our first catch of the day

this is too great

redraw

the girls

I wanted more Garnet in braids so I took matters into my own hands.

Azarath Metrion…ZINTHOS!

it’s such a shame that darker people are discouraged from wearing any light/bright colours bc we look great in them

Wowowowow 💕

V8rooom

Sketchs

Nux & Immortan Joe

i’m stoked for october can you tell

Sleep tight, little prince.

This comes up because a male friend is posting on Facebook about all the things he’s introducing his new girlfriend to. She’s “gee whiz” about everything, and very wide-eyed, but all I can think is, “man, you two have nothing in common, do you”. 

And it’s always the guy bringing the girl into *their* world. Not vice versa. They don’t ever enter the woman’s world. They usually hang out with *his* friends, and he introduces her to *his* hobbies. In some ways, it often works out better than if he found a woman from his own social group, because the “golly gee whiz” wide eyed stranger is never, ever going to be competition. She’s never going to ever threaten the guy’s status as alpha geek/sports fan/etc.

I don’t think heterosexuals are even aware that they do this. These are some of the most “feminist ally” identified guys I’ve known. They’re not self-aware enough to recognize how gendered the dynamics in their relationships are. 

omg why is this viralling

cause it’s true?

I hate to be the person who adds their own stuff to a post but like, this is exactly what happened to me with my first real boyfriend. Like I didn’t notice it when I was in the situation, but looking back it’s exactly like the post describes it. Not to mention he was exactly the type of guy to self identify as a feminist and was very proud of the fact.

It was really very easy for him to make me believe or at least feel like he was the authority on most things and we always did things he was into (it didn’t help that I was 15/16 at the time and he was 18/19 but that’s a whole other list of issues.) He never took any real interest in my hobbies or passions but would get insulted when I wasn’t interested in investing my time in things he wanted to do. It wasn’t until a really long time after we broke up that I started seeing just how many things were unhealthy in that relationship. 

And like, if you’re a straight girl and you’re dating guys that’s unfortunately one of the many things you have to look out for. Very few people will point stuff like this out to you, they probably don’t see it themselves cause it’s so accepted and normalized. So many men are used to the world revolving around them that they don’t question that their partner should also become part of their niche. If you’re taking an interesting in his life and hobbies he should be taking an equal interest in yours. More often than not you’ll have to demand it from them and if they object to it you need to walk the fuck away from that relationship imo. 

The thing interesting on this dynamic is, this is the one socially sanctioned moment when girl is allowed (even encouraged!) to be interested in masculine hobbies. Nobody motivates girls to be into football or fishing on their own, and when they do they’re seen as strange exceptions. But when their bf is into those things, it’s celebrated as ideal girlfriend behavior. But there is also the implication that she isn’t REALLY interested, she’s just following. She isn’t in it for herself - otherwise she would be a competition and we can’t have that.

But then God help them from then onwards because even if they actually do have a genuine interest in these things they’ll be forever branded a Fake Geek Girl who is Only Doing It to Impress Guys and the Circle of Bullshit continues to move us all.

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Artist proof painting.  Oil paint on Liliana of the Veil.  2.5x3.5 inches.  Sold.

Alright… which one of you bought this?