What an amazing amount of detail in this painting. (Source)
Me at first: it’s good! I don’t know what they mean about the detailing tho :/
Me, watching it zoom out: OH SHIT
Me watching it get to the full picture:
I knew I recognised it ! The painting is by my step uncle Darren Reid. His works are insane -
https://instagram.com/darrenreidpaintings?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=zdqxj45l10ma
did you know that in 1953 eisenhower issued an executive order which banned gay people from being employed in government and it was specifically to root out lesbians who enjoyed the job security of government work
“To protect their careers, lesbian government workers moderated their behavior to avoid suspicion. They refused to socialize with other lesbians in public, attended social functions with gay men as their ‘dates,’ and carefully chose their wardrobes and makeup to project a feminine persona. Male employees who resented reporting to a female boss could trigger an investigation into her sexuality.” - Robert J Corber “Cold War Femme”
this era was called the lavender scare and was both a direct result of mccarthyism and the classification of homosexuality as a mental illness during ww2. over 10,000 lesbians and gay men lost their jobs and as a result the daughters of bilitis (the first ever lesbian activist group in the u.s.) formed in order to protect themselves and gay men
This is the only one that sgowed up… but I’m makes so much sense.
Omg there are so many good ones!!!
THEY SHOWED ME THIS VIDEO IN HIGH SCHOOL BIO
THE PROFESSOR LITERALLY HAD TO REWIND TO THIS POINT BECAUSE WE WERE ALL LAUGHING SO HARD
Student: “What if I wanna have sex before I get married?”
Teacher: *matter of factly* “Well I guess you just have to be prepared to die.”
Rich people showers
reblogging for that gif
i’m sorry i couldn’t help myself
This really helped to make me less angry.
