#fittingin

I am fortified by the visual #poetry of fashionasart Wearing #ancestral tiaras & handed down #ballgowns add a sense of occasion to my pain. I’m not brave but I can just about manage to be #stoic with the aid of a #handcrafted crown embellished by my #subversive 18thC grandmothers & aunts & ancestors like #antislavery #campaigner - The Liberator #danieloconnell beloved by #frederickdouglass Sartorial magnificence coupled with the support & love of people who understand what it means to feel alone & afraid & unequal to the challenge of #fittingin strengthen my resolve Everyday we have the opportunity to define our future, by making choices that enrich the world via what we wear. The future is #sustainablefashion & #fashionasart #artisans #thinkers are the future! Viva The #lgbtqia #eccentrics & the #dandy & #dandizette of history whose footsteps we walk in today. #crown by @velveteccentric (at Mayfair, W1 London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDzlcHdAjyW/?igshid=hf43ow2se444

Last Sculpture piece before Reading Week. Noose is made of necklaces. All intact, just wired together. Want to expand this idea.

This is from a MCR song and it seems so fitting these days, because these days people are too scared to be themselves, and when they look at themselves in the mirror, all they see is flaws.

www.deadchicksarecool.com #tetris #fittingin #disappear #lifelesson #philosophy #wednesday #wednesdayaddams #theaddamsfamily #creepygirl #creepygirlsdoitbetter #goth #gothic #gothgirls #deadchicksarecool

My family pooled all their money together to send me to Syracuse. This is what my Tito Maro told me on one of my last nights home in #Cerritos. At first I scoffed at his words, but they stayed with me. Syracuse is a mostly white school in upstate NY, and I learned a lot of things I didn't know growing up in an Asian bubble: how to greet people hello, how to make small talk, how to eat cheese, how to skirt conversation topics that are taboo (weight/ appearance, money, grades), how to dress for interviews, cocktail parties and formal events, how to interact with parents and professors and people outside of my age group. It's easy to say I could have just been myself, that I didn't have to learn any of that. But it was crucial when I moved to Washington, where I've been a minority in almost every place I've worked. Tito Maro was right: In this society, I have to take on a white persona to fit into the workplace.

Quote by @_wakeupamerica! www.deadchicksarecool.com #ihaveabsolutelynodesiretofitin #fittingin #beyourself #letyourfreakflagfly #_wakeupamerica #wakeupamerica #quote #inspiration #inspirational #beyou #beunique #standout #deadchicksarecool