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This nature photography blog is wonderful for references

shout out 2 artists who got harassed and bullied regularly because they wouldn’t give ppl free art, teach them how to draw, who had people who would only try to be their friend to get free art

shout out 2 artists who got their sketchbook taken away by teachers, their art torn up and ruined, who got otherwise punished cruelly for drawing in class

shout out 2 artists whos boundaries were never respected, who had people snatch their sketchbook away and rifle through it without asking, who had people that would get up in their personal space to watch them draw even when it made them visibly uncomfortable

shout out 2 artists who’ve just in general been treated like shit and have stayed strong thru it ya’ll are awesome

kalecaruba

dont forget that a lot of young developing artists are told by older people on a regular basis that “art is not a reliable career” and its a “waste of time” and they should be focusing on “real work”

so yeah also shoutout to artists who kept drawing despite putting up with people always trying to tear them down and deter them from doing it

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jonginism

Luhan for Lu-star

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rollerblades are cool!!

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ensemble stars!

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Leave the newbie alone, Levi!

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some sugas 😇🌸🌺✨

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I CAN’T…HEAR.

typography challenge: use only 3 words

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this fandom never stops

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Okay but I’ve been thinking about the massive backlash over Channing Tatum being cast as Gambit, and just about the Tatum-hate in general, and I’m just gonna say it: I think it’s sexist.

Remember when Channing Tatum first came onto the scene and he was in that Nicholas Sparks movie and then he was in Magic Mike and women were all about the Channing Tatum life? Then you got men saying, “Blegghh Channing Tatum sucks, he’s not a good actor, he’s a dumb jock-type, what about real actors”

I think the main driving force behind that original wave of men saying, “Channing Tatum is stupid, only girls like him because he’s hot, he’s not even a good actor, blah blah blah” was backlash against him because women liked him. It’s the same reason Dirty Dancing is sneered at by film critics and labeled a dumb chick flick, but Saturday Night Fever is classic Serious Cinema.

Channing Tatum isn’t a bad actor, he gave critically acclaimed performances in Foxcatcher and Magic Mike both. He’s not stupid: (That all-female Ghostbusters you’re so psyched about? He’s one of the main producers and backers. He also produced Earth Made of Glass with his wife, which is a major, award-winning documentary about the Rwandan genocide, 21 Jump Street and the sequel, which had massive box office grosses, and Magic Mike was literally based on his life. It was his idea, his story, and he co-wrote). He’s not an idiot by any means at all, and the fact that he has ADD and severe dyslexia make the whole “stupid buff guy” stereotype people associate with him kinda sketchy.

Anyway, after men started lashing out against him because he was popular with women (and Lord forbid something women like be considered quality), then you got women saying, “Well, I just don’t think Channing Tatum is attractive.” or “I don’t like Channing Tatum, I like ~real actors~” and it was all permeated with an underlayer of “…not like those dumb, bimbo other girls.” It’s the same shit as, “I just don’t get along with women, I get along with boys better.” It’s a subtle, maybe even unconscious way of saying, “I think like you, boys, please accept me. I’m better than those girls, please don’t treat me the way you treat them.”

TL;DR: Channing Tatum is a recovering alcoholic and former sex worker with ADD and severe dyslexia who is frequently unfairly lambasted just because he has the audacity to be popular with women.