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@animatormama
me screaming loudly @ myself: draw something
me: alright chill
My take on the well-known “fairest of them all” girl Snow White. As white as snow, as black as ebony, it doesn’t have to necessarily follow a certain order, isn’t it?
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrSiUrv26P4)
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5ocODl0fUI)
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dIEcm55Q-U)
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkFJE8ZdeG8)
An interview with Animator Mama
Where do you live?
San Francisco
How would you describe your work in 10 words?
Messy collage of occult coming of age and child rearing
Why did you start making zines and how long have you been making them?
I started this year, because at age 38, my stories have been piling up. I also need to re-purpose my 5-year-old’s endless gush of artwork. This zine was encouraged by previous presenters at SF Zine Fest.
What are you most excited to have on your table this year?
My first actual finished zine :)
Why do you like zines?
It feels so juicy curling up with a new zine to read, like crawling into a little corner of treasures. Writing one feels exciting too. Like asking myself, which of these strange objects most needs the light of day? I love that so many people can do it, have done it, are doing it. And will continue!
SFZF2016 is on Sunday, September 4th at The County Fair Bldg. Golden Gate Park, with 200+ zinesters and DIY creators. It’s FREE and will change your life, or your money back! Follow our tumblr to find out about all of our diverse exhibitors as well as our Facebook to stay updated on SFZF/Bay Area zine-related events!
Selling my first zine at my first San Francisco Zine Fest this Sunday. Yay! And yikes!! I’ll also be selling some freshly made Mercury Retrograde mojo bags, to help people smooth this month out.
“Lesser evilism assumes that certain communities are disposable. It apportions people into rigid hierarchies. It judges who is worthy of safety and security. It asks us to voluntarily defer liberation. Lesser evilism may sound appealing as a practical metric, but it comes with severe human costs. […] Lesser evilism is possible only because we’re so accustomed to seeing certain people as lesser human beings.”
– Steven Salaita | Palestine and Hillary, ‘the lesser evil’
Yemaya is the orisha of the ocean in Lucumi tradition, also known as Santeria. Yemaya is the feminine piece of God associated with motherhood and the moon, and every layer in the sea has a special flavor of it associated with her: nuanced, graceful and beautiful. She is deep and vast and provides...
Drop some dollars in the hat, folks. Support my godsister in getting crowned as a Lucumi priestess! Bring some much needed healing to the world.
peace and love to all my followers. share, donate, repeat.
Yemaya is the orisha of the ocean in Lucumi tradition, also known as Santeria. Yemaya is the feminine piece of God associated with motherhood and the moon, and every layer in the sea has a special flavor of it associated with her: nuanced, graceful and beautiful. She is deep and vast and provides...
Drop some dollars in the hat, folks. Support my godsister in getting crowned as a Lucumi priestess! Bring some much needed healing to the world.
An interview with Marie Njoku-Obi
Where do you live?
I live between two homes right now: I work and support my grandmother in San Francisco during the week, and go home to my parents house in the East Bay on the weekends.
How would you describe your work in 10 words?
My work represents the “interior” life; thoughts not spoken aloud.
Why did you start making zines and how long have you been making them?
This will be my first zine!
What are you most excited to have on your table this year?
My first zine and postcards of some of my illustrations!
Why do you like zines?
Zines are the most efficient way to present creative ideas - having essays, poetry, and visual art all in one publication that are all talking about the same subject. They’re cool to look at and I find myself reading the same ones over and over sometimes!
SFZF2016 is on Sunday, September 4th at The County Fair Bldg. Golden Gate Park, with 200+ zinesters and DIY creators. It’s FREE and will change your life, or your money back! Follow our tumblr to find out about all of our diverse exhibitors as well as our Facebook to stay updated on SFZF/Bay Area zine-related events!
MORE OF THIS! ✊
If you are someone who can do this, please please do.
Since you're such a smart ass what exactly did black women invent? I answer that. Nothing!
Melania Trump’s speech…
Plus things like CCTV, easily removable convertible tops, toilet paper holders, improvements in cataract surgery, and research that lead to touch tone telephones, portable faxes, caller ID, call waiting, and fiber optic cables.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/henrietta-lacks-immortal-cells-6421299/
A black woman’s DNA is responsible for majority of the twentieth centuries cell, cancer and vaccine research. Fuck you anon.
Sarah E. Goode - Folding Cabinet Bed July 14, 1885 - 322,117
Miriam E. Benjamin (School teacher) -Patented a gong and signal chair for motels- July 17, 1888- 386,289
Anna M. Mangin (Woodside, New York) -Patent for a pastry fork -March 1, 1892 - 470,005
Lyda A. Newman (New York City, NY) -Patent for a hair brush which permitted easy cleaning by having a detachable unit which carried the brush and bristles-
November 15, 1898 -614,335
Madeline Turner (Oakland, California) -Patent for a fruit press.- April 25, 1916 -1,180,959
Alice H. Parker (Morristown, NJ) -Issued a patent for a heating furnace. The invention provided a mechanism for regulating heat to be carried to various rooms of a building. -December 19,1919 -1,325,905
Marjorie Joyner (Chicago, Illinois)- Patent for a permanent wave machine which could wave the hair of both white and Black people. -November 27,1928- 1,693,515
Marjorie Joyner was employed by the Madame C.J. Walker Cosmetic Company and assigned her patent rights to that company for a hair styling hot comb (erroneously cited as invented by Walker).
Madame C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, invented hair creams to soften the hair. She also developed other lotions and creams for which she acquired trademarks.
