NALIA

queen of the savannah me and the girls on header

[naliathelioness]

this blog is role playing - pictures are not mine - all credits go to the original photographers

[pseudonaivete]

Do you realize how many ways women are shamed for not dying? We're shamed for getting older. We're shamed for having c-sections. We're shamed for surviving assault. When our mere existence is a defiance to a system that want our lives missing, we dismantle the patriarchy each time we choose living.

Farida D.

[naliathelioness]

i do not concern myself with the male-made lie of empowerment through suffering and dying or the narrative of supposedly necessary female sacrifice

[naliathelioness]

happy pride month! there’s only one week left to the end of June, but this PRIDE of lionesses will always be PROUD of you 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

[naliathelioness]

having fun near the water with the pride! 😸 did not concern myself with shaving my bush 😼 happy dry season! 😽

[camomileapplesyrup]

the natural female body is not radical.

hair, be it on my legs, arms, armpits, face or pubic area is not radical.

my bare face is not radical.

my fat & my rolls are not radical.

my skin without layers of lathered on serums and creams is not radical.

my visible pores, circles under my eyes, acne, be it hormonal or anything else, are not radical.

the natural form of the human body is just what it is; human. and i will not be selling it to young people and women as punk or grunge, as a movement, or as a radical statement made.

this is the mundane, the norm, the every day, the reality, my existence. embrace it, live it.

my strawpage.

[naliathelioness]

i do not concern with male-made norms of what a female should be.

i simply am and i love being.

[artofmaquenda]

Devotion

Saw this news and I had to make a rough sketch about it. 🥹 We humans always underestimate the empathy and care of other animals..

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Let's be loyal to Mama!

[naliathelioness]

stand by your girls like a true lioness 😼

beautiful sketch!

[true-bluesargent]

the thing is is that you'll be like. 11 years old and someone will tell you that you have to shave your legs. either it will be your mum or a friend or a mean girl in the p.e. changing rooms telling you how gross it is that you have hair on your legs. so then you ask your mum about it and she says yep you have to take this razor blade and drag it across your skin under running water and just hope you don't cut yourself too badly and you have to do this every single week and maybe more frequently than that and you have to do that for fucking ever. the rest of your fucking life. because the hair that grows naturally on your legs is gross and ugly and people will laugh and boys won't like you! of course boys have hair on THEIR legs. but that's normal and even attractive and it's just not the same for you. and a few years later they'll say well you obviously should also be shaving your armpits. and then it's your arms and then it's that you have to wax your upper lip and pluck your eyebrows and ewww why do you have hair on your fingers and your toes.. you need to shave that too. and then suddenly you need to buy spray that will make invisible hairs on your face visible so that you can shave that too! and it's expensive and time consuming and difficult and it HURTS but they just say beauty is pain babe! and you're not allowed to say that maybe if beauty is pain then you don't actually want to be beautiful

[true-bluesargent]

and i'm so fucking tired of girls who do shave being defensive when this topic comes up because then i have to say well of COURSE it's your personal choice whether you want to shave or not! no offense! maybe it makes you feel empowered! you do it for YOURSELF! because that's bullshit and i actually DO think you should stop shaving your legs because it's not fucking empowering it's insane. if you give it more than a minute of thought it can't possibly be empowering. you're in a PRISON!!!!! and i was in the prison too okay and i know it seems hard to break out but i promise you it's not. and the more people we can break out of the prison the easier it gets for everyone else i swear to god. please

[naliathelioness]

i do not concern myself with the male supremacist beautification rituals made to dehumanise the female or the illusory propaganda of free choice under an oppressive system

[naliathelioness]

Happy International Women’s Day! 💜

To celebrate human ladies, i’m spending the day with the pride, sleeping, cuddling, grooming each other and eating a huge, fat and rigorously male buffalo that me and the girls hunted down 😼 i suggest doing whatever human version of this is!

Have a great day! 😽

[radiant-spirit-guardians]

They're trying to destroy you. > Heels to stop you from running > Long nails to curb your dexterity > Short skirts to keep you from moving freely > Makeup to ruin your skin and force you to buy a thousand different skincare products > Diet culture to starve and weaken your body & mind > Botox, fillers, silicone to poison your body > Skin tight pants to compromise your circulation > Waist training to strain your breathing and squish your organs > Polyester clothing that lasts a couple washes and that will stop being trendy in a few months to get you to spend more and more money to look fashionable > Douching products to ruin your vaginal PH > Numbing sprays to force you past your pain limit > Girl math to keep you financially illiterate > Dark romance books to groom you into viewing abuse as something sexy and desirable > #Girlboss to get you to sacrifice your time and energy to some company that could replace you at any given moment > Tradwife influencers to convince you to give up your autonomy with a smile on your face > Overprescribed medication and wine mom culture to keep you sedated and docile > Face distorting camera filters to make you stop recognizing yourself > Hair styling to expose you to toxic fumes

It's no wonder so many girls feel like the only way to escape this fate is to opt out of womanhood, as the current mainstream definition of womanhood can look a lot like subjecting oneself to this torture. But opting out of womanhood only reinforces that stupid definition, if anything. None of that makes you a woman, though. None of it.

I do wonder how many autistic girls were led to believe they were experiencing gender dysphoria when truly what they were struggling with were sensory issues caused by trying to perform this warped idea of womanhood. Personally, I remember going nonverbal over the sheer discomfort of trying to wear skinny jeans + mascara + lipstick and whatnot. It's hell on earth.

But you can opt out of those things. You can be free.

[naliathelioness]

i do not concern myself with the unnecessary “beautification” rituals imposed by males to reinforce the process of Othering of the female and further the dissociation from her body

[friendlyfreakazoid]

Prioritizing females in your life is so easy once you realize that women are actually the only ones who are good at writing and making art and music. Biggest scam mankind ever pulled was convincing the world that men have any creative ability at all. The best male artist you can think of is comparable to a mediocre-at-best female artist.

[claudias-diaries]

The best man is an average woman

[naliathelioness]

i do not concern myself with male “creations”

[femalefemur]

my strong and intimidating mama

[anyonewestofbree]

Let’s climb on and chew and get chomped by mama

[a-womb-of-ones-own]

Why am I supposed to empower myself as a woman by “reclaiming” everything misogynistic and degrading and pornified.... I’d rather “reclaim” my rightful dignity and humanity lmfaoo

[naliathelioness]

i do not concern myself with the male-made lie of empowerment through sex-based degradation, humiliation and dehumanisation

[princesskuragina]

It's never too late to stop shaving your armpits

[naliathelioness]

i do not concern myself with shaving

[brownwomanisland]

Happy New Year to my sisters, and sisters ONLY. May more of us experience liberation this year until we're all free.

[naliathelioness]

i do not concern myself with “racism” accusations made by the male supremacists who defend female genital mutilation

[naliathelioness]

“if you’re anti-FGM you’re westernised” guess i found today’s breakfast

[naliathelioness]

i do not concern myself with “racism” accusations made by the male supremacists who defend female genital mutilation