@fayeorlove

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New “Too ugly for Glossier” hats link in bio ;)

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SZA Air Fresheners, on sale bbs. Smelling like black diamond <3 Photos by Rikkí Wright.

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NEW EP OF @THISWEEKHADMELIKE IS LIVE! me + @jefferyself + @fayeorlove talk about jonathan cheban’s mom’s Instagram (@galcheban), kevin spacey judging italian tv talent shows, and more. listen here—> https://itun.es/i6YK5XG !

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interview with layla halabian for vice/live nation about pop culture, music videos, and @welcometojuniorhigh

[welcometojuniorhigh]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fayeorlove/junior-high

in grade school i didn’t learn about a single female artist. i remember a brief mention of georgia o’keeffe but even that was only in relation to alfred steiglitz. do you understand that intense conditioning that happens to a young girl when all her textbooks are full of names of only men? the first time i heard the name frida was in a college class on “female” artists. it’s terrifying, what you internalize. it wears you around like a heavy backpack. the weight of knowing no matter how hard you try, what you accomplish, the work you create, you’ll never make history. you’ll never be as good as a man. 

i never thought my work could stand in a gallery, that my drawings could be my life-line. that anyone would interview me for a magazine or i’d have my own art show and people would come. i’ve had to work harder than every man i know to get half the recognition.

your donation to junior high will not only teach girls the tools for creating their own masterpieces, but will offer a venue to showcase them. the first two art shows i’m facilitating right now feature work entirely by women and folks of color. people who have consistently internalized societal conditioning telling them “you’re not good enough,” “you’re not worthy.”

junior high will preserve the artistic pursuits of marginalized voices, put them on the highest pedestal, and empower young girls and kids of color to believe they can be artists, that even if history books don’t recognize them, at least someone will. junior high will.

[welcometojuniorhigh]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fayeorlove/junior-high

i graduated college before i found my any semblance of self-confidence. before i taught myself the arduous processes of self-love. that means i spent 22 years wanting to be anybody but me. that’s a really long time to hate yourself.

when you’re a young girl society forces that hate. you’re taught that everything about you is just another thing to change. the way you look, the way you think, the work you produce. shave your hair, bleach your skin, stop interrupting.

there are so many amazing and powerful women that exist today DESPITE society. but imagine how powerful we could be if our community wasn’t a burden, but a support system. if the world we lived in didn’t constantly tear us down.

your donation to junior high will help girls, marginalized voices, anyone different feel empowered. your donation will help teach the radical tools of self-love.

[welcometojuniorhigh]

friends: i have 1 week left. i’m going to post every day this week about why this space is important and what exactly your donation will contribute to.

3 years ago at at my favorite venue in boston, i got sexually assaulted while working. i was listening to my friends play music and taking money at the front door. 2 men grabbed me and told me “i needed to smile. maybe they’d teach me how.” i won’t post the worst part of it, but even writing this is triggering. i wasn’t strong enough to kick the 2 men out, and they got lost in the crowd. i spent the entire rest of the night terrified they’d touch me again. i had to have a male friend walk me home. down my own street. in my own city. i didn’t sleep.

the next morning at my second job i broke down and cried because i felt so violated. i had to tell my male boss was happened, and he let me go home, but not before telling me “i should quit that other job.” his response was not ways in which to battle sexism in night clubs, where to seek counseling, or how men like that should be vanquished, but that i should remove MYSELF from my favorite place in the city just so things like that wouldn’t happen. boys will be boys i guess.

i need junior high, the city needs junior high, because i never want anyone to feel abused the way i did (and millions others have) while doing something as magical as listening to live music. no public spaces should foster such male-saturated environments that shitty dudes assume that behavior is tolerated. your donation today will go towards creating a space that offers support for sexual assault survivors, tools for how to deal with sexism and sexual harassment on a daily basis, and will never suggest any woman change HER behavior as a solution to sexism.

[fayeorlove]

i started a tumblr specific to junior high :)

[fayeorlove]

hi tumblr, i’m opening a community space in los angeles geared towards empowering women and marginalized voices in the arts. it will be a space for film, music, comedy, visual art of all mediums, and, most importantly, affordable courses and workshops for folks of all ages!

i’m excited to offer the city a place to showcase the creative pursuits of everyone overlooked by the art world. everyone who has ever felt the art world was too expensive, too male-saturated, two white, and too inaccessible.

i’m urging everyone to please take 5 minutes to look at my kickstarter and donate if it’s within your means. i can’t do this without the help of the rad support systems around me :)

kickstarter.com/projects/fayeorlove/junior-high

thank you so much!

[fayeorlove]

my video for “breast coast (hangin’ out) by childbirth. cinematography by michel_e_b.

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my prints for “take me home” at alt space brooklyn, up til 12/30/2015 :)

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celeb activity book 2k15 is here! 15 pages of activities featuring the kardashian/jenners, miley cyrus, eminem, cher, nicki minaj, harry styles, drake, taylor swift, rihanna, paris hilton, justin bieber, shia labeouf, rupaul, dwayne “the rock” johnson + more. it’s the perfect holiday gift, order yrs now ;)

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shia watching his own movies

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BABY SLUT sticker sheet now avail ;) 

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fayeorlove.com/store <3

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the video i made for laura stevenson (out today on AV club). special thanks to casey herz for filming the performances and natalie yang for filming the jellyfish.

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lisa simpson “overachiever” shirts (limited run) $22 avail now! click thru. 

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for @buzzfeedvideo