican town and bagging the most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes is hilarious when you consider how you can dress yourself in this game

For example I have provided illustrations

Haley. Sexy, stylish, beautiful. Me in my toga and laurel wreath and mud on my feet. Probably smell like fish bc this was right after 1.6 released and I was obsessed.

Emily. So stylish and avante garde and quirky and manic pixie dream wife. I'm wearing a garbage can lid as a hat and a 'shirt' literally made of seaweed. Only saving grace might be the crystal shoes if it wasn't so dissonant with the rest of the Fit. Probably has loose honey in pockets.

Alex, my most recent beau. He doesn't know it yet but he shall be mine. I have recently discovered the propeller hat and the galaxy hammer. I may have accidentally smacked him with it once. Not pictured: my 20 fish ponds and green Goku hair hidden under the propeller hat. Also I'm trying to raise slimes and it low-key kinda sucks. I'm about to rock your world Alex baby.

[f0point5]

I always thought Lewis' fashion was literally just baggy and colourful and could not understand why people go nuts over it? Like it's just... not that special... idk🤷‍♀️

Nah in Miami 2023 the man was wearing a plastic outfit that looked like a garbage bag. I remember a jacket with a lot of forgone…He does make some avant garde fashion choices. But they are always baggy. I feel like he or someone puts a lot of thought into his outfits, and he is an LVMH clothes horse. I just kinda think if he would just get some simple clothes that fit that would be nicer 😂

The one whose fashion I think is literally just baggy and people need to stop calling it fashion is Charles. He says he’s into fashion but fashion where it looks like he walks into Levi and buys jeans for an NFL player, then goes to a sweatshirt store and buys a hoodie for an NBA player and wears that?