#transfigure print co

[mentallyderangel]

Got this sick ass shirt from Transfigure Print Co.!

[the-bomb-shop]

Protect Trans People, made by TransFigure Print Co and worn so stylishly by yours truely.

[wishlisted]

“I am my home” sticker from transfigure print co.

[alexesguerra]

Queer Tarot: An Inclusive Deck and Guidebook [With Book(s)] The Queer Tarot: An Inclusive Deck and Guidebook Other – April 19, 2022 by Ashley Molesso (Author), Chess Needham (Author) ---Brand New-- A vibrant, deluxe illustrated tarot deck and guidebook set, centering and celebrating LGBTQ+ identity, created by queer and trans artist team Ash + Chess. AN INCLUSIVE, AFFIRMING DECK: Queer Tarot is a bright, bold interpretation of the tarot that offers inspiration, affirmation, and LGBTQ+ representation. Created by queer and trans artists Ashley Molesso and Chess Needham of Ash + Chess, this reimagining of the classic figures in the Major and Minor Arcana showcases a wide range of gender expressions and sexual orientations, and incorporates queer history and iconography throughout. DELUXE SET: This set includes 78 full-color illustrated tarot cards (3 X 5 inches), shrink wrapped in an interior travel case; a 168-page, full-color illustrated flexibind book (4 3/4 X 6 inches); and a keepsake magnetic closure box with metallic foil accents. Cards and travel case are embedded in an interior flocked tray. FULLY ILLUSTRATED TAROT GUIDEBOOK: The flexibind guidebook provides an illustrated introduction to the tarot, with LGBTQ+ descriptions and suggested interpretations for each card, as well as instructions for sample readings and a brief history of tarot. VIBRANT FULL-COLOR ART FROM ASH + CHESS: Queer Tarot features Ash + Chess's signature colorful, risograph-style illustrations, including retro color palettes and bold, detailed figures. ALL CARDS BASED ON REAL, DIVERSE MODELS: Each card in Queer Tarot is based on real LGBTQ+ folx commissioned for this project by Ash + Chess. The deck celebrates a full range of races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, sizes, and abilities. A PERFECT GIFT: This joyful, inclusive, and beautiful tarot deck set is an ideal gift for tarot novices, seasoned readers, queer folx of all ages, and their allies. A note on packaging: In order to help honor our planet and reduce waste, we have only shrink wrapped the interior tarot cards, rather than the keepsake box. Please feel confident that your product is not defective or used, but rather represents a step we are taking to protect our collective home. When you open your deck, you will find that the actual cards inside the box are shrink wrapped for protection and to ensure first use by the buyer. About the Author Ash + Chess is a cute stationery company run by queer and trans couple Ashley Molesso (she/her) and Chess Needham (he/him), based out of Richmond, VA. They create greeting cards and art prints that are bold, retro color palettes and they often use their artwork to make a political statement and to uplift the queer community. Their company made its debut at the National Stationery Show in May 2017, and since then over 600+ retailers throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia sell their art and stationery. In the short time they've been in business, Ash + Chess have worked on many collaborations including artwork for Nooworks, a clothing company based out of San Francisco, CA; Belletrist, a book club run by actress Emma Roberts and Karah Preiss; exclusive designs and patterns for Plaza Style, a Japanese retail brand; packaging design for Brooklyn Roasting Co.; Transfigure Print Co., book illustrations for HarperCollins and Workman Publishing; and t-shirt designs for The Style Club x Forever 21. They are the authors of their own illustrated book about LGBTQIA+ history, The Gay Agenda: A Modern Queer History & Handbook, and Queer Tarot: An Inclusive Deck and Guidebook. Publisher ‏ : ‎ RP Studio (April 19, 2022) Language ‏ : ‎ English Misc. Supplies ‏ : ‎ 176 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0762474882 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780762474882 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.63 pounds Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.4 x 2.5 x 6.65 inches

[motziedapul]

Did a bit of googling and HEY that design has definitely been stolen by cheap shirt companies on Amazon BUT I seem to have found the original designer: Rio Wolf! And it was distributed by Transfigure print co.

You can buy it from them, but it also seems to be distributed to indie places! I was pleased to find some at my favourite indie bookstore in Toronto, Little Ghosts Books 👻

Make sure to support the original designers and distributors and not the cheap stolen ones!

had a fun experience on the subway the other day

[sarkos]

Written in 1886, when Yeats was just 21, Mosada is a short verse play that had a print run of 100. Only 21 are thought to have survived, nine signed. This one has Yeats’s signature, but also a problematic dedication. It was signed to what for many years was thought to be a “Mrs Zena Powell, from her friend, the author”. No such person could be found in any records when it came to establishing the provenance of the copy, so Harrington embarked on a bit of detective work before acquiring it. Yeats scholar Professor Warwick Gould discovered that the inscription was actually to Zena Vowell and that there was a reference to her in a report of a séance almost a century ago. Gould told the Observer that once he worked out that the surname was Vowell “a vast baggage of useless speculation fell away”. He said: “I then searched for Zena Vowell in Google Books. Up came a sole page in Polish with some English names swimming in a text I could not read. A rough translation confirmed that at a London séance in 1924, witnessed by the spiritualist Herbert Bradley, the ‘ghost’ of a Zena Vowell had spoken to the medium Hester Travers Smith of their jaunt to Howth, Co Dublin, eight years before her death or transfiguration.” Bradley provided an account of the séance in his 1924 book Towards the Stars, which was the only reference that could be found to Zena. Gould said: “I am no believer, but that afternoon I held Bradley’s Towards the Stars in the British Library, and read the full proceedings of the séance. After that I found Zena Vowell in the Irish census.” Zena – or Thomasina – Vowell is thought to have been born in Waterford in 1831 and in the séance it was established she had known the medium.

