alicexz:

The “get these fucking prints out of my sight” giveaway

• So, I have an Epson Stylus Photo R3000 printer
• I use it for the high-quality 13”x19” Limited Ed. prints in my official shop but recently it has been out to make my head explode by casually putting a random ink splotch on otherwise perfect prints
• I am seething with rage!!!!! because it only happens randomly so I don’t know what’s wrong and also I use very expensive paper and ink SO EACH TINY SPLATTER costs me a fuckload
• I don’t want to throw out the prints because they look fine otherwise but I also can’t look at them any longer cause THEY ARE FAILURES AND MAKE ME SO ANGRY!!!!
• People who follow me on Twitter can attest to my total meltdown and tantrum because of this
• They’ve suggested that I sell them as discounted Artist’s Proofs or something but INSTEAD I am going to do a giveaway
• Next Saturday, March 16th, I will pick one or two losers winners to receive these prints free of charge. They normally cost $80-$95, and I don’t sell some of these pieces anywhere else, so I figure if anyone wants ‘em and doesn’t mind the imperfections…
• The prints are 13”x19” and will be signed and dated and marked “PROOF.” I’ll ship anywhere.
• I don’t fucking care how many times you reblog
• But try and reblog at least once because the goal is that maybe someone who sees this post is a Printer Whisperer and can tell me why the fuck my printer is being such a douchebag
• I don’t fucking care if you’re following me
• Get these fuckiNG FAILURES out of my sight!!!!11

crackerhell:

goodstuffhappenedtoday:

How A Middle-School Principal Persuaded Students To Come To School

by David Kestenbaum

Shawn Rux took over as principal of MS 53, a New York City middle school, last year. At the time, 50 or 60 kids were absent every day. You could understand why they stayed away: The school was chaos.

Twenty-two teachers had quit, the entire office staff had quit, and hundreds of kids had been suspended. The school was given a grade of F from the city’s department of education.

“It was in a bad place,” Rux says.

Rux decided he needed to create incentives for kids to come to school. Incentives that were more obvious to middle-school kids than, “If you come to school you’ll be better off 20 years from now.”

He handed out raffle tickets to anyone who showed up to school on time. One of the prizes was an Xbox. And he threw in an element of randomness: The first kids in line when the doors opened might get 20 tickets.

It worked. Kids started showing up early.

“It was … like, ‘Get out of my way, I’m trying to get into school,’ ” Rux says. “It was nice.”

Rux also created his own currency. He called it Rux Bux. Teachers hand them out when kids are well behaved. They can be traded in for school supplies, or special lunches. A sixth-grader named Wander Rodriguez is trying to save up 5,000 Rux Bux — enough for a personal shopping spree with Rux.

The principal also stands outside school every morning, greeting the students as they show up. This recognition is another, subtler incentive to come to school.

“I like this school,” Wander Rodriguez says. “They treat me like home, they treat me nice, they always give me stuff. … They always say ‘hi’ in the mornings.”

The school went from an F to a C. Daily attendance went up to over 90 percent. Then the hurricane hit.

The school is in Far Rockaway, Queens — one of the areas hardest hit by the storm. Some kids’ homes were destroyed. One student who stayed at home through the storm told a teacher, “My apartment complex was in the middle of the ocean.” Rux’s car was destroyed. The first floor of his house was flooded.

After the storm, after school started up again, Rux’s goal was to get attendance back to 90 percent. Every day, his staff texts him the attendance numbers. The day I visited last week, 89.2 percent of students attended school. Close, but not close enough for Rux.

The storm has been tough on everyone, he says. But that’s no excuse. Kids have to be in school.

not going to see this man in no news nowhere

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g0ggles:

I think this is the most concise summary of privilege I’ve seen yet

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casual-isms:

Just a reminder.

A+ for design and message!

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littlewendycat:

alecshao:

Beili Liu - The Mending Project (2011)

“…Hundreds of Chinese scissors suspended from the ceiling in a shimmery cloud. The piece involved the artist sitting at a small black table, hand-mending patches of fabric together which visitors were encouraged to cut themselves near the entrance. As the performance continued, the piece grew as one continuous cloth and lay spread on the floor.  

The hovering mass of the downward-pointed scissors represent the distant fear and looming violence present in today’s cultural climate. The sharp blades above the artist are put in contrast by the silent and simple act of mending. The dichotomous result of the instant fear superimposed with the calming effect of the sewing created a surreal atmosphere in the room.”

this is awesome but holy shit fuckin’ terrifying

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anotherlgbttumblr:

jeremypaxmanspants:

jenniferpaszik:

sassygaythunderer:

narcomanic:

Anyone else find it strange that when 6-year-old girls play house and declare their desire to have kids of their own, people say, “Aww, that’s so cute,” but when a 20-something-year-old woman, who has researched the facts and considered her own aptitude for motherhood, says she doesn’t want children - then there must be something wrong?

I’ve never really had any sort of maternal instinct towards children. I do not like being around them much… I think I’d prefer to have animals and plants as my children. Just cause they’re not human doesn’t mean I can’t care for them.

Personally I don’t think it’s strange that little girls want children. We’re women; it’s our basic, animal instinct to have children. It’s what we were biologically built to do. Humans have become a very sophisticated species so we do have the ability to choose whether we want kids or not, but I do believe that at some point during a woman’s life, they will want something to care for. Maybe not children per se, but we need to focus our maternal energy towards something.

I’ve spent my entire life telling my biological instincts to piss off and I’m not about to stop

Exactly. Personally I don’t believe in any ‘maternal energy’ bullshit. There is no proper research to suggest that women have ‘maternal energy’ that seperates them from men. Many people are caring, many people love to care for things. Being a woman has nothing to do with it. 

Nor is it scientifically proven that cisgendered women have a ‘biological instinct’ to have kids with the exception of a short period in their thirties when their body signals that it’s fertility is starting to decrease. The idea that this makes women into irrational children-craving maniacs is wide spread, yet just as untrue as the idea that PMS changes women into serial killers. Women are just as capable of making rational decisions about their lives as men and are not at the mercy of their hormones. It’s ridiculously sexist to claim otherwise. 

Cisgendered women were born ability to have children. They are also born with ability to learn how to climb mountains, to become truck drivers and to memorize Cicero. This does not mean they are born with an inherent desire to do any of those things. Wanting children is not more natural or instinctive, nor is not wanting children unnatural, abnormal or a phase. 

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lucifelle:

Brings things into perspective a little bit…

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