#usermarmalade

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Emilia W. Olsen, “Free Palestine” (2023)

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Which of your fics would you call your wildest ride?

Either "we've not yet lost all our graces", which is a Good Omens/Hannibal crossover that is a continuation of another crossover fic; or "you were doomed but just enough", the one where Crowley is a sin eater, stans Milton, and hates Pilgrim's Progress.

They are both rather peculiar and I love them dearly because of it. (So if anybody reads them and likes them, please let me know!)

(fanfic emoji asks)

[blackfemmecharacterdependency]

hullo hullo! just wanted to let you know that my usermarmalade tag (it’s my art tag) also has a lot of varied images of black womanhood if you’d ever like to peruse it 🙏🏾🥰

cheers, maggie

Thank You! I am always looking for things to peruse in my “downtime.” And I don’t get a ton of suggestions.

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Watan, "Catfiyyeh"

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-  Wangechi Mutu, “Water Woman” (2017) & “Mamaray” (2020)

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Installation view of Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar at the Chicago Cultural Center

The exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center opens with the installation “Homegoing.” The work is a suspended image depicting a screenshot from Ma’Khia Bryant’s personal TikTok. In the photo she’s laying her edges, her jet-black hair shining, her baby face clean and free of makeup. Below the printed photo is a collection of candles, stuffed animals, and a bouquet. On April 20, 2021, Ma’Khia was killed by an Ohio police officer in what was later determined a justifiable homicide. She was 16 years old. 

In the gallery titled Rest and Recess: The Courtyard, the exhibition transports the viewer to the Caribbean where Black girls play together unburdened and hopeful. A tree, sculpted by Robert Narciso and made from branches from Rekia Boyd’s family home, sits in the center of the room casting a protective shadow over everything. From its branches hang yellow paper hearts scribed with the hopes and dreams of little Black girls. The sound of their joyful cacophony activates the space.

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Watan, "International Stamp Solidarity With Palestine"

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- Suzy Kopf,  "Libbey I, 1960s" (2022)

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Sliman Mansour, “Rituals Under Occupation” (1989)

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Kathleen Ryan, “Soft Spot”, “Serpentine Flurry”, “Bad Peach”, and “Bad Lemon (Sour Sparkle)” (2019)

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The parlor, or living room, of the Rogarshevsky family, who immigrated to New York from Russia in 1901

The kitchen of the Gumpertzes, a German-American family that came to New York in the 1870s

Harris and Jennie Levine ran a garment shop in their tenement apartment at the height of the Jewish Lower East Side.

The Levine family’s kitchen

A view of the 97 Orchard staircase

Founded in 1988 by historian Ruth Abram and social activist Anita Jacobson, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum explores the uniquely American story of immigration and the rich, diverse landscape it continues to create. The Museum took root when Abram and Jacobson discovered 97 Orchard Street — a dilapidated tenement building that had been shuttered for more than 50 years.

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Sliman Mansour, “From the River to the Sea” (2016)

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- Celia D. Luna, “Cholitas Skaters” (2023)

Bolivia’s Indigenous Quechua and Aymara women, known derogatorily as “cholitas,” were marginalized and ostracized from society. Distinguished by their long braids, wide skirts, and bowler hats—an amalgamation of styles resulting from Spanish colonizers forcing Indigenous people to adopt European styles during the Inquisition—the style evolved into a symbol-rich, empowered look.

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-  Jamel Shabazz, “Father and Son, Brooklyn, 1982,” (1982)

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martine gutierrez, "aphrodite" and "ardhanarishvara" from anti-icon: apokalypsis (2021)

this artist's work is well worth checking out on their website -- there's images with full nudity that i can't post here. i like sheba in particular

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Palestinian farmer Salman al-Nabahin, planting olive trees in his orchard, has uncovered “the most beautiful mosaic floors discovered in Gaza.”

“I see it as a treasure, dearer than a treasure,” al-Nabahin told Reuters. “It isn’t personal, it belongs to every Palestinian.”