Bonapurple

so spread the word, practice better disability politics, and spare me the inward cringe every time i have to hear the word “handicapped”

i think im overqualified for this position

Think I’m being hyperbolic? Less than five years ago, Turkey was a thriving, diverse, democratic country.

Royal houses where every single member has the same horrible horrible face is one of the funniest developments of monarchism 

(via stylestruIy)

the concept that only healthy, young people are poor is extremely harmful because it leads the people in power, who are wealthy, to assume that Their Parents Can Just Help Them Out. it never occurs to these people that poor people have poor parents too. there is no safety net.

So yeah, Roger Rabbit wins the ambitious crossover award, hands down. Sorry Marvel.

Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream

My meeting the boys is a very long story that started many years ago. The short version is Alex Turner showed up at my house one day because he was friends with my then roommate and now best friend Ian Shea, an engineer at Electric Lady Studios. It was the beginning of a lifelong friendship and probably the single most important creative and collaborate working relationship I have to date. The amount of trust between that band and I is a once in a lifetime thing that a lot of artists search for, that I found very young. Even with their amount of success I truly believe that their talent and creativity is still underrated. Any artist who has stepped foot in the studio with Arctic Monkeys on a session knows that. Alex is a fearless artist, he has no concept of what should be done, only what could be. I think a lot of that has rubbed off on me. Like I said I spend a lot of time working in the commercial world where everyone is so afraid of everything. When Al and I get together and create imagery, I know its work that will stand the test of time which as a photographer, is all you really want, isn’t it? I’ll never forget one time some label executive or something said to me “Oh you’re Zackery, the bands photographer right?” and Al replied to him “Yeah mate, but like… its more than that, its an much bigger fing we doin’.” That was like 7  years, 3 albums, 5 tours, 200 tequilas, 50,000 pictures ago.

Hey ya’ll, I’ve got an infected tooth that needs removed, but I don’t have dental insurance. The operation will cost around 350$ and I could use some help. If you don’t mind donating you can do so here: paypal.me/bethalex

so please consider this when you’re deciding whether or not you want to donate.

Mary Blair’s pencil + watercolor concept art for Dumbo (1941)