Artist note: I’m so proud of this :))) I know it’s a lot of dialogue and reading, but dialogue is grueling work for me. I’m glad with the art and for the amount of pages I made in such a relatively short time span -w- page 5 was super fun to work on. A lot of blood, sweat, and hours here... :) The backgrounds were a big bore tbh, but I finished them! Yippie!
capitalism is a failure of a system and need to be completely abolished
>store says they're hiring
>50 people apply
>30 don't hear back from them
>19 get told they "don't meet the qualifications"
>one single person gets hired
>store gives them way to much work for one person
>new employee says that they need to hire more people
>"what are you talking about? we have enough people working in your department"
>but no you actually don't. you have one single person working at a time. I only work mornings, every single morning. other guy only works afternoons, every single afternoon. what happens when one of us is sick?
>also, what if I'm busy with something else like stocking, and a customer needs my help? what then? you're asking me to work five people's jobs at once. so either pay me five times my salary or hire four other people
>"no. you're fired"
mfw
>go to that store later to buy something
>no one is working at the department I worked at
>end up waiting 40 minutes to buy something
>don't blame the cashier. he was pulled away to do something else. it's the bosses fault for not hiring more people
>as I leave there are "we're hiring" signs plastered all over the door
Everyone thinks the bags under his eyes are because he can't sleep.
He gets told all the time that he "looks like death" and he always just replies "thanks"
He just sorta stands in the dark corner and customers don't notice him, but they sorta inherently know he's there and avoid him, but he moves and they about shit their pants.
Oh, this is my favorite behind the scenes image ever {link to original post here 👁️📻}
To explain, in Wendell & Wild the teams used different sized puppets to make the characters look smaller depending on the scene (this was especially used when they were on screen with Buffalo Belzer).
Benjamin Zephaniah on why he turned down receiving a OBE (The "significance" of an OBE or a MBE is that it is rewarded to somebody by the monarchy to recognise how impactful ones work has been. the video and transcript explain why it would be traitorous to receive this when the themes surrounding Zephaniah's work were wholly and completely anti British empire and colonist)
"The OBE means "Officer of the Order of the British Empire", MBE stands for "Member of the British Empire".
I've been fighting against empire all my life. I've been fighting against slavery and colonalism all my life. I've been writing to connect with people, not to impress governments and monarchy. So how could I then go and accept an honour that puts the word empire on to my name? That would be hypocritical"
"No way Mr Blair, no way Mrs Queen. I am profoundly anti-empire." - A piece Benjamin Zephaniah wrote for the Guardian in regards to his rejection of an OBE.
@khalidistan I can make a list! I can't say how easy it is to find some of these online (I got really lucky with some of them or had them gifted to me) but I can just rec them here
Traditional Crafts of Saudi Arabia by John Topham and others
Oman from Stacey International London
The Story of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia by William Facey
Arabia Felix by Pascal Maréchaux
Bedouin Jewelry in Saudi Arabia by Heather Colyer Ross
The Art of Arabian Costume by Heather Colyer Ross
Liban er Levant d’Hier by Richard A. Chahine
Splendors of the Ottoman Sultans by Dr Nurhan Atasoy
(including this one because of the references it makes to Palestine but if you are interested in Egypt too I recommend it!) The Traditional Jewelry of Egypt by Azza Fahmy
And I have three Palestinian culture books I've already scanned and uploaded online and these are:
Palestinian Costume by Shelagh Weir
Palestinian Costume by Jehan S. Rajab
Traditional Palestinian Embroidery and Jewelry - Abed Al-Samih Abu Omar
Link to these: https://www.tumblr.com/palipunk/732988749793886208/palestinians-of-tumblr?source=share
Tenoch Huerta on why the idea that “hard work always reaps its rewards” isn’t true. Talent and hard work alone doesn’t guarantee entry into certain spaces (you’ll always be sidelined even when you’re included), but it will determine your longevity once you force your way in.
accidentally worked longer on this than i intended; a little mock up of a dream game of mine for my OC stories world
i took some ideas i had for the totk rewrite into this but this is in fact an original thing
praying hoping dungeon meshi gets at least one of those crazy insane dedicated cosplayers who tries to bring like a small scale chimera falin to life. could you imagine