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Panos Tsagaris. September 12 2001, 2016

made some tooth gifs for no reason

I have the best friends in the world frfr. My friend housesits my art studio when I'm overseas (although it's 30 min away) and she sends me pictures of her making art even though she claims she's "no artist". I trust her adorable cat to not eat the cadmium acrylic paints lol. I think she finds the space therapeutic as well. Pure play, pure expression, and decent window lighting

Selma Parlour (British, b. 1976) - Invented Vocabulary III, Oil on linen, 61.0 × 51.0 cm (2017)

Note to self

put on a bra,

play some SWV,

get your broom,

turn of that damn phone,

take a break and make some sketches and paint

Falk Gernegroß (German, b. 1983), Träumer (Dreamer) 2005

Oil on canvas,185 x 145 cm

2014 was ten years ago. *needs to sit down a little*

22/09/2024 - Goodbye

The Sapulpa Light, Oklahoma, September 15, 1905

part of the reason i love how bell hooks talks about masculinity is that she shows real compassion towards men suffering from the effects of toxic masculinity. she was conscious of how we need to unlearn the ways we talk about men + masculinity just as much as we need to unlearn the same for women + femininity. so many times ill see someone talking about toxic masculinity like (hyperbolizing here but only slightly) "these FUCKING STUPID BABY BITCHES won't MAN UP and go to a therapist!!!" and like. i get the anger. but you see feminists recreating patriarchal manhood by only promoting good behaviors through patriarchal frameworks. any use of the term "real men" is bad because it reifies the idea that manhood is a special title you must earn, and it is something possible to fail and fake. & as important as it is to promote sexual equality + the pleasure of non-cis-men, lots of people are essentially still working with the idea that men need sexual prowess to have worth but just shifting it slightly so there is more emphasis on women's pleasure. but I want cis men to think about their partners' pleasure because they care about their partners, not because they need to check a box in order to keep their man card. and don't get me started on small dick jokes– and the absolutely pitiful excuse people will use that "well, I don't believe it, but misogynistic men get upset when I say it, so it's okay!"

basically bell hooks is so fucking right. in order to create loving men we need to love men, simply for being alive, whether or not they are performing. as much as we need to actively unlearn misogyny (and we do), it's equally vital we unlearn patriarchal ways of seeing manhood. we can't just assume that taking a feminist perspective automatically means there is no work to be done there.

“you will never be too much for someone who can’t get enough of you”

— Unknown

Allow yourself to feel like shit sometimes

How could you treat someone like that?

...yeah

Telematic Art

Resolving the absence of body

Work by Prof. Paul Sermon

No amount of relational aggression will make me give up on sisterhood.

Samara Andreatti. Infinito finito. 2022.

Óleo sobre papel.