#itsblosseybitch

There isn’t really too much to tell on this front.

My first real job, fresh out of university, was working at the local college, assisting students with learning needs with their studies, especially Art Students.

Hated it to tell you the truth. But the students were fun to hang out with.

Learning support staff are usually one of two things- either older ladies who’s kids have left the nest, or young adults about to go into full time teaching.

Rick’s Sister-in-law happened to be one of the women I worked with. And she was nice enough! Very willing to show me the ropes.

But I had had no idea who she was until we both turned up that faithful morning, to work in floods of tears.

And I asked my boss at the time why she was crying and my boss asked me why I was crying. And I said it was because Rik Mayall had just died.

And my boss just gave me a deadass stare and said:

“So...why do you reckon MRS MAYALL is crying?”

For years, I’ve wondered what my Hormone Monstress would be like, and yesterday, it just hit me like a vision.

At the peak of quarantine in 2020, I hosted a livestream of Nobuhiko Obayashi’s chaotic masterpiece, HOUSE (1977). In the group chat with @fruitcage and our friend Roxy (the artist formerly known as elizabitchtaylor), we came up with the idea of ‘70s-style track shorts in the style of the movie’s @criterioncollection cover, created by artist Sam Smith*.

Three years later, I finally sat down to illustrate these track shorts.