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My 2024 Senior Capstone Project. Just doing what I love. I love experimenting with my art, so sometimes it will be sloppy or beautiful; either way, I'm going to draw. Twitter: https://twitter.com/KRARTISTMUSEUM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/krartistlog/

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 "The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else. " —E. E. Cummings

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"We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light." —Mary Dunbar

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What started me on this journey was that my artstyles were getting critiqued in a heated way. One was a horrified humanoid fever dream of a person, and the other was a normal girl with a hat. The latter got the most responses because people saw traits of themselves in the artwork - including characteristics of themselves they lacked or didn’t like.

What is Sympathy? Understanding the Structure of Other-Oriented Emotions

Sympathy (empathic concern) is mainly understood as a feeling for another and is often contrasted with empathy—a feeling with another. Howev

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"I say this for any other person whose appearance has been changed with time, illness or circumstance — it's okay to live in your present body without treating it as transitional. I am, and I'm really enjoying it." — Lena Dunham

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"Since I don’t look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good." — Serena Williams

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People are being pressured to appear a certain way. Although it differs to where and when you live, people are subjected to beauty standards that are unobtainable but will nonetheless go to great lengths to achieve it. People are starting to wake up to this, and are starting to push back.

South Korean Women 'Escape The Corset' And Reject Their Country's Beauty Ideals

Amid intense social pressure to conform, a photographer in Seoul aims "to destroy the socially defined idea of a woman." Women in her photos

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"I’ve made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them." — Sandra Bullock

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"We’ve forgotten what a regular body looks like. There are people out there who are struggling, and I’m struggling, and it’s okay to come to terms with realizing it’s going to be a bit of a journey." — Chrissy Teigen

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"Each individual woman’s body demands to be accepted on its own terms." — Gloria Steinem

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Everyone has hair somewhere on their body. But some people have to go to greater lengths to get rid of it and do it all again when the hair grows back. People started asking if shaving their body is even necessary.

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“My weight? It is what it is. You could get hit by a bus tomorrow. It’s about being content. And sometimes other priorities win.” —Melissa McCarthy

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“Speak to your body in a loving way. It’s the only one you’ve got, it’s your home, and it deserves your respect.” —Iskra Lawrence

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“Take your time and your talent and figure out what you have to contribute to this world, and get over what the hell your butt looks like in those jeans!” —America Ferrera

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The Body Positive Movement Encourages Inclusion, Not Obesity

The Body Positive movement promotes acceptance of all bodies, regardless of size, shape, skin tone, gender, and physical abilities, but not

Everyone has a different body shape and everyone gets criticized for it. As someone who was formerly overweight, I can relate to how others are being shamed for being fat, yet get scolded for losing the weight. People’s body sizes are the way they are for various reasons. While we shouldn’t enable unhealthy behavior, we also should not shame those who cannot change their waistline no matter how hard they try.

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“I wanted to do nudity. I felt like, all right, I’m 45, I’ve got cellulite, I’ve got stretch marks. I’m feeling really good about myself. Let’s stick it out there.” — Frances McDormand

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“You just have to accept your body. You may not love it all the way, but you just have to be comfortable with it. You just want something else that someone else has, but that doesn't mean what you have isn't beautiful.” — Rihanna

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"I realize everybody wants what they don’t have. But at the end of the day, what you have inside is much more beautiful than what’s on the outside."— Selena Gomez