Witness Me, Old Man, I am the Wild

“Death Blowing Bubbles” made out of plaster by Johann Georg Leinberger in the Holy Grave Chapel, Michaelsberg Abbey, Germany, 18th century. remained intact despite the building becoming a hospital in 1803.

— Catherine Breillat

@academia-lucifer

i hope every single show i love rn dies actually. like in a fiery blaze set by the writers themselves 

[via]

napopo_kitchen

Yo! It’s Grubby Jesus! (Jonathan Sims, head archivist of the Magnus Institute, London)

[ID: Digitally painted Magnus Archives fanart in the style of an old illuminated illustration. Jon is a thin brown man with thick, long wavy hair wearing dark robes. He stands in profile and holds a tape recorder to his chest while turning to look behind him. He has a stylized white third eye on his forehead, and a gold circle backs his head. End ID]

It feels taboo as a childfree person to admit this but I actually do have concerns about who is going to take care of me when I'm old. The elder care system in our nation relies A LOT on the unpaid care labor of adult children. I just don't think that's a good reason to have kids.

"But you'll have more money!" does not completely put this to rest for me. Neither does "Buy care insurance!" Even if I can afford direct personal care, who is going to advocate for me to get it? Who is going to navigate bureaucracy for me when I'm 80?

"If you do have kids, there's no GUARANTEE that they'll take care of you when your old!" That's true, but doesn't solve my problem.

I think childfree people get very defensive about this question because its used as a kind of "gotcha!" against us, but I actually do not feel we can afford to be in denial about this reality. Based on current trends of more people in their 30s stating they intend to be permanently childfree, we are going to see a huge wave of childfree adults hitting the eldercare system at once in a few decades. Childfree people in their 30s should be advocating around eldercare NOW.

We desperately need to cultivate a society in which everyone, even the most bitter, unlikeable, miserably lonely person in the world, has a social safety net that they can rely on from the day they're born to the day they die, and that includes their elder care.

We are not going to achieve this meaningfully under capitalism. :')

Satin and flowers are a staple in this home.

IG: iridessence

views from the side of the water

@chandajaan

Fuck you anti bird architecture who gives a shit if a little guy makes a nest on top of your stupid Starbucks sign

They put anti-bird spikes on a church in my hometown, so the only place on the building where birds can sit is on the very top, on the cross. So the cross is now covered in bird shit

"In the house of a rich man there is nowhere to spit but his face" -that greek dude who lived in a barrel

via

Reminder that punk will never be and has never been just white people

i love you mango i love you peaches i love you raspberries i love you strawberries i love you pineapple