keep in mind this is a MAN-MADE health crisis. they changed the water of a lower-income black community for a reason. 12 people have died so far because of the water and now the women are suffering from miscarriages. this story needs as much attention as possible. a black community is still being poisoned and pro-lifers donāt seem to give a shitĀ Ā
The most dramatic moment during my Camp Counseling career at an all girls camp was when a girl got a letter from a friend saying that Zac Efron had died and one of her bunkmates ran out of the cabin and shoutedĀ āZAC EFRON IS DEAD!!!!!ā and the camp immediately fell into chaos girls were crying in the middle of camp and running around spreading the news everyone was yelling and the counselors had to look up wether or not Zac Efron was dead (this is a wireless camp so the girls couldnāt access the internet and check for themselves) and then get out a megaphone and be likeĀ āZAC EFRON IS NOT DEAD PLEASE REMAIN CALMā outside of all the cabins it was insanity.Ā
āyouāre an art model does that mean youāre NAKED?ā āyeahā āwhoaā¦.those lucky artists ;)ā
ā¦buddy.
idk who started the idea that life drawing classes have anything sexy going on like. thereās at least ten people in the room and weāre all tired and covered in charcoal.
the dude in front whoās staring at my boobs has been trying to get the shading right for 10 minutes. heās almost out of paint. he is crying.
The ice burg being frozen solid because there are NEVER ENOUGH SPACE HEATERS.
I was an artistās model in uni since it paid better than any other student work position. Did a life drawing class one semester, despite it being an unheated old building in the winter evenings, because the instructor was a decent fellow who always had extra space heaters. So there I am one evening, exhausted from my teamās afternoon practice, but Iām in a comfortable position on a padded stool, ready to hold the position for like fifteen minutes. Space heaters all around me, spotlights on me to get shadows in interesting places.
Beyond the red glow of the heaters and the hot-white of the spotlights, the massive drafty room is dark and quiet, broken only by the instructorās whispers and the scratch of charcoal on paper. Me, Iām just dozing, ācause my ancient dorm was heated with creaky old steampipes that never really got warm, and with the new extra-powered space heater alongside the others, that night was the warmest Iād been in a month. I dozed, basking in the glorious warmth.
And then I fell asleep.
And then I fell off the stool.
I woke up rather abruptly on the cold wooden platform, and looked up to see an entire ring of terrified and worried faces around me. Everyone had their hands up, ready to help me up, except no one had touched me. Naked chick laid out face-down on the floor, and all the men and women were suddenly acutely aware they couldnāt just grab a half-asleep dazed naked chick.
Fortunately someone had the bright idea to tear the sheet down from the backdrop, lay it over me as a wrap, and then everyone was quick to help me up.
After that, the instructor and students got used to taking turns talking to me, just to make sure I wasnāt dozing off. Which was weird, at first, because Iād done two semesters just being a silent prop, and now I was interacting. It gave the class a vibe completely unlike any other Iād modeled for, and it ended up one of my favorite modeling experiences.Ā
postscript: months later, walking on campus with someone whoād eventually become my spouse, we passed some guys on the main path. One of them stopped, peered at me, and then said hello, excitedly, saying, āsorry, I didnāt recognize you, Iāve never seen you with your clothes on!ā
This is honestly so delightful and accurateĀ
The only situation where sayingĀ āIāve never seen you with your clothes onā is a completely normal thing to say.
You ever get salty over something you know u have no right to be salty about and therefore u canāt talk about it without looking like a whiny bitch, so u just sit there marinating in ur own salt like some kind of human pickleĀ