Woman Photographs Herself Receiving Strange Looks in Public

“I now reverse the gaze and record their reactions to me while I perform mundane tasks in public spaces. I seek out spaces that are visually interesting and geographically diverse. I try to place myself in compositions that contain feminine icons or advertisements. Otherwise, I position myself and the camera in a pool of people…and wait.

The images capture the gazer in a microsecond moment where they, for unknowable reasons, have a look on their face that questions my presence. Whether they are questioning my position in front of the lens or questioning my body size, the gazer appears to be visually troubled that I am in front of them.”

Photographer: Haley Morris-Cafiero

Project: Wait Watchers 

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Thought this was actually really cool and I’d share it with you guys! Takes a lot to get up there and do something like this. Love it!

this is such a fucking important project to me because i am constantly stared at in public in a negative way and turned into some disgusting object for the amusement of others and this is a peaceful way to confront those people

turning the spectators into the spectacle

she’s one of the professors at my college, and I have so much respect for her. She’s a really chill person. 

so about that whole thin privilege thing

Raven

from Alice Starmore’s new knitting book, Glamourie, from Dover Publications.

God. 

While I scrolled down I went from

Oh cool feather like hood

Oh wow

Ohhhh fuck.

Freaking fancy high fashion knits.

wuut.

THERES A PATTERN!?

I’m hollering

i turned this amazing tweet into an animatic. botnik studios took a predictive keyboard to write a chapter of harry potter, and this is what it came up with. 

audio used is prozd’s (with permission)

omg i come home from work and this blew up ! bless u all

anyway so i feel like the western obsession with romantic love is symptomatic of the absence of community we experience in our socially isolating society,

Twice-Exceptional Problems

When things that are hard for most people come easily to you, but you struggle with things most people find second nature:

People make a fuss over you when you do things that come relatively naturally to you.  That makes it hard to take compliments.

People take it for granted when you put forth monumental effort to do things you find almost impossible–and heap scorn on you if you do badly. So you become afraid to do badly and be “found out.”

And then they wonder why you have impostor syndrome and a skewed sense of self.

this may be the most accurate thing I’ve ever read. 

YESSSS.

“they act like I can write, but it just feels natural so everyone can probably do it.”

“they act like I should be better at doing homework and not losing things and managing my time and doing STEM stuff, so I must just be underperforming and taking advantage and doing the bare minimum and shitty like they say.”

Armageddon is one of the few DVDs I didn’t sell because Ben Affleck on the commentary track is relentless. Below is the clip of the commentary from where this tidbit of trivia came from. Please take a moment to witness the magic.

this is so fucking funny

“aim the drill at the ground and turn it on”

“WOW IM SO GLAD MY DOCTOR TOLD ME ABOUT THIS” SAID NONE OF US EVER

I’d never heard of this but this is like my entire life.

Because it’s not just fear of rejection or feeling inadequate or disappointed in yourself.

It is an intense, rushing panic, or a fast downward spiral of depression, where I can go from “Today is great, I’m doing a great job!” to “I’m stupid, she hates me, why did I say that, I’m going to just kill myself” in literally seconds. Especially important is that it does not need to even be real rejection–perceived rejection (and related cognitive distortions) feel exactly the same.

This here? Is why I will cry my eyes out when some random person I’m talking to online doesn’t message me for a day, because I feel rejected. Why being told I didn’t clean something right at work makes me go home feeling like I’m going to be fired the next day. Why I procrastinate on projects or confrontation, because the very idea of possibly being rejected is terrifying, because I unconsciously associate it with a feeling comparable to flying off a roller-coaster.

WAT!?!?!? IS THIS WHY I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE SHIT!?!?

Oh my God. Suddenly something makes sense

Sixteen years and this is the first I’ve ever heard of this.

200 fucking years and not a damn thing has changed.

These are human beings. 

Our brothers, our sisters, our siblings.

They will die.

THEY WILL DIE.

But the pipeline will be good for the economy, right?

Action, now!

The government did nothing about the armed anti government nuts in Oregon but jump to war strategies with Native Americans. This is so dangerous someone could easily die of dehydration in this heat. 

Smh fuck the Government

If this makes you angry, sign the “We The People” petition at whitehouse.gov.  It needs 26,674 more signatures to prompt a response by the White House.   https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-construction-dakota-access-pipeline-which-endangers-water-supply-native-american-reservations

Unarmed Black Man With Hands Up Shot By Police.

Charles Kinsey, 47, a behavior therapist from South Florida was shot in the leg three times by the police in North Miami while laying on the ground with his arms up and trying to help his patient with autism who had run away from a group home.

It all started when someone called 911 and said there was a man walking around with a gun. However it was Kinsey’s patient who was sitting on the ground cross-legged, playing with a toy truck.

Charles got shot by police despite telling them he was only trying to help his patient.

The police shot him, handcuffed him and left him on ground bleeding.

North Miami police have not released much information at all. They haven’t released the officer’s name, they haven’t given us an update on the investigation. However, they did say that the state attorney is now a part of this investigation.

#CharlesKinsey   #BlackLivesMatter 

#StopPoliceBrutality   #NorthMiamiPoliceDepartment

what the fuck? you shoot a unarmed man, hands up, lying on the ground, not even giving you lip, and all you have to fucking say is “i dont know”???? im so pissed off that this would never happen to me because im white. im pissed off white killers are treated to hamburgers while peaceful, unarmed, compliant black people are being shot and/or killed simply because the officer felt like it. not even felt like it. he didnt know. HE DIDNT FUCKING KNOW??? HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW??? IF YOU SHOOT SOMEONE AND YOU CANT EVEN THINK OF A REASON WHY, YOU SHOULDNT BE WITHIN FIFTY FUCKING MILES OF A GUN.

Bucky Barnes + Text Posts

This is FTM at 50 years old (on testosterone 13 years)

This is so important, I almost never get to see trans guys older than 25, which makes it really hard for me to envision myself growing into an older man, which in turn makes me feel really confused about my identity. But really I just needed to see some more representation.

Representation is important. Trans is beautiful. Trans is diverse.

Anyway

One of the reasons why I’ll happily defecate on RHPS, and why i’d shout into the void about it being transmisogynistic. 

The creator of it is shit. The play is shit. The show is shit. Folks who contest how shitty the dude and his creation are can go fuck a butternut squash

And people scream at how it was such good representation..ummmohkay

what kind of self-drag is this

#actual white devils

Guys really take a moment to read Kris Kuksi’s statement. This is heartbreaking what Black Sails did…

“Pirates of the Pirated?

Setting things straight…

NO I did not do the opening intro to Black Sails. Many people could argue my works were a big influence (probably more so than the producers would like to admit). I don’t like to get emotionally involved in these things but I would encourage you as fans to share your thoughts and even with the art directors Karin Fong, Michelle Dougherty, and Alan Williams.

Whatever the verdict is, the look in terms of shape, lighting, color, mood, emotion, etc. is resident of Kuksi or, gosh, is it all just coincidence that certain scenes look very Kuksi? Let me know your thoughts to help me decide here what is going on, and hopefully start a dialogue in how and why things like this happen in the art world-if so.

I won’t post a link to the intro but here are some comparison image stills throughout the intro.”