Yeats’ play on sale for £125,000 – thanks to message from the dead | WB Yeats | The Guardian

[self-cxntrxl]

There’s always hope that this tee will go viral. Donating a HUGE amount of proceeds to trans people in need would be cool.

[lifeofkaze]

Selene Fraser

Sole heiress to the Scottish family of Fraser, Selene grew up hidden away from the evils of the world by her parents. She arrived at Hogwarts as a well-behaved, silent little girl, but once she broke free from her constraints, there was no stopping her desire to be free. She made it her mission to see as many wonders of the world as she could, researching dark magic and cursed objects after school, returning to her ancestral home in the Highlands with a thousand stories to tell and a secret about to change everything she knew. Who the father of her daughter is, she never told and decided never to let herself be chained down by another man ever again. Growing accustomed to her new way of living eventually, Selene poured all her energy and passion into leading the family’s Whiskey distillery to unknown greatness.

Name: Selene Elizabeth Fraser 

Nicknames: Close friends refer to her as Selly, sometimes Sels

Birthday: 14th April 1881

Nationality: Scottish

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Residence: 

Her parents’ townhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland

Fraser Hall, Scottish Highlands

Face Claim: Felicity Jones

PERSONAL:

Appearance:

Measures: 160 cm, 55 kg as an adult

Build: Small, wiry

Hair: Dark brown, long, she prefers to keep it unrestrained but will settle for simple (yet messily done) styles when required

Eyes: Green

Skin: Pale, wishes she had freckles

Style: Hates anything that makes her feel restricted in any sort of way, finds it thoroughly unfair men get to enjoy the comfortable clothes (and an abundance of pockets), which she rectifies as an adult running her own business

Misc: none

Character: 

Positive Traits: Creative, energetic, unconventional thinker, fun, passionate, independent, competitive

Negative Traits: Loud, trouble identifying boundaries, easily bored, temperamental, stubborn 

Favourite Food: Raspberry Cranachan

Favourite Drink: Raspberry juice, Fraser Whiskey Christmas blend

Interests: Quidditch, exploring, travel, poetry, duelling, astrology (badly), singing (even more badly)

Boggart: A golden stag

Patronus: Highland pony (as a child), mustang (as an adult)

Amortentia:

What she smells like: Raspberries, bell heathers, Scotch

What she smells: Oakwood, cherries, sea breeze

HOGWARTS:

House: Gryffindor

Extracurriculars: Quidditch House team (Seeker, middle of Y2 - Y7), duelling club, S.W.S.W.S. (Society for Witches in Support of Women’s Suffrage, for all the few meetings it existed) 

Best Class: Defence Against the Dark Arts, Divination (awful, but her favourite)

Worst Class: Transfiguration

Third-Year Electives: Ancient Runes, Divination, Muggle Studies

CAREER:

1892 - 1899: Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry

1899 - 1906: Researching ancient magic and curses as freelance Curse-Breaker

1906 - 1966: Head of Fraser Whiskey Co.

1966 - 1998: Semi-retired, advisory function to her granddaughter and successor Lexie Jameson, publishing of her gathered research material on the Dark Arts with The Frog Prints

RELATIONSHIPS:

Family:

Gordon & Lucretia Fraser: Being kept mostly under lock and key, it took Selene’s admittance to Hogwarts to understand how stifling her parents’ upbringing had been. She doesn’t relate to their views of the world, blood purity and society, and once she’s older, she isn’t afraid to say so either. She has ensured that neither of her parents gets to have anything to do with her or her daughter Caitlin.

Angus & Elizabeth Fraser: The one condition Angus had for dismissing his son Gordon from family duties was that Selene would be sent to Fraser Hall for a set period of time each year. Selene loves her grandparents ardently. When she returns from her travels, Angus hands over the distillery and his spot as the head of the family to Selly. 

Mortimer Fraser: Uncle Mortimer’s constant challenging of her parents’ ideas of morality left a deep impression on Selene. Despite both brothers loving her deeply, Mortimer was more of a father figure to Selene than her actual father ever was. He and his unconventional way of living showed her that it was alright to be uncomfortable with the values you were brought up with.

Caitlin Fraser: It took Selene a long time to accept her new life as a mother, but less than a blink of an eye to know she’d defend her daughter from anything ill coming her way until her dying breath. Unfortunately, Selene and Caitlin are very similar in terms of stubbornness and not at all in terms of ideals. They became estranged and could only slowly reconnect very late into Selene’s life.

Romantic History: Eliot Gerard (@kc-and-co)

Not sharing each and every class with her friend Ethel anymore in their sixth year was hard for Selene, but it also was a great opportunity to make new friends. One of these was Eliot Gerard. It wasn’t long until they bonded, Selene admiring his dedication to his work and dry humour and Eliot falling hard for her free and independent spirit. Their courtship was passionate but short-lived, and their subsequent break-up a chaotic mess.

