#that men in paintings are Powerful

[inkskinned]

if you're smiling you're vapid or flirty or vain or contrite or insipid or a massive bitch or coy or cunning and if you've relaxed and are just watching-back, you're enigmatic or mysterious or sexy or a massive bitch or coy or cunning and if you're frowning you're hysterical or overwrought or the voice of your people or hard to please or a massive bitch or

and you stand there reading the little plaque next to pictures of people who aren't really like you because they're rich and they wear satin but they are like you because they had to watch other people paint their pictures without getting to paint them by themselves and you think about the fact that something like 80% of "fine art" on the walls is only made by white men and how so many of these pictures are of white women and how many are of naked women and how many are of bloodshed, and how the women are all looking at you and watching you and there are so many discussions about what kind of a person is she

but she isn't in this painting, is she, she's watching like a ghost behind you, saying a man told my story and you know what that's like because her facial expression defines her personality (what if she was just happy? what if she was holding back a sneeze? what if she is a kind person who relaxes into a frown when she's not focusing?) and on trains and in public if you hunch too much or let your "resting bitch face" show (it means you're not-smiling. you don't even have to be frowning. you know people who think they have "resting bitch face" and really mean they don't look delicate and pretty when they're relaxing; their facial expression isn't even intimidating it just isn't lovely) like congratulations that's your whole personhood

oh it's lovely to be in art circles and of course you've had some similar conversations because you do your homework but when you point out that maybe it doesn't actually matter if the mona lisa is smiling, that maybe we need to look at something other than her lips - people tell you that you just don't get it, so maybe you don't, but your skin crawls because you picture someone taking a picture of you and saying is she coy? is she clever? what do we see? and you think. well, i'm hungry, and stressed, and i've got those rent bills incoming

and it's not like you can say it doesn't happen with men because of course there are conversations about it but you've noticed that a man with a blank face is empowered or showing leadership skills or calm or even kind - that he gets good attributes faster for less effort - and it's not like you're even a professional in these circles but it still feels like you're trying to express something very akin to - if you were one of us, you'd need no explanation for it because you can look at a picture of these women and something in your heart rings and something else in the back of your mind says - this isn't for everyone, this is only for us and you know that no matter what you do or say about dehumanization and how we are people at the end of the day and how not every woman who smiles at you lies on a spectrum of "flirting" or "devoid of wit" - no matter what you do, they're not going to get it.

#whatever this is #i love discussing art btw #i just have noticed a very specific pattern about this #that men in paintings are Powerful #where as a woman looking at the artist without any specific expression is ''enigmatic'' like bro she's just chillin

[jodeeeart]

current WIP <3

#adar #joseph mawle #trop #rings of power #sketch #black and white #painting #fanart #beautiful men

[jkjones21]

I understand the impulse to look ahead to whatever nonsense is coming in the relaunch, but my head’s still firmly in Krakoa for now. Did a piece of Rachel hanging out and watching monitors in the No-Place cabbage with Mother Righteous.

#x-men #drawing #procreate #fanart #art #digital painting #xmenuniverse #rise of the powers of x #Rachel Summers #Askani #Mother Righteous

[lord-radish]

imagine thinking that trans men are inherently bad or evil or predatory on the basis of gendered privilege and societal power structures. cringe

#transmasc discourse #like the idea that trans men gain male privilege and kick down the ladder to beat on the queer community is astonishingly stupid at best #the idea that transphobia or queerphobia as a whole doesn't affect them because they're Assimilating With The Oppressors is like #man fucking what is up with people yknow #gender essentialism is fucked up and it's the same force that's beaten down on bi ace and transfem people #the fact that this has turned into 'trans rights but only for the women' by some dumb-fuck shitstains is awful #no. trans rights for all. #like let me explain what I mean here: trans men aren't seen as men by transphobes #it's not 'oh you're a fella? crack a cold beer and let's bash some gays'. passing as a man has just as much risk to it as passing as a woman #because a man who will attack a trans woman as someone who is not a woman will most likely attack a trans man he does not see as a man #with the same violence he might level against a cis woman #that's just on the masc side. i can't speak for any violence against trans men by cis women but I can see how cis women discredit trans men #by claiming them as Lost Lesbians and Sisters In Arms who've been lost due to the Trans Agenda #like people shit on bi people because they have 'passing privilege'. but we know that bi people face homophobia #and other issues about their orientation. the idea that trans men get their Boys Will Be Boys card is to focus on a tiny selection #that *potentially* has the power to he a shithead - like a queerphobic asexual person or a malicious bi person #and paint an entire group of diverse people as literally the worst interpretation you can imagine about them #like consider that you have your own issues and/or biases in regards to people you like and want to hang out with #and stop calling entire groups of people invaders and oppressors whose entire goal is to upend the community #and turn the power of queer people against them #i understand how it feels to feel powerless and to have somewhere where you feel supported and safe #but if you're going to see pain and hate in every group who shares your experience but gives you an ick for whatever reason #there's a solid chance that the Righteous Crusade against them is - in fact - your own personal dislike wielding a modicum of power #that essentially functions the same way that hetero- and cis-normative standards and people have rejected you. #it is essentially you becoming the bully. and just like bi and ace and transfem people before I won't stand for it #trans men are my people.

