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Hanif Abdurraqib, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

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coming by Philip Larkin

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The Swing, oil on canvas, Edouard Bisson (1856-1939)

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Details in Black

A Closer Look at Historical Fashion in Art

Portrait of a Lady with a Fan, 1890, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Portrait of Catherine of Braganza, Queen of England, c. 1665, by Peter Lely

Portrait of Mrs. James Guthrie, c. 1865, by Frederic Leighton

Portrait of Natalia Sanguszkowa née Potocka, 1829, by Johann Ender

Portrait of a Woman, 1581, by Frans Pourbus the Elder

Madame Jacques-Louis Leblanc, 1823, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Portrait of Amalia van Solms, 1650, by the workshop of Gerard van Honthorst

Portrait of Lady Dacre, 1633, by Anthony van Dyck

Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau), 1884, by John Singer Sargent

Portrait of Jane Drummond, 1836, by Antoine Plamondon

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Details in Blue

Infanta Isabel de Bourbon, 1866, by Vicente Palmaroli y Gonzalez.

Madame Charles Simon Favart, 1757, by François-Hubert Drouais.

Marie-Thérèse de Savoie, 1775, by Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty.

Princesse de Broglie, 1853, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres.

Admiring the Gift, by Pio Ricci.

Portrait de Philomena Lynch, 1900’s, by Paul Jobert.

Marie-Antoinette with the Rose, 1783, by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun.

Anne Streatfeild, 1756, by Arthur Devis.

María Isabel Álvarez y Montes, 1868, by Federico Madrazo.

Portrait of Amalia de Llano, 1853, by Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz.

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A pair of forest floor scenes - Johann Falch - before 1727 - via Christie's

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You glimpsed a building through the trees, as day slipped into night — darkened windows glistening beneath the neon lights.

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confusing comic about existing as a trans person during confusing times of trans visibility.

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Marwan Makhoul

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A Garden in October, Aldworth Helen Allingham (1848–1926) The Higgins Bedford

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one thing about me i’m the leaver. i will leave

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do it scared do it weird do it alone. holy trinity

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Louise Glück, from “Mutable Earth”, Poems 1962-2012

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anyways (I say this as someone who is deeply critical of the united states government, military, unchecked capitalism, police, etc) I am SICK of people treating america as if it has no cultural value or positives so….. I love u 85 million acres (bigger than italy) of national parks. I love u harlem renaissance. I love u groundhogs day. I love u sweet tea and fried chicken and jambalaya. I love u apple cider donuts and maizes on crisp autumn days. I love u 95k miles of coastlines and new england fisherman and hand knitted sweaters. I love u halloween where millions of people dress up and give candy to strangers and carve jack o’lanterns. I love u small talk and small towns and potlucks and bringing over casseroles to your struggling neighbors. I love u cowboys and ranch hands and arizonian cactus. I love u appalachian trail and dirtbikes and divebars. I love u sparklers and fireflies. I love u mark twain and toni morrison and emily dickinson and henry david thoreau. I love u rock n roll i love u bluegrass and hippies i love u jimi hendrix and nirvana and CCR and janis joplin. I love u victorian houses and jonny appleseed and john henry and mothman and bigfoot. I love u foggy days in the pacific northwest and neon signs and roadside attractions. I love u baseball and 1950s diners and soft serve. I love u native american art and pop art and poptarts. I love u blue jeans and barbecues and jazz musicians 

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Alex Dimitrov, from "Tuesday"

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Athena Nassar, from "Love Is Not Always Song, but the Swelling"

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