#class of 24

[amelia-mariee]

(rant post sorry)

don’t mean to bring down the vibe but when i started high school, i didn’t think i’d make any friends, and then i did and they’re the best group i’ve ever been in. and when i first realized that a friend group was being formed, i decided to not get attached because i knew that when this ended we’d all move away from each other. but you obviously can’t decide who you get attached to. and i’ve spent basically every day with these people for 3 years, but when we hang out now it feels like we just met. and it feels like we didn’t get enough time. i’m having trouble enjoying a lot of our time together because my brain just keeps repeating the thoughts of moving away over and over again. i’m suddenly so scared to graduate and everyone else is counting down the days but i just cant bring myself to. because i don’t need a reminder that i have 2 months left. things will change and we may see each other again but it will never be the same. and i don’t want to complain about how good i had it because i know so many people don’t have friendships as strong as i do, and that makes me very lucky. i’m just so sad it’s almost over. it might feel like we didn’t get enough time, but the reality of it is that we had a lot of time. and we spent most of it complaining and saying we wanted to go home.

#sorry for the rant #this is the only way i can talk about this #because i have trouble saying it out loud without crying #i definitely can’t talk about this with the group because i don’t want to ruin the vibe too much loll #i don’t want to make them worry about me #if anyone else feels this way or has felt this in the past i need to know i’m not the only one #insane amelia rambles #friends #friendship #rant #personal rant #high school #graduation #class of 2024 #class of 24 #2023 2024

[locustsend]

giselle tolman

#ts4 #ts4 edit #ts4 cas #my sims #oc: giselle tolman #gave her a new look :] #ill get to the rest of the cast later #i only did this bc i downloaded new cc lol #class of 24 #locust.png

[bgphotos]

The Colony Boys Basketball Squad: aka tha gang

#bgreat #basketball #sports #class of 24 #varsityjacket #texas #the colony #athletes

[koffee-lu]

I just submitted my first college application and the reality starting to set in

#koffee lu #koffeelutalks #class of 24 #college

[riveraphotoblog]

#seniorpictures #senior portraits #high school #high school senior #class of 24 #boston

[writingwithcolor]

Diversity Win: Is "Crazy Rich" POC Representation Necessarily Empowering?

sodapopsculptor asked:

I’m writing a story with two sets of protagonists: A trio with a Black girl, a Latino, and a Vietnamese-American boy who all come from middle-upper class to ridiculously rich families, and a pair of white working-middle class sisters. They’re all heroes of this story. I’ve seen way too many rich white people and poor poc people in fiction, and I’m kinda getting sick of it, but I’m worried that by having the poc kids be rich and the white girls not so much, I’ll be reinforcing the idea that poc somehow rule the world. The only time the rich kids use their status as leverage is when the Asian threatens to sic his cop dad on a bully (race unstated but I imagined him as white) picking on a freshman, and during the Black girl’s birthday party, when she pays the biggest jock there fifty bucks (And later says offhandedly that it was just what she had in her pocket) to chase off a creep hitting on her.

OP, have you ever seen the “diversity win!” meme before?

I understand that your motivation for these narrative choices is to give POC a chance, if you will, to be the rich characters. But it is evident from this ask that you have not asked yourself what this entails. I want to ask you to critically examine the race and class intersections you’re creating here, as well as these kids’ roles in oppressive systems.

You explain that these rich POC are heroes and only have righteous reasons for leveraging their power.

But is your Black girl character aware of the potential disciplinary and/or legal consequences her jock accomplice might face while she has the resources to keep her hands clean? Are you?

Is your Asian character aware of how much of an abuse of power it is to “sic” a cop on someone, and the sheer amount of harm a criminal record or incarceration does to a juvenile with behavior issues? Are you?

So you want to put POC in positions of power for #representation.

Does it resonate with the group you’re representing?

Do you research and portray the unique ways race, ethnicity, class, and majority vs. minority status come together?

