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    photo: unsubconscious:

1965 Hair by Phillip Mason. Photo by Richard Blinkoff
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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1965 Hair by Phillip Mason. Photo by Richard Blinkoff
                
            

            
            
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    photo: wnderlst:
Hawaii | Flo

    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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    photo: dreamsofamadman:

somethingaboutdelia:

cryingalonewithfrankenstein:

This photo always cheers me up a bit. Itā€™s a front-page article from 1955 about Christine Jorgensen, one of the first women to have sex-reassignment surgery.
Since the text is a bit small and I couldnā€™t find a larger copy, hereā€™s what the small blurb says:
A World of a Difference

George W. Jorgensen, Jr., son of a Bronx carpenter, served in the Army for two years and was given honorable discharge in 1946. Now George is no more. After six operations, Jorgensenā€™s sex has been changed and today she is a striking woman, working as a photographer in Denmark. Parents were informed of the big change in a letter Christine (thatā€™s her new name) sent to them recently.

This article is 58 years old, and itā€™s more respectful of Christineā€™s pronoun choices and name than some publications are today. It makes me happy to see a newspaper be respectful of a trans personā€™s choice of name and pronouns like that :3

Say it again for the haters in the back who want to keep pretending that trans people, or even treating trans people with respect is even remotely anything new. šŸ˜Ž

Itā€™s worth mentioning, that this was kinda celebrated as a wonder of the atomic age at the time.Ā ā€œLook at the power of our scientists! Look at what we can do!ā€You know, back when America was trying to be the leader in scientific advancement.

    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                photo: dreamsofamadman:

somethingaboutdelia:

cryingalonewithfrankenstein:

This photo always cheers me up a bit. Itā€™s a front-page article from 1955 about Christine Jorgensen, one of the first women to have sex-reassignment surgery.
Since the text is a bit small and I couldnā€™t find a larger copy, hereā€™s what the small blurb says:
A World of a Difference

George W. Jorgensen, Jr., son of a Bronx carpenter, served in the Army for two years and was given honorable discharge in 1946. Now George is no more. After six operations, Jorgensenā€™s sex has been changed and today she is a striking woman, working as a photographer in Denmark. Parents were informed of the big change in a letter Christine (thatā€™s her new name) sent to them recently.

This article is 58 years old, and itā€™s more respectful of Christineā€™s pronoun choices and name than some publications are today. It makes me happy to see a newspaper be respectful of a trans personā€™s choice of name and pronouns like that :3

Say it again for the haters in the back who want to keep pretending that trans people, or even treating trans people with respect is even remotely anything new. šŸ˜Ž

Itā€™s worth mentioning, that this was kinda celebrated as a wonder of the atomic age at the time.Ā ā€œLook at the power of our scientists! Look at what we can do!ā€You know, back when America was trying to be the leader in scientific advancement.

                
            

            
            
dreamsofamadman:

somethingaboutdelia:

cryingalonewithfrankenstein:

This photo always cheers me up a bit. Itā€™s a front-page article fro...

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            







    photo: ā€œHey! Iā€™m volunteering in a bear refuge in Croatia and I thought like sharing this photo of a chillaxing lad with you guys.ā€œĀ (via)
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                photo: ā€œHey! Iā€™m volunteering in a bear refuge in Croatia and I thought like sharing this photo of a chillaxing lad with you guys.ā€œĀ (via)
                
            

            
            
ā€œHey! Iā€™m volunteering in a bear refuge in Croatia and I thought like sharing this photo of a chillaxing lad with you guys.ā€œĀ (via)

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            







    photo: How are your days going? Take a break, enjoy this copied photo
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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How are your days going? Take a break, enjoy this copied photo

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            







    photo: Found this in my photo album and it made my day!
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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    photo: redlipstickresurrected:

Edward Quigley aka Edward W. Quigley (American, 1898ā€“1977, b. Philadelphia, PA, USA) - 2 photographs from his photo book Sam with text by John Crawford, 1938, Photography
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                photo: redlipstickresurrected:

Edward Quigley aka Edward W. Quigley (American, 1898ā€“1977, b. Philadelphia, PA, USA) - 2 photographs from his photo book Sam with text by John Crawford, 1938, Photography
                
            

            
            
redlipstickresurrected:

Edward Quigley aka Edward W. Quigley (American, 1898ā€“1977, b. Philadelphia, PA, USA) - 2 photographs from his ph...

