“American Royalty” by Sam Spratt commissioned by Childish Gambino
Sam Spratt’s commissioned illustrations for actor/rapper Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino.
“What began as cover art for his mixtape ‘Royalty’ evolved into a series of Rockwell-esque vignettes on Americana meant to highlight the side of hip-hop that tends to take a back seat to “money, cars, and jewelry” – where you come from.
The collection of 10 illustrations cover a wide-spectrum of the little moments – the struggles, the simple pleasures, the risks, the irony, the humor, the hopes, and the realities of the American life that maybe isn’t quite so cookie cutter.” Prints available at royalty.samspratt.com.
this man is unreal. how can someone be so multifaceted?
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*talks about u behind ur back but in a supportive way about how cool u are and how much i love u*
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The interval between the start and the end of “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” is 3 minutes and 30 seconds, and the International Space Station is moving is 7.66 km/s.
This means that if an astronaut on the ISS listens to “I’m Gonna Be”, in the time between the first beat of the song and the final lines …
… they will have traveled just about exactly 1,000 miles.
To be alive, now, in this age.
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Dear all my friends, I literally never want to get snapchats of you guys having fun without me
Anonymous asked: I'm pro Rihanna's dress but I'm upset were idolizing her when she stayed with her abuser. Chris should be rotting in jail.
the reason i do not appreciate this mentality of “rihanna is a disappointment and bad role model for staying with her abuser” is that it is AGAIN putting blame on the victim of domestic abuse rather than on the abuser. and these claims always (in my personal experience) come from someone who has never experienced domestic abuse before. truth of the matter is, a woman usually goes back about 6-7 times to an abusive partner before she finally leaves. that is actually a widely known statistic because, surprise surprise, the abuse cycle is fucking complicated!!!!!!
i think what people disliked most is that she refused to be the poster girl for a broken woman. She would not be the media’s “model victim” and so instead she was vilified? for being abused??? the public was not satisfied with her story because it didnt match up to the one we see in TV so we all want to act like she is the problem now.
it was not rihannas responsibility to not be abused. it is not rihannas responsibility to be a role model. she is a person. she is a woman with a bountiful amount of agency, who takes control of her public image, and shares only what she wants to share, and that deserves to be respected.
I’m so excited because I found out today that this little guy exists
He’s a Western Blind Snake and he looks like a very shiny earthworm
HE LOOKS SO HAPPY
That last picture is a gem
It would be so easy to have Buffy become this mindless, hardened, cynical fighter. Buffy could easily have become completely apathetic after her mother died or after she was ripped out of heaven. But she doesn’t jump off the tower a second time or dance herself…
this is my favorite thing in the adventure time comics oh my glob
i want everyone to note that marceline knows what pb’s mouth tastes like
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Marsha P. Johnson
- This pioneer was a notable transgender rights activist and popular figure in New York City’s gay and art scene, as well as one of the city’s best known trans women of the times. She was a leader in clashes with the police amid the Stonewall Riots.
- She was a co-founder, along with Sylvia Rivera, of Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.) in the 1970s, and also the “mother” of S.T.A.R. House along with Sylvia, getting together food and clothing to help support the young trans women living in the house on the lower East Side of New York.
- Once, appearing in a court the judge asked Marsha, “What does the ‘P’ stand for?”, Johnson gave her customary response “Pay it No Mind.” This phrase became her trademark.
- In July 1992, her body was found floating in the Hudson River, shortly after the 1992 Pride March. Police ruled the death a suicide, but her friends and supporters denied this, and a people’s postering campaign later declared that Johnson had earlier been harassed near the spot where her body was found. Attempts to get the police to investigate the cause of death were unsuccessful.
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