Patricia Carter Ives. “Creativity and Inventions. (Arlington, VA: Research Unlimited), 1987.
Henrietta Mahim Bradberry (Chicago, Illinois) Patented a bed rack which was an attachment to the bed that permitted air to pass through and refreshed worn clothes. - May 25, 1943 2,320,027
Device operated pneumatically and was adapted to discharge torpedoes under the water surface. - December 11,1945 2,390,688
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner (Washington, D.C.) (born in Charlotte, North Carolina) Sanitary Belt. May 15, 1956 2,881,761 Sanitary Belt with Moistureproof Napkin Pocket. April 14, 1959 2,881,761 Carrier attachment for invalid walkers. (McLean, Virginia) May 18, 1976 - 3,957,071 Bathroom Tissue Holder. (Williamsburg, Virgina) October 19, 1982 - 4,354,643 Back washer mounted on a shower wall and bathtub. September 29, 1987 4,696,068
Mildred Austin Smith (Sister of Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner) Family relationships card game
A game that explores genealogical family relationships. Marketed under the names “Family Relationships Card Game” and trademarked as Family Treedition, also available in braille October 28, 1980 4,230,321 .
Virgie M. Ammons- Fireplace damper actuating tool. The instrument opens and closes a fireplace damper and is also intended to operate as a securing means to prevent fluttering of the damper due to wind -September 30, 1975 3,908,633.
Iula O. Carter (Ohio) Nursery Chair February 9, 1960 2,923,950
Bessie V. Griffin (New Jersey) Portable receptacle April 25, 1951 2,550,554
Maxine Snowden (Washington, D.C.) Rain Hat April 5, 1983 4,378,606
Mary Ann Moore (Carlisle, Kentucky) Pain relief composition and method of preparing same December 4, 1979 4,177,266
Patricia Bath, M.D. Los Angeles, CA Laser apparatus for surgery of cataracts lenses- Dec.1,1998 5,919,186 ,Method and apparatus for ablating and removing cataract May 17,1988 - 5,843,071 Apparatus for Ablating & Removing Cataract Lenses Jul. 6, 1999 4,744,360
Marie V.Brittan Brown Home security system Dec.2,1969
Joan Clark Los Angeles, CA Medicine tray Apr.1,1986 , Holder for bras & like
Aug.31,1976 D283,249
Beatrice L. Cowans (Washington, DC) and Virginia E. Hall (Washington, DC) Embroidered fruit bowl wall hanging and kit for making same. Apr.5,1977 4,016,314
Ellen Elgin Clothes wringer 1880s
Julia Terry Hammonds (Lebanon, Illinois) Apparatus for holding yarn skeins
Listed in the Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent Office. Dec.15,1896 572,985
Joanna Hardin(New York, NY) and Bernard Hirschenson (New York, NY) Keyboard standFeb. 23,1993 5,188,321
Ruane Sharon Jeter (Los Angeles, CA) Toaster April 14,1987 D289,249
Ruane Sharon Jeter (Los Angeles, CA) and Sheila Lynn Jeter(Los Angeles, CA) and-held, multi-functional devices in one housing including a stapler, staple remover, pencil sharpener, hole punch, calculator, tape measure, architectural and engineering scale. Sept. 16, 1997 D383,783
Gaba; Rodolfo (Simi Valley, CA); Griffin; Michael (Aqua Dulce, CA); Gusakov; Ignaty (East Aurora, NY); Ruane Sharon Jeter (Los Angeles, CA); Mach; Brian
(Elma, NY); Marsh; Gordon H. (West Hills, CA). Medical waste disposal container Sept. 7, 1999 5,947,285 , Container installing system Jul. 6, 1999 5,918,762, Cabinet for housing a medical waste container Jun. 15, 1999D411,008
Natalie R. Love (Baltimore, MD) T-Top roof cover May 5,1992 5,110,178
Brothella Quick (Evanston, IL) Pocketed underwear Nov 23,1993 D341,470
Carol Randall (Los Angeles, CA) Portable holder for tissues Aug.13,1996 Ear brace Nov.20,1990 5,544,750
Judy W. Reed -Improvement in dough kneader & roller Sep.20,1884
Mary J. Reynolds Hoisting/loading mechanism Apr.20,1920
Archia L. Ross (New York, NY) Runner for Stoops. August 4, 1896 and Trousers Support November 28, 1899 565,301
Theora Stephens Pressing/curling iron
Valerie Thomas(Lanham, MD) Illusion transmitter Oct 21,1980 4,229,761
M. Thomas Float-operated circuit closer May 4,1920
Hirschenson; Bernard (New York, NY); Hardin; Joanna (New York, NY)Keyboard stand February 23, 19935,188,32
I haven’t even touched the 2000′s yet
So cut it the fuck out
Also the mitochondria in every cell of every human comes from a single female ancestor who was from you guessed it- Africa. meaning a Black woman invented yo dumbass.
This post just got even better
This anon is so foolish . Embarssing ain’t it?
Here’s a fun lil’ comic I’ve been working on recently about my experiences growing up with Latinx superstitions & how it affected me living in America (part 1 of a longer series!).
This isn’t a depiction of all superstitions in Latin America since they vary depending on the country & region. However, these are what the kids from my barrio & I grew up with. Hope you enjoy!
(P.S I would love to hear your own family’s superstitions, especially from non-Latinx peeps!)
I love this so much!!!
ah! this is so great!!!
Motherful Reality coloring event, this Sunday April 24th in Oakland. Come, bring snacks, talk, and create!
(via The Enduring Myth of Black Criminality: an Animated Interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates on Mass Incarceration - The Atlantic)