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            







    photo: It was going to be Photo of the Year, until (ctto)
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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    photo: Took this photo 3 years ago. Hope my boi is still out there.
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                photo: Took this photo 3 years ago. Hope my boi is still out there.
                
            

            
            
Took this photo 3 years ago. Hope my boi is still out there.

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            







    photo: Took this photo 3 years ago. Hope my boi is still out there.
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                photo: Took this photo 3 years ago. Hope my boi is still out there.
                
            

            
            
Took this photo 3 years ago. Hope my boi is still out there.

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            







    photo: Have a photo captioned ā€œliteral trashā€ of me in the bin.
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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Accurate photo of me right nowvia @orangeofaman
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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NGC 2020 (blue) and (red) NGC 2014, photo by Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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NGC 2020 (blue) and (red) NGC 2014, photo by Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI
                
            

            
            
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    photo: The real Falcon9 photo they donā€™t want you to see
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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    photo: e-e-e-s:
dudeinpyjamas:


anadiableau:
Okay but honestly fucking shit like this when they show Zukoā€™s scar side when talking about Sozin and then having the bar pass and have his non-scar side when Iroh says Roku is his great grandfather if EXACTLY the kind of shit that elevates this show to where really no other show has ever come and probably never will
I mean if you frame it in a photo it looks much better, in reality it was a moving shot. Still nice but not amazing. What really is an amzing shot is this
Who is realy imprisioned here? The way this shot is framed makes it clear that Zuko is in a prison of his own mind. In fact you can look at how Zuko and Iroh are generally framed in this scene
Zuko:
and Iroh:
Even in shots where Iroh is framed together with the iron bars he is far removed from them while Zuko is right in front:

What takes the cake though is the following shot sequence:
When it shows Iroh it zooms in from this:
To this:
While with Zuko itā€™s the exact reverse. It zooms out from this:
To this:
Say what you want but man Avatar had some amazing shot composition.Ā 

Also the reason The Last Airbender was better than Korra is because atla had Zuko and Iroh, while Korra didnā€™t. Fight me.



In addition to this scene being very well done, the whole The Avatar and the Firelord episode is just genius.  It just makes the parallels between Zuko and Aang so much more powerful in retrospect.  They werenā€™t on parallel paths just because.  They were on parallel paths because theyā€™re two parts of one lineage: Rokuā€™s Fire Nation lineage and his spiritual-mediator Avatar lineage.  And throughout the series the two of them are paired up through visual language, and the show even goes as far as match-cuts between the two of them as theyā€™re in different locations and different fights.  I forget where, but I KNOW thereā€™s a shot where Aang is dodging in a fight and basically running towards the viewer and it cuts straight to Zuko doing the exact same thing, like theyā€™re two enactments of one story.  
And the twin blades?  Zuko himself says theyā€™re two halves of a single weapon, and shouldnā€™t be thought of as separate.  The twin blades which we really first see in The Blue Spirit storyline, in which Aang asks Zuko if they COULD HAVE BEEN FRIENDS.  Itā€™s been stated that the blades represent the good and evil parts of Zuko, but isnā€™t that just a direct result of him grappling with his lineage, which is directly tied to Aang?
In conclusion: I am not ok and will never be ok.  Thanks Avatar.

    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                photo: e-e-e-s:
dudeinpyjamas:


anadiableau:
Okay but honestly fucking shit like this when they show Zukoā€™s scar side when talking about Sozin and then having the bar pass and have his non-scar side when Iroh says Roku is his great grandfather if EXACTLY the kind of shit that elevates this show to where really no other show has ever come and probably never will
I mean if you frame it in a photo it looks much better, in reality it was a moving shot. Still nice but not amazing. What really is an amzing shot is this
Who is realy imprisioned here? The way this shot is framed makes it clear that Zuko is in a prison of his own mind. In fact you can look at how Zuko and Iroh are generally framed in this scene
Zuko:
and Iroh:
Even in shots where Iroh is framed together with the iron bars he is far removed from them while Zuko is right in front:

What takes the cake though is the following shot sequence:
When it shows Iroh it zooms in from this:
To this:
While with Zuko itā€™s the exact reverse. It zooms out from this:
To this:
Say what you want but man Avatar had some amazing shot composition.Ā 

Also the reason The Last Airbender was better than Korra is because atla had Zuko and Iroh, while Korra didnā€™t. Fight me.



