Silver Tongue

Sep 03

rowark:

bisexual-boredom:

moonlighteduniverse:

silver-tongues-blog:

opalescentdragon:

lunarcanine:

dragon-in-a-fez:

consider: teenagers aren’t apathetic about everything they’re just used to you shitting all over whatever they show excitement about

Teen: *gets a job*

“I GOT THE JOB!”

Parents: Well, when I was your age, I already had 5 jobs and was supporting my family

Teen: *gets all A’s*

“I worked really hard!”

Parents: Well, of course you did, this is the expectation, not a celebration.

probably why so many teens take to social media where they can enthusiastically share their interests and achievements and get positive feedback that their parents never gave

A LITTLE LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

This hit hard

I remember once, when I was in my early 20s, I was an afternoon supervisor at my job, and I worked with mostly teenagers, and the one day this one kid, who was like 15, was bored so I suggested he could clean out the fridge. He did and when he was done I said he did a good job.

After that, this kid was cleaning out the fridge at least once a week, and I was like, “why are you always cleaning the fridge?” Like, I didn’t mind, but it seemed odd. And he said, “one time I cleaned the fridge and you said I did a good job. I wanted to make you proud of me again.”

Literally, I changed the entire way I interacted with teenagers after that. I actually got a package of glitter stars and I would stick them on their nametags when they did a good job, and they loved it.

My manager had commented on how hard these kids work and I said, “they’re starved for positive feedback. They go to school all day then come to work all evening and no one appreciates it because it’s expected of them, but they’re still kids. They need positive feedback from adults in their lives.”

Like, everyone likes feeling appreciated. Everyone likes being complimented and having their efforts be noticed. Another coworker (who was a mother of teenage children), hated that I did this, and said they were too old to be rewarded with stickers, but like… it wasn’t about the stickers. The stickers were just a symbol that their effort was noticed and appreciated. I was just lucky that I learned this at a time when I was still young enough to remember what it was like to be a teenager. I was only 2 years out of highschool at that point and highschool is fucking hard. People forget this as they get older, but ask anyone and almost no one would ever want to go back and do it again, but they expect kids to suck it up because they’re young so they should be able to do school full time, plus homework, and work, and maintain a healthy social life, and sleep, and spend time with family, and do chores and help out at home, and worry about college and relationships and everything else, and then just get shit on all the time and treated like they’re lazy and entitled. And then they wonder why teenagers are apathetic.

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mummified-priest:
“ cats-moss-gays:
“ helloitsbees:
“ keanurevees:
“ absolutely-flabbergasted:
“ portabellogna:
“ adriensabores:
“ nevver:
“The Muse’s Revenge, Ilya Milstein
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So I’m just going to leave this picture of an old Pablo Picasso here for...

mummified-priest:

cats-moss-gays:

helloitsbees:

keanurevees:

absolutely-flabbergasted:

portabellogna:

adriensabores:

nevver:

The Muse’s Revenge, Ilya Milstein

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So I’m just going to leave this picture of an old Pablo Picasso here for reference.

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#I recognized the reference but had assumed it was more of a general influence however they used the same molding and everything#I’m sure it’s supposed to be more of a general statement rather than being about any one artist and I’m sad there’s no caption on her site#but Picasso was certainly one of Those Artist Dudes#which is to say he was an abusive douchebag to most of the women in his life (x)

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yeah fuck this dude

Not to be dramatic but this is absolutely the right way to deal with creepy old men whose “art” is just pictures of naked women

By the way if you like cubism but really dont want to look at Picasso, check out Francoise Gilot. She tends to do a lot of really stylized paintings of women but… Yanno. Without the abuse.

She’s also one of Picasso’s exes and consequently one of his muses. She’s spoken at length about her experience. And thus far, she’s had some pretty sweet revenge. She’s free, her artwork is simply gorgeous, and she’s still alive today (as of 2020) at the age of 98!

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Edit: i would also like to add that Gilot was already an accomplished artist when she became involved with Picasso, and he completely sabotaged her career when she left him. He discouraged museums from showing her work, and he unsuccessfully tried to block the publication of her memoir, Life with Picasso. To my knowledge, she’s the only one of his “muses” who is still alive, so let’s maybe take this time to explore and celebrate the work of a woman who was overshadowed by her abuser.

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happylittlegoblin:

itsapmseymour:

“you should do high elf”

Me: Did you say thigh elf?

“N-no I said-

Me: Thigh elf it is

And the Elder Gods looked down upon the race of Thigh Elves and smiled, for they were pleased.

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ratliker1917:

commanderjoe1:

ratliker1917:

man imagine if elon musk got run over by one of his own stupid electric cars and just like fucking died from it. i’d be refreshing reddit the entire day. having the time of my fuckin life.

I get that the Tumblr people have a natural affinity for hating someone who gained success and is capable of actually making (small) change in the world, but if anything is below you guys, it’s the death wishes.

Do better ♥️

the cropped hentai avatar man really wants you to know it’s not funny to joke about elon musk dying, specially not from being extremely slowly run over by a shitty tesla clown car making goofy circus noises

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notedchampagne:
“notedchampagne:
“lost in translation
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bonus doodle that i did before drawing this. MOSTLY s*lf pr*jection though WHOOPS
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notedchampagne:

notedchampagne:

lost in translation

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bonus doodle that i did before drawing this. MOSTLY s*lf pr*jection though WHOOPS

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sulkings:

the best part of a relationship is when you both become the same person

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Originally posted by giffing-su

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shittymoviedetails:
“Someone speaks the truth
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shittymoviedetails:

Someone speaks the truth

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smogo:
“ hamerla:
“ wrathion:
“a champ
”
I can’t believe they’re gonna die in 26 days :’(
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as long as we keep reblogging the timer keeps resetting
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smogo:

hamerla:

wrathion:

a champ

I can’t believe they’re gonna die in 26 days :’(

as long as we keep reblogging the timer keeps resetting

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