i am Kiam

I <3 Springtime lqqks

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:31:53 -0500

I <3 Springtime lqqks

"PoC are constantly expected to be emotional midwives to white people. Attempts to claim space or..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:39:43 -0500

“PoC are constantly expected to be emotional midwives to white people. Attempts to claim space or identity for ourselves–without deference to whiteness–are inevitably met with suspicion, anger, fear, and guilt (witness white anger over the President’s racial self-identification). We’re expected to have a conversation on race and racism that centers and assuages white emotions, to speak about race in terms and frameworks that are neither by, for, or ultimately about us. What little space we’re afforded in mainstream media is taken up with 101-level education, demands that we justify our existence, and prove the merit of our perspectives and accomplishments beyond the shadow of a doubt. White critics and, occasionally, other people of color, often feel a casual entitlement to pass judgment on PoC narratives of our own experiences, and on our scholarship, without putting in the effort to learn about or engage with either.”

- End Colonial Mentality: On The CHE‘s Reinforcement Of Suspicion Of Black Academia.
via: List of sources for most of their material. (via misadventuresinmisogyny)

dannybrito: omg ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? I need this in my...

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:19:58 -0500

dannybrito:

omg

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
I need this in my life right now.

humansofnewyork: “You don’t need to go to India to escape...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:42:24 -0500

humansofnewyork:

“You don’t need to go to India to escape materialism. If you want to escape materialism, quit being materialistic.”

eichbaum: Van Gogh’s Paintings Get Tilt-Shifted by Serena...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:20:04 -0500

The Starry Night, 1889

Starry Night Over the Rhone, 1888

The Red Vineyard, 1888

View of Saintes-Maries, 1888

Prisoners Exercising, 1890

Sunset: Wheat Fields Near Arles, 1888

Snow-Covered Field with a Harrow, 1890

The Painter on His Way to Work, 1888

Red Chestnuts in the Public Park at Arles, 1889

eichbaum:

Van Gogh’s Paintings Get Tilt-Shifted by Serena Malyon

Serena Malyon, a 3rd-year student at art school, took some of van Gogh’s most beautiful paintings and altered them in Photoshop to achieved this amazing tilt-shift effect.

BFA: Badass Fag Attitude

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:02:12 -0500

BFA: Badass Fag Attitude

Bought myself a graduation present: an eyeshadow palette and...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:55:30 -0500

Bought myself a graduation present: an eyeshadow palette and some Nars orgasm blush/lip/eye cream

Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:26:17 -0500

kararikue: vegansanfrancishet: So, I paint my nails pretty...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:25:27 -0500

kararikue:

vegansanfrancishet:

So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these days. I also work as a barista/cashier pretty regularly these days. A few weeks back, I had a customer come in, a fairly typical, sheltered, suburban soccer mom, and she ordered a latte from me. She saw my brightly colored nails and said, “Wow, you’re so brave! My son asked me about painting his nails, and if it’s okay for boys to do that. Now I’ll tell him there’s a cool guy who does it too!” It was a nice moment, very cute.

Then, last week, she came in again, and said, “Hey, I’m so glad you’re here! I want you to meet someone!” She then brings her son forward, and says, “Okay sweetie, show him what you did!” And he throws his hands up, showing off his bright, sparkling blue nails. He shows them off, and I show mine off to him. He smiles. We fist bump.

Guys, I’ve only wanted to cry once at work before, and that was when someone ordered a large dry soy cappuccino on ice.

This time, though. This was a good cry.

I’d like to point out that this sweet Hallmark moment is brought you in part by the intersections of white, cis, hetero, and male privileges. Otherwise masculine and gender-normative straight white men can get away with things that other folx can’t. A straight cis black or Latino man doing that would be a little suspect, a queer femmey Black or Latino guy doing that and the mother would be using him as a reason why NOT to paint her child’s nails: “you don’t wanna look like THAT do you?” So yes, this is cute an all, and I’m sure you felt all patriarchal-binary-smashy but the truth is queer femmes (of color) like me get shit on EVERYDAY for doing this and I have yet to find a white cis hetero dude speak up about it while it’s happening.

^^^
yep, that commentary up there says it all.

efedra: One Minute Sculptures, 1997 by Erwin Wurm

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:21:24 -0500

efedra:

One Minute Sculptures, 1997 by Erwin Wurm

losdramas:

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:05:33 -0500

losdramas:

Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:34:55 -0500

pag-asaharibon: thejujubag: Rizal with a Gun: Ben NAZ, the...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:29:41 -0500

pag-asaharibon:

thejujubag:

Rizal with a Gun: Ben NAZ, the Filipino artist living in London, portrays an ironic image of the Philippine national hero Jose Rizal as an armed hero.

Cathy Kim @rillrillism, “Pretty Lil’ Thang”...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:27 -0500

Cathy Kim @rillrillism, “Pretty Lil’ Thang” 2013 for the New Generation Art Exhibit (at Gene Siskel Film Center)

At the opening for Next Generation Art Exhibit, curated by Yuna...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:20:03 -0500

At the opening for Next Generation Art Exhibit, curated by Yuna Bae for the Foundation of Asian American Independent Media, now on view at the Gene Siskel Film Center. Come see a new arrangement of my piece Camouflage as a metaphor for Passing: Mimesis II (Camouflage Mirrors)! (at Gene Siskel Film Center)

jrvmajesty: GNAT LQQK at Mercedes WALQn’ like a babe Queer...