It looked like their love was given a second chance when they were assigned to the same project in Egypt as Curse-Breaker and Healer, respectively. But as Selene had to learn the hard way, some things just aren’t meant to be.

Friends:

Ethel Hexley: @the-al-chemist Word in Hogwarts is that there are the twins and that sometimes, Jim Hexley is allowed to come as well. Selene and Ethel aren’t just friends or sisters - they’re part of the same loud, irritating entity with a bond so deep that nothing, not even life, can shake it.

Henry Lovecraft: One beautiful day, Selene decided Henry was her friend, and that was the decision made. She didn’t ask Henry about the matter but rather informed him about it. He tried fighting it at first but soon found giving up and tuning her out was less of a bother than arguing with her, but eventually, the loud and obnoxious Gryffindor grew on him. They became colleagues after school until the fateful assignment in Egypt. Aside from Ethel, Henry is the only living (and later non-living) person to know about the identity of Caitlin’s father.

Victoria Summer, Lottie Gallagher, Winona Rosewood: @whatwouldvalerydo @slytherindisaster @usernoneexistent The girls in her dorm are family away from home - sometimes even more so than her actual family. Selene misses them dearly during school breaks and can’t wait for late-night giggles and catch-ups with her favourite people once they all get back together.

Oliver Gerard: @kc-and-co One year her senior and captain of her Quidditch team, winding up Oli is one of Selene’s favourite pastimes - that and betting on which female member of the student body the notoriously romantic Gryffindor is going to try and woo next. Selene’s failed relationship with Oli’s brother Eliot somewhat put a temporary dent in their friendship, but that’s nothing a little time and determination can’t fix.   

Reuben Willows: @that-scouse-wizard Reuben might just about be the biggest person Selene has ever met, and she won’t get tired of asking him to lift her up with one hand, despite how many times he’s already said no in the past. Once Reuben takes over the Llewelyn Dragon Sanctuary, he and Selene strike a lucrative business deal. Their dragonflame-brewed Dragon’s Breath Whiskey remains a classic to this day. 

Alan, the Ferret: What started as rescuing a perfectly innocent animal from being repeatedly transformed into a feather duster soon became the most meaningful friendship (bar Ethel, of course) of Selene’s life. Alan held such a great love for Selene in his little heart that - after he met his demise at the bottom of a whiskey barrel - he returned to Fraser Hall as a ghost, where he happily haunts to this very day.

Rivals:

Fred Lavigne: @slytherindisaster Fred and Eliot Gerard were fast friends and study partners when Selene and Eliot met. Selene didn’t take kindly to having to take a backseat when it came to Eliot and his study dates with Fred, however, and even if he wasn’t the reason for their breakup, Fred at least contributed to it.

Ema McGilliguddy: @kc-and-co Selene enjoys a good challenge, and Ema certainly provides her with one. Both being top of their class in Defence Against the Dark Arts, the sheer thought of beating Ema to number one makes Selene work harder than she had ever thought possible or enjoyable.

Pets:

Alan, the Ferret: see above

Morag, the barn cat: Selene found this hissy but beautiful fellow roaming the grounds around Fraser Hall and decided to give him a permanent home. The big grey cat lived in the stables for a long time, only making his way inside the house after a long time and a big thunderstorm. Among his many descendants is Mouse, the cat belonging to Selene’s great-granddaughter Lizzie Jameson. 

Isla & Mary: two magnificent highland cows gifted to Selene by her dearest Ethel (who will form a legacy of their own)

Mnemosyne: small barn owl, formerly belonging to Henry Lovecraft, adopted after his death

Helios: a tawny owl with an attitude, mostly used for business purposes 

[alexesguerra]

The Big Book of Queer Stickers: Includes 1,000+ Stickers The Big Book of Queer Stickers: Includes 1,000+ Stickers! Contributor(s): Molesso, Ashley (Author) , Needham, Chess (Author) Publisher: RP Studio ISBN: 0762484403 Physical Info: 0.6" H x 9.1" L x 7.6" W (1.3 lbs) 128 pages Ash + Chess is a stationery & gift company run by queer and trans couple Ashley Molesso (she/her) and Chess Needham (he/him), based in Upstate New York. They create greeting cards, art prints, and more in bold, retro color palettes, often using their artwork to uplift the queer community. Their company made its debut at the National Stationery Show in May 2017, and since then over 700+ retailers throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia sell their art and stationery. In the short time they've been in business, Ash + Chess have worked on many collaborations including artwork for Target, Smartfood, Skittles, Nooworks, Belletrist, Plaza Style, Brooklyn Roasting Co., Transfigure Print Co., HarperCollins, Workman Publishing, Running Press Studio, Macy's STORY, and more. They are the authors of multiple publications, including: The Gay Agenda: A Modern Queer History & Handbook (Morrow Gift) 2020; Queer Tarot: An Inclusive Deck and Guidebook (RP Studio) 2022; My Queer Year Guided Journal (RP Studio) 2022; ABC-Deconstructing Gender (RP Kids) 2023, The Big Book of Queer Stickers (RP Studio) 2023, and Just Like My Family (forthcoming, RP Kids) 2024.

