+ Commonly banned books throughout History
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.
-Oscar Wilde
That’s funny, because throughout my years of high school AP English, we read 5 out of these 9
This Memorial Day, we took a look back at how the U.S. soldier has evolved over the years. Did you know camouflage wasn’t introduced until the end of World War II?
I REMEMBER LEARNING ABOUT HIM!kehinde wiley.
OH MAN I LEARNED ABOUT HIM AND ART HISTORY AND HE’S LIKE MY NEW FAVE
he takes dudes like these guys and lets them pick out/chooses an older picture to emulate and it’s a really interesting dichotomy between the hypermasculine way we’re supposed to think of black men and the way masculinity was thought of back in the day!
SO COOL RIGHT
If I’m remembering right, there is a GINORMUS piece by him in the Minneapolis Institute of Art. It’s, in case you missed it, HUGE, and beautiful.
Oh god, I remember talking about that piece for art history! It’s so enormous and amazing.
We made self portraits in painting in his style.
I could love you if we had time.
I could be yours if you’d let me.
I may love you.
I want to take care of you, and do things for you.
I love the way you lay your head in my lap, when you want me to massage your scalp, or the way that we wrestle and fake- attack each other.
And the way you hug me and love on me and poke me and are just generally adorable and such.
I love our talks.
you have taught me so many new things. Thank you for that.
And your face. That smile. It’s irresistible.
Honey,
I could love you.
