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Strangely cheerful for monsters, the wicked ones are pranksters of the night. Basically, a bunch of things I care about and some that I obsess about: lgbtqia+, music, art, manga, books, fungi, insects and some series. Ships: Amanita x Nomi, Aurora x Mulan, Jaime x...

[nevver]

[goongdingy]

The thing about this is that sculptures like these in art history were for the male gaze. Photoshop a phone to it and suddenly she’s seen as vain and conceited. That’s why I’m 100% for selfie culture because apparently men can gawk at women but when we realize how beautiful we are we’re suddenly full of ourselves…

YES.

Girls don’t let anyone tell you loving yourself is vanity.

“You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting “Vanity,” thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for you own pleasure.” ― John Berger, Ways of Seeing

[northamericanghost]

Van Gogh has become very popular here on Tumblr over the past year or so. Understandably it makes sense, “Starry Night” is one of the most famous paintings in the world and is endlessly reproduced, and as a man who suffered from mental illness he is relatable to many people online. However I have, and will always feel that when one chooses to participate in the Art world you must one day cross the threshold from introduction artists (western, universally accepted, white, male) and invest in learning about the endless amount of artists throughout history that are stepped over.

So where can you start? Maybe we can look at other female Neoclassicism/Academics, Impressionists, and Modernism/Post-Impressionists/Expressionists, and  (styles most popularly seen in the late 19th and early 20th century)—the movements of art I’ve noticed to be most popular on Tumblr. Many of these artists fall in and out of various styles, so I’ve tried to put them with the style they most closely worked within.

Neoclassicism/Academic:

Camille Claudel

Rosa Bonheur

Enid Yandell

Elizabeth Jane Gardner

Impressionists:

Berthe Morisot

Mary Cassatt

Eva Gonzalès

Marie Bracquemond

Lilla Cabot Perry

Olga Boznańska

Lucy Bacon

Anna Boch

Modernism/Post Impressionists/Expressionist:

Suzanne Valadon

Zinaida Serebriakova

Victorine Meurent

Romaine Brooks

Emily Carr

Sigrid Hjertén

Gabriele Münter

Charlotte Salomon

Paula Modersohn-Becker

Or artists who were not white?

Neoclassicism/Academic:

Eugene Warburg

Leandro Izaguirre

Impressionists:

Henry Ossawa Tanner

Edward Mitchell Bannister

Joaquín Clausell

Francisco Romano Guillemin

Kuroda Seiki

Kume Keiichiro

Moderism/Post-Impressionist/Expressionist:

Dr. Atl (Gerardo Murillo Cornado)

Norman Lewis (Also a part of the Harlem Renaissance)

Charles Alston (Also a part of the Harlem Renaissance)

And specifically women of color?

Neoclassicism/Academic:

Edmonia Lewis

Impressionists:

Kiyohara Tama

Modernism/Post Impressionists/Expressionists:

Pan Yuliang

Amrita Sher-Gil

Elizabeth Catlett

Frida Kahlo

Augusta Savage (Also a part of the Harlem Renaissance)

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (Also a part of the Harlem Renaissance)

So basically there is absolutely no reason why any of these artists shouldn’t be hanging in your room or adoring your Tumblr feed. This list was created with limited resources, and is obviously incomplete and limited to a small group of Western Canon movements, so feel free to add some of your own favorites!

[northamericanghost]

I spent a lot of time on this so I’m just going to reblog it once incase anyone who was interested in it when I first posted that I was working on this quick brief of artists didn’t see the late afternoon post yesterday.

[cinequeer]

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Stop making me fall in love with you, Daisy Ridley <3_<3

[jbk405]

Just when I thought she couldn’t get any more…

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

She is determined to be our most precious and perfect fave of all <3_<3

[i-amarobot]

Uhura 

[desi-problems]

God bless whoever made this. Honestly, this is the truth.