[greensaplinggrace]

the reveal scene is so frustrating because it could have been so well done and impactful but instead it was just a moldy ass painting in an alcove that could have come from anywhere and been done at any time and the reveal of baghra’s shadow powers that don’t technically even mean or prove anything

#myramblings #alina starkov #grishaverse #baghra morozova #shadow and bone #sab #the darkling #aleksander morozova #like hhhh #was baghra just relying on shock factor here?? and alina not questioning much?! #stopping to think about the 'proof' for even two seconds is like ?!?? #what proof #it's a random painting and an abusive woman with shadow powers #when canonically people think there has been a long line of darklings #so having shadow powers on it's own isn't that big of a reveal #like the only lie this disproves is that darklings are always men?? #like am i going crazy over this for no reason because every time this scene happens im like alkdjflsk #fandomcourse #not really tho but just in case lmfao

[onaperduamedee]

"Light, is there a story with an Aes Sedai where she isn't a villain ?"

— Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World

Based on Medusa by Laura Dreyfus Barney

#the wheel of time #moiraine damodred #moiraine sedai #wheel of time #greenawaying #mine: wot #no idea what tag to use #I hadn't done one of these in a while #I didn't pick the simplest painting to blend either but it's still as relaxing as I remember #insert spiel about Aes Sedai and narratives of women with powers #I am not far enough into the books to comment on why there is such a bias against Aes Sedai #but it is interesting how soon Moiraine addresses that Aes Sedai are just people #neither better nor worse #capable to be as petty and good and vile and mediocre as others #obviously there is the weigthy question of the White Tower as an institution #New Spring had very odd Diderot's La Religieuse vibes #and power as a source of madness for men but for women it's this #whatever this is in-universe and that I have complicated feelings about #on women and madness and monstrosity and religions

[cruelsister-moved2]

i also don’t think ‘security in your masculinity’ functions as a cure for violence against women. in fact, the cure is (put simply) compassion and empathy for women, the recognition that women are human beings, which is something masculinity is explicitly constructed against. because masculinity isn’t a biological reality, it’s a social construct defined against a feminine ‘other’ and associated with power. traits/behaviours/embodiment that one culture and time period associates with masculinity are associated with femininity in another.  In that context ‘security in your masculinity’ means... security that you don’t have to behave like [insert racialised/class-prejudiced portrayal of stereotypes male violence here] to preserve the privileges you expect to be surrounded by as a member of the dominant gender class. the irony in the ‘secure in my masculinity’ brag is that it makes the men with genuine cause to fear for their place in masculine hegemony (disabled men, gay men, trans men, men of colour, jewish men, immigrant men, working class men, etc) more of a threat than the men who are most secure within it. and now, under this framework, striving for inclusion within the privileged class, fighting to maintain its definitions, and subscribing to its values, is... feminist praxis?  and of course, in all of this, men’s experiences are centralised in the conversation of violence against women. violence against women becomes a tribal issue between groups of men, a.k.a 'feminist’ men are taking fundamentally the same perspective as the 3750 year old code of hammurabi.

#its so lazyyyyy #and when people are like im secure enough in my masculinity to paint my nails or whatever the whole thing really falls apart #like masculinity is a social construct #either youre saying 'im secure enough in my adherence to this social construct to occasionally divert from it' (thus legitimising the #construct) or you're just subscribing to a bioessentialist notion of some fundamental masculinity #that still protects you even when you aren't performing masculinity #like. stfu #i really dont know where these (almost invariably straight) guys think gnc people fit into this. chances are they dont think at all lol #and i love how he draws attention in that article to how often the implied 'insecure man' is working class and/or not white #because it's like yeah you're a threat in your struggle to secure power (and ofc marginalised men often DO hurt women around them in order #to do this) BUT the men who don't have to do this because..their power is already ultimate...are framed as the good guys #rather than. the even worse guys. #anyway as always compare butch masculinity with men's masculinity and you'll find masculinity is not just a neutral set of traits that #just randomly happen to be associated with men for no reason #okay anyway im done i dont care any more im breathing into a paper bag

[woobosco]

Afro Culture (My culture)

@woobosco

#afrocentric #afro #Afro art #Afro Fashion #Afro Culture #afroamerican #african #african american #AA #afro love #black #black power #black hair #black men #black culture #black women #black art #colors #painting #locs #melanin #black skin #afro hippy #afro hippie #God #Goddess #Soul #soulaan #Soul Culture #soulaa

[folansstuff]

I know there's probably some important plot stuff going on in the greater panel (like hop shooting Mother Righteous, good on her) but LOOK! LOOK AT THE GIRLS!!!! THEY LOOK FANTASTIC!!!!!