In addition to this scene being very well done, the whole The Avatar and the Firelord episode is just genius.  It just makes the parallels between Zuko and Aang so much more powerful in retrospect.  They werenā€™t on parallel paths just because.  They were on parallel paths because theyā€™re two parts of one lineage: Rokuā€™s Fire Nation lineage and his spiritual-mediator Avatar lineage.  And throughout the series the two of them are paired up through visual language, and the show even goes as far as match-cuts between the two of them as theyā€™re in different locations and different fights.  I forget where, but I KNOW thereā€™s a shot where Aang is dodging in a fight and basically running towards the viewer and it cuts straight to Zuko doing the exact same thing, like theyā€™re two enactments of one story.  
And the twin blades?  Zuko himself says theyā€™re two halves of a single weapon, and shouldnā€™t be thought of as separate.  The twin blades which we really first see in The Blue Spirit storyline, in which Aang asks Zuko if they COULD HAVE BEEN FRIENDS.  Itā€™s been stated that the blades represent the good and evil parts of Zuko, but isnā€™t that just a direct result of him grappling with his lineage, which is directly tied to Aang?
In conclusion: I am not ok and will never be ok.  Thanks Avatar.

                
            

            
            
e-e-e-s:
dudeinpyjamas:


anadiableau:
Okay but honestly fucking shit like this when they show Zukoā€™s scar side when talking about Sozin...

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            







    photo: gallusrostromegalus:

huggablekaiju:

aughtomaton:

banyanyabread:

elionking:

rootbeergoddess:

voidbat:

callmebliss:

rikodeine:

ajax-daughter-of-telamon:

tastefullyoffensive:

(photo via princessmisery)

This is a great idea!

this is really cool. Kids hate the big plastic keys cos theyā€™re not interesting, they wanna see the things the grownups use all the time

I kinda want one of these.

DUDE. itā€™s a giant fucking stim board! GENIUS.

This is brilliantĀ 

Shit, I might make one of these for myself

^^


This is extremely devopmentally appropriate and smart




Hey! They had a thing like this at my preschool, because not only is it a great entertainment center, its also a great tool for teaching toddlers fine motor skills.We also had a board with the fronts of shirts, jackets etc cut out and mounted so we could fool around with and learn how to use buttons, zippers, velcro etc, which meant I was dressing myself pretty early. We also had leftover keyboards, computer mice (sans cables) and a mix and match board of connector cables (bolted down and too short to strangle ourselves with) because I lived in silicon valley in the early 90ā€™s when the tech boom was happening and parents would donate computer stuff for us to fuck around with.Im looking at those gate locks up there and thatā€™s a bit of a bespoke parenting- Dad does run the risk of teaching this toddler how to escape a gated area like the yard, but if the kid isnā€™t prone to wandering, itā€™s a good safety thing for him to learn.Some other things to put on a fine motor skills stimboard: doorknobs and handles, switches and buttons (esp of you can wire them up to do something- kids learn patterns way earlier than you might think), window locks and cranks, assorted textures like carpet, fabrics, those reversible sequins, pebbles, sandpaper etc, the tops of jars with different kinds of lids top open and close, and (if you can stand it) anything that makes noises.But pretty much anything that can be fiddled with, changed by touching and is safe to nom on is a good thing.An additional caveat, from my own youth: if the fine motor boards are down at toddler height, dogs, cats, most pet birds and some reptiles will also play with and learn to manipulate these things.  Which is also good mental stimulation for them but you can give your animals interesting ideas about what is ok to handle and teach them skills you might not want them to know.
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                photo: gallusrostromegalus:

huggablekaiju:

aughtomaton:

banyanyabread:

elionking:

rootbeergoddess:

voidbat:

callmebliss:

rikodeine:

ajax-daughter-of-telamon:

tastefullyoffensive:

(photo via princessmisery)

This is a great idea!

this is really cool. Kids hate the big plastic keys cos theyā€™re not interesting, they wanna see the things the grownups use all the time

I kinda want one of these.

DUDE. itā€™s a giant fucking stim board! GENIUS.