[takingbackourculture]

I’m pretty sure @wardengrey drew this -D

[gurl]

15 Illustrations That Capture What It’s Really Like To Be Bisexual

Bisexual people often feel a lack of community. Gays and lesbians can often be exclusive and hypocritical when it comes to bisexuality. Called the “Invisible Majority” in a report by the San Francisco Human Rights Committee, bisexuals make up the largest sect of the LGBTQ community but lack the same support. It’s time to change that!

[misandry-mermaid]

[botanize]

[tianasweets]

Do not fix your mouth to say that you are anything less than everything. Say that you are every possible definition of beauty and power.

– Dear Brown Girl by Sasha Banks

[misandry-mermaid]

The difference between making blanket statements about male or white or cis or straight or rich people and making ones about women or LGBTQ people or people of color or the poor is that marginalized groups use generalizations to identify their oppressors as a form of self protection. And this is different from privileged groups who use generalizations to further oppress the marginalized, to making statements that allow for their further dehumanization and vilification.  Cultural context is ESSENTIAL. People with any of these privileges who want to be allies need to understand this basic theory because otherwise we are held back by our own egos and inability to see what role we play in that oppression.

[ainselgreenwood]

I think we generally forget one of the purposes of generalizations, which is not to say “every single member of this group does this thing” but it’s also a way to say “this is the what we as a society consider to be essential of this group.” In other words, when someone says “men both require and mock femininity,” they aren’t saying “every single man that ever is or was or will be does this.” They’re saying, this is something our society requires and encourages in men.“ When it is being said of a marginalized group, it is further enforcing an oppressive structure. “All black people are lazy” is saying that this is something that our society thinks is an essential part of being black, that being black is linked fundamentally to laziness. The same is true of a generalization of a group that isn’t that marginalized, but there are two important distinctions: people who aren’t marginalized aren’t further oppressed by generalizations, because they were never oppressed in the first place; there are no oppressive structures the generalizations can reinforce. The second is that non-oppressed people are seen as individuals, while oppressed people as only members of the group. Finally, generalizations, like humor, can either uphold or challenge social structures. If it’s about a marginalized group, it probably upholds an existing social structure. If it’s about a non-marginalized group, it’s a good bet it challenges those social structure. Context is key, like @misandry-mermaid said. That’s not to say that generalizations against a non-marginalized can’t also in a way reinforce oppressive social structures. For example, I’ve seen, and I admit gone along with at times, the generalization that misogynists are all fat neckbeards is fatphobic and needs to stop. However, if you’re the member of a non-marginalized group, the best thing you can do when you see a generalization about your group is to ask yourself if you do that. When I see stuff about White Feminists, I ask myself, am I a White Feminist or am ia feminist who happens to be white? You can call out oppressive generalizations, but you have to recognize when it’s oppressive and when it’s calling out oppression in our society.

[s-ms]

hey hi this is your daily reminder to leave girls the fuck alone when they’re working.

no, they’re not there for you, it doesn’t matter how attracted you are.

they’re there to work, let them work, don’t put them in an uncomfortable place.

[profeminist]

Not a joke: Persistent Sexual Harassment Is a Primary Reason Women Leave STEM 

I’m a server, not your sex toy: Some advice to the next dude who wants to comment on my looks

More posts on workplace harassment

[misandry-mermaid]

People who think women "ruin" their favorite shows/movies deserve their misery.

[genderbinaryisforlosers]

my favourite thing about Lito Rodriguez: he literally has no fucking idea what’s going on. and he doesnt even care that much. he just fucking rolls with it. *lies through his teeth on behalf of a german criminal named wolfgang. how can they understand each other? he has no fucking clue. “we had sex” he says to a man in iceland he has a telepathic connection with. who fucking cares. lets rescue this other chick we’re connected to, fuck yeah.

