#Migrating Cities

[soulmvtes]

came to the art gallery cafe + got an orange pistachio and carrot cake and the sun has been appearing in and out of the clouds and i've just finished my book, my heart feels so full 💌💌💌💌

#went to buy some film n get my film developed so thought i'd see the new exhibition #it was called found cities lost objects and it was interrogating what it means to live in a city and how we can make it better for everyone #it was considering immigration and protest and gender and the dynamics of space #very interesting tbh and one of the film reels was in imagined conversation w james baldwin about writing and migration #diary #tiyas thoughts

[mayasaura]

The thing about Nona the Ninth that really blows my tits off is the politics.

Like up until now yeah, we knew our protags lived in an empire, and we got a few tantalizing peeks at how it worked, but it was mostly just a Fantasy Empire In Space

And then wham! Nona opens with our main girl living as a refugee in a badly destabilized modern colonial state recently torn apart by the struggle for independence and controlled by an uneasy coalition of armed militia and it's like. Oh.

So it's an empire empire.

#the locked tomb #nona the ninth #this little details like.... the city's infrastructure falling apart bc no one is maintaining it in the aftermath of the revolution #new construction or controlled demolition takes FOREVER bc there's no one to step up in place of the Houses to pay the workers #they have no legitimate government just armed soldiers riding around in humvees #they can't form a legitimate government because the bonds of community and social cohesion necessary for that have been so badly broken #by decades—centuries!—of forced migration #ntn spoilers

[ecoamerica]

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[heir-of-the-chair]

I love spooky forests, and creepy lights in deserts, and idyllic suburban towns hiding dark secrets as much as the next person but WHERE IS THE URBAN SUPERNATURALISM?!

Give me spooky sludge living in pipes, abandoned lots between buildings that maybe were abandoned for a reason, street performers playing songs strangely familiar late into the night. I want urban/new york city gothic!

#so anyway anyone know any stories like this? #all I can think off is like thirteen storeys by jonny sims #let me romanticize my home general area #I’ve never actually lived in nyc but I used to live in jersey city which is right across the river and I go to college in NY I consider #myself like vageuly from new york my family just unfortunately migrated to new jersey from ny #I want it I want this vibe #supernaturalism #cryptid #cryptidcore #urban gothic #urban horror #I want it gimme #gothic aesthetic #horror #the heir speaks

[brooklynmuseum]

Jamea Richmond-Edwards is an artist from Detroit, Michigan who, after two decades away, recently returned to her home city.

The story of her mother’s family being displaced and traveling across four Southern states due to tragic floods and tornadoes is told in an epic multimedia installation, titled “This Water Runs Deep,” composed of a monumental painting and a sound sculpture of jazz instrumentation in A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration. 

See this work that blends mythological imagery and the artist’s family legacy in A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration through June 25.

📷 Jamea Richmond-Edwards (born Detroit, Michigan, 1982; based in Detroit, Michigan). This Water Runs Deep, 2022. Mixed media on canvas with sound: 2 min., 18 sec., 96 in. × 15 ft. (243.8 × 457.2 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Kravets Wehby Gallery → Jamea Richmond-Edwards

#Brooklyn Museum #GreatMigrationBkM #brooklyn #museum #art #exhibition #New York City #painting #the great migration #multimedia #artist #Jamea Richmond-Edwards

[lexosaurus]

i defend my thesis tomorrow. absolutely freaking wild. who let me get this far honestly? that should be illegal.

i saw someone reblog with "master lexx" yesterday and yes that is the term i will be using from now on thank you for the idea. bow to me, peasants

ok jokes aside i realize i have several WIPs desperate for updates. all have drafts in various states of completion (from "literally 500 words away from being done" to "i think there's a blank doc somewhere...") gonna just knock 'em out one by one starting when i get out tomorrow.

update order will be as follows:

The Truth to Light -3rd and final chapter

Everything Was White -chapter 21

Emergency Contact -3rd and final part

and then, you know, we'll see how it goes from there

thank u for all the patience ✌️

#danny phantom #phandom #lexospeaks #the defense is not open to the public -- only the school #i know someone asked about that #honestly didn't invite anyone anyway since all my closest friends don't even go to this school akjsnkjdnf #we all went to undergrad together and then just happened to all migrate to the same city #so if i was gonna invite people it would be them #but the school said no >:( #so...that sucks but oh well c'est la vie

