Previous_Floor t1_ir36r4w wrote on October 5, 2022 at 12:09 AM

Reply to comment by banasee in Save Scrotie the scrotum (4real) by banasee

RISD is a prestigious school. Why would they listen to the students who support a mascot like this? It reflects poorly on the school.

banasee OP t1_ir39orh wrote on October 5, 2022 at 12:32 AM

"Prestigious"

Ah here we go again. RISD's "prestige" is extremely limited to specific ideological ideas. The world is much bigger than western fine art history and philosophies. The school was built by textile factory owners and their wives to produce more patterns and designs for textiles. RISD was prestige in the way that it was an early adaptor of bauhaus teaching model, and good riddance that was a century ago. These days RISD is often sheltered and unaware of the discourse in the contemporary fine art world. The school is running on the sweats of forward thinking staff, students, and reputation of creatively successful alumni to stay relevant.

youjustlostthegameee t1_ir4p2gl wrote on October 5, 2022 at 9:37 AM

Having dated a RISD student for five years (they did a master's too), I can confirm how disconnected most of the students are from, well, reality. Most students are completely disengaged from the work, from arts, from passion. Source: spent ALOT of time being emotional support and also always eating at the RISD cafe since that food SMACKED like no other (thanks JWU culinary)

banasee OP t1_ir4pe5o wrote on October 5, 2022 at 9:42 AM

I can't say if i relate to the first part but people are generally very tired for sure.