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[penofglen]

‘Mickey Mouse Degrees’: The Battle for Creativity in Education

Is it fair to label creative arts degrees as 'Mickey Mouse' or should we be embracing the arts? Read my thoughts at my #blog below #generalelection #election #mickeymousedegrees #education #art #music #drama #author #vote #gsce #school #government

As we honor National Creativity Day, it’s crucial to confront the stark reality of creativity’s place in our education system. Reflecting on my school days, the landscape was bleak for those of us yearning to create. Art classes were less about expression and more about replication, a hollow echo of true artistic endeavor. We were taught to admire Picasso from afar, but never to unleash our own…

[shoechoe]

bojack's father is the most diavolocore character so far

[beeclops]

Slaves Built This Country!

[redpandazine]

Red Panda Network Launches Conservation Science Film Series on YouTube

Premiering, Thursday, April 18, 2024.

(via CONSERVATION SCIENCE SERIES | RED PANDA NETWORK | CSS - YouTube)

[ukkigirl]

just saw someone that kins that racist little white man from knives out and then had republicans on their dni agahddvwkdbwns

[zagreus-eats-your-bread]

Scifi alien society where there are three genders and instead of patriarchy OR matriarchy they live under secret-third-thing-riarchy

[littlecosmichorror]

Who Am I?

Cypher - They/Them - 18+ - Writer/Gamer/Art Enjoyer

I go by Cypher and am getting back into the fandom space after all the drama that was the Supernatural fandom. I dropped from there in 2016 when Season 12 came out and I was tired of the drama. Now BG3 has pulled be me back into the fandom spaces.

I enjoy BG3, Zelda, Dungeons & Dragons, and I am considering getting DA:TV. Non-shipping fandoms that I am into include Hollow Knight (Silksong when?), Hades, and anything Studio Ghibli. Want to chat about these? Then hit the "Let's Talk Shop" button. In case you didn't notice yet, this blog is very heavily inspired by Little Shop of Horrors.

I am here to create, enjoy other creations, and find others who enjoy the same things as me. Please leave any fandom drama at the door. If you bring fandom drama, then please understand that I will not engage. It kept me out of fandoms for a good 7-8 years and I am not here for that anymore.

[playingonedchess]

um please google the definition of 'old'

[intlforestday]

1) (7th meeting) UN Forum on Forests, 19th session (UNFF19) 2) (1st meeting) UN Forum on Forests, 20th session (UNFF20).

1) Adoption of the omnibus resolution (items 3, 5 & 7)  

2) 

Item 8. Dates and venue of the twentieth session of the Forum.

Item 9. Provisional agenda for the twentieth session of the Forum.

Item 10. Adoption of the report of the Forum on its nineteenth session.

First meeting of the twentieth session of the Forum for the purpose of election of members of the Bureau of UNFF20-21 

The thematic priorities for the nineteenth session of the Forum are:

(a) enhancing forest-based economic, social and environmental benefits;

(b) increasing significantly the area of protected forests worldwide and other areas of sustainably managed forests, as well as the proportion of forest products from sustainably managed forests;

and (c) mobilizing financial resources and strengthening scientific and technical cooperation; promoting governance frameworks to advance implementation; and enhancing cooperation, coordination and coherence for sustainable forest management.

Related Sites and Documents

UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) website 

UNFF19 Provisional Organization of Work

Watch (1) (7th meeting) UN Forum on Forests, 19th session (UNFF19) and (2) (1st meeting) UN Forum on Forests, 20th session (UNFF20)!

The nineteenth session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) (6 -10 May 2024) will hold policy discussions on the thematic priorities in support of the implementation of the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017–2030.

[mrsonvsyoutube]

Conservative Moms’ Plot to Hold Library’s LGBTQ Books Hostage Backfires MASSIVELY

[papasmoke]

insane how much of the modern us convervative movement's messaging is centered around selling the gay/trans grooming panic when the GOP is probably the most pedophile-centric political project in the world right now

[kirbyluvr63]

Some Thoughts™

About art, desire and John Lennon

If you're active on the Twitter side of The Beatles fandom you'd know that just yesterday a collage John made for Paul titled "I Only Have Eyes For You" made the rounds and scared people whom, I guess, don't think about visual arts very often. Unfortunately I don't use the word "scared" lightly. People really used the words "disturbing" and "concerning" to describe this piece, with a hint of a "What was Lennon thinking about our poor Paul to make this with him in mind" sentiment that I don't think it's quite fair.