[vhstown]

should i put together a real life 70s london post for hobie

#i studied migration from 1066 to 2016 at school #and the 70s is particularly significant when looking at post-empire migration and london as a multicultural city #it wont be very historically objective or nuanced or detailed obviously #just to give people some ideas #vee chats

[bootyful-seventeen]

i am too mentally exhausted to even deal with this shit anymore with my mom and grandma and low key wish i'd go comatose for a few years to be left alone tbh

#had a clean up service come by to see the damage and give a quote on the estimate and my grandma wasnt having it #she got upset and started crying to them about she has only 1 daughter and is trying to help her and they're trying to tell her that keepin #all that junk isn't gonna be helping anyone especially my mom but she wasn't getting it and i said i'm not helping clean the junk that's #all around the house cuz i'm tired of it all and having to manage my emotions since i am for sure emtotionally stunted from my childhood #and have to deal with a schitzophrenic mom and an absent sister who's balls deep in denial while i'm struggling to find a job here #and my grandma always stressing me ot saying she's gonna kick me out isn't fucking helping here at all like she thinks it does #so when they left she spent all day sobbing on the phone how i'm a terrible granddaughter who wants to throw out good stuff #when i'm not gonna keep helping sell shit for my mom cuz my sister can do it as her family contribution since she did nothing since dad die #and the thing is i gave them all options on clearing shit out cuz i know this family by now and shit doesn't get tossed but it migrates #cuz i said months ago i can ask some friends if they could come down and help sort and declutter #grandma said no to that and said she'll kick me out if i do it and she didn't want to pay for my mom's shit to get moved into a storage uni #she leaves the clean up to my mom and i think the backyard got worse but she didn't call anyone to throw out the junk like she threatened t #so i call a fucking hoarders clean up service cuz that's what my family is on my mom's side at this point and the city will be called too #and she has this reaction cries all day and calls everyone to say i'm horrible and yells at me saying i'm the one killing her with stress #when she's already been doing that for months to herself when i'm just tired and possibly mildly depressed or something idk #i barely leave my room and don't go outside except to walk my dog but idk cuz my family's attittude was we don't go to doctors cuz #cuz they're for crazy people but of course it's gotta switch up for my mom and no one else and i'm just sick of it all #grandma doesn't accept free help and she won't accept help that i pay for myself with my money set aside for school so i'm done #unlike her when i say i'll do something i stick to it so i'm not doing shit anymore unless i can call a friend to help with this mess #it's gonna sound like such a horrible thing but i can't wait for my family to die so i can live in a clean home again and get help #like deep serious help cleaning and big time grief councelling cuz i barely had time to process my dad's death and being the one to find hi #and that was just this february like god i am going to need so much fucking therapy in my future it's almost rediculous #and probably say screw my mom's side and visit my dad's side a lot more since they seem to be the normal ones in this shit family tree #at least they're not stupid and leave junk everywhere where one neighbour getting sick of not being able to sit outside and enjoy their yar #without mountains of junk staring them right in the face and landing a notice from the city to clean up especially since #we have chainlink fences and at least 7 neighbours can see the backyard and everyone can see the front porch when passing by #i'm just tired of living in these suffocating households and even wanna file a report myself to kick them into gear #its horrible living like this and no one should live surrounded by junk and things they never use or even garbage

[exlimix1a]

durkeys :)

#exli speaks #testing out the camera on my new phone... it fucks so HARDD!! #dont mind the sounds of my family shuffling about in the background LMAO #i love seeing the turkeys come around though :) they wander through the city in different flocks and this flock always migrates through #our backyard every few months #its been a while since we saw them though!! #they didnt come at all in the summer- or we didnt see them at least

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Migrations Box: Winter 2024.

I really enjoyed this subscription last year, so I'm participating again! Of the lot, I'm actually most excited for VERDIGRIS (I know, right: wild, given that cover). I love getting surprise books I'd never pick out myself hand selected and shipped directly to me.

#migrations #migrations box #subscription box #book box #stories from the city of god #pier paolo pasolini #verdigris #michele mari #i'm not going anywhere #rumena buzarovska #i really like reading translations and reading around the world and i absolutely wouldn't know where to start on my own lol #and i like the IDEA of being surprised by books but the couple SFF subscriptions i've looked at make me nervous because i already-- #--preorder widely for myself (so i don't trust that i wouldn't get duplicates) #this box however is both a nice surprise and shit i absolutely have no worries about ordering myself LOL #i thought it'd come at the end of last month sooo #the fact that it came within 18 hours of mine own lil book haul was. perhaps not the greatest timing #BUT I LOVE PACKAGES AND IT FIXED MEEEE #anyway the box doesn't count toward my book buying ban things BUT #given yesterday's haul. i still should read like. 11 books. before i go out and buy more for myself lolol #this is Fine we're Fine

[aashiqq]

It's funny how our parents or grand parents made it out of villages and rural backgrounds only for us wanting to get settled there once we're financially secured.

