Being an artist and having no one to network/rub elbows with you is an absolutely horrible feeling. Artists want their artwork seen and appreciated, even if their art isn’t the best. It’s the primary reason many artists keep drawing and trying to improve in the first place.
If you see an artist getting no comments/likes/reblogs/etc., give them a little appreciation. Some of us work our butts off for just one good compliment. And “nice” or “good job” only goes so far. A couple full sentences can completely brighten an artist’s day. Seriously, I have had people practically jump up and down in their seats because I wrote them a constructive critique. Feedback means the world to people…
This goes threefold for OC pieces; fanart always gets so much attention but when someone compliments me on one of my own characters, it’s way more exciting
As a plus size girl who is still in the process of learning to love her curves i am saddened to see what @oprahmagazine allowed #bodyshaming to be printed. I am proud of my body, every curve, stretch mark and place where it jiggles and being told that i cant wear something just makes me want to wear it more. I am so proud that i am apart of such a strong community of women who rally around each other and build each other up. Sarah @styleit has been such a leader and inspiration in this community and im proud add to this badass movement. The only reason you shouldn’t wear a crop top is if you dont feel like wearing one. Skinny isn’t sexy, Plus size isn’t sexy, CONFIDENCE is sexy.
If your feeling up to it, grab your fav crop top, or your fav shirt and tie it on up and post a fierce pic to #rockthecrop and show that we wont be told what we can and can not wear.
Top: @target
Skirt: @tatyanaboutique
You don’t have to be grateful that it isn’t worse.
read that.
read it again, and again, and again.
somebody, somewhere, always has it worse than you. there is one person on this planet that has it the worst of all, and that person is NOT the only person allowed to be unhappy with their lot.
if things are bad for you, they are bad for you. period.
This goes for trauma as well. A lot of times survivors get trapped in a cycle of minimizing/diminishing their trauma because “other people have it worse” – but there is no hierarchy of trauma. There is no ranking system for which traumas are “better” or “worse.” Your trauma is valid. Period.
Chantal: Your body is like a canvas. The marks on your skin add color to your beauty. Don’t hide them!
Patsy: Go with the flow~ Respect yourself! Nurture the mind and the soul, and realize all things created have worth~!
Melody: Realize there’s nothing wrong with liking yourself. You’re not full of yourself, you’re not conceited, nor are you a narcissist! You shouldn’t feel guilty for loving yourself!
Catalina: Stretch marks are gorgeous, and everyone has body rolls. There’s nothing wrong with being fat. The word ‘fat’ is not an insult!
ok so i love steven’s universe for a lot of reasons, but I just noticed something:
everyone who watches the show knows that Rose is seen as beautiful, and elegant and likely the most attractive character in the show.
But then we also see stuff like:
Mayor Dewy thinking Pearl is beautiful, and even calling her “hot”
Jamie thinking Garnet is literally the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen.
Stevonie, a non-binary but mostly female appearing character, being seen as very attractive by multiple other characters, and Sadie finding her attractive instead of being catty.
Then we have these two. Saphire is a tiny blue one eyed ice smurf and is also seen as beautiful. Ruby is a tiny red angry square with almost no traditionally female characteristics and is also seen as attractive enough to find true love.
Vedalia even says Greg is hot. A+ body positivity despite gender and body type.
What I haven’t seen EVER in Steven’s Universe though is any of the characters being portrayed as ugly or physically unappealing to anyone. Fat characters get body positivity, skinny characters get body positivity, curvy characters get body positivity, tiny characters get body positivity. You know what else? No two characters have the same body type just like real life. It teaches you that there are endless different ways to look and still be beautiful.
No one gets left out. No one gets called ugly. The only “bad” characters arn’t bad because of the way they look, but the way they act. Fat characters are never seen as ugly because they are fat.
This is so important for little kids to see.
And I know the counter argument to children being taught that it’s “ok” to be fat will always be “well being fat is unhealthy and they should feel bad about being fat so that they will work on loosing weight”. But guess what, that kind of thing leads to eating disorders, and kills children’s self esteem, and makes them hate their bodies. Some people do need to loose weight if it actually does affect their health but a lot of the time they really don’t, or they can’t for whatever reason. Some people feel more comfortable being on the heavier side. But even if you are concerned for a person’s health, the stress and depression that comes along with having a poor image of yourself is much more unhealthy and limiting than a little belly fat.
It also shows you that the Gems choose their appearance, which is also supper important. Pearl, and Lapis choose to be skinny, Amethyst and Rose choose to be fat, Garnet chooses to be a giant curvy square, and all of those things are completely accepted and ok.
So my dad teaches at a SUPER liberal school, and he’s basically right smack dab in between being a republican and being a democrat. He’s just about the only employee who’s not a raging liberal. And there’s one teacher at this school who’s gay, and his car broke down and he couldn’t take the bus because our city’s buses suck.
NO ONE would drive him. Except for my white straight Christian dad, who picked him up for 2 weeks.
A few months later, all the teachers went on a retreat. NOT ONE of the male teachers would room with him because they didn’t want him to hit on them and they were afraid he would. Except my dad, who was his roommate the whole weekend, and he told me the guy’s really nice (and now they’re friends).
A few weeks ago, my dad told me that the school had hired a trans woman as their secretary, and he was upset because there were lots of other employees saying they didn’t want that kind of image for their school, and my dad was the person who told them that this woman deserved the same respect the rest of us do.
Let’s stop pretending that all liberals and democrats actually practice the social justice they preach, and let’s please stop pretending anyone who’s Christian is homophobic or transphobic, because as far as I can see nothing could be farther from the truth.
The number of Keystone Motel Reviews has decreased! (It used to be in the 1300s)
IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE STEVEN UNIVERSE FANDOM, PLEASE DO YOUR PART TO HELP! (ESPECIALLY if you left a fake review, positive OR negative)
1.) Google “Keystone Motel”
2.) Click on the hyperlink that leads to the reviews
3.) If you see ANY reviews that references the Steven Universe episode of the same name, click on the flag next to the person’s username when you hover over it. You especially need to be suspicious of Reviews that have been made in the past week. (*the date this post is being made is Thursday, July 16th, 2015, at almost 3AM CST, so the time variance will be different, depending on when you see this post.)
4.) For best results, click on multiple flags so that multiple tabs will open so it’s easier to report more reviews. Depending on how many people help, we can cut down on all of the mess and restore the Motel’s original reputation to when it was.
5.) DON’T EVER DO THIS SHIT AGAIN. DO NOT PUT MULTIPLE GOOD PEOPLES’ JOBS AND REPUTATIONS AT RISK BECAUSE OF DUMB JOKES. Not only does this mess up the Hotel’s image, but it also SEVERELY damages the Steven Crewniverse’s reputation as well, and also puts them at severe risk. And it will be our faults.
AngelMihe 