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usually I’m all “let’s talk about beauty standards and the unrealistic expectation they set for women” but hear me out about Gibson Girls

in the late 19th/early 20th century, this one dude, Charles Gibson, drew tons of illustrations of these ladies

they’re considered a “beauty ideal” because they all pretty much have one body type–huge, piled up hair, adding to their already statuesque height, long necks, corseted waists blooming into broad skirts BUT

a lot of that had to do with ushering in a new cultural ideal, the “New Woman,” who was encouraged to be more athletic and embrace her physicality more than previous decades

also if you’re not already swooning, the Gibson Girl is frequently seen honing her skills. here she is playing the violin:

ALSO these works were laced with satire and social commentary. Check out “The Weaker Sex”:

she is depicted as intelligent, aloof, absorbed in her aspirations to reach beyond what society has so far granted her, and not content to marry off quickly

(^^every time I look at this picture I say “me” about a different figure)

she’s also super in touch with her sexuality

these drawings maintain somewhat of a tongue-in-cheek, self-aware quality, as if aware that the “ideal” being sold is attainable and even somewhat odd

look here’s an acknowledgement of her vanity, but life can be shitty but at least she looks hot af while livin it

anyway there’s so much more to this than “some illustrator dude drew his ideal woman over and over and then it became a beauty ideal like the ones we’re familiar with today” Gibson did a remarkable job capturing a sentiment among women in a period of great change and chose to highlight their strength and their agency

and i’m so glad this exists:

the world needs to know about Gibson Girls

"can you explain this gap in your resume" Oh yeah sorry i got sent to the 1300s and i had to fight evil skeletons

If you are a receptive being, naturally things are drawn to you, your nature is inviting in. Open is your natural state. Like a flower your opened petals invite the bees. You just have to remember, that, as receptive beings, who take things in, we need discernment about what we allow to enter & what not. We need to know ourselves. We must take care of us. We cannot just take all in that comes towards us, because all kinds of energies will present themselves to us, but not all are good for us, not all serve us. So, being a receptive being is mainly about allowing oneself to open & then deciding what to take in & what not. This is our work. Know what you want & what you don't want, what is love & what is not love, or to which extent it serves & where it doesn't serve no more & then decide: yes or no.

Work it grandma

OK I SAID WORK IT AND SHE REALLY DID

My favorite thing about this gif was always how the camera gets shaky as soon as the cat starts looking fucked up bc of the person filming probably laughing at it. I hope it's what it is. I love when there's like someone filming a skit or joke and you can see them laughing at it

Where there is a will, there's a way.😅

@flagged-as-naughty

sent an ass pic to a guy visiting from england and got the most unwaveringly british response

“stop traumadumping to your friends tell this to your therapist” my god they paywalled human connection

Black Friday is such a joke nowadays. “Don’t miss out on 30% off” don’t piss me the fuck off. People used to hit each other over the head for a microwave that’s how low the prices were. People literally died. We used to be a country

Except

My favourite artist: here's 2% off, love you!

Me:

can't get over the phrasing of this actually

some pdfs are dusty. this is a fact despite their lack of physicality. you understand

every website has a specific posting style and when you post in that style outside of that website it almost always reeks. it stinks. however when someone types in greentext format outside of 4chan it is always acceptable perhaps charming even

do you understand

oui