“in dorkimus veritas” / 8x10 / gouache on illustration board
my piece for “hey geek girl!” opening at ltd gallery in seattle on may 5.
(in case you need a little help remembering: http://youtu.be/3qVPNONdF58)
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fuckyeahfatpositive: Photo by Nihile Photography. MUAH...
Photo by Nihile Photography.
MUAH & Model: Alex Morris (me)
I recently did this shoot. I just got the courage to post it. I honestly believe that women can be beautiful at any size. Someone let me know that I was an Inspiration to her because she would never have to confidence to post a full body pic of herself due to her size and being self conscious . Those words meant the world. Love yourself. Believe in your beauty.
US Size 16 and damn proud!
Stunning.
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Spending my Saturday night sending my boyfriend iPhone whales. #thegoodlife
Spending my Saturday night sending my boyfriend iPhone whales. #thegoodlife
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Ludo - Overdone Testing out the new Spotify thing a few weeks...
Ludo - Overdone
Testing out the new Spotify thing a few weeks late, of course.
All I’ve wanted to listen to lately is Ludo. It’s rare that I find a band that I relate to so intimately. I should be doing housework; I’m too consumed by anything and everything.
If there’s a god that could save me
I’d ask that he open the skies and do it now
But it’s just a chemical,
I’m not a snake
I’m just falling apart again
Look at me, I’m sobbing like a child.
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drvy: “Me love you long time” came into prominence with...
drvy:
“Me love you long time” came into prominence with Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket,” (from 1987) as a Vietnamese prostitute tries to pick up Matthew Modine’s character with broken English. The phrase was then popularly picked up by 2 Live Crew in the song “Me So Horny.”
“It’s so many different kinds of slurs in one,” comedian Margaret Cho said. “It’s instantly putting you in the position of being a foreigner, an outsider and a sexual stereotype. It’s an all-in-one combo.”~naturallaw for yahoo questions
The popularization by Mariah Carey’s ‘Love You Long Time,’ Fergie’s ‘London Bridge,’ and Nicki Minaj’s ““Muahhhh me love you long time like I’m asian” demonstrates how this exotification of Asian/A.American women is constantly recycled in the media, perpetuated by celebrities to obtain the hyper-sexualized image needed to make it big, especially if you ain’t got the talent.
I would get started on Nicki’s whole hyper-sexualized, Japanese dolled up shit, but racialious says it best. Well researched: here http://www.racialicious.com/2010/11/01/the-orientalism-of-nicki-minaj/
You can degrade yourself, but no, my sisters and I will NOT love you long time.
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karynchaotic: elyse is at carl’s so she is missing this cool...
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90s90s90s: Iron Chef (1993-1999) When they had to change the...
Iron Chef (1993-1999)
When they had to change the music away from the Backdraft theme when they decided to play the reruns on Cooking Channel, I was painfully upset.
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Why I get tired of “You are beautiful!”
Why I get tired of “You are beautiful!”:
A super awesome quote from the above linked article:
When we focus on ourselves as ornamental – as things to be looked at and acknowledged for our physical attributes – we lose sight of the fact that we are so much more than how we look. So what if someone truly isn’t beautiful? Does that make them less of a person? Are they capable of less amazing things? Can their bodies, perhaps not aesthetically pleasing (though that is quite subjective, of course), not be used in the pursuit of adventure, joy, and peace? Do they not deserve our love?
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sugaryumyum: Approximately 1 in every 2 million lobsters is...
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This weekend I unfucked my closet. I got rid of three and a...
This weekend I unfucked my closet. I got rid of three and a half bags worth of clothing. Clothing that was too small, clothing that I just didn’t like, clothing I’ve had since high school. In the middle of me yanking down everything off of the hangers, my dad came in and asked what I was doing. When I explained what was going on, he said “Well why don’t you keep it? You might fit into it again some day.”
Translation of Herb speak: “Maybe you’ll lose weight again and fit into it, fatty.”
I’m tired of it. When I was dieting, I turned into a ghost of myself. Not just physically, but mentally as well. All I focused on was what I was eating, how much of it I was eating, and if goodness gracious I ate too much, how much exercise I could do to work it off. And even if I did drop the weight again - which, who knows, I may, I may not, it’s a mystery! - who’s to say I would want to wear those clothes still?
My health is not an issue, according to my doctor, whom I trust to know these kind of things about me. I am happy with myself nine times out of ten. There are days when I’m not. There are days that I want to rip my stomach off of my body and throw it out the window. But you know what? I get one body and I’m gonna love it no matter how I look. Haters gonna hate. If you can’t look past my size 16 ass and see me as a person, you’ve got a bigger problem.
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Pet Shop Boys - Go West Sometimes, I just unabashedly love the...
Pet Shop Boys - Go West
Sometimes, I just unabashedly love the Pet Shop Boys. This is one of those times.
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itsblee: Usually when people do that “you’re special” crap...
Usually when people do that “you’re special” crap I tend to roll my eyes.
But when Mister Rogers said it…
That’s because Mister Rogers meant it.
That’s because Mister Rogers meant it.
That’s because Mister Rogers meant it.
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"Many adults are put off when youngsters pose scientific questions. Children ask why the sun is..."
“Many adults are put off when youngsters pose scientific questions. Children ask why the sun is yellow, or what a dream is, or how deep you can dig a hole, or when is the world’s birthday, or why we have toes. Too many teachers and parents answer with irritation or ridicule, or quickly move on to something else. Why adults should pretend to omniscience before a five-year-old, I can’t for the life of me understand. What’s wrong with admitting that you don’t know? Children soon recognize that somehow this kind of question annoys many adults. A few more experiences like this, and another child has been lost to science. There are many better responses. If we have an idea of the answer, we could try to explain. If we don’t, we could go to the encyclopedia or the library. Or we might say to the child: “I don’t know the answer. Maybe no one knows. Maybe when you grow up, you’ll be the first to find out.”
- Carl Sagan (via whiskersonmycheeks)
- Carl Sagan (via whiskersonmycheeks)
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