It's delightful, it's delicious, it's dlevy!
I'm collecting all of my best writing from around the web and beyond at the untitled itsdlevy project.
You might also enjoy my other Tumblrs, Fuck Yeah Stephen Sondheim and Fuck Yeah Dorothy Fields.
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sour-charity Asks:
Is your URL meant to be sung to the tune of de-lovely? Because I hear it in my head every time
itsdlevy Said:
yes!
i hate that this show is nonunion but I cannot resist this image
every so often im struck by the memory of one of my college professors getting very angry with our class (art history of pompeii 250) because when she excitedly detailed the ingenious roman invention of heated floors in bathhouses via hearths in small crawlspaces, we asked who was tending the fires. she said “oh, slaves i suppose. but that isnt the point”. and we said that it actually very much was the point. she had just told us that in roman society there were dozens of people, maybe hundreds, who spent every day of their enslaved lives crawling in cramped, hot, smoky tunnels to light fires to warm pools of water (which they were not allowed to swim in). how could that not be the point?
she wanted us to focus on the art, on the innovation of heated plumbing, on the tiles and decorations of the bathhouses, and all we wanted to do was learn more about the people under the floors. and she didn’t know anything more about that. in fact, she said she thought we were focusing too much on superfluous details.
it feels almost hokey to put too fine a point on the idea im getting at here but i will anyway: There are a lot of people who are still under the floors. all these beautiful, convenient, brilliant innovations of modern society (think fast fashion, chatgpt, uber, doordash) are still powered by people working in inhumane, untenable conditions.
the people who run these systems want you to focus on the good - who doesnt love warm water? - but if anything is going to improve or change in our lifetimes, you need to examine these things with an attentive, critical, and empathetic eye. and for fucks sake stop ordering from amazon
Did you know that Murray Head is still performing, still recording, and still recording performances of “One Night in Bangkok”?
People who need or use Image Descriptions (ID), where is the best place to put them?
ID in Alt Text
ID on post beneath image
ID both in Alt Text and on post beneath image
Secret fourth answer that I will put in the tags
I’m able bodied but curious (and will quietly reblog 👀)
See ResultsPeople in this demographic, please let me know how to tag to get a hold of you as someone who doesn’t need Image Descriptions!!
Alt text! ALWAYS alt text, because in the HTML page structure, it’s PART of the image element’s attributes.
If it’s not, it gets separated and, particularly with the way modern content management systems render text (often as weird separate chunks), can’t be easily found.
Putting “image id” text in front of a description is NOT standard accessibility practice. Using ALT text is supported by all browsers and screen reader software.
DO NOT duplicate alt text and visible text, because then a visually impaired user has to listen to it twice.
If you need visible captions paired with images, use the HTML figure and figcaption elements - you can use different alt text there to add information a visually impaired user needs, and the figcaption to explain the meaning for all audiences.
Also, learn to write helpful image descriptions! And generally, only write alt text for images that are informative, not decorative.
(via transfemgeorgecostanza)
In the battle of the new Times Square fast good chicken joints, I haven’t made up my mind about Jollibee vs Popeye’s but Raising Caine’s is unquestionably the worst of the three.
“There simply is no substitute for employers and employees coming together to negotiate in good faith toward an agreement that makes a business stronger and secures the pay, benefits, and dignity that workers deserve. I urge all employers to remember that all workers – including writers, actors, and autoworkers – deserve a fair share of the value their labor helped create.”