[creatordoctus]

"Supranormal, Queer, Unorthodox: Political Aesthetics in Hesiod’s Theogony" Lecture & seminar at the 8th Workshop of Painting, Athens School of Fine Arts, Peireos Building – Monday the 16th of March 11:30 am

Hesiod’s Theogony is a work of political theologist, as one of the prominent commentator noted - “an intensely political poem” (Scully, 2015). Despite the appearance of somewhat boring recounting of the divine genealogies if looked at literally, following the critical reading the text transfigures into a wonder box of archetypes, “ideographs” and normative concepts, which are causally arranged in the architecture supporting the sovereignty of Zeus. From the origins of the world to the installation of his everlasting domination, Theogony is a utopian vision of cosmic and human order. 

However apart of the installation of the patriarchy and justification of the tyranny of arch-father, the text offers a rich platform for speculation and the alternative politics. Zeus’ position of the Olympus leader is inherently unstable and depends of the contractual relations with the multiplicity of deities and forces. The text offers interesting cues towards alternative narration, something I call “ruptures”: the figures of women - Athena, Styx, and Hecate - being especially interesting.  In my research I’m mapping the instabilities and dependencies within heteronormative, patriarchal, imperialistic, colonial Zeusian sovereignty in the Olympus and identify the potentialities of disrupting it by supranormal, queer and unorthodox agents in the narrative. I call the methodology of critical co-writing and co-creation of the alternative futures of the theogonic narrative anticipatory mythography. The agency of anticipation of possible futures, or Derrida’s avenirs, is crucial for world-making within the established boundaries of aesthetico-political regime of ethical and political “normality”.  In the seminar, I will outline the methodologies of invocation of the critical (political, anticipatory) reading of Theogony and present the rhizomatic platform for creative collaboration (or rather a wide alliance) unlocking the potentiality of alternative (to the continuous process of everlasting present reproduction) futures. 

bio: 

Denis Maksimov is an interdisciplinary scholar, political advisor, and artist-curator. He is a co-founder of the artistic collective and think tank Avenir Institute. He researches the conceptualisations of sovereignty, queer(ing) agents, and political aesthetics in Ancient Greek mythography, world history, literature, arts, and audiovisual cultures. He is a co-convenor of “Power Vertical: Politics and Aesthetics in the Global East”, a transdisciplinary research seminar at the University College London (UCL). He was a “Future(s) of Democracy?” visiting lecturer at The University of Applied Arts Vienna (Angewandte) in 2019 and lectured at the Universities of Cologne and Namur; KU Leuven, The New School (New York), The University College London, Jan van Eyck Academie (Maastricht), among others. He holds BA in Political Science and MA in International Relations & European Studies from The National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow, RU), MRes of Art & Design from Karel de Grote University College (Antwerp, BE), and is PhDc in Classics at The University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, UK). His artistic projects primarily address the ideography and aesthetics of power. He was a curator in residence at U-jazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Projeto Fidalga in Sao Paulo, Critical Mass in St Petersburg, Fire Station in Dublin. He has developed and curated projects upon invitation of Victoria & Albert Museum in London, at the Venice Biennales, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum in Copenhagen, as well as art galleries in Brussels, where he was also a curator of Penthouse Art Residency, and London. His critical writing has appeared in book chapters and magazines including Doppiozero International, Ocula, Moscow Art Magazine, Arts of the Working Class, and others, in print and online; he has been writing a regular column “Poliaesthetica” for The Brussels Times since 2014. 

Image: Andrea Brocca. Nike emerges from the clash of thunderbolts (from illustration for Avenir Institute Mythology for Queer Futures), London, 2017

[rojo-todd]

Make sure yall check out Transfigure Print Co (transfigureprintco.bigcartel.com)

They have some seriously rockin gear 👏🏼👍🏼👌🏼

[jim-im-a-doctor-not-a-physicist]

The Crimes of Grindlewald review literally NONE of you asked for.

Just a forewarning now I’m spoiling stuff. A lot of stuff. Begone now unless you wish the big movie stuff to be ruined.

Before I begin let me say, I am not a movie producer, or a producer of anything really. This movie alone will make more than I will in my lifetime. I am not an opinion anyone on this will care about. I’m just a person with a blog spouting an opinion no one asked for. I also do not believe nor care if this review changes people’s minds. 

Alright friends, I’m gonna split this review into three sections, the good, the stupid and the bad. I want to make it clear, I enjoyed the movie. I love Newt Scamander and Co. Did it feel like a Harry Potter movie? HELL NO. But did it make me smile and cry? Absolutely.

The Good

Newt Scamander

This is my boy. Anyone who has a single bad word to ever say about Newt Scamander can leave right now. I love him more than certain living relatives. I loved how nervous he was about meeting Tina again. I love how he says what he thinks and how he compared Tina’s eyes to those of a salamander. I love how Tina understood that he was not being mean. I love how passionate he is about his creatures and how uncomfortable his assistant made him. It made so much sense that he refuses to pick sides. Newt fights for what is right, and that is not always simply one side or another. He is the best part of this movie and do not try to convince me otherwise. 

Jude Law

He nailed it. That is so Dumbledore it hurt. The pained expression on his face when they said him and Grindlewald were like brothers was beautiful. He has the same twinkle in his eye and it felt like seeing an old friend again. 

Leta Lestrange 

Look minus her death, Leta Lestrange was exactly what I imagined. Leta dying makes me unimaginably upset. She is troubled, she could have been a wonderful middle ground character, always unsure of which side she is truly on. On one hand, she loves Theseus but Grindlewald could offer her a home that she has never had. The entire movie she had me on edge, waiting for her to flip her already shaking lid. Instead, a character we barely know sacrifices herself for a relationship we never truly saw. 

