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uglyartdolls:

Very cool pic’s there aren’t enough ladies of color in alt modeling,this should give some of you inspiration ! Ugly Shyla

Bad Ass Black Goths: A Photoset For You To Reblog & Throw In People’s Faces

by Nuestra Hermana

In case you didn’t know, there has always been a lot of backwards ass racist sentiments towards black goths. Statements like, “there aren’t any black goths”, “black people just don’t look right as goth”, “Black goths are scary”, “Black people shouldn’t be goth” are prominent throughout the internet and within clubs and community circles.

Translated, these statements in their simplest root read something along the lines of: Black people cannot be gothic because they are not white.

Of course, not every non-black goth is this way but you will see more than plenty proclaim any of the above without a thought of how erasing and racist it is towards black goths.

Recently, I read someone posting something along the very same sentiment, claiming they had never seen a black person “pull off” being goth.

This here, is for all of you dears who truly believe that. I’m here to simply show you that Black goths do it real fucking well & are just as dark souled & artistically amazingly magnificent in the goth community (if not even more, yes, I did just say that to you.)

If you don’t know much about this or simply don’t believe me, you can read more for yourself here , where someone is asking for advice on “on how you would approach one” and here, where someone claims that black people make terrible vampires (TW: racist slurs)… and here where a black goth is attacked for simply asking if there are any other black goths in his area.

If you’re black and goth and want some support:

Black & African American Goths

Black/African-American Goths (364 members! Yes.)

Ps: I had a bunch more pictures but I couldn’t fit them in to this photoset.

^Truth

whoa. gorgeous people.

Black goths are definitely underrated and it’s sad.

My friend Priest was a goth back in Kansas.  Everyone knew Priest.  Sometimes he’d paint a white cross over is face and it was so impressive.  He’s one of the few things i miss about kansas, he was such a great guy.

Priest was awesome! He also used to wear those white-out contacts and the effect was so beautifully dramatic.

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lifeinthefastlaine:

lifeinthefastlaine:

Maybelline “Confidence” ads. SO happy with how the colors in these turned out in printing and matting. To clarify, these are not real Maybelline ads, they were created for an advertising class.

EDIT: This is important. This means a lot to me. I legitimately believe a huge mistake was made today.

These ads were a part of my portfolio into the advanced advertising program at my school. About half of the people who apply get in. I got into the first two creative classes, intro and intermediate, and I was confident I would get into advanced… especially after I posted these on tumblr and in a matter of a few hours got THOUSANDS of notes with people saying that they loved them, most people even believing they were real advertisements and not something a 21 year old student made for class.

The only reservation I had was that my portfolio was being judged by two older men. Two men who have never worn makeup in their lives. Two men who would probably not even begin to understand what this campaign means. Two men who have never been under societal pressures to wear makeup, but then being told they’re insecure for doing so.

Those reservations might have been founded, as evidenced by the fact that I did not get in. I was rejected. I got over 5,500 notes on these ads in 24 hours, yet I was rejected for not being good enough. I can’t finish the program, and I have to figure out where to go from here.

Now to the good stuff: Tumblr is amazing. Everyone who has reblogged this, whether your comments were negative or positive, is amazing. I find it truly astounding that these have gotten so much attention. These, which are advertisements selling you something, something people inherently dislike. I am humbled, shocked, and grateful. This is the first time since I’ve been in advertising that I felt like I was doing something right… that maybe, just maybe, I could make it in this industry and make a positive change.

Those dreams were squashed today. I cried, and I complained. I’m angry — but not at myself like I thought I would be. I feel they made a mistake. I refuse to believe that I’m in the bottom 50% of the people who applied. I deserve to be in that program, and I know it. Thousands of people can’t be wrong that this is a good idea. An idea that MEANS something, and idea that resonates with many people. 2 older, conventional men can absolutely be wrong when it comes to judging what makes a good makeup ad.

