Chetta for the ides of march

Musichetta| 19 |Polyamorous|Leo ☕️Coffee drinker, 💅🏽makeup artist, 😻cat enthusiast. ✨ I woke up like this ✨

[strawberry-crocodile]

for real tho it feels exhausting that ive seen this whole "woman should be allowed to abstain from X beauty standard" -> "i perform X beauty standard, am i evil? do you think im evil? please forgive me i came up with a dozen excuses 🥺" since like 2015 (and i know its been going on longer than that) like girl thats not the poiiiiint

[strawberry-crocodile]

look me in the eyes. repeat after me. "i face societal pressure to perform this beauty standard. i should not face that pressure. i conform to this standard. i am rewarded for performing to this standard. i need to respect women who do not perform this standard. this is not about whether or not i am a sinner for wearing makeup."

[jame7t]

tumblr is like an abandoned space station & you all are the thing in the vents

[jame7t]

not me though. im girl with tanktop

[hyacinthos-of-earth]

Yes actually I do think we should be able to walk down the street with self injury scars and fresh scabs without the threat of being essentially kidnapped and imprisoned for having mental health problems.

No not "as long as...!" I think unconditionally I should be able to do what I want to and with my body (even if you don't think it's helpful or you think it's disturbing) without the threat of being kidnapped and imprisoned for having mental health problems.

It has long been shown that suicide rates go up when people are released from in-patient wards. There are quite a few theories on this, but mine is that stripping autonomy, restricting freedoms, forcably drugging, mandating ineffective therapy methods, disallowing "normal" human connection, restricting outside contact but encouraging family contact, denying addiction recovery care, and more are probably what's contributing to that rate increase.

[shock]

simplifying models for kids in science today

[hellenhighwater]

Good morning! Mayhem Jane devours the sun.

[hellenhighwater]

Sun too hot, she's spitting it out

[the-bald-eagle]

Important news: the triplets are 6 months old today! Happy half a year @youcanflyonfourailes @fortunas-eyes !!

[fortunas-eyes]

Just as tiring and beautiful as they were on their first day 🥹

[forest-woman]

Adorned cats 💕💛🌸💞

[magicratfingers]

oh well i guess ill just be fat and hot

[magicratfingers]

guess ill be fat and hot and hot

[nothingbutloveforyou]

you deserve to be loved when you’re at your lowest too, especially then. you always do

[kyoshi]

tumblr isn’t only about you :/

why

[thefiresontheheight]

A woman not shaving or wearing a dress or wearing makeup or wearing femme clothes or having styled or long hair or caring how she looks or using a masc name or whatever else is actually a neutral thing and not a sign of her being depressed or giving up or being sad or whatever

[2colde]

much like a beautiful horse i like salt and roaming freely

[tudors-n-imps]

[catmask]

i dont consider myself a 'fashion guru' by any means but one thing i will say is guys you dont need to know the specific brand an item you like is - you need to know what the item is called. very rarely does a brand matter, but knowing that pair of pants is called 'cargo' vs 'boot cut' or the names of dress styles is going to help you find clothes you like WAAAYYYY faster than brand shopping

[catmask]

this also goes for aesthetic or -core titles. 'y2k tank top' is going to get you resellers and fast fashion brands advertising to people looking to meet a current trend. 'thin strap crop tank top' is going to get you a diverse group of results and not upcharge you to hell and back

additionally, shop second hand when you can, second hand and thrift sites typically organize clothes by the cut and color. theyll be more affordable than a depop seller curating you a style to sell you

[daftpatience]

useful terminology for different kinds of clothing shapes :)

[draconym]

[innerchildabortionclinic]

this is how all high protein dessert vids look to me

[chambaeli]

I feel like contouring is lowkey racist

[heartof-au79-deactivated2024090]

Is this a joke?

[chambaeli]

Noo lol I knew I’d regret phrasing it that way. This is tumblr, after all…

It’s not “people who contour are themselves automatically racist” but that the desired face shape created by contouring is one that, at the end of the day, pretty much reflects existing white standards of beauty. A thinner, pointier nose, smaller chin, high angled cheekbones and (on occasion) smaller lips. Also if you’re darker skinned you have to use a much lighter shade of foundation  thus ending up with an overall lighter face.

I probably could have phrased that better.

[burmeseauntie]

No, you are absolutely correct. In fact it is not even lowkey in the performance arts/entertainment world. I’ve known how to contour since I was 9, because I was in ballet. I was taught by an older Asian dancer who told me that I was already darker than everyone else, my face couldn’t look different too. So she showed me the basics, then left me with a picture of a white person as the goal to emulate. 

It’s always been explicit and intentionally racist in terms of what is considered correct contouring technique is to emulate white associated features. Which is not to say that contouring is bad, but it is good to ask ourselves why we do not contour to make our noses look wider and more distinguished. Or why we don’t shadow and highlight to make the face look perfectly round? While contouring is not bad ( and is actually very cool to literally be able to control the way people perceive your face, it’s like magic) it’s good to ask ourselves why we contour the way we do.