Women Listening To Men In Western Art History -The Toast

the_drinkers-large i keep drinking

but it’s not making him more interesting

what

yes

i’m still listening

you were talking about that

i’m just resting my eyes

ahhhahahhaha

that is so good

that is so funny

that is so funny and good

no I’ve never heard that before from you
ahh sorry i just

i really need to look at this matchbook right now

sorrryyyy

mmm for sure

no i definitely agree

you don’t have to keep arguing because i agree and you’re right so we are on the same

we’re the same way, i agree

So do you see what I mean

yeah i definitely understand

because its kind of complicated

no I’m with you

ill explain it again
yayyyyy ahhh again again

more playing more music

im so glad this turned into a concert even though nobody asked for one

yeah it just happened

it just happened to all of us
ahh sorry but you really can’t move him

if he stays there you better not come any closer

yeah sorry you better just stay over there where you are right now

hooray

we’re kissing now

that’s the thing that is happening nowchrist is he still behind us

i don’t know

keep skating

oh no i wasn’t doing anything, I’m not busy

just talking to all of my friends

but I’m so glad we’re doing this now instead listen15 yeah thats terrible

i can’t believe he said that

wow and after you basically saved the presentation too

hang on i just gotta rest my neck for a minute

sorry babe

you know i can’t hear anything when I’m powdering my nose

ill let you know when I’m finished

REALLY???

GO ONhow can you say that

how can you say I’m not paying attention

i just took off my clothes and threw the fruit basket to help me focus

yeah it’s great it’s really great

i just need to take a break from looking at it for a second

to look at something else

hey

hey wake up

are you asleep or something

are you sleeping

mm no I’m still listening

listening and awake and also listening

don’t make eye contact

im not im not making eye contact

well you’re giving him some sort of encouragement

no im not im like lying down

well lie down harder

“Okay, this next one is called Elegy in Amber”

oh my god how many elegies even are there in the world

is he going to play all of them

right okay

so where did he move the boat to next then

I just–

sorry

not quite finished with this matchbook

sorry!!!

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EPWordsnatcher 126p · 561 weeks ago

do go on, it's not like I have other customers to deal with

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JocastaCarr 134p · 561 weeks ago

Ahahahaha, oh man, the number of times I have had this conversation:

"So do you see what I mean

yeah i definitely understand

because its kind of complicated

no I’m with you

ill explain it again"

Hahahaha. Haha. Ha.

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aravisthequeen 134p · 561 weeks ago

That really lovely painting of the woman in the white dress with the flowers and the annoying dude behind her? Whoever painted that has captured the exact expression of "Oh yes, I see you there talking to me, rudely interrupting me while I was talking to my friends, but I am too well-bred and polite to exhibit my true irritation, so I will just give you a 'Hmm?' look of vague interest, and then I will cut you off so sweetly and politely that I will be in the next room before you even know what happened. Carry on then."

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winterbymorning 133p · 561 weeks ago

The women in the painting with the puppy look like they're having an amazing time, but not as amazing as the bonnet on that lady in the second-to-last. Daaaaaang.

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anninyn 124p · 561 weeks ago

yes, yes, very interesting.

very interesting for sure.

you know way more than we do about this

(picture is this <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/an-interior-with-three-women-and-a-seated-man-114312)" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/an-interior-with-three-women-and-a-seated-man-114312)

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CordeliaFitz 121p · 561 weeks ago

My favorite Art Trope at the moment is "Consumptive Woman Gazes Languidly (at a man probably, but maybe also into middle distance)."

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leider_hosen 105p · 561 weeks ago

oh no i wasn’t doing anything, I’m not busy
just talking to all of my friends
but I’m so glad we’re doing this now instead

ahahaha oh god, amazing, a+ forever

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Yarnybarny 117p · 561 weeks ago

well you’re giving him some sort of encouragement

no im not im like lying down

well lie down harder

Yep. Yepyepyep.

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victorytasteslikehashbrowns 101p · 561 weeks ago

I cant decide which is more genius, the matchbox or the fruit bowl.
Anyway your know youre stuck in a bad conversation when you have to mentally play games to keep your eyes open.