The Stupid

This section was put in for those who have failed to apply 10-15 minutes of thought on any of these big fanboy problems. 

The Professor McGonagall nightmare

The simple and plausible answer, this is a cameo of one of her relatives, perhaps an aunt or a cousin. Maybe it was a common name at that point? It did not sound nor look like the professor we know so why should we presume that it is her? Someone tweet JK Rowling and ask for answers. This is all I’ve got. 

Creedence’s Heritage 

So remember at some point in the movie when Grindlewald and Dumbledore made that blood pact? Well, blood is weird in the magic world, the properties obtained from someone's blood stays for a lifetime. Like how Voldemort got that protection for Harry from Harry’s blood which originated from Lily. Therefore it would make sense that Grindelwald could call a Phoniex because he has Dumbledore blood within him. Grindlewald is lying to him, he needs Creedence so he can kill Dumbledore and will say anything to get him to help. It gives Creedence even more motive to destroy Dumbledore when he learns of the traumatization of his sister by muggles. It will push him even further into Grindlewald’s waiting arms. 

Dumbledore teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts

He likely taught DADA before getting demoted for being a little sassy pants to ministry officials and at one point falling in love with a psychopath. But he is a fantastic teacher so they just moved him to transfiguration. BAM plot hole solved stop crying already. 

The Bad

Lack of Dialogue

I have one overarching complaint that causes a bunch of tinier complaints, that being that there was ZERO DIALOGUE. That scene where Queenie and Creedence join Grindlewald should have had arguments. I expected to be seduced by Grindlewald to the dark side and I got nada. Queenie and Tina should have had a massive argument about her joining. The only thing that felt it had semi-proper conversating was when Tina and Newt talked about him being engaged. Newt and Theseus should have had a conversation about the fact that he is engaged to someone Newt loved. Newt and Leta should have had a conversation about Hogwarts. Everyone on press tours kept saying how seductive Grindlewald was, but I didn’t see it because he didn’t say enough to seduce me. JK Rowling is incredible at writing character development and interaction and it is obvious she was not a part of the dialogue near as much as she was in Fantastic Beasts and where to find them. 

Leta Lestrange

I loved Leta’s characterization. She was exactly as I pictured her. I ONLY WISH I HAD MORE. She plays a crucial role in both Scamander’s lives and we barely got anything from her. It’s hard to mourn her because I didn’t really know her. Her sacrifice felt out of character and it didn’t feel like Theseus really reacted to it all that much. Now if I had a movie to get to know her and her relationship with the elder Scamander I might think differently. 

It felt rushed

How did Warner Bros make a 2hr & 13 min feel rushed you ask? Well, it’s easy when you’re jumping scenes so many times your head spins. Stay on a scene for more than five minutes, please! This ties back to the first complaint, there is no dialogue.  There was so much that needed to be said and it wasn’t. It felt like a fast and furious movie had an affair with the deathly hallows pt 1 and 2. 

How I, an opinionated fan dork with no movie experience, would fix this

This movie should have been split into two parts, the first half showing Newt’s fame and the letters he writes Tina and him expanding his case. While over in NYC Tina and Queenie and living together while Queenie hides her relationship with Jacob. Meanwhile, Creedence is desperately searching for family and meets Nagini somehow (it isn’t important), and Grindlewald is building followers. All of this climaxing when Newt learns of his brother’s engagement and Tina finding out about Jacob and that magazine printing the wrong name for Leta’s engagement. 

The second movie, it’s been a few weeks, Tina has her new boyfriend and Queenie is seen enchanting in order to keep Jacob with her. Something feels off about Queenie and we’re all a little on edge. Meanwhile, Newt has noticed Tina’s letters have stopped coming and refuses to eat dinner with his brother and his old love. We get some flashbacks to the two at Hogwarts doing STUFF. We see Theseus and Leta arguing over the fact that Newt refuses to show and we see them being a couple. I’m tired of giving the play by play so we’re speeding things up. After this we keep the movie concept the same Queenie and Jacob showing up and stuff up (but with meaningful dialogue) until we get to the Grindlewald concert scene. Everything stays the same until it’s just the heroes vs Grindlewald and that sidekick of his. Instead of all of them immediately changing sides like morons we need some dialogue. He needs to look Queenie in the eye and tell her that he will let her marry Jacob in his new world. Tina needs to be screaming at her sister not to go with a confused Jacob in the middle. Something unforgivable needs to be said by one of them as Queenie joins him. Keep Creedence’s the same I approved of that. Keep everything from that point on the same. I approved of the ending. See how much better this feels? Now I can hear my fellow non-straight people saying that I did not bring in Dumbledore’s gayness into this. Nope I didn’t we are leaving the gay stuff from the original (”we were more than brothers” WOW I AM NOT STRAIGHT) and doing a glorious, long burn love story over six movies. 

Conclusion

I wrote this essay thing one day after seeing the movie. I may edit it. I may take it down because I think it’s stupid. You disagree with me? That’s fine. Would like to debate me about it? Go for it. I know Tumblr and all I ask is that you be civil and constructive. Know that if you aren’t I simply won’t reply nor care about your opinion and my mind will not be changed. Grow up and be nice or die mad about it. 

