─── Asylum ───

“When I started my musical career, I was a maid,” she told the audience. “I used to clean houses. My parents, my mother was a proud janitor. My stepfather, who raised me like his very own, worked at the post office and my father was a trash man — they all wore uniforms. And that’s why I stand here today in my black and white and I wear my uniform to honor them.”

Morrigan - “Moist”

But why the leg hairs

Why

and why is she so fat? :( like have you seen her in origins and inquisition? she’s a lovely slim woman

1. Because, at least in my game, she’s a mother who has given birth and I draw her to reflect that.

2. Your idea of “fat” and mine vary wildly.

3. I don’t care about perfectly duplicating the game model, at all, considering 90% of all characters of the same species and gender have exactly the same body type, which is way more unrealistic than me drawing one woman with slightly wide hips.

4. Women of any size are just as “lovely” as slim women.

5. If you will refer to my FAQ:

i had to crop a lot because she was the only acceptable part of this picture. that’s ok though

Today in feminist history

I’m a Grown Woman, I can do whatever I want !

my favourite thing about Toph Beifong is that she was told it was impossible to earthbend metal and she immediately said ok you know what and invented metalbending

I’ve been watching clone wars.

Janelle Monáe attends the Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens" 

in Hollywood, California

December. 13, 2015 

Photos: Ethan Miller

janelle is not from the universe and we don’t deserve her 😩

!!!

Wonder Woman by Dan Mora *

Paired commission bust for Frank C.!

Pairs with the Thor bust I did as well, mythological hero parallels 8D

Queen Bey and Queen Nicki

The Beat of Black Feminism: Janelle Monáe and the Radical Politics of Wondaland “Janelle Monáe is a decidedly political artist. She’s the kind of creative voice we need. Someone whose work helps you make sense of yourself and the times. What sets her apart is not a willingness to speak but an ability to deliver multilayered analysis of complicated social issues. Since her mixtape days, she has, sonically, lyrically, and aesthetically articulated a vision for liberation.   Monáe harnesses the power of marrying popular art and Black feminism. Pop culture and mass media are prime avenues for this exploration, and Monáe continues a long tradition of Black women who have used their platforms to advance a freedom agenda. Her aesthetic harkens back to the zenith of Black feminist creative works: the 1970s. Her visage is a highly influential one. While the revolutionary potential of women’s aesthetics are often downplayed, Monáe sends messages via how she adorns her body. Her choice to wear black and white, for example, is a nod to her working class parents and low wage workers. And her hair, hair having long been a site of political expression for Black women, remains unstraightened nearly all the time. We are witnessing the possibilities of Heroic Black female leadership wherein women are in front and not consumed with ego because the mission extends beyond self-interest. Wondaland builds upon it as Janelle Monáe and her squad partake in varied forms of activism that serve as an an ode to the cultural moment and larger movement that made her leadership possible. There is a direct line from the Black woman-led organizing of Black Lives Matter and Wondaland.”

Read the full piece here  

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