Emily Hinkle

(she/her)

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

There’s a common thread linking the decline in humanities majors, Hollywood paying its writers pennies and the tech world wanting all writers and painters to be replaced by machines. We’ve entirely forgotten how essential the arts and literature are to a healthy society.

[Malphier @malphier]

One simple reason: people don't value artists the same way they did back then, and artists need to eat.

Most of these sculptures (and the most impressive works of art in general) were commissioned by wealthy families, nobles, emperors, etc. Not to mention, many of these artists were born in favorable conditions. See, let's talk about these sculptures:

1: David of Michelangelo. Michelangelo's father was the town's judicial administrator. His family was bankers for generations (albeit smaller banks, still far above "peasants"). Later in life, he moved to Florence, which was basically the place to study arts. Art, in general, was really favored by the wealthy there: the council, merchants, and other rich people. Need I say more about his incredibly beneficial circumstances?

2: Abduction of Proserpina, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. This was commissioned by the Cardinal Scipione Borghese. I could end the argument here, but his father always encouraged him in his pursuit for art, and he even got various patrons from an early age. Are you beginning to see the pattern here?

3: Corradini's Modesty. I don't know much about Corradini, but he also had various patrons. Curious, huh?

4: Ugolino and His Sons, by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. Jean had access to some of the best education he could get. His first studies were under François Rude, a famous sculptor at the time. I think it's enough, right?

The fact is that back then, the wealthy were more than willing to throw a fuck ton of money at artists, and they were willing to wait YEARS to get masterpieces. Compare this to now, where people barely want to pay you 10 USD/h and expect masterpieces in 2 weeks. Hell, even if your work is among the best in history, odds are, you're never gonna find a patron. Sure, PATREON is a thing, but even then, people are barely able to afford a 3$ monthly subscription for each artist they would like to support. When they are able to, they would also need to be willing to, and there aren't that many people who are both willing and with stable enough condition to support us.

Yeah, I would probably be capable of making a sculpture like this, and I definitely can make highly detailed oil paintings. The thing is: it's not worth it, because at the end of the day, I need to eat, and I can't eat if I am working on something that can take years without getting paid anything for it; or being paid as little that it might as well be for free.

[Emily Hinkle @emilyyhinkle]

Not mad😌

[al 🌷| c0mms closed @alhollandwrites]

Build an outfit using y2k clothes my inner child lives for 🧚🏼‍♀️

⭐️ Zodiac sign - top
💫 Birth month - bottom
🌟 Birth date - shoes
✨ Battery % - accessory

[Michael J Schwabe, MD, MS @michael22joseph]

This photo has some men upset, but women have been forced to look at the inverse of this photo their entire lives. Maybe just be proud of the women who matched into a stellar residency, okay my guy?

[Ava @noampomsky]

my friend said that when you have high verbal intelligence (good at expressing yourself/arguing) you should be careful not to take advantage of other people who are less good at “debating” and that’s always stuck with me

[Kat Tenbarge is on Bluesky @kattenbarge]

“Parents can teach sex ed to their kids” Can parents name every STD and how they’re transmitted? Can they teach you how to identify date rape drugs? Can they define “pelvic floor”? And more importantly — would they?

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

I said earlier that the wide availability of cheap clothing has made people lose touch with the cost of making clothes given fair wages. So let's talk about how much a button-up shirt should cost. 🧵

[Wendy Hasson MD @WendyHassonMD]

A message from a hospital pastor:

May I humbly request not to call #DamarHamlin’s recovery a "miracle”?
It wasn't a miracle. He had a sudden cardiac arrest with a shockable rhythm, received enough oxygen to his brain to preserve it through CPR, and was shocked back into rhythm.

[rebekah @rebekah_e_s]

It's that easy!

[Sophie Gonzales @sgonzalesauthor]

The biggest change of viewpoint I ever went through in psych training was when I said “but what if they’re doing it for attention” and my supervisor was like “what’s wrong with needing attention?” and I realised I didn’t have an answer.

[A Left-Wing Account ™️ @PushDemsLeft]

With one stroke of his pen, Biden could’ve granted this 10-year-old Uvalde victim’s father “compassionate release” to attend her funeral despite being jailed for a drug offense.

Biden refused, so Eliahna Torres’ dad was forced to watch a livestream from prison.

[Dr. Lisa Iannattone @lisa_iannattone]

Whenever I see someone ask if we’re expected to continue masking in healthcare settings forever, I immediately think of Semmelweis. The man who discovered that HCWs’ dirty hands were causing fever and death in patients.

[Heidi Stevens @HeidiStevens13]

Holy. Shit. What a brilliant, horrifying cover.

[Jose Martinez-Diaz @josefmtz]

this paragraph is brutal. we truly are in an “emperor has no clothes” point in history

[Omarr Savage, MSN, ΨNP-BC @NurseOSavage]

Psychiatric Urgent Care should be more prevalent than it is.

Every mental health crisis/problem does not require all that comes with the inpatient experience.

The inpatient experience can sometimes be a deterent to many that want care.