So this painting, THIS FUCKIN PAINTING, is one of my all time favorite for no other reason (besides it’s own beauty) than the fact that the artist was too stubborn to make it societally appropriate for 30 years.
This is Madam X by John Singer Sargent. Her dress looks to be from possibly even modern times, but it was painted in 1884 AND THIS ISNT EVEN WHAT IT ORIGINALLY LOOKED LIKE. If you look at the shoulder strap above the arm touching the table, you’ll notice there’s an odd lack of shading underneath compared to the opposite arm. This is because he painted the original with that strap having fallen off her shoulder and resting on the side of her arm. This was so controversial for the time that no museum would accept the piece because it was deemed “too vulgar”, for a single fallen shoulder strap. After sitting in his own private collection for 30 years, Sargent was forced to paint over the strap and repaint it resting on her shoulder. It currently is on display at the MET in NYC where is rest (I think rather appropriately) in an ornate gold frame. I hope to visit it in person one day, but in the mean time I’m painting a recreation of it myself! This time thought, the strap on her shoulder will stay fallen.
Emergency Fund to help Desmond pay his school fees
Hello everyone, my friend’s friend started a fundraiser to support Desmond, who is experiencing financial challenges and needs to pay his fees for his final academic year. Here is the description from the GoFundMe:
Desmond is pursuing a degree program and has a year left to finish his program. He is currently faced with some financial challenges and needs funds to be able to pay his fees for the final academic year. He is a Ghanaian studying at St. Bonaventure University, Lusaka-Zambia. He is currently at the verge of dropping out because of financial constraints. He currently has a benefactor taking care of his accommodation.
Your little support will go a long way to make Desmond’s dream of pursuing his education a success.
These articles were posted by the same person less than 2 hours apart
So I looked the guy up and he’s written a public apology.
and the title had been properly adjusted!
Daniel was out on biased reporting that they probably didn’t know was biased because of their privilege, didn’t deny it, didn’t throw a hissey fit, publicly apologized, and almost immediately fixed their mistake
[[This is Isaiah Hine’s high school presentation on white fragility. You’re not going to get a simpler explanation, in my opinion, so if you’re white you should really read this. Below are Isaiah’s notes on each slide.]]
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What is White Fragility?
Robin DiAngelo is a professor at Westfield State University and author of What Does it Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy.
I’m sure you’ve all seen these ‘defensive moves’ in action before. “I didn’t mean anything by it” “I wasn’t trying to be offensive” “I have a black friend” “Not all white people”
People are often more worried about being called a racist than actually doing something racist. In America white people often don’t even have to consider race. They often think of themselves as “raceless” white is conditioned to be the norm and everyone else is considered “raced” or “colored”. White fragility allows white people to govern when and how race is discussed. White people expect to be educated on racism, and in a nice way.
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Why Is It A Bad Thing?
White people never learn as a result and are allowed to continue saying and doing racist things. White people prefer to hear these things from other white people but because other white people don’t know enough about racism, they cycle continues. When people of color do things like the BLACKLIVESMATTER movement, many white peoples responses were “all lives matter” this is white fragility. Proclaiming that black lives matter does not inherently mean that other lives don’t. This statement is made because society continually shows us that black lives don’t matter in america and these are the lives that need the affirming. We already know that white lives matter, it doesn’t need to be stated. White people are very used to being the center of things and when they aren’t it makes them uncomfortable.
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Why Does This Happen?
Most people don’t fully grasp the idea of systemic racism and that we live in a racist society that perpetuates racist ideas. We are socialized into white supremacy.
Remember Grenfell a year on and all those who died in what was an entirely preventable tragedy in so many ways. Remember all the people who died in that tower block fire, that social housing block. Vulnerable people. Send your love to their family and close ones and ALWAYS question why it and things like it happened. Don’t ever stop fighting for justice for Grenfell and it’s victims. Rest in Peace all 71 victims.
- 23-year-old man, Mohammad Alhajali;
- 24-year-old woman, Ya-Haddy Sisi Saye, also known as Khadija Saye;
- 65-year-old man, Anthony Disson;
- 39-year-old man, Abufars Ibrahim;
- 52-year-old woman, Khadija Khalloufi;
- 52-year-old woman, Mary Mendy;
- 77-year-old man, Abdeslam Sebbar;
- five-year-old boy, Isaac Paulos;
- (Age and surname un-identified) woman, Sheila;
- 26-year-old woman, Gloria Trevisan;
- 27-year-old man, Marco Gottardi;
- 29-year-old woman Berkti Haftom;
- 32-year-old woman Zainab Deen;
- 61-year-old man, Hamid Kani;
- 13-year-old boy, Yahya Hashim;
- 82-year-old man, Ali Jafari;
- 68-year-old woman, Majorie Vital;
- 12-year-old girl, Jessica Urbano Ramirez;
- 35-year-old woman, Nura Jemal;
- two-year-old boy, Jeremiah Deen;
- 20-year-old man, Yasin El Wahabi;
- 44-year-old man, Hashim Kedir;
- 12-year-old girl, Firdaws Hashim;
- 45-year-old woman, Deborah Lamprell;
- 65-year-old woman, Sakina Afrasehabi;
- 50-year-old man, Ernie Vital;
- 56-year-old man, Denis Murphy;
- 63-year-old man, Raymond Bernard;
- 12-year-old boy, Biruk Haftom;
- 27-year-old woman, Amna Mahmud Idris;
- eight-year-old boy Mehdi El-Wahabi;
- 15-year-old girl, Nur Huda El-Wahabi;
- six-year-old boy Yaqub Hashim;
- 24-year-old woman, Amal Ahmedin;
- three-year-old girl, Amaya Tuccu-Ahmedin;
- 78-year-old woman, Ligaya Moore.
- 71-year-old woman, Victoria King
- 40-year-old woman, Alexandra Atala
Baby Logan Gomes who was stillborn in hospital on 14 June 2017, has also been recorded by police as a victim of the fire.
A total of 32 other people have been formally identified but have not been named at the request of their families.
The third anniversary is next weekend, and there still hasn’t been any justice.
