February 2012
19 posts
On kerfuffles and gay romance and giveaways →
ladonnapietra:
devonwood:
higginstheshrimp:
sir-kit:
Last year, there was an outcry over a YA anthology that was prohibiting same-sex stories. There were a LOT of posts about it on the internet. There were a lot of authors who got up in arms and dropped out of not only that anthology, but an anthology being edited by the same editor, an anthology that I was writing for.
In the end, what...
“I maintain that if you’re a novelist and you go into an art museum, you’ll come...”
– John Hawkes (via ladonnapietra)
la.donna.pietra: I have been trying to just... →
itsinthetrees:
But David Brothers wrote an awesome, searing critique of that bullshit Newsarama article about it, and it’s worth a read.
I think what gets me about this idea though isn’t even the intellectual property issues — like, those bug the hell out of me, but they’re not my core…
More feminist cocktails
ladonnapietra:
The Purity Myth
3oz ginger ale
3oz lemon-lime soda
1 1/2 tablespoons grenadine syrup
1 maraschino cherry
1 shot of Everclear
January 2012
25 posts
“As we have so recently and publicly discussed, girls and women have “anger...”
– Soraya L. Chemaly, Stop Telling Girls They’re Hysterical (via sparkamovement)
Or they just shoot up suburban high schools.
ETA: Uh, none of the girls in the Salem witch trials were “killed for being non-compliant types.” They were all witnesses, not on trial. All of the people executed as a...
I'm sorry, but no. →
shoomlah:
Was just sent this in a note on DA. Here’s a bit of life advice- don’t treat art like it isn’t worth paying for. It’s one thing to ask someone for a favor, understanding that you’re putting them out and that they’re giving you something, but it’s another thing to act as if the privilege of making art for your wedding is payment in and of itself.
As has been said by wiser artists...
OMG that dress!: Cultural Exchange and Cultural... →
shoomlah:
chocolaterabbit:
omgthatdress:
When differentiating between cultural exchange an cultural appropriation, this first and most important thing that you have to acknowledge is that it’s fucking complicated. While there are no hard-set rules about what isn’t appropriation, there are a lot of things that definitely are…
…When it comes down to it the best way for people to avoid...
“You should never read just for ‘enjoyment.’ Read to make yourself smarter! Less...”
– John Waters (via ladonnapietra)
How "Haywire" got some things very right →
lucillebruise:
geekquality:
Alice Marie recently went to see “Haywire” and wrote up her thoughts on how the movie got some things VERY right. Read her review on our main site!
What’s up guys? I wrote a thing!
“I think there is a way in which society tries to push difficult things away from...”
– Tilda Swinton, in an interview about We Need to Talk About Kevin (via ladonnapietra)
megan rosalarian gedris: Dressed to Kill →
rosalarian:
Whenever I complain about how females are portrayed in mainstream superhero comics, inevitably half a dozen people pop up to tell me this:
“Men are idealized in comics, too.”
Yes. Yes they are. I am aware of this. While I think the idealism is harmful, that isn’t actually what I have a problem…
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Some Commission Pieces
Some of the commissions I’ve been doing for the past while. I get asked to draw a lot of femme fatales.
Watchbaysalt:
ktshy:
rufftoon:
Adam and Dog trailer.
Written and directed by Minkyu Lee
Animation by: Minkyu Lee Jennifer Hager James Baxter Mario Furmanczyk Austin Madison Matt Williames Associate Producer: Heidi Jo Gilbert Technical Direction: Ethan Metzger Score: Joey Newman Film consultants: Glen Keane Thomas Ethan harris
http://adamanddog.tumblr.com/
(Thank you Clio for...
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Comics Are for Girls!: This needs to stop...and... →
kateordie:
thelibraryharlot:
justsayins:
Okay. Guys. Guys. Two things.
1) I’m a martial artist. I’ve been studying since I was seven. I wouldn’t even hesitate to say that I’m good at it. I have done work as a fight choreographer for film, and I am trained in stage combat…
December 2011
6 posts
Ligne Claire: Inspiration vs. Imitation →
kippery:
My principles of illustration teacher sent me this blog entry written by one of his pals Jessica Hische. It is about inspiration vs. imitation and I think it’s pretty insightful and a helpful read for inspiring artists of all kinds.
Here’s a little snippet:
” TO BE A GOOD…
I Have Found Tumblr!
Wow, I have no idea how to use this thing. Man I am such a fogey.
I found where everyone’s been hiding out! I am out of the social networking loop. Sooooooo stuff.