Or are you putting these characters in oppressive hegemonic roles for the sake of a power fantasy, on behalf of a group you're not even in?

To your question, you're not reinforcing the idea that "POC rule the world" because such a generalized belief does not exist. Instead, you're reinforcing:

The idea that society has “winners” and “losers.”

The idea that the problem with disproportionately powerful people is the lack of “equal opportunity” as opposed to the power imbalance to begin with.

The idea that those in oppressive positions of power need only have the right intentions to justify their use of it.

To be clear: that is not to say that you can't have jerk aristocrat billionaire millionaire crazy rich POC. Evil or mean rich characters are fun! I have some myself! You can even have rich characters who are gentle-hearted and well-intentioned, but you have to know the ways in which they’re privileged and decide how aware of that your characters are. That’s no problem.

But if you think that wealthy and powerful POC would have the same values and priorities as their poorer counterparts, you’re deluding yourself. There’s a reason why the quote “power corrupts” exists. There’s a reason why no matter where you look on the globe, there are historical dictators and tyrants.

If you want bratty rich POC who lack regard for the consequences of their actions, because you want bratty rich characters, great! If you want them because it would be uplifting or empowering representation? You’re doing it for the wrong reason.

~ Rina

I fully agree with Rina, and truly want to emphasize the last paragraph.

If you want bratty rich POC who lack regard for the consequences of their actions, because you want bratty rich characters, great! If you want them because it would be uplifting or empowering representation? You’re doing it for the wrong reason.

I don't think you need to aim to subvert or purposely make all the BIPOC rich and powerful and the white people poor and suffering. Add diversity and include upper class rich and class privileged BIPOC, sure thing! And you can avoid your fears of intentional subversion message by including rich and powerful white characters as well, even if they're not the focus of your story. Just their existence helps. You could also include middle-class characters of Color as well.

More reading: Black in upper-class society

~Mod Colette

#class #upper class #capitalism #POC #creator responsibility #asks #representation #wealth #privilege #subverting tropes #intersectionality #crazy rich asians #last edited 1/8/24

[canisalbus]

Nervous Machete from my class notes!

we were learning about the spread of christianity.

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#he seems very concerned about the spread of christianity #I never thought about this but are you guys out there in class and work drawing Machetes from memory? #if that's the case you have good visual memory this has such distinct likeness #another excellent specimen to add to my collection of tiny margin/scrap paper/post-it note Machetes #thank you! #gift art #wacky-nameless-inventor-24 #own characters #Machete

[marzipanandminutiae]

I watch a fun IG reel of a maid getting dressed in 1790 vs. 1890. it's great! both maids are in practical, period-typical outfits with a few simple aesthetic touches because Humans Like Looking Good regardless of social class. you can tell they are maids because they put clearly functional aprons on, and the 1890s one is wearing a uniform-style cap. also the caption says they are. love it

I scroll down

the top comment: "but what did POOR women wear? you only ever show rich people's clothes!"

#dress history #fashion history #historical costuming #perhaps...working women...had nicer clothes than you realize? #perchance they...did NOT go about in rags? #shocking to even consider I know! #also if they're not being educational historical costumers don't owe you working-class ensembles in their fun personal hobby #but that's another conversation #(I'm a normal person 24/7! let me be a countess for a while!)

[rileyclaw]

feeling very normal about the emerald trio today. or every day. or always

#theyve been in my head and i need them to be HAPPY . i need to make CONTENT for them in the human realm #i need them to be HAPPY i know i already saidthat but im seconding it #rushed this bc i have a class to teach in UHHH 24 minutes #drops this and sprints off #the owl house #toh #toh fanart #my art #emerald trio #gus porter #willow park #hunter toh #something something about supporting cast bonding something something its my favourite thing ever #my arm hurts

[ashersanity]

Screw @princesstokyomoon for fueling my brainrot on this. Whatever, I fucking need to say it.

content warning! dub-con, cheating, small age gap?