#almost the entirety of uttrakhand is experiencing migration #all towards the bigger cities cause its better living conditions there #and meanwhile the plains folks are buying land and settling there #many of whom already own generational land #esp around the tourist spots #i wanna write an essay on cities and villages and how they make up civilization and society

[new-eyes-extra-colors]

to be completely honest, worldbuilding research for this fic mostly consists of me reading stuff like the tokyo metropolitan government's 20 page pdf "creating a sustainable city"

#i think i'd like living in japan #anyway please smack me for deciding to get into the weeds about #birch labs working with city zoning commissions to plan cities in a way that doesn't negatively impact #pokemon habitation migration etc #autumn.fic #fic: eye of the storm

[edge-oftheworld]

guys come to brisbane for nostalgia boy tour for some reason there's heaps of tickets and there's a cool fan-led thing we're doing that i'm trying to organise so. i wanna see tumblr ppl there

#luke hemmings #nostalgia for a time that never existed #nfattne tour brisbane #boy ep #ALSO IT IS CLOSING NIGHT?!?! I GET TO BE AT CLOSING NIGHT #actually not surprised there isn't a heap of competition around tix; brissy is a deceptively small (east coast australia capital) city #and doesn't have all the friends and friends of friends that syd does #having said that half the population of brisbane migrated up from sydney in the last 15 years including my entire family so

[brooklynmuseum]

Carrie Mae Weems pays tribute to her grandfather and calls for justice for her family.  

In A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration, Weems shares the story of the disappearance of her grandfather Frank Weems, who was attacked by a white mob in Earle, Arkansas in 1936. Presumed dead, he narrowly escaped and made his way to Chicago on foot, never again reuniting with his family. By weaving historical events with fragmented family stories, photographs, poetry, music, and interviews, the artist reveals the tragedy of her grandfather’s disappearance and the aftermath of his vanishing, highlighting her family’s ongoing search for answers. 

Experience the work of this trailblazing artist, community-focused activist, and soon-to-be Brooklyn Artists Ball honoree in #GreatMigrationBkM through June 25. 

📷 Brooklyn Museum. (Photo: Danny Perez) → Audoin Desforges, 2020

#Brooklyn Museum #GreatMigrationBkM #brooklyn #museum #art #exhibition #carrie mae weems #films #the great migration #New York City #nyc #chicago #artist #poetry #music #family #heritage

[mostlyclimatechangeweatherlog]

#sea level rise #cities #at risk #flooding #climate model #climate restructuring #climate migration

[lettucefather]

feels kinda weird to jump from minuscule, niche fandom where everyone knows each other, to humongous fandom where we could hypothetically establish a country just with the active members, to small, niche fandom again where everyone seems to know each other except you

all extremely interesting experiences ngl /pos

#rambling #Lettuce discovers how it feels to migrate from a small town to a big city then back to another small town via the internet

[flowerflamestars]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Dick Grayson/Original Male Character(s), Stephanie Brown/Cassandra Cain Characters: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Stephanie Brown, Original Female Character(s) Additional Tags: Near Death Experiences, Dick Grayson's almost surely fucked relationship with his body, Dick Grayson Loves His Family, Gotham City-Typical Violence (DCU), sometimes love is the room two workaholics make for each other, Choosing Life, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Magical Tattoos, abandonment issues in my Bat Family? YES Series: Part 2 of batfam soulmate au

#Migration Patterns readers the Dick Grayson oneshot has arrived! #dying? in this romcom? #yes and no #mostly no #blink and you miss it references to just. so much of Dick's canonically terrible life #something I really love about these two #is that neither of them is ever saying: I NEED TO BE THE PRIORITY #Because they're both the kind of people who feel really strongly that they have a purpose! #they see each other and make room! #Steph..hitting on girls? #YES #Llewellyn yelling at Bruce? look it happens off page but it IS the moment #in the Migration Patterns universe #where it becomes just. so clear all these people are going to be a family #post Elle possessed by the City rampage #PRE PARTY