#second edit:

[peachdeluxe]

A lot of you on here feel waaay too comfortable admitting that you don't and refuse to listen to rap music, and I'm not loving the incredibly reductive takes on rap because the kendrick/drake beef has it on some of yall's radar for the first time in your life.

I'm not going to sugar coat it-- for americans especially, if you consider music a significant interest of yours but still feel the need to search for acceptable reasons to keep yourself ignorant of black music, or think of rap as a monolith of hate and violence and not equally as diverse as any other genre, or can only name nonblack rappers… you should be embarrassed of that. And your embarrassment should not keep you from being active about exposing yourself to unfamiliar art and broadening what you listen to.

'I don't understand what they're saying/they rap too quickly' I'm surprised by how much I keep seeing this-- speed is not a stylistic trademark of most rap music, & clearer diction as a performer is much more necessary in rap than other genres?? Statistically rap has a lower bpm (here's an example of one person's study) average than other genres. (of course these aren't all-encompassing, but you can look into this yourself using sites like bpmdatabase.com.) Do you really feel overwhelmed by speed listening to Kendrick or Biggie or Nas or 2Pac, or have you never actually listened to their songs?

'I have to look up the lyrics'-- so what? is it a bad thing to take an extra few seconds to engage with an artist's work? If you listen to lyrical music, do you care when it's the artists you listen to? Why does the thoughtful art consumption everyone talks about not also apply to black art?

'there is too much violence and misogyny and commercialism' this is not unique to rap, or true of all rap music. Artists exist that talk about other things, the way they exist in all genres. There is an entire wikipedia page listing alternative hip hop musicians and rappers if you consider seeking it out too much labor. Click one!

'i find it unrelatable'-- who cares? Being unable to engage with art you don't find wholly relatable is a deeply childish and self centered way to exist. You get on here reblogging feel good navel-gazey posts about the shared human experience and caring for one another, but a rapper talking about living with violence or poverty is stretching the limits of what you can imagine or empathize with too much for you to care about it? You don't find that embarrassing to admit to?

You don't have to love rap, you don't have to incorporate it into what you listen to every day, but a lot of you need to be aware you're parroting reagan era anti-rap (& antiblack) pearl-clutching talking points, and it's a very ugly look. It isn't racist if your favorite genre isn't rap, but you need to do some serious self reflection if you consider it inherently less artistic, intelligent or positive than 'whiter' genres when you don't actually listen to it. I am looking at you, people into other counterculture genres-- it's crazy how much I see this from self-professed punks and metalheads especially lmfao. If expression, counterculture art, anti-censorship in music and the right for raw and unfiltered music to exist matters to you as much as you say you do, you should care about rap's relationship to censorship & fight for its legitimacy just as much as what you listen to.

#i dont like personal posting on tumblr in general but i do not like the vibe on here lately #edited cause i did misread the way the second graph was presented #point about speed still stands

[badolmen]

People against piracy fail to realize that no, I can’t just ‘buy it.’ They stopped making DVDs and Blu-Rays. They’re barely offering digital copies for download. I am not spending money I could use for food or bills to pay for a subscription service just so I can always have access to a beloved piece of media. Especially not when the service will remove media on a whim without concern for how the loss of access to that piece will make its artistic conservation nigh impossible.

For example, I recently learned that Disney+ had an original film called Crater. It’s scifi, family friendly, and seems cool - I would love to buy it as a holiday gift for my little brother! But: it’s exclusive to D+ and THEY REMOVED IT LITERALLY MONTHS AFTER ITS RELEASE.

The ONLY way I can directly access this film is through piracy. The ONLY available ‘copies’ of this film are hosted on piracy websites. Disney will NEVER release it in theaters, or as something to buy, and it may NEVER return to the streaming service. It will be LOST because we aren’t allowed to purchase it for personal viewing. If I can’t pay to own it, I won’t pay for the privilege of losing it when corporate decides to put it in a vault.

So yes, I’m going to pirate and support piracy.

#ra speaks #piracy #media piracy #pirate to make hondo ohnaka proud #obligatory ‘don’t fucking pirate small authors/artists works wtf dude’ statement. #anyone who’s seen my media bitching before knows I’m a hype man for indie films this ain’t about them #this is about corporate streaming services killing physical media bc sales numbers are less impressive than number of streams #edit: USAmericans stop telling me to buy DVDs and blurays at Walmart. think outside your borders for a hot sec. fun thought exercise. #your experiences are not universal #edit: WHO GOT THIS TO 100k. I JUST WANT TO TALK (this post is my second to hit 100k woahg.) #in other news: fix your fucking posture. drink some fucking water. and go the fuck to bed if it’s late bc it’s for me rn. peace and light.

[junewild]

what do you say to a trans person who’s sharing after-surgery pics?

#oh hey i can edit this now that the blaze is gone #if you can see this & haven’t seen the second half of this post: go find it #lgbtqia #lgbtq #lgbt #transgender #trans pride #queer #queer humor #queer community #trans joy #lgbt humor

[dayvan]

from 2014

#since i haven't seen it posted here yet #israel #palestine #free palestine #caption edited to show the correct date #second edit to fix the link that redirected to a private account

[amartworks]

While listening to Hobie's contemporary records an incredibly vital question comes up… does he know?

