bossymarmalade

[bossymarmalade]

Handmade Multi Size Quilts by JpurArtistCollective

"Partnering with Akshaya Patra, a charity that feeds 2.8 million children every day! and is dedicated to this cause, we are on a mission to create a better future for children in need. With every purchase, we take one step closer to our goal of ending child hunger in India."

#chromatic voice #we all make art

[bossymarmalade]

#i still have a couple of these #sony playstation

[bossymarmalade]

PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION | I Would Die 4 U

#chromatic voice #prince

[bossymarmalade]

𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐚𝐢𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞… Lola Falana performs the song Stormy Weather on her limited TV series Lola! in 1976. Many of the spectacular numbers and accompanying costumes featured on her four episode variety show were taken from Lola’s successful Las Vegas act at the Aladdin Hotel where she was the highest paid female artist of the era.

#chromatic voice #lola falana

[bossymarmalade]

like literally there was a rap/hip hop group called N.E.R.D

i love that megan is a big nerd too but also i want people to know that rap has been filled with nerdy stuff for a long time and rappers have been throwing nerd references into lyrics probably since the dawn of time.

[bossymarmalade]

Stephanie Hsu as Joy Wang/Jobu Tupaki in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

#chromatic geeky #everything everywhere all at once #jobu tupaki #joy wang

[bossymarmalade]

Raise the Red Lantern (1991) | dir. Zhang Yimou

#chromatic geeky #raise the red lantern #i watched this ONE time #and it was so unsettling and devastating #i've never been able to watch it again #there's nobody does it like gong li

[bossymarmalade]

1970s

#dame fashion #capezio #the beige black cream era of clothes #has taken so much from us

[bossymarmalade]

me to the blond workman on the scaffolding outside my bedroom window as he's putting up siding: You want me to close the window?

him in the thickest slav accent: ...as you wish

me trying to recall if I was ever mean to a croatian farm boy:

#says miss maggie #the princess bride

[bossymarmalade]

i love fur, i love leather, i love wool, i love long lasting materials without plastic in them that will decompose and go back into the ecosystem after serving me well for several decades.

#like esp if you get it vintage or hand-me-down #it's already in existence #might as well wear it out

[bossymarmalade]

[bossymarmalade]

Girls5eva Season 3 trailer

#girls5eva

[bossymarmalade]

Update in my husbands rivalry with dev Patel, finally went to the movies to watch monkey man and halfway through dev patel takes his shirt off and he pulls his phone out and starts showing me shirtless pictures of himself, insane.

#chromatic geeky #desi humour

[bossymarmalade]

Always Remember

Ghanaian artist Kwame Atoko-Bamfo created several sculptures in a lake to remember our ancestors who drowned as they were transported through the Atlantic Sea during slavery. 

#chromatic voice #we all make art #kwame atoko-bamfo #the middle passage

[bossymarmalade]

#chromatic geeky #rrr

[bossymarmalade]

Dev Patel in Monkey Man (2024) | Official trailer

In this city, the rich don't see us as people.

#chromatic geeky #monkey man

[bossymarmalade]

more on writing muslim characters from a hijabi muslim girl

- hijabis get really excited over pretty scarves - they also like to collect pins and brooches - we get asked a lot of questions and it can be annoying or it can be amusing, just depends on our mood and personality and how the question is phrased - common questions include: - “not even water?” (referring to fasting) - hijabis hear a lot of “do you sleep in that?” (we don’t) and “where is your hair?” (in a bun or a braid, usually) - “is it mooze-slim or mozzlem?” (the answer is neither, it’s muslim, with a soft s and accent on the first syllable) - “ee-slam or iz-lamb?” (it’s iss-laam, accent on the first syllable) - “hee-job?” (heh-jahb, accent on the second syllable)

- “kor-an?” (no. quran. say it like koor-annn, accent on the second syllable) - people tend to mess up our names really badly and you just get a sigh and a resigned nod or an awkward smile, maybe a nickname instead - long hair is easy to hide, short hair is harder to wrap up - hijab isn’t just covering hair, it’s also showing as little skin as possible with the exception of face, hands, and feet, and not wearing tight/sheer clothing - that applies to men too, people just don’t like to mention it ( i wonder why) - henna/mehendi isn’t just for special occasions, you’ll see people wearing it for fun - henna/mehendi isn’t just for muslims, either, it’s not a religious thing - henna/mehendi is not just for women, men also wear it, especially on their weddings - there are big mehendi parties in the couple of nights before eid where people (usually just women and kids) gather and do each other’s mehendi, usually just hands and feet - five daily prayers - most muslim kids can stutter through a couple verses of quran in the original arabic text by the age of seven or eight, it does not matter where they live or where they’re from or what language they speak natively - muslim families tend to have multiple copies of the quran - there are no “versions” of the quran, there has only ever been one. all muslims follow the exact same book - muslims have no concept of taking God’s name in vain, we call on God at every little inconvenience - don’t use islamic phrases if you don’t know what they mean or how to use them. we use them often, inside and outside of religious settings. in islam, it is encouraged to mention God often and we say these things very casually, but we take them very seriously - Allahu Akbar means “God is Greatest” (often said when something shocks or surprises us, or if we’re scared or daunted, or when something amazing happens, whether it be good or bad; it’s like saying “oh my god”) - Subhan Allah means “Glory be to God” (i say subhan Allah at the sky, at babies, at trees, whatever strikes me as pleasant, especially if it’s in nature) - Bismillah means “in the name of God” and it’s just something you say before you start something like eating or doing your homework - In Shaa Allah means “if God wills” (example: you’ll be famous, in shaa Allah) (it’s a reminder that the future is in God’s hands, so be humble and be hopeful)

- Astaghfirullah means “i seek forgiveness from Allah” and it’s like “god forgive me” - Alhamdulillah means “all thanks and praise belong to God” and it’s just a little bit more serious than saying “thank god” (example: i passed my exams, alhamdulillah; i made it home okay, alhamdulillah) - when i say we use them casually, i really mean it - teacher forgot to assign homework? Alhamdulillah - our version of “amen” is “ameen” - muslims greet each other with “assalamu alaikum” which just means “peace be on you” and it’s like saying hi - the proper response is “walaikum assalam” which means “and on you be peace” and it’s like saying “you too”

#chromatic geeky