I tried to search more about this collage´s context, but all I could find (without having to buy Julian Lennon's book in which the image was featured) was that it was made in the 50s, while John was still at art college, but to be quite frank, I don't think the exact date matters too much.

What I see in this image first and foremost is desire, plain and simple. Red is a sexual colour, we have naked women sprawled, the head with its mouth open in a orgasm-like fashion, the eyes symbolizing voyeurism. If anything, as a friend of mine also pointed out while we discussed it, this collage is proof of the way John and Paul were so close they were even free to be honest about their sexual desires to one another. Even if the collage was made for another purpose and gifted to Paul later, this sentiment still stands, because Paul was the person he thought would receive this part of himself with open arms.

Is the collage "disturbing"? I guess, in a way. The same way I think growing up in the 40s and 50s in a hyper-convervative protestant society like England and discovering yourself would be disturbing. Even more if you're not entirely straight as an arrow. But I don't think John's talking about this here. This is about his feelings for the opposite sex, and they weren't always nice. Red is also the colour of blood and guts, John was also known for having violent outbursts. Would it not disturb you that the object of your desire also brings up in you violence? I don't think we'll ever know why he felt that way, but here we see that he's aware of it. At least I think so.

I saw another analysis of this collage that somewhat agreed with me, but presented this argument as if this was a bad thing? I don't know exactly what made me think this way, maybe the verbiage, but I'll never think a person exploring the nature of their desire, be it disturbing or not, is wrong. Of course domestic violence is bad and I'm in no way excusing it, but if you're willing to engage with The Beatles, you have to bear in mind they were shitty to the women in their lives in varying degrees much like every man ever in general, and specially at that time.

As a self proclaimed John Lennon Scholar i.e. I Wanna Crack Open His Skull And Look At His Brain With A Microscope, I'm happy this exists, and I think I need a little more time with it myself.

All of this to say: I like it, I think John Lennon was a good visual artist and stop being weird about art.

To lighten up the mood, look at the gay as hell collage John made for Elton in 1975! This one deserved its own post with a lot of tin hatting on my part, but whatever! I love them so much (and yes, I WILL find a way to mention their friendship in every post I make, shut up. One day the Lennon/John masterpost will come).

[patchesjam]

also tubbo on his alt stream the other day talking about ‘only’ experiencing true homophobia when he went to florida for the first time idk i think a lot of people online who shit on people who grew up in more convervative areas who now show leftist ideals and regret past actions are just so so fucking lucky to grow up in areas where bigotry isnt a common everyday thing. i just think a lot of people take that privilage for granted.

[awfulpunk]

"this whole she's a cop bullshit is convervative desperate bullshit that's already been debunked"

I seriously do not know how to argue with liberals who just straight up lie, like I am actively losing brain functionality as I read the shit they say

[bigbagofgabriel]

Me watching an unpopular, untrustworthy, and unlikable far-right convervative get elected to office while millions watch on in either sick elation or abject horror: Fuck, this is just like Succession season 4 episode 8 America Decides

[scourgefrontiers]

ok i'll say it. under a cut bc i dont want it just floating across people's dashboards

when proshippers use the argument "conservatives use this rhetoric to oppress lgbt people all the time" to justify getting off to fictional incest/pedophilia/etc it feels really fucking gross!!!!! this is not comparable to that!!!!! what is wrong with you!!!!

"you chewing me out for getting off to fictional incest is the same as conservatives oppressing lgbt people" like fuck OFF with that dude!!!! thats what youre saying!!!!!!

i GET the whole idea of "you cant use your disgust to say something is morally bad" because yes THAT is what conservatives do. that tracks. but theres a difference between a convervative oppressing a gay person bc they think theyre gross and someone calling you out for not being fucking normal about shit like incest or pedophilia in fiction!!!! that shit is Objectively Gross!!! be better!!!!!

and dont even get me started on "generally exploring gross topics in fiction" vs "getting off to gross topics in fiction" b/c these are Definitely Different Things as well!!!