Hippomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

darkestgreen:

thebestworstidea:

resilientkate:

softgore:

“This piece was primarily a trust exercise, in which she told viewers she would not move for six hours no matter what they did to her.  She placed 72 objects one could use in pleasing or destructive ways, ranging from flowers and a feather boa to a knife and a loaded pistol, on a table near her and invited the viewers to use them on her however they wanted. 

Initially, Abramović said, viewers were peaceful and timid, but it escalated to violence quickly.  “The experience I learned was that … if you leave decision to the public, you can be killed… I felt really violated: they cut my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the public. Everyone ran away, escaping an actual confrontation.”

This piece revealed something terrible about humanity, similar to what Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment or Stanley Milgram’s Obedience Experiment, both of which also proved how readily people will harm one another under unusual circumstances.”

This performance showed just how easy it is to dehumanize a person who doesn’t fight back, and is particularly powerful because it defies what we think we know about ourselves. I’m certain the no one reading this believes the people around him/her capable of doing such things to another human being, but this performance proves otherwise.”

this is why performance art is important

So every single person who told me ‘ignore them they’ll go away’ and ‘you can’t let them know they bothered you’ and ‘They’ll stop if they don’t see you react’ and all that bull shit, my entire school career, I want you to look good and hard at this.

I want you to think about what you said.

What you keep saying.

What you are telling your children.

You are making them powerless.

that last comment. actually crying.

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Selfiesssssss, :P found this lovely tank at hottopic, wearing my asexy pride c:

bands-booksgalore:

dafunk02:

aflicted:

One of my professors told me that the most intelligent people are often the saddest and most depressed because they actually understand how shitty the world is.

Thank you for this post…

this is awesome.

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razorblades-and-lemonade:

my-skin-as-my-canvas:

mymindwontliftmefrommydreams:

justanotherteenagenothing:

I cried

This…

This is beautiful.

so inspiring..

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paigeallenyummm:

“this leaves men confused and unable to pigeonhole you. What they are forced to do instead is… take you seriously.

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roxylalondebeingpsychic:

coffee-and-paperbags:

mangosgonewild:

jerrymojo2:

I fucking loved this anime.

DID THEY ACTUALLY SAY THAT

yes they did

best romantic school comedy anime ever

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99shadows:

icarusversusthesun:

khimara:

The Celestial Quilt – Sleeping Under the Stars

That’s super rad.

want!

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ppworkspace:

221b-stark-tower:

where have i seen this already

oh right 

and this

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terra-mater:

15 amazing things in nature you won’t believe actually exist

Source

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curiouslyhigh:

datscoot:

futuristicninja:

A poem about androgyny in people / genderqueer people.

Reblogged it before, reblogging it again.

whoops it’s my favorite cute post

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