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cannot stop thinking abt the paris review’s essay series on the history of significance of certain colours, hue’s hue:

Periwinkle, the Color of Poison, Modernism, and Dusk

Eau de Nil, the Light-Green Color of Egypt-Obsessed Europe

Marian Blue, the Color of Angels, Virgins, and Other Untouchable Things

Incarnadine, the Bloody Red of Fashionable Cosmetics and Shakespearean Poetics

Jonquil, the Light Yellow of Early Flowers, Mad Painters, and Dust Bowl–Era Pottery

Scheele’s Green, the Color of Fake Foliage and Death

Lilac, the Color of Half Mourning, Doomed Hotels, and Fashionable Feelings

Hooker’s Green: The Color of Apple Trees and Envy

Blaze Orange, the Color of Fear, Warnings, and the Artificial

Chartreuse, the Color of Elixirs, Flappers, and Alternate Realities

Living Coral, the Brutal Hue of Climate Change and Brand New iPhones

Mustard, the Color of Millennial Candidates, Problematic Lattes, and Aboriginal Paintings

Russet, the Color of Peasants, Fox Fur, and Penance

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint is a 550 chapter korean webnovel following the antics of protagonist Kim Dokja, a 28 year old office worker on an expiring contract, whose only real joy in life is reading his favorite massively long and massively boring webnovel. One day, the novel’s events - worldwide deathmatches aired for the entertainment of mysterious higher beings called ‘constellations’ - begin playing out in reality in a sort of reverse-isekai. Kim Dokja, the only longterm reader of this webnovel, finds himself uniquely poised to succeed based on sheer knowledge, but the webnovel’s actual protagonist, Yoo Jonghyuk, is a violent monster who will stop at absolutely nothing to complete his goals, no matter the cost to anyone else. As such, Kim Dokja finds himself in a delicate dance of guiding the events of the story to play out more favorably than the version he read while trying to avoid being massacred in the fallout, all while trying to see it through to the story’s end. 

This is the story’s premise but it says very little about the story’s themes which are as complex, rich, and varied as they come. 

art that was never finished

bbc david hockneys secret knowledge (part one + two)

breakfast, lunch, and dinner // supercut + breakfast, lunch, and dinner – leftovers // supercut

chloé zhao’s oscar win: moment or movement?

decoding the music of the matrix

food in film | how cooking makes us human 

forming real human connections? sounds fake but ok | savannah brown

how hollywood demonizes ultra-femininity.

how the music in black panther tells a story

how to evoke the voice of god

how to film a courtroom scene

let’s revisit the fashion in the aladdin remake | fashion analysis 

me, myself, and i (short film)

movie geometry – shaping the way you think

no dislike button: the media critique of the social network

opening shots tell us everything

rita moreno and overcoming “otherness” | #oscarssowhite

saul bass’s movie posters

skins – escapril day 1

sushant singh rajput: the outsider by uday bhatia  

the 1975 ‘notes on a conditional form’ review by dan stubbs  

the 27 club: mental illness and art

the aesthetic of anime

the art of (anti-)war

the coraline bug theory

the dark knight — creating the ultimate antagonist

the forgotten legacy of brittany murphy

the freedom of flight

the k-pop industry ruins lives | salari

the lion king | becoming a man

the matrix: a different perspective

the music that defined the 2010s | mic the snare

the mozart effect

the musical moral of into the woods

the neo-noir genre in movies

the politics of joker by kyle smith

the rise (and fall) of hollywood

the rise and fall of the 2000s video vixen | khadija mbowe 

the rise and fall of the bollywood item girl

the romcom that killed the manic pixie dream girl

the stories that inspired pixar’s best films

the top 10 film performances of 2020

the trolley problem problem by james wilson

the truman show and the rise of unreality tv

the thorne miniature rooms: japanese interior

we are l!ttle zombies & the monsters of grief

what happened to gotye?

what is a surreal movie?

whiplash vs. black swan — the anatomy of the obsessed artist

who is the lofi girl?

why beauty is killing cinema

why dixie d'amelio music videos are so boring

why mulan (2020) didn’t work

whose migrant mother was this? the story of the native american woman who became the face of the 1930s depression (and got almost nothing for it)

bauhaus design is everywhere, but its roots are political how even a simple choice between what font to use can be a political act

edvard munch: what a cigarette means munch + tobacco = art? (yes we’re still on the topic of art as a political weapon)

art that was never finished how great masters sometimes even didn’t finish stuff. also! the history behind the colour aquamarine

fka twigs on mary magdalene (if you like asmr you’re gonna love this)

having a coke with frank ohara (technically not art history but this video is too good for me not to mention)

video postcard: woman at her toilette a quick dive into my favourite painting of woman impressionist berthe morisot

this documentary about georgia o´keeffe (that ive seen about 10 times)

who’s afraid of modern art: vandalism, video games, and fascism about the meaning of modern art and the publics response to it, as well as a political campaign to eradicate it or moreso make an example of the so-called ‘undesirable’ nature of their art

how to make communist art on the future prospects of art for art’s sake and creativity outside of capitalist restraints

