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History of Step

What is Stepping?

What is Step?

Stepping or step dancing is “a percussive dance in which the participant’s body is used to produce complex rhythms and sounds through a mixture of footsteps, spoken word, and hand-claps,” writes the African American Registry.

Step has its origins in Africa, as dancing has been a large part of traditional African culture for centuries.

Calling Step a "bizarre silent dance without music" has to be one of the wilder antiblack racist descriptions I've ever heard of stepping lmao. Anyway if you see the video, it's step!!! They're stepping!! It's a Black American form of dance!!

#hello??? #this is wild even if i may not have remembered the name for it before this post #i at least know what step IS #also wild that these people consider percussive dance “bizarre” it could not be more clear what they are doing

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ok lets settle it. which laios is getting the best dick rn

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Reblog for a larger sample size, if possible.

#ominous cloak ominous cloak #i want to look like an Omen #polls

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#thepandaredd #tiktoks #batman #dc comics

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how?? just how?

#sir literally what the fuck #the fucking PLASTIC FOLDS #the SHINY GLAZE #amaury guichon #chocolate guy

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IG : @emperorofmischief

#this is so funny and very mad engineer of your dad

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the waistcoat I mentioned in my last sewing projects post! since this has a lot more moving parts and involved some more complex work than the shirts, this was something of a practice exercise, so I did it with a kinda cheap print from a quilting fabrics store. since I had a lot of fun with this I plan to make more in blue and red/gold fabrics that I have, which will hopefully, unlike the print, not leave little white marks everywhere a needle pokes through.

big note for next time is to try and pay more attention to the pocket welts (the little strips that cover the opening), since the pattern doesn't quite match up on either of them & the attachment is a bit shoddy.

...but a very exciting note for next time, or the time after, whenever I use the red/gold fabric, is that I will be using these:

these brass buttons were dated to the late 1830s by the antiques store I bought them at (a cursory Google suggests that button enthusiasts concur.) there are seven in total, which is a couple more than I need for the front closure, so I might see about making that one double-breasted and keep the seventh around for a spare or memento or what have you. hang it off my watch chain maybe.

also, it's a bit too dark to get a good image of it right now, but soon I'll have a picture to share of my "new" sewing machine! I mostly plan to use it for seams and other concealable structural elements--hand finishing is too much fun & provides too neat of a finish for me to give it up.

#it looks gorgeous!

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reblog for sample size !!

#beautiful tortoiseshell energy #polls

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alright trans guys i'm considering top surgery and i want to know how you handled nipple grafts because i know they're going to be itchy as fuck and i have the self control of a five year old alright now that the cis guys are gone i have a mission for you because i simply think it would be so so funny if you just lied to all the cis dudes about what women's bathrooms are like i'm talking walking in and asking where the swords are why there aren't any murals where the free drink dispenser is i want you to lie your ass off about all the great things you're missing out on by going into the men's bathroom because i think it would be very funny and very confounding anyway i really am considering top surgery if anybody has tips or input

#original #queer stuff #trans stuff #you know i'm right

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#if you could actually convince her to fight me i'd be fucking hosed she is so strong #though i suppose if i made unpleasant enough sounds i could win #sexually though... ;) #polls

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Bit telling that for years and years evangelical religious extremists have been allowed on university campuses with their bullhorns and horrific imagery where they harass students into physical altercations and when students complain to the university’s administration they just shrug their shoulders citing freedom of speech but when those same tuition-paying students start protesting against war and genocide they call SWAT

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Just thought people may enjoy this :)

#gorgeous

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i want 60 thousand votes by next thursday

#polls

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I cant believe this tweet is how I find out

#...y'all have had automatic kids' rights this whole time? #this is why american teens' relationships with their parents are Like That btw

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(english butler voice) Will you be making an attempt on your life this evening, sir?

#the butler in who killed markiplier tbh

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Fanfic tiktok is wild... I see so many people saying shit like "I could never read anything below 60k!!", or "What story can you even tell in under 5k words?" or "A oneshot below 10k isn't even a story!" or "I always filter completed fics by 100k< only!"

And I'm like...

A) which fandoms are you reading fics for where you have this kind of offerings on the regular?

B) have you heard of short stories? If you truly think every story NEEDS to be longform to connect with people, I sincerely feel sorry for you.

C) Average novel length is between 50k to 100k. I'm sorry, but CONSISTENTLY demanding fic writers to push out fics of that length is insane. Just think about it: YOU DEMAND AUTHORS TO PUT OUT FICS THAT COMPARE TO COMMERCIAL NOVELS IN LENGTH (AND QUALITY) AS A BASELINE.

Yall are wilding.

#these kinds of people exist???? #yo the 1.5-3k stories are my bread and butter #i have absolutely been punched in the throat by stories 700 words long #fanfiction