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littlehuntingcreek 135p · 561 weeks ago

"Hey babe, can you make me a sandwich?"

Oh sure, I'm not leaving on an important appointment and you're not an able bodied adult with two hands.

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safvn 121p · 561 weeks ago

Sometimes I also feel I need to throw things to continue listening.

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ArsenioB_Ham 125p · 561 weeks ago

"I don't know, keep skating" is pretty much my life's motto.

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Shalalas 91p · 561 weeks ago

[White] Women Listening to Men in [Western] Art History.

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tekkah 115p · 561 weeks ago

christ is he still behind us

Aaaaand I'm dead. Don't bother reviving me unless there are more of these art thingies to look at.

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geeblaster 113p · 561 weeks ago

oh look, something over there

of course it's not more interesting than you

it's just

such a soothing visual accompaniment to your talking

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ajohnny 91p · 561 weeks ago

why is there so much absinthe everywhere and all the time.

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gswiszcza 0p · 561 weeks ago

What gets me is that these are, by and large, painted by men. Which means THEY NOTICE but continue to do it anyway.

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theharpoon 112p · 561 weeks ago

and here's the rest of #15:

"how can you say that

how can you say I’m not paying attention

i just took off my clothes and threw the fruit basket to help me focus

but seriously, has anyone seen my nipple?"

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Frumiosa 141p · 561 weeks ago

DAT BUSTLE THO

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pinkjaguarshark 104p · 561 weeks ago

These women are too sarcastically apologetic to the men. Where are my lush bitches?

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mkpatter 114p · 561 weeks ago

I have definitely made every single one of these faces in the 5 (almost 6 yuck) years I spent with my ex-boyfriend. INCLUDING the sleepy ones, because he always liked to make me look at stuff while I was drowsy off medication and heading to bed, and then he'd get mad when I wouldn't get excited.

Also do you think in the one with the dog they've trained that dog to distract men so they'll stop stop talking? I need to train my dog to do this.

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drladybusiness 117p · 561 weeks ago

That naked bathing lady, man. The idea that she just had a near-psychotic break due to how boring those dudes are is honestly the most reasonable explanation I can think of for that scene.

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Blackwell · 560 weeks ago

ha! so true, so true

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Chloe · 560 weeks ago

this needs to be a tumblr. I never want it to end.

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Miss Jane · 558 weeks ago

That guy eyeing the bustle. Dude, it's a wire framework. You are literally lusting over scaffolding.

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Esteban · 550 weeks ago

Yes, Leonardo, it was a funny story. See, I'm smiling? No, really I am.

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Alan Altimont · 541 weeks ago

Love all these, but the seventh one is, I'm afraid, all women--especially the lyre player. You just dissed Sappho! That's her rockin' out her women's academy on Lesbos.

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odette nicholson · 531 weeks ago

finally a meaningful explanation for The Picnic (Le dejeuner sur l'herbe) - Claude Monet Paintings -- always wondered about the nudity thing...:)

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al3ab-banat01 87p · 459 weeks ago

نجدد ترحابنا بكم في العاب بنات التي تعتبر من افضل الالعاب على الاطلاق وعندها جمهور كبير جدا وهي بدورها تتضمن التلبيس والمكياج وكذلك الطبخ وتلعبها البنات بكترة واصبحت مشهورة جدا في السنين الاخيرة مما جعل مواقع الالعاب تصبح كتيرة وهناك كتير منها مشهورة متل فرايف و كيزي ومواقع اخرى كما ان هناك ايضا موقع جميل عربي يقدم تشكيلة من العاب بنات مميزة ومتجددة يوميا هذا النوع بدوره يشمل اصناف كتيرة سنتعرف عليها الان ومن بينها العاب الطبخ الدي يملك معجبين كتر جدا ويعتبر هو الاول تم يليه العاب التلبيس وهذا الآخر ممتع ويحبه الكتير لان التلبيس تعشقه البنات اكتر من الاولاد وهذا امر بديهي ومعروف وبعده بالتتابع يوجد العاب المكياج او الميك اب نوع جميل ومحبوب عند الصغار والكبار ويبقى في الاخير نوع قص الشعر وهو الاقل اهتماما

Women Listening To Men In Western Art History

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