Update:

Ignore everything said about Minerva. IMBD released a cast list and it’s Minerva. Rowling, you best fix this. Break out those forbidden ass time turners JK cause I refuse to believe you would destroy canon on the big screen.  

Update:

I screwed up the spelling of Grindelwald every single time and I’m so sorry guys I’ve been spelling it like that for ages and NO ONE CORRECTED ME.

Update: 

Who decided to name drop McLaggen in this movie? All his offspring did was be used by Hermione to make Ron jealous? There is quite a bit of fan service in this movie and that by far was the oddest. 

[polaris-and-ink]

So I was scrolling through Kickstarter in June, mostly out of curiosity because I’d never really checked it out before when this thing called @missiontransition showed up. It’s a bi monthly subscription box for trans people, and as a trans person I was like hell yeah I want that. And so I looked into it and I was like, okay so this is a box that is designed specifically for each person, even better. I just got it yesterday (they were running late because they got wayyy more people interested than expecting) and this was what was in it, a pin from Bianca’s design shop, two buttons from tigers eye adventure co. The newsletter and an art print by mars Buchanan (titled some assembly required) a bathbomb from lush, beard growth oil from IamI beard and body and a gold glow stick from noto botanics and finally, a He him pronoun tee by transfigure co. All of this is from either a trans owned company or a trans supportive company and honestly I’m super glad I ordered it dudes you should check it out

[marktayl00r]

How Mobile Transformation Can Increase Revenue for Brands

Businesses are facing increasingly tough times as digitization reshapes the landscape. Industries are experiencing moderate to massive digital disruption. Mobile digital transformation is being seen as an opportunity to rebuild market standing, re-creating processes, and opening up new revenue streams for brands.

Mobile-based technology and tools form the central part of the digital transformation strategy. The high penetration of mobile devices and the IT revolution has transfigured the ecosystem of many industries. According to Statista, there are 2.71 billion smartphone users worldwide. It is one of the most convenient and accessible mediums to connect with people. Mobile transformation is fundamentally changing how you deliver value to customers and generate high margin revenues. Research shows brands that are digitally mature and with the mobile-first approach are generating more revenues than their competitors who failed to invest in mobile-first strategy.

But sprinkling different mobile-based technologies across your organization won’t itself lead to your revenue goals. In fact, it happens when the right technology is implemented. A breakthrough technology like moLotus is considered the top tenet of digitalization and thus plays a crucial role in digital transformation and revenue generation. A digital journey has no endpoints. And to move forward every time, you have to ensure that you choose scalability and modernization in every aspect of the business. Technologies like moLotus are easily accessible and allow you to optimize and reach extensively.

Research shows that most industry CXOs consider mobile transformation to be one of their top revenue generation strategies. It’s changing the way brands generate revenues. They can connect the dots on the customer journey in a way that was not possible before.

Let’s take at how mobile transformation is increasing revenue for brands :

1. Customer data collection and data-driven insights

Most businesses are collecting mountains of data on customers but the real benefit is optimizing this data for analysis that can drive the business forward. Mobile transformation is changing the way businesses operate. It creates a way businesses can translate raw customer data into insights across various touchpoints. Data is viewed as the key to unlocking customer insights. Popular mobile technologies like moLotus are assisting brands in crucial data management functions & run targeted campaigns. moLotus stands out with advanced data curating and analytics features, making data management, and analysis relatively easier for brands. The campaign data can be compiled into crisp and comprehensive reports, enabling quick decision-making and strategizing. By better understanding customers and their needs, brands can create a business strategy that is even more customer-centric.

2. Increased Marketing ROI

Studies show that brands adopting a mobile-first approach towards digital transformation, have improved efficiency and marketing ROI. The advent of digital mobile platforms like moLotus has led to the creation of new revenue streams. The moLotus platform is providing a unique way to tap into the global direct marketing spend. It assists in brand exposure & awareness, customer acquisition, retention, rewards & loyalty, upselling, cross-selling, lead generation, direct sales, and more leading to better marketing ROI for advertisers.

3. Cost minimization

The adoption of the mobile transformation strategy by big brands has resulted in cost minimization via automating the “low touch” business processes. For instance, brands now can cut costs by reducing headcounts of call centres, printing, and other dispatch processes. They have an opportunity to use advanced mobile-based technologies for this purpose. Brands are now unleashing the cost-cutting potential of moLotus and bringing down headcounts & training costs significantly while reducing printing & stationery costs by automating the processes.

4. Customer support & feedback

Superior customer support has been a key contributor to revenue for brands. If trends are considered, convenience and speed are topping the consumer agenda. A digitally transformed support system can engage this convenience and speed-driven consumer adding to business revenues. Customers prefer mobile-driven digital service, with 76 percent of customers with digital-only journeys, compared with 57 percent for traditional channels (Source: McKinsey Report). Brands are preparing for more live chat and co-browsing that supports customers during the buying process and post-buying support. Web-based Live chat platforms like ZenDesk Chat, LiveChat and acquire.io are taking a backseat and gradually being replaced by mobile platforms like moLotus. The moLotus platform has revolutionized the way brands can serve,customers on mobile devices. It guarantees real-time customer interaction, rating, and feedback via mobile for different service issues enabling them to analyze and improve upon.