This is brilliantĀ 

Shit, I might make one of these for myself

^^


This is extremely devopmentally appropriate and smart




Hey! They had a thing like this at my preschool, because not only is it a great entertainment center, its also a great tool for teaching toddlers fine motor skills.We also had a board with the fronts of shirts, jackets etc cut out and mounted so we could fool around with and learn how to use buttons, zippers, velcro etc, which meant I was dressing myself pretty early. We also had leftover keyboards, computer mice (sans cables) and a mix and match board of connector cables (bolted down and too short to strangle ourselves with) because I lived in silicon valley in the early 90ā€™s when the tech boom was happening and parents would donate computer stuff for us to fuck around with.Im looking at those gate locks up there and thatā€™s a bit of a bespoke parenting- Dad does run the risk of teaching this toddler how to escape a gated area like the yard, but if the kid isnā€™t prone to wandering, itā€™s a good safety thing for him to learn.Some other things to put on a fine motor skills stimboard: doorknobs and handles, switches and buttons (esp of you can wire them up to do something- kids learn patterns way earlier than you might think), window locks and cranks, assorted textures like carpet, fabrics, those reversible sequins, pebbles, sandpaper etc, the tops of jars with different kinds of lids top open and close, and (if you can stand it) anything that makes noises.But pretty much anything that can be fiddled with, changed by touching and is safe to nom on is a good thing.An additional caveat, from my own youth: if the fine motor boards are down at toddler height, dogs, cats, most pet birds and some reptiles will also play with and learn to manipulate these things.  Which is also good mental stimulation for them but you can give your animals interesting ideas about what is ok to handle and teach them skills you might not want them to know.
                
            

            
            
gallusrostromegalus:

huggablekaiju:

aughtomaton:

banyanyabread:

elionking:

rootbeergoddess:

voidbat:

callmebliss:

rikodeine:

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    photo: The photo of Will Ferrell to go with my last post since it was requested! (Will Ferrellā€™s advice to my father in junior high yearbook)
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                photo: The photo of Will Ferrell to go with my last post since it was requested! (Will Ferrellā€™s advice to my father in junior high yearbook)
                
            

            
            
The photo of Will Ferrell to go with my last post since it was requested! (Will Ferrellā€™s advice to my father in junior high yearbook)

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            







    photo: Hereā€™s a photo of two extremely photogenic alpacas to (hopefully) brighten up your day!Ā (via)
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                photo: Hereā€™s a photo of two extremely photogenic alpacas to (hopefully) brighten up your day!Ā (via)
                
            

            
            
Hereā€™s a photo of two extremely photogenic alpacas to (hopefully) brighten up your day!Ā (via)

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            







    photo: Was doing my daily swiping and I found myself sitting in the background of this girls photo
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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    photo: She wore a Toronto Maple Leafs cap in her second photoā€¦
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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    photo: My Mother-in-Law paints landscapes. I thought they were missing somethingā€¦ so I took a photo of her canvas andā€¦
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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    photo: What the actual fuck. Active tinder profile vs Instagram photo taken 5 days prior. No wonder guys canā€™t trust girls photos šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ #babydaddysearching
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                photo: What the actual fuck. Active tinder profile vs Instagram photo taken 5 days prior. No wonder guys canā€™t trust girls photos šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ #babydaddysearching
                
            

            
            
What the actual fuck. Active tinder profile vs Instagram photo taken 5 days prior. No wonder guys canā€™t trust girls photos šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ #babyda...

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            







    photo: Best yearbook photo ever.Ā via: Jillengel_
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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    photo: omg-humor:

That one time I didnā€™t look ugly on a photo
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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That one time I didnā€™t look ugly on a photo
                
            

            
            
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That one time I didnā€™t look ugly on a photo

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            







    photo: Photo shoot doggo doin a heckin smile šŸ„°via: leiannaxxx
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                photo: Photo shoot doggo doin a heckin smile šŸ„°via: leiannaxxx
                
            

            
            
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    photo: theawfuledges:
okay but the sheer fucking glee on the face of the person taking this photo is the best part about this
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                photo: theawfuledges:
okay but the sheer fucking glee on the face of the person taking this photo is the best part about this
                
            

            
            
theawfuledges:
okay but the sheer fucking glee on the face of the person taking this photo is the best part about this

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            







    photo: rayethefox14524:

g-blocking-antis:


notice-me-cherry-pie:


the-joker-hates-sjws:

kaldicuct:

jdbsmg-star:

henryismywaifu:

tinybookling:

littleblackchat:

lifeiscaulscott:

semiauto14:

daissychainss:

dilfweed:

jennaavh:

madmints:

takesabeating:

cheshireinthemiddle:

ginzers:

spoopy-roxxi:

ginzers:

spoopy-roxxi:

ginzers:

Teach children that this is not ok

Teach children that thereā€™s nothing wrong with this

Iā€™m really not understanding why you think cultural appropriation would be ok, unless you are assuming that the girl in the picture is part Japanese.