(Powers of the House of X #2)

#i love that they stuck with jubilees hairstyle #AND THE FACE PAINT #x-men #jubilee #jubilation lee #dazzler #alison blaire #powers of the the house of x

[audeladelhumain]

Fully intentional work of art, a black-and-white celebration of Renaissance-like composition

#Instagram #cigarette #smokers #smoking #cool #dangerous #love #smoker #men who smoke #leather #jeans #friendship #best friend #friends #power of three #accidental renaissance #painting #leather jacket #t shirt #marlboro #blue jeans #haircut #graffiti #streetwear #street style #conversation #sharing

[jodeeeart]

Around an hour from yesterday.

#Adar #lotr #rings of power #Speed painting #Beautiful men #joseph mawle #love this guy #getting there with his likeness #Trop

[jkjones21]

The gladiator skirt in her new costume is such a great embellishment on the classic black and yellow training uniform. Also really hoping she survives the Krakoan timeline purge (if that’s even what ends up happening).

#drawing #procreate #fanart #x-men #art #digital painting #xmenuniverse #rasputin iv #Rise of the Powers of X

[gender-euphowrya]

still baffles me how so many turves have this weird combination 1950s/catholicism aesthetics going on like. yup both things were notoriously amazing for women

#how are you gonna be all girl power women's liberation smash patriarchy all men are pigs #and have your profile pic be one of them thin white housewife drawings from a fucking vintage jell-o ad or something #like it's either that or some obscure fucking renaissance painting of a sad looking woman #and first post is black and white artsy picture of an old church in the fog like #it's just how can you live like that and be dead convinced that you're not a conservative fdksjsks

[fairuzfan]

Oh and president coin. The absolute statement of having her be the one killed and snow dying by choking on his own blood. The narrative clarity of it all.

#the idea that the ones who claim the credit of the rebellion and the people who fought it having to live with its consequences #coin becoming president while sacrificing her own people and painting herself as the hero #and katniss recognizing the cycle of power is starting agaim before her eyes #so she ends it herself #a rebellion of her own making #the first choice shes had the complete freedom to make on her own #all others being choices of circumstance #her volunteering as tribute #her and peetas fake love story #her fighting the rebellion #this is the first decision shes made COMPLETELY of her own volition without any consequences that choose for her #she chose to end it before it even started #because she couldnt stand to let herself become coins symbol #she was not a symbol #she is capable of making her own decisions #and snow after the ballad of song and snake laughing at it all #probably outstanded that someone was bold enough to choose that choice #laughing because she had figured it all out #figured out what kept men like him in power #and she ended it #and he was amazed #and he died choking on his own blood because in the end he was still is own undoing #because all the power in the world cannot save you from death #a pitiful and lonely death

[jojoseames]

Some new sketch cards that I'll have at my table at Tucson Comic Con! These are all just from the category of "whatever characters JoJo likes and feels like drawing", ha ha! I'll see if I have time to get a few more done...only a few short days away!

Tucson Comic Con is September 2 - 4 at the Tucson Convention Center, and I'll be at table AA 038! Hope to see you there!

#sketch card #yu yu hakusho #chainsaw man #dc comics #x-men #dragonball z #cowboy bebop #yusuke urameshi #superman #piccolo #wolverine #power #poison ivy #psylocke #faye valentine #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #jojo seames

[lesser-vissir]

Reverse racism isn't real but its kinda insane how some poc react to being told "taking out your anger about racism on white people you oppress on the basis of sexuality or gender, by being homophobic/transphobic to them is bad"

#i am 100% convinced its because yall find someone you hold societal power over and immediately want to flip the script #especially since every time this topic comes up they immediately try to paint every critic as either white or like #a coconut/oreo/ect #cause the base assumption is always 'racism is so much worse than every other axis of oppression that you cannot oppress white people ever #which stems from the specifics of how racism and misogyny interact such that white women often are able to leverage their whiteness #in such a way that it trumps the male privilege of a black man #but most people take that to mean that men of color cannot be misogynistic to white women #but what they miss is the misogyny that causes that reversal ie. white women are white mens property #but they extrapolate that mistaken conception to make it so that bigotry towards white people doesn't count ever #n e ways