5. Customer Onboarding

Traditionally, customer onboarding has been a highly unstructured and cumbersome process. In the present context, however, mobile customer onboarding is going to replace traditional onboarding in a big way resulting in higher business revenues. Mobile phones have increasingly become part of our daily life. With the penetration rate of smartphones continuing to increase breakthrough technology like moLotus will drive mobile onboarding. Many SaaS companies have been developing mobile apps to cater to this demand for mobile onboarding with little or no success. Interestingly, moLotus is the best example of an automated, flexible, cost-effective, and scalable onboarding solution, enhancing customer engagement with a smooth end-to-end experience and high revenues. Brands have embarked on moLotus to digitally transform their entire new customer onboarding process, yielding better customer experience and revenues.

6. Replacement of Plastic Loyalty Cards

In the past, customer wallets have been bulging with bulky plastic loyalty cards. Many businesses have been clinging to the idea that plastic loyalty cards are cheap and easy to set up and maintain, therefore more cost-effective than implementing digital transformation in the loyalty card space. However, this is not the case. Mobile transformation is fast reshaping loyalty cards space. Presently there are better ways like mobile apps to replace excess plastic. However, loyalty card apps have not solved the challenge associated with plastic cards. Mobile Loyalty Card powered by moLotus has transformed the loyalty cards space, replacing the plastic cards. It is convenient to consumers, saves cost, and increases usage with high revenue. It has proved to be a superior alternative to mobile apps.

7. Reducing Outbound-Inbound Calling, Cold Calls & Head-counts

Once upon a time, most people contacted customer service by telephone when smartphones were in their inception. That world is vanishing. Mobile-led digital transformation is fast replacing voice-based contact by shifting to low-cost automated channels such as internet-based self-service knowledge banks, mobile messaging, and chatbots. These transformation initiatives lead to lower operational costs coupled with greater efficiency.  

moLotus is an example of an innovative mobile-based customer interaction platform best suited to interact directly with a large customer base. moLotus is loaded with multiple customer response options like SMS, Callback, Click URL, etc. The spam-free technology quickly delivers automated messages to a huge customer database directly into their inbox on all mobile handsets, irrespective of phone type or model – 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G smartphones, i-phones and feature phones without requiring any app download or data connection. Customers using smartphones feel a greater connection with the brand & provide a better response which, in turn, helps in the improvement of the conversion rate and that too at low costs.

8. Recurring Services and Product Cycle

For businesses, sending reminders for recurring services & product cycles has been a challenge. While addressing the service reminders to the customers, brands do not want to confront or sound harsh to them. Digitally transforming the processes via mobile is the best and only solution of the problem. Designing a bulletproof recurring service and product cycle process for customers is something every SaaS company has strived for. However, moLotus has made it truly possible by automating and transforming the recurring services and product cycles like car servicing, air-conditioning, buying coffee, etc. This year more brands will be embracing this no-touch mobile-driven transformation resulting in increased revenues and customer engagement.

9. Lead Generation

Mobile transformation has enhanced advertising significantly bringing a spike in revenues. Brands are focussing on reaching out to customers directly using mobile advertising platforms. Mobile ad platforms like moLotus, TubeMogul, InMobi, Airpush, etc. have become the focus area for them with aggressive smartphone penetration.  With its powerful capabilities of running highly personalized, customized, and targeted rich media ads, moLotus tops the list in lead generation. Interestingly, the ads are delivered directly to the mobile inbox of the customer in the case of moLotus. Unlike other ad platforms, moLotus is spam-free and the ads have a longer shelf life as they remain in the message box until manually deleted. Businesses are capable of real-time data of individual customers for executing personalized promo campaigns along the entire customer journey. Ultimately, moLotus is capable of scaling revenue and performance for advertisers through easy ad campaign creation and management, response management, real-time data reports & analytics via automation API.

Conclusion

Mobile transformation is engaging customers anytime, anywhere with smarter experiences as customers are glued to mobile devices all throughout except while asleep! The present and future of mobile transformation is no longer a dot on the horizon. The pressing need to implement it can no longer be ignored - certainly not if the brand is craving for success in revenue generation. The mobile age isn’t new and is evolving fast with platforms like moLotus driving breakthrough transformation and revenue generation even amidst the current pandemic. Choosing to remain outside was a liberty that many brands had over the past decade, but no longer! Brands that transformed themselves digitally via mobile, will certainly be revenue-rich.

[aryaanarorablog]

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born on the 25th October 1881 and died on the 8th April 1973 at the age of 91. He lived a long life as a: painter, sculptor, print maker and a lot more other things. He is a very iconic artist and was one of the most influential in the 20th century. He was Spanish although he spent a lot of his life as an adult in France. Picasso worked in many different styles during his lifetime, some may even say looking at his art it was best when he first started. You can see below the comparison between his work, the one on the left was a self portrait he made when he was just 15 years of age. The one on the right is much later in his life in 1907, it is also a self-portrait of him in a cubism style.

Although the style of art on the right, cubism is obviously less developed, it is my opinion that it is the style that made him widely well-known rather than his early work which was more naturalistic. It is later in his life in the 20th century where he began experimenting with different styles and techniques which I feel really worked for him. He is the co-founder of the cubism movement; he is also known for his invention of the ‘constructed sculpture’ and his co-invention of the collage. However, it is his work in cubism which I find really intriguing. Cubism is an avant-garde art movement which transfigured European painting as well as sculpture. Below you can see a cubism painting and sculpture made by Picasso.

