It is remarkable that she had such a strong practise and had great influence at 16. Despite various disruptions that caused her to stop painting, she returned to her practise from the 60s until the end of her life.

It was within her work that Baya found freedom. The world she painted, after all, is one where women assert their individuality and are free from the men who attempt to brand them with labels, keep them inside the home, or hold them back in any way. “If I change my paintings, I will no longer be Baya,” the artist said in 1991, after her husband died and she’d returned to painting. “When I paint, I am happy and I am in another world.”

Little girl teaching her cats how to draw a flower 

“My cat Blackberry has done this before but my friends told me it was really impressive and I should share..” 

“Not leaving anyone behind 🙌🏿” 

We have two sane cats. Pushed our luck getting a third. 

“My dad is retired now and helped with rehabilitating a squirrel he found. The squirrel comes back daily for snacks, pets, and fights.“

I would, but I highly doubt that they would ever say something of that nature. This band has existed for over 8 years, they know their fans and what drives them. I’ve been studying fandom for a long time and the fascinating thing about it is that there’s so many people that get confused about what it’s function is for. 

Have you heard of something called the fourth wall? 

It’s defined here:

In the untamed, sprawling, creative world of fandom, the fourth wall refers to the invisible line of cover that shields fans from the outside world.

That means that here (especially on Tumblr) we’re pretty safe from ever coming in contact with 5SOS engaging or facing our works on main. They aren’t active here, the fandom is small here. They just did a livestream where they read fanfiction on Wattpad and laughed about it for about 10 minutes, they know it exists and are blissfully aware that it’s a facet of the fandom that keeps them touring and making music. Does that make the fans entitled to their personal business or anything in their lives? Absolutely not. Thus fandom fills the gaps with fiction that suits an author (and fan) needs. 

I think that it’s assumed that writers know that none of this is real, none of this is tangible, and that it’s assumed that 5SOS will never see any of it. Here’s one of my favorite Tumblr threads about it, it’s extremely informative. Fans know what their boundaries are most of the time! That’s what makes things so great here, as we can connect on niche passions in so many different ways. 

I personally talk about fics and fandom on main all the time, as it’s a part of my research and I talk about the ramifications of such thought often. I am extremely self aware of what I do, and my blog is evidence of that. 

Here, Here, Here, and here are a few examples. 

It would be different if someone was actively tagging or tweeting someone’s fantasy at the band on main. But we aren’t contributing to that harm here. We all mind our business and keep our spaces tight for Tumblr fans and Tumblr fans only. I think it can only be a problem if someone isn’t aware of their influence with harmful dynamics and/or depictions of a celebrity–especially if they aren’t aware of it. Real person fiction can absolutely be something someone isn’t cool with, however, I don’t think it’s fair to police others that work within the healthy boundaries of fandom, especially if people are just doing what they’ve always done. 

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At this point, the guy who had reeled him in had literally fallen over in shock, and the other people with him were scared shitless. The warden whipped some citations out of a plastic bag in his wetsuit, made the trespassers sign them, asked if they had any questions, and then gathered all of their fishing gear. And he just. Walked back into the river. And quietly swam away, without another word.

i wish somebody looked at me like the way he looked at that onion