Brigsby Bear, nostalgia culture and millennial optimism a little off topic but an essay about a film that questions our need to attach our identities to our past and our childhoods in particular, questionning whether we should put our faith into recreating our old loves or creating new ones - i think its relevant based on the films perspective on art

Decoloniszing Gender - khari jackson, Malcolm Shanks

Modernity and Coloniality - Ahmed Ansari

Design Thinking For Complex Systems- Ahmed Ansari

Feminist and Social Justice Studies- Dr. Alex Ketchum

Afrotectopia

Design + Anthropology - Shannon Mattern

“Shakespeare in the ‘Post'Colonies” -Amrita Dhar

At the Intersection of Critical Race and Disability Studies: A Bibliography - Amrita Dhar

Testimonials + local literature - Mountain Voices

Introduction to Critical Race Theory for 2017- Adrienne Keene

Mini Courses on Art and Culture - Asia Art Archive

Sound and Violence, Sound as Violence - Pedro Oliveira

Violence - Pedro Oliveira

Border thinking and Border as culture - Pedro Oliveira

Introduction to decolonial thinking and decolonising methodologies -Pedro Oliveira

The Kashmir Syllabus - Stand With Kashmir

Palestine Reading List - Danah Abdulla

A Bibliography of Caste Readings - Jyothi James

Decolonizing the Malabari Mind - Jyothi James

Labour and Tech Reading List - Alexandra Mateescu and Eve Zelickson

Diversifying your Design Syllabus: Recommended Readings by Women, Non-binary, and Culturally Diverse Authors - Hillary Carey

Between Scarcity and Excess: Capitalism, Population Control and the Climate Crisis - Luiza Prado

Decolonising Science Reading List - Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

spotalike creates a playlist based on a song

magicplaylist  creates a playlist based on a song

dubolt  creates a playlist based on an artist

boilthefrog creates a playlist between any two artists 

predominant suggests you albums based on cover art color   

music-map  suggests similar artists

꒰๓ˊ꒳ˋ๓ ꒱ ૮˃̵֊ ˂̵ ა ˊᗜˋ

˶ˆ꒳ˆ˵ ૮꒰˵• ﻌ •˵꒱ა ᘏ▸◂ᘏ

૮(｡•́-ก̀｡)ა ૮ ’• ˕ •` ა ₍ᐢ..ᐢ₎

૮₍ `-\\ ₎ა ૮ ˶ˆ꒳ˆ˵ ა ૮₍´｡• ᵕ •｡`₎ა ₍ᐢ. ̫.ᐢ₎ ૮₍ ˃̵͈᷄ \\ ₎ა⠀‹𝟹 ૮ (˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )ა ૮₍ ´𖦹 ˕ ×` ₎ა ૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა (๑ᵔ⤙ᵔ๑) ૮₍ ˃̵͈᷄ . ˂̵͈᷅ ₎ა(๑ ' ◡ ' ) 𖦹 ´ ᯅ ` 𖦹

(# >o<) ( :̲̅:̲̅:̲̅[̲̅:♡:]̲̅:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅) ᜊ( ' ⩊ '𖦹)ᜊ ૮ • ﻌ - ა ૮⍝• ᴥ •⍝ა ૮₍ ´• ˕ • ₎ა ૮₍ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ₎ა ૮₍ ´˶• ᴥ •˶ ₎ა ૮₍｡´ᴖ ˔ ᴖ`｡₎ა

૮₍ `-\\ ₎ა ૮ ˶ˆ꒳ˆ˵ ა ૮₍´｡• ᵕ •｡`₎ა ₍ᐢ. ̫.ᐢ₎ ૮₍ ˃̵͈᷄ \\ ₎ა⠀‹𝟹 ૮ (˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )ა ૮₍ ´𖦹 ˕ ×` ₎ა ૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა (๑ᵔ⤙ᵔ๑) ૮₍ ˃̵͈᷄ . ˂̵͈᷅ ₎ა(๑ ' ◡ ' ) 𖦹 ´ ᯅ ` 𖦹

Here is a free pdf of xanathars guide to everything

Here is a free pdf to monsters manual

Here is a free pdf to tashas cauldron of everything

Here is a free pdf to dungeon master’s guide

Here is a free pdf to volo’s guide to monsters

Here is a free pdf of mordenkainen’s tomb of foes

including the books and campaigns

In dark times, I sought out the turmoil of caravaggio’s paintings, teju cole, the new york times magazine

