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“the women sappho was talking about were just her friends-”

“sappho was writing from a man’s perspective-”

“sappho’s poems weren’t meant to be autobiographical-”

me: 

*We are bombarded with false images of beauty and are naturally attracted to these false images, causing men and women to attempt to change their features regardless of their heritage. Is the person themselves to blame, or society’s perspectives on beauty?

*Sadly, stereotypes of races are highly pressured in society and thus many fall prey to said stereotypes. They associate themselves with them, they identify with them, and they choose to follow them. Is it the false representation of cultures that could be associated with “unattractiveness”?

And finally, a question and concern: Why are we prioritizing the beauty of one race because they’re a minority of society, instead of prioritizing the beauty of all races as to not separate anyone from society?

Being mixed, and having a variety of features from both of my races, and seeing those sides of me being separate instead of joined, is frustrating. Why are we seeing color? Why are we seeing stereotypes of any kind of any race? I feel as if advocates for minorities are idolizing the idea of “white people being attracted to black people”. You’re still prioritizing race. Fighting the wrong fight.

TRUE BEAUTY IS WITHIN. THE EXTERIOR WILL NOT FOLLOW YOU TO DEATH. YOUR WEALTH SHALL NOT GO WITH YOU, NOR YOUR BODY, NOR YOUR VIEWS. Praise your conscious mind, and see into others’- there you will find everlasting beauty.

I’ve since realized that I was (totally unknowingly) racist in that. I didn’t want to find black men attractive because they were dangerous. I didn’t want to find black women attractive because they were trashy (and then a whole bunch of other reasons that have nothing to do with race).

Stereotypes and Eurocentric concepts of beauty totally affected who I let myself be attracted to.

Then, when I started realizing how I was being racist, I had people mock me when I expressed appreciation for black people. I was told I must only like thugs and douchebags. It’s fucking toxic.

yes, i do use layers! many artists have their own way of using them, but generally they’re used to make it easier to produce your artwork, and however you want to use it is a-okay as long as it helps you in your creative process :>

i’ve experimented around with different techniques in the past, from separating every single thing into it’s own layer (hair, skin, clothes, etc.) to painting everything on a single layer, but what i currently find most useful is to start out with an overall base color in the bottom layer (traditionally called an underpainting or color wash), do the sketch and lineart in a layer above, lay down the colors in a layer below that, and paint over everything afterwards. i also usually paint the background environment on it’s own layer. when the artwork gets to a good point, i merge the whole thing and fine-tune the color balance and levels. So, my layers end up looking something like this:

— paintover— sketch/lineart— base colors— environment— color wash

i find this simplifies the process a lot and makes it easier to achieve the look i want. if you use too many layers, it could become harder to make certain adjustments, like change proportions and shifting colors. since painting for me is a very fluid process, i sometimes like to experiment a little and having more layers is kind of a barrier against that.

all in all, that’s just my own process, so i encourage you to explore and find what works best for you personally XD

callous sexual attitudes toward women

the belief that violence is manly

the experience of danger as exciting

Here’s one

Here’s another

And another

And another

and another

In fact, if you search for “hypermasculinity” on Google Scholar, about 8,000 articles come up from a wide variety of disciplines from the last few decades. 

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