Awkward-hippie - Anything I Like

This is so cool I wish I knew more about it

Bruce Pennington

FUN FACT:

So you know how the Wilhelm Scream is in a ton of films as a soundtrack in-joke? It was popularized by Ben Burtt, who was a sound editor on a ton of ton of Lucas films, like all the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films.

Well, he cameos in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. That's him there. His only screen time is getting knocked over a rail, and he does an imitation of the Wilhelm scream as he does it.

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Witch by Jay Williams

Has anything actually gotten better, for all the work you talk about doing? Or is it just treading water in misery forever?

Anon, ten years ago gay people couldn't get married in large parts of the US. AIDS was an almost certain death sentence when I was in high school. I was looking at job boards the other day and found a part time gas station job that had health insurance as a benefit, which NEVER would have happened 15 years ago. When I was a kid, hitting your child was extremely normalized in the US and my parents were the weird ones for not doing it. There is a vaccine for chicken pox. I didn't meet anyone who had transitioned until my 20s because it was so uncommon to transition in the aughts, and now there are some states that protect your right to have gender affirming care provided by your health insurance. It's not all states, but it's better than the number of states that had it in 2010, which was zero. THERE ARE TENANTS UNIONS NOW. WE HAVE A VACCINE AGAINST CERVICAL CANCER.

And all of that has been the work of a lot of individuals and organizations and research teams and activists.

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Shifting into summertime mode which is where I don't gaf about anything but 1) reading books 2) going in large bodies of water 3) wearing as little clothes as possible

"Anti-aging"? Nah bro, I'm pro-aging. Aging is a privilege, a blessing.

The art and the quote are all so lovely exactly what I needed right now

“Someone will remember us

I say

even in another time”

//Sappho, Fragment 147

RIP Greg Hildebrandt 1939 - 2024. Very sad to hear the last of the legendary Hildebrandt brothers has left us. Art by Greg and both brothers Greg and Tim Hildebrandt #greghildebrandt