Here’s where you come in. Let’s make them regret their decision. Reblog this, like it, comment on it, whatever. Let’s get this attention… so much attention that they can’t ignore it. While the decisions are most likely final, I want to make them think twice. I want them to look back, and believe that they fucked up. If it doesn’t even benefit me personally, I want them to think about how fair a panel of 2 male judges is when it comes to evaluating work done by women, for an audience that consists of predominantly people who identify as women.

So let’s do this. They fucked up; I deserved to be accepted. I know it, and I have a feeling you guys know it too.

Graphic design departments run like this are a sick joke.  Fuck those guys.  You can’t make them accept you, and do you really want them to at this point?  If they’re the instructors, do you really think they’re going to be able to teach you?  Just get that degree, get out of there and go get a job.  Get an awesome job.  And you will, because this proves you’re awesome and you know what’s up with current culture.  You’re going to have a good job, make great money and change millions of lives… while they sit on their sad little thrones trying to keep chicks in their eggs.

Amen. With stuff like this in your portfolio, you’re going to go far regardless of those 2 guys. The first time these crossed my Tumblr dashboard, I totally thought they were real ads, and loved them.

subitoallegra:

bex0rz:

middlemarching:

emilianadarling:

Because instantly alienating a huge chunk of your demographic through offensive humour is the best way to sell soda pop. (x)

rrrrraugh I hulk out every time I see this commercial

Are you fucking kidding me?! See, this almost makes me want to buy it and photodocument the drinking process because nobody fucking tells me whether I can drink a glass of soda.

(she says, as a resident of New York City)

I actually kind of wondered if this campaign was some sort of reverse-pyschology marketing… like “ha, now all the women will buy it just to prove us wrong, and we’ll have all their money even though we’re being total jerks.”

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felicitate-me:

More Qunari shots, taken by my lovely bby Malik~~~

On the Saturday, I was plain grey. But Sunday, Mal and I made the decision to do the war paint. Yes, I know female-Qunari are not part of the army, but we ran out of grey paint I wanted to try out the red, and I really like it - I got recognised as a Qunari as well, so bonus~???

You were so awesome!!!! 

Eeeeeee! Female Qunari cosplay!!! *Kermit-flail*

Rocking my Arda Ferrari in Dark Purple (bangs trimmed/hair straightened a little) at the Cowtown Museum’s Steampunk Day. Yep, Wichita has an Old West living history museum, complete with working blacksmith, saloon with dancing girls, and actual houses built in the 1800s that were moved there to preserve them. And they have an annual Steampunk Day. It’s pretty awesome.

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linzeestyle:

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zombiebacons:

Reebok X Marvel Officially Licensed Limited Edition Sneakers!

Pretty psyched about this one, been sitting on it for a while. Here is the first line of the Reebok X Marvel collaboration that I designed. I’ve been working with kids footwear to create Spider-Man licensed shoes for a few years now, and finally, we can get some adult sizes for us grown-up nerds (and nerd-ettes)! The sneakers drop this summer at specific retailers, read more info here, here, here and here. The first lineup is Captain America, Red Skull, Spider-Man, Venom, Wolverine, Sabretooth, Deadpool, Chamber, Black Widow and Emma Frost.

Ohhhh my god gimme those Red Skull ones ASAP

I WANT THE CAPTAIN AMERICA ONES.  

Uunnnggg!  SABERSHOES.  WANT.

… If they make Rogue shoes, I’m screwed. >_<

foxybcosplay:

subitoallegra:

aicosu:

makkie14:

Aicosu, virusq and subitoallegra as fem Hawke, Fenris, Varric and Isabela respectively.

Awesome photoset of us is awesome! Thank you!!

Oh awesome! Some of my favorite pictures of our group are in this set :D Thanks makkie14!!

(also: I’m never going to get over that feel when I show up on my own dash. I always tell myself to go away when I see my own pics XD)

Varric and Hawke snarky chat pic is my fave ever!!! The pose! The facial expressions! The Kirkwall symbol on the floor!