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:28:47 -0500

Photographed by Sara Condo

jrvmajesty:

GNAT

LQQK at Mercedes WALQn’ like a babe

Queer camping and painting and glow in the dark ropes and backpacks and drawings.

<3 It’s a wonderful privilege to have seen the creation of these stunning werqs of art from my colleague GNAT

gallowhill: He Yunchang - Earthly Possession, 2000

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:24:25 -0500

gallowhill:

He Yunchang - Earthly Possession, 2000

Lexica

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:49:25 -0500

salonathon:

Salonathon presents Lexica

Hosted & Curated by Joe Varisco

April 29, 2013

Chris LeSage

Tien Tran and Philip Markle

Jonathan Mathias

Witch Hazel

Witch Hazel

Blue Redder feat. [X]P

Tim’m West and Ocean

LaWhore Vagistan

Kiam Marcelo Junio, in a surprise performance!

Drow Flow

callingoutbigotry: forgetpolitics: thegoddamazon: deafmuslimpu...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:02:13 -0500

callingoutbigotry:

forgetpolitics:

thegoddamazon:

deafmuslimpunx:

nappynomad:

yennasollapoghirai:

tragicblessing:

gadaboutgreen:

Madonna should be include in this since she started that whole craze in the 1990s.

When I see posts like this I get really frustrated. I have no cultural roots, because I am a fucking american. I don’t have a colorful native land, I have consumerism. If I am to paint myself up to look beautiful it is suggested that I cake on makeup like a pin-up girl. I am not allowed to borrow from other cultures because I’m not part of them. On the flip side, if I discourage other cultures who want to copy my stupidfuckingamericanshit, I’m being disrespectful about the choices they’re making.

I just want to run around in a sari, paint my face like an african woman’s, do my hair up like a geisha, and pretend that I’m a beautiful woman from another culture. I mean them no disrespect. I just love their beauty so much that I want to emulate it.

How. Is. That. Wrong.

BECAUSE YOU DIMWIT IT IS RACIST AND YOU CAN APPRECIATE THE CULTURE WITHOUT BEING A FUCKING DUMBASS AND PAINT YOUR OWN FACE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE BLACK JESUS CHRIST

and every damn person in this world has consumerism, america isn’t a wasteland of just material shit smh you need to stop exotifying other cultures

you cant ~pretend~ to be another culture without making a caricature and stereotyped version of it. appreciate the culture all you want but when you want to do blackface which is literally the most racist shit ever in order to glorify women you need to stop

Tragicblessing, correct me if I’m wrong, but you’re white, right? Which means your cultural roots are in Europe. Just because you don’t have some “exotic” or “colorful” culture (which would be incorrect since there are all kinds of cultures and histories in Europe, but for some reason, a lot of culture appropriators think that), doesn’t mean you get to pilfer other people’s because you want to look cute. You mean no respect, but your statement pretty much proves you don’t mind being disrespectful. You just want everyone to be okay with it with so you can keep doing what you’re doing.

My culture is NOT interchangeable w/ other cultures from sub-Saharan Africa or East Asia. You want to appreciate Indian culture? Then fucking study some Hindi or Tamil, read South Asian novels, support Desi artists (such as ME!!!), writers, filmmakers, and learn all about South Asian cultures and histories. And do NOT, DO NOT PUT MY CULTURE IN THE SAME GROUP WITH MILLIONS OF OTHER CULTURES FROM AFRICA OR ASIA. How dare you think it’s OK to interchange and treat our cultures like it’s some fashion statement? Do you have any idea about the THOUSANDS of languages and cultures in India alone?

And no, you are NOT allowed to wear the saree, bindi, sindoor, tikka, or any other Indian clothes because you are NOT a part of my culture.

And guess what? I admire Mexican, Native American, Central American, Indigenous, and South American cultures yet I have NO DESIRE to copy their styles or wear their clothes. Because I know that’s DISRESPECTFUL.

Rather, I appreciate other cultures by SUPPORTING their people and their communities and their artistic works, and their social outreach projects.

P.S dipshit, many women of color all around the world plaster their faces with a lot of make-up and wear pin-up style fashion. Oh the horror.

“Paint my face like an African woman?”

Which African woman oyinbo?

Because Africa is a continent with over 60+ countries, thousands of ethnic groups, sub-ethnic groups, languages, and cultures/traditions/customs.

I mean…if you want to do your face like some deranged bush woman, please do so we know to avoid your ass. Mtcheeeeew.

“I just want to run around in a sari, paint my face like an african woman’s, do my hair up like a geisha, and pretend that I’m a beautiful woman from another culture.”

There are so many fucking things wrong with this sentence I can’t fucking even.

For the “paint my face like an African woman” comment, I think she means she wants to do blackface.

Congrats on being the most racist ever, ya lil shit.

callingoutbigotry: fuckingrapeculture: acornfarm: defilerwyrm:...

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:12:06 -0500

callingoutbigotry:

fuckingrapeculture:

acornfarm:

defilerwyrm:

AHAHAHA NOT QUITE, OP, NOT QUITE

FUCKING NAILED IT

Omg humanists. *rolls eyes*.

We can all get along when you stop derailing and comparing isolated instances of bullying to systematic oppression. Till then, fuck you.

Humanists just shut your ignorant faces plz