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I don’t care who you ship, this picture is freaking adorable.

I don’t care who you ship, this picture is freaking adorable.

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This is the best thing. Ever.

timelightbox: Francois Mori—AP March 20, 2012. Suspended by wires, Chinese artist Li Wei performs in the sky at La Villette in Paris. From Aung San Suu Kyi’s election campaign and the mourning of the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo to protests for Trayvon Martin and the celebration of the Afghan New Year, TIME’s photo department presents the best images of the week. See more here.

timelightbox:

Francois Mori—AP

March 20, 2012. Suspended by wires, Chinese artist Li Wei performs in the sky at La Villette in Paris.

From Aung San Suu Kyi’s election campaign and the mourning of the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo to protests for Trayvon Martin and the celebration of the Afghan New Year, TIME’s photo department presents the best images of the week. See more here.

(via npr)

scrapscallion: When we talk about androgynous fashion, we usually mean female-presenting people in outfits that incorporate or echo menswear. One seldom sees male-presenting people doing the same with womenswear, at least in the mainstream. I think some of that must be a side effect of the privileging of traits, roles, and characteristics associated with masculinity over those associated with femininity—a woman in masculine-associated roles or clothing is moving in the direction of higher status and increased social privilege, at least implicitly; a man in feminine-associated roles or clothing, lower. We associate women in menswear with freedom and assertion; men in womenswear with deviation, grotesquerie, and parody. How fucked up is that?

scrapscallion:

When we talk about androgynous fashion, we usually mean female-presenting people in outfits that incorporate or echo menswear. One seldom sees male-presenting people doing the same with womenswear, at least in the mainstream.

I think some of that must be a side effect of the privileging of traits, roles, and characteristics associated with masculinity over those associated with femininity—a woman in masculine-associated roles or clothing is moving in the direction of higher status and increased social privilege, at least implicitly; a man in feminine-associated roles or clothing, lower. We associate women in menswear with freedom and assertion; men in womenswear with deviation, grotesquerie, and parody.

How fucked up is that?

(Source: boysofmontreal, via pansexualpride)

Peter The Girl, a portrait of English artist Gluck by painter Romaine Brooks

Peter The Girl, a portrait of English artist Gluck by painter Romaine Brooks

The ambivalence of Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is a strange thing, culturally. For some, it’s a day to be dreaded and/or grumbled about (“Here’s to another Singles Awareness Day spent alone at home, bleh”); for others, an excuse to pamper themselves (“I may not have a date, but I’ll darn well have dessert!”). Couples have to self-consciously navigate societal expectations (“We’ve committed to building an egalitarian relationship, but does that mean I shouldn’t get her flowers?”) while uncomfortably aware of all the bitter facebook posts piling up on their news feed.

Relatively few people, it seems, actually buy into the cultural narrative of Valentine’s Day as a day for lovers to blissfully appreciate and celebrate each other. All the associated baggage about gender roles, marketing and consumerism (not to mention its emphasis on traditional romantic partnerships at the expense of single people or less conventional relationships) could make even the most romantic and carefree of people feel awkward about enjoying Valentine’s Day.

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Laura Marling, Mumford and Sons and Dharohar Project perform Devil’s Spoke at the iTunes Festival 2010