Nonstop thinking about typical delinquent that Whitney is with PC as their teacher. Fuck, would it be so goddamn chaotic. Especially since you catch the blonde’s eye right from the start as you walk into the classroom, class they never attend to but shit, maybe they just might if you’re the one teaching it. Sweet smile of yours, introducing yourself to the students and even giving Whitney the same treatment as the others! Poor thing that you are, don’t even know what you’re getting yourself into as the bully grins right back at you.

Never misses a class of yours after that, everyone murmuring about it too, how the all time troubler maker in town is now actually going to school. Yeah, well they shouldn’t be getting their hopes up since it’s just another reason to come and see you, maybe check your ass out a bit whenever you turn around to explain a subject on the blackboard. Doesn’t hide their clear interest in you either, openly leering at the way the collar of your shirt hangs low, leaning over the desk to help the ‘clueless’ bully who desperately needed your help on this particular question. Too bad, Whitney’s not listening, already thinking of ways to have you settled between their legs with their crotch shoved into your face, so fucking cute.

Makes everything weird and sexual between the two of you on purpose, ordering them to go and clean the windows of the classroom as punishment for their behaviour. (I don’t fucking know). Happily obliges too, getting up from their seat with a smirk on their face, everyone else gaping since Whitney is never one to take orders from other people, much less their own teachers.

There is absolutely no reason for the motherfucker to be stripping their shirt off while they do it, fabric bunched up in their grip, now all wet and soapy from the water bucket used. Hurrying yourself their way to at least get them a jacket and hide their exposed chest, the delinquent smiling to themselves from the visible blush on your face.

‘Course it doesn’t just stop to that, stepping into class one day just to find them receiving head from a student under the desk though really they wish it was you under there. Sends you a fucking porn link of a teacher and a student going at it against the wall, panting and gasping instead of the math homework you asked of them, claiming it was an accident. The harsh reprimanding that you give them after that doesn’t stop them, only fuels the bully’s heated pursuit, needing to rub one out at the bathroom once you’re over with your little speech.

Even if you do turn down all their attempts at you, they know you’ll eventually crack, know you’re actually lonely deep inside, that your home life isn’t as exciting as it once was. Just a glance at you shows it all, you haven’t had it for a while haven’t you? Whitney’s there to help you out despite your insistences for them to stop.

Willing to play the long game and it does pay off as they trail their hand up your thigh, upwards to your crotch and you not stopping them like all the other times. Immediately gets addicted to the sick thrill of this twisted relationship, hushed breaths in the classroom, telling Whitney to keep it down while you’re bent over the table or maybe they’re bent over yours, either way it doesn’t really matter. Hastily pressing quick kisses to your lips, rough hand down your shirt as they grind against your thigh. Adorable look on your face that you make whenever you think you’re about to get caught too, tensing up and grip tightening around the blonde’s waist. Fuck, they love it all.

If you have a spouse too? Whitney is so rubbing it in their face like the petty little shit that they are, makes it clear that you two are fucking. Firm arm wrapped your waist or clinging onto your own like a needy puppy that just won’t go away, leaning into your frame, blatantly pulling your collar down to reveal the hickeys and bite marks left behind. Introduces themselves as your ‘favorite student’, as if they even got the grades to back that statement up huh..

Well, those whines and whimpers that the bully elicits out of you every time you two fuck on the desk, grasping at their hair for purchase, moaning out Whitney’s name instead of your spouse who’s long gone in your mind.

At least they’re getting it from the fucking hot teacher in school.

