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The series ‘Young Slavonian Women’ explores the queer identity in the rural areas of the Balkan. The paintings realistically depicts imaginary scenes from the life of young women, that might have happened but were not historically recorded and were not part of the collective memory.

by Helena Janecic [1][2][3][4][5][6]

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Joe Brainard (American, 1942-1994), Pansies, 1968. Watercolor and collage on paper, 28 x 22 in.

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I know I posted pictures from the dolce and gabbana fashion show before but i’m still so pissed OFF we STILL haven’t brought back ceremonial helms and scepters

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Sunsets by Andy Warhol, 1972

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Iris van Herpen Spring 2019 Couture

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“Your future self deserves more, so now, you ache.”

Extracting the toxicity from our lives does not always provide instant relief. A lot of the time, relationships [and things] that are bad for you, feel good. If, by your own strength and courage, you are able to disengage — do not be swayed by the pain you feel.

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Yayoi Kusama - Flowers, 1983, acrylic on canvas 45.5 x 38 cm

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In her mind he is always right behind her, watching her. When she is sleeping. When she is taking a shit. When she is alone with her therapist, he is right there watching her, ready to pounce. And you just expect her to just come out and say it? Are you guys fucking stupid? Short Term 12 (2013) dir. Destin Daniel Cretton

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PREACH, LITTLE SISTER

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Gustave Courbet, Le Sommeil,1866.

Le Sommeil [The Sleepers], which depicts two women entwined in a post-coital embrace, caused a stir when it was first shown in the 1870s. The police were called in, and the painting was not shown again until the 1980s. But its brief showing had an influence on a number of contemporary artists, and helped challenge the taboos associated with lesbian relationships. For modern audiences it’s a good reminder that people in the 19th century were not ignorant of lesbian relationships, as we tend to believe. And it’s pretty damn sexy, don’t you think?

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They called the police on this lesbian painting.

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The best part is, the lesbian embrace isn’t even the biggest thing that made the painting so controversial, it was the art style. People in the artistic community at the time were wholly familiar with sapphic relationships being portrayed in art, but were used to these scenes being portrayed in the ‘academic art’ style, which consisted of smooth, simplistic, idealised versions of the nude female form. This often went hand in hand with the depiction of Roman & Greek allegories to illustrate certain ideals (think Cabanel’s Birth of Venus). Courbet’s journey into realism was met by heavy critique from the academic movement, as the women he painted were, well, more realistic. Leaving in details such as the rolls of fat around the ribs acted as a blunt reminder to the audience that these were not euphoric goddesses caressing in ecstasy, but ordinary women having a nap together after making love. Other realist paintings suffered the same controversy, Manet’s Olympia is a perfect example, where the problem was not that the painting depicted a nude woman in an erotic pose, but the fact that she was just an ordinary courtesan, given an identity & portrayed in a place of power & control. Realism humanized the female form in art, & removed it from its previous role as a representation of the ideal.

So what disgusted people about the painting wasn’t so much that Le Sommeil depicted two women, but rather that it depicted two ‘real’ women.

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Artist: So I painted a couple of lesbians in bed.

Men: Niiiiiiiiiice

Artist: They have cellulite

Men: I AM CALLING THE POLICE

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Watch Black Panther’s production designer, Hannah Beachler, get her name engraved on her Oscar and try not to cry. I DARE YOU.

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New Orleans girl dreams😭😭😭

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Dayton girls out here flourishing

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U.S. Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib watching Republicans trying to defend Donald Trump at the Cohen hearings.