The painting is titled ‘Repose’ and the sculpture is called ‘Head of Woman (Fernande)’. It is a unique and simple art style, although it can be complex as proven by other cubism works by Picasso such as ‘The Weeping Woman’.

Picasso’s painting above uses a consistent size of line in cube and oval like shapes to define body parts, if you also look closely you can see he accentuates the cube like shape of the figure with the use of shading. Picasso does this very cleverly by mimicking how light shines on objects with sides like a table for example. In the examples above this is proven, the light shines on the flat side of the figures arm but does not travel round the side of it, Picasso uses a dark shade to show that other side is in the shadow and not in the light. If it had been blended, you can tell that it is of a natural shape. If you look at the face Picasso has once again used shadow and tone to define the shape of the face, the use of shadow shows the face is made up of two circular sections due to the shadow the right side sticks out of the shade and the left side does not. This creates a split in the tone of the face, and it gives me an idea of the characters shape.

The sculpture on the right is another one of Picassos inspired by another artist. This one shows more obvious signs of cubism because the shape is shown with the 3D medium. The easiest way to describe it is a bunch of polygons amalgamated into a mass which is supposed to simulate a face. It does a great job of this and is a possible direction I could work in when creating a 3D outcome for my piece whether I do it digitally or with materials like clay or wood. I do however want to create one with the look of Picassos paintings as I feel it looks more iconic and recognisable. It also in my opinion is more visually appealing that the one above however I will experiment and create 2 heads of both styles.

Picasso uses shadow and tone to accentuate the polygon like structure of his figure and it also gives you an idea of what the figure looks like in 3D, I want to try creating my own cubism paintings/drawings and then creating them in 3D. To do this I want to keep it as minimalistic as possible, this will help to render it in 3D. The more detail there is on each side the harder it is going to be to visualise and mould it into 3D. This process will produce a 2D outcome as well as 3D. Picasso creates most of paintings using the ‘oil on canvas’ medium however I will stick to just paint when creating my own.

[kaylawatkinsgradfilm]

Notes on Barbara McCullough at Scribe Video Center

Barbara (Alhorn) McCullough

LA rebellion (they did not pick this name) 1967-89

UCLA archives began to archive projects and then they began to receive accolades

Shopping Bag Experience

Horace Tapscott

Grew up in fam of Jazz Musicians, raised by blind father, NOLA, had 3 kids while attending school

Representation, experimentation and Directorial Choices

Influences:

Emitaï by Sembene (father of African cinema) Documentary called Sembene!

Betye Saar (mystical print works, altered states of consciousness) The liberations of aunt Jemima

Senga Nenguni- nylon stockings-elasticity of body and mind. Performance artist

Zora Neale Hurston- Mules and men writer AND filmmaker, went thru the south collecting stories (fieldwork 1928) she didnt present herself as detached, she would interact w subjects, she called herself an observant participant

Maya Deren- ritual and transfigurative time, studied w Catharine Dunham and studied Haiti

Horace Tapscott musical griot

"Beyond representation but bearing witness to authenticity and realistic truth"

In both lit and film

See her slide

How can I be truthful that provided clarity and not imposition

Grass value switcher?

She uses archival stills to provide testimony

Who are the new Jazz ppl? She originally wanted to do a huge project but no funding, his performances were free, jazz artists perform hoping their work won't b co-oped

SBS: what is ritual?

Many of her choices were pivoting bc of no funding. Photo montage helped so much

I don't think artists of her caliber should be looking for money it should just be there for her.

SBS started as a class project

Used grass valley switcher for otherworldly looks

Ritual questions came from when she lived in a community of women she lived with who had rituals who used water.

Weave imagery w real-time responses

Ritual is restoring balance of energy

Eyes open during Muslim prayer, eyes open while facing ground to remember death

The woman felt she was someone else while dancing like Ife -senga

Ritual- rite vs right Betty

You can hear Barbara say "mhmm" during interviews, she doesn’t feel the need to remove herself from interviews. She does mixed media and sees it as ritual because placing items becomes its own ritual.

Horace in the white tux was unplanned at the talk she filmed him at. She didn't reenact except for one performance

Pics of his hands moving while he speaks juxtaposed with his hands on the piano

One camera

Multiple images at the same time

Piece of the the images falling into place and THEN revealing full image

He was targeted by COINTELPRO, stopped by police and told to stop playing jazz

Watts rebellion used her fireplace to rep this rebellion

1977-1991

Tapscott performed for the last time in NY

Her rebellion background and Horace

Sometimes u get sick of showing someone else

Charles Burnett got an oscar.

It was very fulfilling to hear Barbara McCullough speak. It was sobering as well. Why does a great mind like hers need to struggle? She should be getting paid to speak at grand universities but she doesn’t seem to mind speaking in a small room without air conditioning or speakers. I’m struggling with my own parameters of success because exposure neither indicates reverence nor acceptance. I try not to feel discouraged, but I just think things should be a bit easier for her.

I guess I have no right for any type of righteous indignation because she seems happy, ready to fight, ready to film, ready to pivot. These are things that are hard for me as a filmmaker even now. She seemed unfazed by minor inconveniences and fully resolved the greater challenges she witnessed as a young revolutionary filmmaker. I guess her desire is based on a need for the craft and not striving for acceptance. She represents the art of film in it’s purest film. You film because you have to, because it is the best language for you to communicate, because there is nothing you would rather do.