#into the spider verse #across the spider verse #across the spider verse fanart #miles morales #hobie brown #spider punk #gwen stacy #spider gwen #miguel o'hara #mine #fanart #marvel #hoping miguel doesn't look too pale in the second image i just threw a gradient map on my sketch bc im exhausted #edit 14 Jun recolored it entirely

[stellarspecter]

@pscentral event 20: antagonists ↳ THE LORDS IN BLACK in NERDY PRUDES MUST DIE

#nerdy prudes must die #npmd #starkid #npmdedit #team starkid #the lords in black #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #npmd spoilers #userisiah #userfaiths #userbaz #usercats #userhallie #noooo fucking clue what to tag in this fandom lmao #musicaledit #? sure #anyway yeah i watched npmd and immediately had to make this i was up until 1 am last night #wouldve been earlier but i had to take a break for dnd lol #i was gonna do a tua set for the event but this is easier and better so like. slay #i just wish they had more screen time. pokey and tinky have less than 20 seconds each </3 #oh and the titles and stuff are from the fan wiki. hope i didn't get anything wrong #i've been getting a lot of use out of this motion blur text transition its so funky fresh #*edits

[charhounds]

#sorry. anyway #dungeon meshi #chilchuck tims #edit the caption on the second image doesnt show up unless you click on it. damn #i moved it so it shows up now 👍

[wizard-legs]

Inspired by a conversation I had recently, since we all know chilchuck is a grill master and senshi is food motivated

#my art #just edited quick bc I forgot to color the worm in the second panel shfjjd SORRY #my comics #comics #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #dungeon meshi fanart #chilchuck #senshi #chilshi #dunmesh fanart #fanart #comics on tumblr #artists on tumblr #art #doodles #digital sketchbook

[lieu-rey]

first meeting

#rdr2 #red dead redemption #red dead redemption 2 #arthur morgan #issac morgan #man sees baby for the first time ever and is surprised that theyre tiny little creatures #arthur being the man he is mustve had SO many emotions holding issac for the first time. and this is all he manages to say in the moment #im lowkey projecting bc when i met my niece i absolutely REFUSED to hold her until i saw her the second time and i was like. #oh my fucking god shes so fucking tiny #anyway. i hope nothing bad happens to them ever<3 #btw arthurs clothes come from an edit of a young version of him that i saw #and i also saw a video of someone managing to find a repurposed model of eliza in rdr2s data and shes got dark hair! #so i gave issac dark hair (and arthurs blue eyes<3) #arthurs definitrly into people with dark hair #pspspspsp arthur i have dark hair pspspspspspspsp #AHEM anyway- #sorry i cant draw babies even tho i see one all the time now LMFAO #my art

[koa-z]

inspired by a post by @nunalastor wherein cursed cat alastor™ inexplicably loves Lucifer

#hazbin hotel #lucifer hazbin hotel #alastor #cursed cat alastor #charlie morningstar #vaggie #hazbin hotel meme #hazbin hotel fanart #I've been wanting to make fanart for this fandom for y e a r s now #and of fucking course the first thing I actually finish is a fucking meme #alastor hazbin hotel #if you saw all of the slight edits i made in the first second after uploading #no you didnt

[butchdotnet]

thinking abt area x again... inspired by jeff vandermeer's annihilation (2014)

pieces bulletin monumental, vol. 35 (1869), société française d'archéologie [stone staircase] (2019), pixabay user id: jazella cmu typewriter typeface

#id in alt text #as always... click for better quality #book inspired #annihilation #southern reach trilogy #scifi #collage #digital collage #400x1200 #edit: opening in the first piece bothered me enough that i bit the bullet and fixed it #second edit: added more info abt pieces used

[5weekdays]

they gotta give me more enrichment at work look what i just doodled

^ joke that would have killed in 2011

🏳️‍⚧️ this post has come out as trans 🏳️‍⚧️

#i was so proud of walter’s typing quirk that i didn’t remember to make his last name six letter #this sucks. anyway #breaking bad #homestuck #EDIT: I MISSPELLED CAPSAICIN DON'T LOOK AT ME #SECOND EDIT: a transphobe reblogged this so i just want to reiterate that all my posts are transgender #so if you enjoy my posts thanks for being an ally 🫡

[natp20]

i love their energy

#dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #like seconds after the first pic murph yelled EDIT IT OUT #i too get very loud when embarassed #or when i'm caught doing something even remotely embarassing #brian murphy #emily axford

[zazrichor]

a reminder of you (and me)

#bbcmorgana #bbc guinevere #morgwen #merlinart #merlin fanart #that was my second prompt for the rvbb #obviously heavily inspired by love’s shadow by sandys & ellen terry ‘choosing’ by watts #it got claimed but alas #this was my last year’s masterstudy lmao #gwen’s dress underwent so many changes istg #EDIT: i WILL paint what i had in mind as a second prompt incentive #just don’t know when #zazrichart #procreate

[gryphll]

ATSV CHARMS!! Ordering a small batch for otakon :D

#spiderverse #across the spiderverse #atsv #miles morales #gwen stacy #peter b parker #pavitr prabhakar #hobie brown #miguel o'hara #IF YOU SAW ME EDIT THIS BECAUSE I FORGOT TO PUT MIGUELS MASK ON ON THE SECOND PIC NO YOU DIDNT!!!! HIDE YOUR FACE BOY #artists on tumblr #illustration

[hazgraph]

♫ If hell is forever, then heaven must be a lie. ♫

#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel edit #hazbin hotel spoilers / #charlie #emily #I'm sorry but this sequence in particular fucking GRIPPED me. #these might take a hot second to load. woops.