Gender, ideology, nation: ju dou in the cultural politics of china, william callahan, east-west film journal, volume 7

How to wait well, jason farman, aeon

Objects of despair: the 10,000-year clock, meghan o'gieblyn, the paris review

Famous houses’ leaky roofs, hugh howard, bobvila

The inheritance of loss, radhika ramseshan, mumbai mirror

What’s going wrong with chinese literature in translation, dylan levi king, radii

Why you hate contemporary architecture, brianna rennix & nathan j. robinson, current affairs

Russet, the color of peasants, fox fur, and penance, katy kelleher, the paris review

Overlooked no more: sanmao, ‘wandering writer’, who found her voice in the desert, mike ives & katherine li, the new york times

How to read the air, anna badkhen, the paris review

We’re not ready for mars, justin nobel, longreads

Death to minimalism, nathan j. robinson, current affairs

The indian epic mahabharat imparts a dark, nuanced moral vision, audrey truschke, aeon

Shedding light, pamela petro, guernica

A brief history of polari: the curious after-life of the dead language for gay men, paul baker, the conversation

The art and science of kashmir’s pink tea, sribala subramanian, atlas obscura

Demonology: a woman’s right to fury, darcey steinke, excerpt from flash count diary: menopause and the vindication of natural life

I feel like i am being made crazy by the distortion; an interview with lauren oyler, sam jaffe goldstein, the end of the world

Ghosts of the tsunami, richard lloyd parry, excerpt from ghosts of the tsunami: death and life in japan’s disaster zone

The most haunted road in america, taffy brodesser-akner, atlas obscura

Seaweed soup (miyuk gook 미역국), maria t. allocco, the rumpus

Intimacy, touch, and the perennial beauty of hands, lainey wood, bright wall/dark room

Pretty butch: masculinity doesn’t just belong to men, amelia abraham, dazed beauty

The spooky, loosely regulated world of online therapy, molly osberg, jezebel

written essays by @mediumkravitz​​

revisiting “both” definitions of bisexual

ko-fi

paypal

venmo

cashapp

This isn’t perfect, and many of these only have one article, but here is our list of countries we have written about. We are hoping to one day have at least one article for every country in the world but as @every-book-has-a-secret there is a lot of work still to do.

Europe

Albania Austria Belgium Czechia Czech Republic Denmark England Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland

Africa

Algeria Cameroon Egypt Kenya Morocco Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa Uganda

North America

Canada Costa Rica Crow Nation Cuba Grenada Jamaica Menominee Nation Mexico Puerto Rico United States of America

South America

Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Guyana Peru Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay

Asia

Afghanistan Bangladesh China Hong Kong India Iran Israel Japan Pakistan The Philippines South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Turkey

Oceania

Australia Māori Nation New Zealand

Antarctica

CATBOY :3c theme by @puella, designed by @trans​

aka the “I hate Elias Bouchard” & “I listen to TMA in 2021″ theme

previews (static): 1 x 2 x 3 (preview by @trans)

wake up new puella theme dropped!!! completely designed by rick @trans​!!! :) features include hover tags, a cool scrollbar, a custom music player, and the option to have your description on either the left or the right!

the music player was coded by me! here is a link to it in case you want to use it for personal use! credit is not necessary, but it is appreciated!: 🖤

some words from rick: “:3 I’d like to do more collab a with other theme makers” <3

music player tutorial under the cut:

how andrew wyeth made a painting

why miyazaki is a true romantic

over the garden wall: why is the unknown so familiar?

ginger rogers, katharine hepburn, and the 1941 oscars

the bisexual anti-fascist (marlene dietrich)

missed calls: a eulogy for the movie phone booth

edvard munch: what a cigarette means

parasite vs sunset boulevard: the disillusionment arc

anatomy of anatomy of a murder

saul bass’s movie posters

we’re all stupid and boring

the outsider’s guide to the social world

over the garden wall’s historical clothing inspirations

the psychology of heroism

comedy dies slow: the marvelous mrs. maisel

late night tv needs to change

the man from u.n.c.l.e (2015): style vs substance

when shakespeare got cool

the weird ways to adapt mary jane

aaliyah, britney, & the apathy of lifetime biopics

why chad and ryan switched clothes in high school musical 2

why megamind is a subversive masterpiece

school of rock’s perfect scene

the movies that inspired knives out

can 4 average people beat a pro crossword puzzler?

how david fincher uses pop music

the beach party genre

how to bring folklore to life

is the lonely genius real? 

in defense of love at first sight