Yellow face yet sheā€™s using white makeup in the traditional style but okay.
Cultural appropriation isnā€™t a thing, hon. ā˜ŗļø Cultures should be shared by all means.

I disagree. The makeup is clearly reflective of traditional Geisha makeup which is yellowface and therefore racist. Furthermore, the girl is wearing a kimono, a garment that has for ages carried cultural significance. Assuming that she is white how can you think this is ok? And cultural appropriation isnā€™t a thing? What rock do you live under? I suggest you educate yourself on the differences between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation.

I am japanese, in japan at this very moment. The only people who think culture shouldnt be shared are racists like you. 
A vast majority of Japanese people actually enjoy other people making an effort to spread and enjoy japanese culture, and encourage it. Many make businesses in deliberately taking pictures of people in kimono. A common omiage (gift) for foreigners from japanese people is traditional japanese things such as kimonos, tea seats, shisa dog statues, ect. 
And to top it off, basically 80 percent of japanese customs, traditions, and food, came from other countries. Japanese is an integration of different cultures, like america. Japan takes influences from places like korea, china, russia, and europe. If japan stuck to itself, there would be no tempura, japanese tea, tea ceremonies, kabuki, japanese bread, japanese curry, j- pop, anime, cars, or modern fishing techniques. The picture is not ā€œyellow faceā€ they are not making fun of asians. In fact, it looks like they put extra care and research into their work. 
The only reason that you have a problem with this is because that little girl is white and you know that it is acceptable on tumblr to crap all over white people. The only racist here is you.

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I reblog this every time I see it

I live in Japan and Iā€™d like to back up this sentiment.Ā 
Recently a museum in Boston came under a lot of fire for allowing visitors to wear aĀ ā€˜kimonoā€™ (it was featuring a painting my Monet of a girl ā€“ a white girl ā€“ in a kimono, and the museum had replicas made that guests of ANY RACE could wear to mimic the painting, Pageant-of-the-Masters style). After protests and heated debate, the museum closed the event.
I was living in Japan at the time, and out of all the *actual* Japanese people I asked, not a single one was offended by the event. Rather, they were excited that people half a world away were showing interest in their culture, and were sad that visitors could no longer enjoy the event.
This party, though somewhat silly in application, is an attempt at experiencing and appreciating another culture. The mom who put this together is not an expert on Japan, but she did her best. She got a lot of things right: there are few things Japan loves more than tea, Pocky, and sakura.Ā 
Where do you draw the line for who isĀ ā€œallowedā€ to learn about Japan? If the girl were of Japanese descent, would that make it ok (even though her citizenship would be the same as the girl from the photo)? If one of the girlā€™s parents were from Japan, then would it be ok?Ā 
Are you only allowed to make pizza if you live in Italy? If youā€™re an Italian immigrant? How do we decide these things??
You canā€™t say you want to dismantle racism and then in the next breath make rules ā€“ based on race ā€“ for who people can wear, try, or eat, especially when the intent is obviously to have fun experiencing a culture (as opposed to having fun by making fun of a race or culture, like blackface does).Ā 
When you tell people they can only experience things ā€˜meant for their raceā€™, it totally smacks of segregation to me and I canā€™t stand it. As someone who (obviously) loves Japan, I say let people learn about it, let people experience it, let people appreciate it. You donā€™t have to know every single thing about a culture to enjoy it.



fucking people got owned is what, fuck i hate how people say you cant do shit when culture should be shared and is shared its how it grows and changes through fucking generations itS HOW YOU LEARN about the world and just fucking, tumblr fucking stupid like 70% of the dam time

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Same. Iā€™m glad when people enjoy my culture, wear our traditional clothes and try our food recipes, as long as its respectful :)



All people should try to learn other religions! Iā€™m proud of this girl!

    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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Teach children that this is not ok

Teach children that thereā€™s nothing wrong with this

Iā€™m really not understanding why you think cultural appropriation would be ok, unless you are assuming that the girl in the picture is part Japanese.

Yellow face yet sheā€™s using white makeup in the traditional style but okay.
Cultural appropriation isnā€™t a thing, hon. ā˜ŗļø Cultures should be shared by all means.

I disagree. The makeup is clearly reflective of traditional Geisha makeup which is yellowface and therefore racist. Furthermore, the girl is wearing a kimono, a garment that has for ages carried cultural significance. Assuming that she is white how can you think this is ok? And cultural appropriation isnā€™t a thing? What rock do you live under? I suggest you educate yourself on the differences between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation.