[smokeandsong]

#remarkably easy going on for a man with precisely 0 chill

[sadsaru]

[haydentomlinson]

[thinkingalexis]

Why I love Jem and the Holograms IDW

So today is the one year anniversary of IDW’s Jem and the Holograms comics. The series has had many artists with all the specials and things already but the same amazing writer throughout Kelley Thompson ( @1979semifinalist). The starting artist and my personal favorite artist working in the industry Sophie Campbell ( @mooncalfe ) has also put so much into this series to make it the series it is today. Jem is also the first series where I really said, damn this colorist is doing some crazy special things. Victoria ( @shouri ) is just a brilliant colorist who really helped make Jem the special comic it is today. I’m not going to write a review of the series i’ve already featured it in my Shining Comics series ( http://sergiorex.tumblr.com/post/129777493925/shining-comic-4-jem-and-the-holograms-vol-1 ) and I got several crazy idea posts about Jem I am making (and here is one about a Jem dating sim game I thought of ). Instead I want to just write in general about what is so special about IDW Jem, why it matters to me, and stuff like that.

Jem and the Holograms is so special in part because the commitment to woman power the series has. Our original line up is obviously is coated with woman talking about perhaps the most iconic 80′s female cartoon series and making it amazingly modern. Even when parts of the art team leave Kelly (and maybe other wonderful IDW people) work very hard to add other amazing female artists to do the art for the series. Inside the series too all the woman feel fleshed out and the diversity adds to their nearly being a character for everyone to look up to. While obviously not everything is represented it isn’t something I think anyone has ever managed to do and maybe not ever will. I do think that diversity is always on Kelly’s mind for the series so I am sure as it keeps going we’ll keep seeing cool new bits of representation. Kimber, Stormer, Blaze all mean so much to me personally and I really do have to thank the series for making them a reality.

The series has a wonderful style thanks to Sophie and I just adore seeing all these body shapes, new outfits, hair cuts, and more get featured in this series. These designs really hold up and it’s amazing that when you’re a great designer you can change hair, outfits, etc so many times but each character always still looks like themselves. It’s so rare to experience that in comics where I’m not looking at a character based on their outfit or hair but their face and body tell enough.

Another thing I adore about IDW Jem is it’s not afraid to get a little crazy. The Valentine’s day special while I guess not really being canon had some magic stuff and Dark Jem is a truly outrageous idea. The specials always got some fun things going on it and I just love the utter amount of creativity that is on display in this series about a band that could have been just that simple. Sometimes like with the examples I mentioned I go “That’s not what I would have done” but I mean I am not the writer and I still really enjoy the issue even if I would have done a few tweaks.

This is a series that is fostering woman creators as well as fostering a new generation of fans. I had no interest in the Jem characters before reading this and now I think about them all the time. This series converted me into a mega fan of it’s universe and I’m so glad that I had given it a chance. It’s crazy how it turned into a series how now I hope one day maybe I’ll be able to sink my teeth in creatively as well.  The series may not be for everyone but it’s for way more then enough amazing people out there. Give Jem and the Holograms a chance you can buy the first trade paperback at a ton of places physically or issues are all up on comixology. No one else is the same as this comic and I hope it lasts for a very long time.

I want to mention it’s still #TransComicsMonth so if you haven’t been looking on here and on twitter tons of trans creators like Sophie Campbell are being highlighted for their amazing works. Thank you so much for reading all this and I hope you keep an eye out for way more content like this in the future.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

SUPPORT THIS COMIC BOOK :D

Not only does it have an AMAZING cast full of POC, lesbian and trans women but it’s also got an amazing and talented trans lady artist working on it and it’s SO MUCH FUN

Jem and the Holograms is a comic book that deserves your time and your money :D

[moonlightsdreaming]

TVアニメ「美少女戦士セーラームーンCrystal」第3期＜デス・バスターズ編＞PRETTY GUARDIANS SAILORMOON CRYSTAL SEASON3 [x]

[rlossehelin]

I am not watching this because I am afraid they wont focus so much on Michiru and Haruka but maybe they will? I hope so