#WHEN I CATCH YOU WHITNEY WHEN I CATCH YO— #little shit #I will be grasping at that bitch if they were my student #get the fuck out of my class #though if I had a hot blonde delinquent hitting me up 24/7 #yeah actually you know what I don’t blame pc in this one #dol #degrees of lewdity #whitney the bully #whitney the BITCH #dol whitney #whitney dol #character x reader #gender neutral reader #asher writes #asher getting.. ideas! #asher rambling

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

What a difference 32 years makes juxtaposition of Mercedes-Benz 300 CE-24 Cabrio, 1992 & Mercedes-Benz CLE 450, 2024. The new A236-series Mercedes convertible has been revealed. The first E-class cabriolet was the W124 series. Both cars offer 3.0 litre straight 6 engines at the top of the range

UPDATE: So I was calling to our repro house on my way to work this morning and this was parked outside

#Mercedes-Benz #Mercedes-Benz 300 CE-24 #Mercedes E-class #Mercedes CLE-class #cabriolet #open roof #Mercedes convertible #What a difference #1992 #2024 #new cars

[locustsend]

charlie sinclair

#ts4 #ts4 cas #ts4 edit #oc: charlie sinclair #look at him! #im probably gonna post them more often #i love em so much #class of 24 #locust.png

[deuynndoodles]

[id: a digital sketched comic featuring tiny and mask from dey's links meet au and a nondescript bartender.

tiny walks into the bar, the bar counter at his nose, and says, "one glass of milk, please" to the bartender's surprise.

"...no. you're like, ten," they say, confused.

tiny reaches up and sets a "blacksmithing license" upon the bar counter, her face annoyed. the bartender picks it up to see a hyrule-issued smithing license which greatly mimics real life driver's licenses. the age on the license says tiny is 21.

"my apologies," says the bartender, brow furrowed, "one moment."

mask leaps onto a bar stool, wearing romani's mask, and says, "can i get some milk" to which the bartender responds, "oh sure" with a blank smile. tiny turns around, fists balled at his waist, and exclaims "i'm leaving." in all caps. end id]

tiny has such a babyface people don't believe she's allowed to drink. romani's mask pisses her off

#doodles #dey's links meet au #dlm #tiny dlm #mask dlm #i joked to my friend about how tiny was actually old enough to drink but then i got bored during class. turned that paper comic into this #REMINDER: tiny uses he/she and mask uses they/them! if you talk abt either of them in the tags pls try to use the right pronouns. love y'all #oh my gosh i accidentally signed this 2023. oops. it's supposed to be 2024 #i was still adjusting to my new sig i think #1/24/24

[moghedien]

Spy x Family is like “what if an entire series was one big miscommunication plot line but instead of adding unneeded drama and making the characters act annoying, it just made every situation 1000x funnier than it should be”

#it’s like ‘miscommunication but we’re gonna take it to the most ridiculous extremes’ #Loid tries to sneak off to do spy shit all day by telling them he’s gotta go shit real bad then disappears for a whole day? #now Yor thinks she poisoned him with her cooking because she made breakfast that morning and so now she’s wants to take cooking classes #so she doesn’t make Loid spend 24 hours on the toilet again #but she wants it to be a surprise so she’s coming home late and tired and with cuts all over her hands and now Loid thinks she’s mad at him #and the child is reading all of their minds and knowing everything but is also 6 and doesn’t actually understand any of it #spy x family

[elven-butts]

🌠 her 💫 me1 morgan is just anger issues in a cool jacket

#Commander Shepard #Mass Effect #femshep #morgan shepard #art #digital art #me1 #in her gits era #screaming crying throwing up #i love her so much ( ˃̣̣̥o˂̣̣̥ ) #undersuit 24/7 wearer #once again forced to stop drawing and go to class and.... draw NOT shepard #(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

[hershelchocolateart]

"I can't tell if the image is frozen or not, but after watching her increasingly erratic behavior, I can't shake the feeling that she's looking at me."

#the mechanisms #the bifrost incident #the mechanisms fanart #the mechanisms the bifrost incident #the mechanisms tbi #loki #the mechanisms loki #odin #the mechanisms odin #thor #the mechanisms thor #sigyn #the mechanisms sigyn #lyfrassir edda #the mechanisms lyfrassir edda #eye strain #just in case #GUYS THIS TOOK SO LONG BUT I LOVE IT SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH #lyf lives in my brain rent free 24/7 #instagram got this early because my class wanted me to make a reel #so yall get it early too!!!! #monsters lyf