My Senior Year Of High School Was So Wild; The Visual And Performing Arts Kids Had To All Put On A Play

planetfatness:

overheard a girl’s phone conversation on the bus where she angrily asked the person on the other line why she had to call on someone else’s phone - “why did you block my number?? yes you did! then why didn’t you answer my calls or texts???” and i was like damn, this girl is mad, i kinda feel bad for whoever she’s talking to. then she said “no, grandma, LISTEN” and i was like grandma, the fuck? how could you?

RATTLESNAKE (a short)

people are really out here saying All of the avengers, etc are to blame for the infinity war????? like…..Think Again, Sir! my man Steve Rogers came across One (1) infinity stone, in his First movie, and literally DIED right Then and There to drop that shit into the deepest levels of the atlantic and THEN he wakes up 70 or so years later and everyone else was just going to town with them?? and people wanna say shit like “oh theyre All to Blame!” like pal whom is All???? thats Your fav, keep those generalizations to Yourself, steve Literally Died to prevent this, Steves literally done Nothing Wrong Ever In His Life 

thanks for coming to MY ted talk !

my favorite thing i’ve learned in college is that way back in ancient china there was this poet/philosopher guy who wrote this whole pretentious poem about how enlightened he was that was like “the eight winds cannot move me” blahblahblah and he was really proud of it so he sent it to his friend who lived across the lake and then his friend sends it back and just writes “FART” (or the ancient Chinese equivalent) on it and he was SO MAD he travels across the lake to chew his friend out and when he gets there his friend says “wow. the eight winds cannot move you, but one fart sends you across the lake”

I almost threw my phone.

when someone finds an old picture of you

  and whoever found it just goes

Gee Guillermo, why does your mom let you have TWO OSCARS?

This video,,,, made me so happy? thank????

are you wearing leather pants in your last video?

roses are red,i’m wearing jeans,

millionmovieproject

Is there anything that does make you feel better, or have a sense of relief?  I’m asking because I’d like to know how we can help.  I don’t expect you to have all the answers, just that if there’s some way we can come through for you.  Does it help to talk, or does this kind of feedback make things worse?

What helps:

Witnesses testifying publicly that they’ve seen the harassment I’ve dealt with. I hate wording it that way but that’s how it works—people don’t believe women who decide to speak up for themselves, but they do believe women when others speak up for them.

Sincere, positive spotlights. When Kotaku featured my art a few years back, they didn’t get consent, and it was presented sensationally, which is common with photorealism [”You won’t believe these aren’t photographs!” etc]. I got so much hate. Really vulgar sexual harassment. That was my first experience with rape threats. On the other hand, when Orlando Jones signal boosted my art in an interview, he did it with honest, genuine enthusiasm, and it was wonderful. I got positive feedback and work.

Professional validation from other artists. Hoo boy the dream. Someday I’ll have a Wiki page.

Inclusion by fandom. This is sort of petty, but I make fanart, and fanartists are so rarely included in community discussions or asked about the shows they draw. We’re good communicators.

Just generally not being treated like a threat or a freak show. Is nice.

Questions about my artistic choices. It’s validating when people want to know more—it means you see it as real art.

Tagging me in stuff if it reminds you of my art. Tagging me in stuff you made.

Not putting the onus on me to deal with hate.

This is stuff you can do for any artist, I think. Sorry if it all sounds obvious.