I am japanese, in japan at this very moment. The only people who think culture shouldnt be shared are racists like you. 
A vast majority of Japanese people actually enjoy other people making an effort to spread and enjoy japanese culture, and encourage it. Many make businesses in deliberately taking pictures of people in kimono. A common omiage (gift) for foreigners from japanese people is traditional japanese things such as kimonos, tea seats, shisa dog statues, ect. 
And to top it off, basically 80 percent of japanese customs, traditions, and food, came from other countries. Japanese is an integration of different cultures, like america. Japan takes influences from places like korea, china, russia, and europe. If japan stuck to itself, there would be no tempura, japanese tea, tea ceremonies, kabuki, japanese bread, japanese curry, j- pop, anime, cars, or modern fishing techniques. The picture is not ā€œyellow faceā€ they are not making fun of asians. In fact, it looks like they put extra care and research into their work. 
The only reason that you have a problem with this is because that little girl is white and you know that it is acceptable on tumblr to crap all over white people. The only racist here is you.

Rekt

b t f o

Dang she got shut down.

Damn Iā€™ve never hit reblog so fast in my entire fucking life

Daaaaamn

Pew pew pew

I reblog this every time I see it

I live in Japan and Iā€™d like to back up this sentiment.Ā 
Recently a museum in Boston came under a lot of fire for allowing visitors to wear aĀ ā€˜kimonoā€™ (it was featuring a painting my Monet of a girl ā€“ a white girl ā€“ in a kimono, and the museum had replicas made that guests of ANY RACE could wear to mimic the painting, Pageant-of-the-Masters style). After protests and heated debate, the museum closed the event.
I was living in Japan at the time, and out of all the *actual* Japanese people I asked, not a single one was offended by the event. Rather, they were excited that people half a world away were showing interest in their culture, and were sad that visitors could no longer enjoy the event.
This party, though somewhat silly in application, is an attempt at experiencing and appreciating another culture. The mom who put this together is not an expert on Japan, but she did her best. She got a lot of things right: there are few things Japan loves more than tea, Pocky, and sakura.Ā 
Where do you draw the line for who isĀ ā€œallowedā€ to learn about Japan? If the girl were of Japanese descent, would that make it ok (even though her citizenship would be the same as the girl from the photo)? If one of the girlā€™s parents were from Japan, then would it be ok?Ā 
Are you only allowed to make pizza if you live in Italy? If youā€™re an Italian immigrant? How do we decide these things??
You canā€™t say you want to dismantle racism and then in the next breath make rules ā€“ based on race ā€“ for who people can wear, try, or eat, especially when the intent is obviously to have fun experiencing a culture (as opposed to having fun by making fun of a race or culture, like blackface does).Ā 
When you tell people they can only experience things ā€˜meant for their raceā€™, it totally smacks of segregation to me and I canā€™t stand it. As someone who (obviously) loves Japan, I say let people learn about it, let people experience it, let people appreciate it. You donā€™t have to know every single thing about a culture to enjoy it.



fucking people got owned is what, fuck i hate how people say you cant do shit when culture should be shared and is shared its how it grows and changes through fucking generations itS HOW YOU LEARN about the world and just fucking, tumblr fucking stupid like 70% of the dam time

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Vintage post, sipping on it like fine wine.

Always a fan of seeing this happen



Have fun, not make fun of



Same. Iā€™m glad when people enjoy my culture, wear our traditional clothes and try our food recipes, as long as its respectful :)



All people should try to learn other religions! Iā€™m proud of this girl!

                
            

            
            
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    photo: This photo of Brazilian soldiers patrolling the streets on water buffaloes reminded me of my favorite character in Blazing Saddles
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                photo: This photo of Brazilian soldiers patrolling the streets on water buffaloes reminded me of my favorite character in Blazing Saddles
                
            

            
            
This photo of Brazilian soldiers patrolling the streets on water buffaloes reminded me of my favorite character in Blazing Saddles

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            







    photo: This photo of Brazilian soldiers patrolling the streets on water buffaloes reminded me of my favorite character in Blazing Saddles
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                photo: This photo of Brazilian soldiers patrolling the streets on water buffaloes reminded me of my favorite character in Blazing Saddles
                
            

            
            
This photo of Brazilian soldiers patrolling the streets on water buffaloes reminded me of my favorite character in Blazing Saddles