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Geoffrey Holder (Trinidadian, 1930-2014) - A Sleeping Boy (1953)

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This area of Khartoum did not have a nomadic Baggara population of any notable size before the war. RSF militiamen have settled their families and tribesmen in the houses of the Khartoum inhabitants they expelled. These is the Khartoum Nakba and we will fight it until every last neighbourhood in the State is liberated.

#Sudan

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A Litany for Survival: the Life and Work of Audre Lorde (1995)

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Then, all of a sudden, the universe gave me a chance to start over. And this time, I won't screw up. I won't drift away from my orbit around her.

23.5 | Episode 6

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yknow i never noticed the sheer rareness of images having ids or alt text on this website until i started adding alt text to my art (and trying to remember to add it to any images i post in general, especially text screenshots) and that makes me kinda sad

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I am in love with how Wei Wuxian closes his eyes while smiling his most genuine smiles.

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ID: "But the state of Israel was not created for the salvation of the Jews; it was created for the salvation of the Western interests. This is what is becoming clear (I must say that it was always clear to me). The Palestinians have been paying for the British colonial policy of "divide and rule" and for Europe's guilty Christian conscience for more than thirty years." /end ID.

James Baldwin, 1979.

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Gaza today on the Land Day

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Palestinian women march in support of their detained loved ones and other prisoners, Ramallah, 1990s. The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive

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"I’m going to overthrow you this year. Long reigning champion, huh?"

23.5 (2024) | Ep.4

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it's not at all fair that japanese people/artists get all the smoke for inappropriate art of minors when you literally cannot look up images of starfire & raven from teen titans, jenny x-j9, the friendship is magic ponies or really any girl character from an animated early 2000s cartoon without getting some form of nsfw content

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Hi. I’m a clown. I love clowns. I love drawing clowns. There is a specific type of clown called the whiteface clown that, you guessed it, covers its face in white makeup. Can I still do that with black clowns, since it’s like its own kind of clown, or should I try to avoid it or modify it?

In a similar vein, the sorta clown lips where it’s like red all around the lips, how should i approach those without making it seem like I’m turning them into a caricature of themselves?

Thank you for all the help you do

I'm glad you enjoy clowns, my friend! Ngl, this a new one, I had to go do some reading.

Well, I found this link on blackface, which is obviously something you want to avoid conveying in your drawings as a racist stereotype for sure. Clowning, especially in the US, does have a strong history with it.

I personally don't see why giving your Black clowns full whiteface makeup would be "racist" per se, in that it's not "whiteface" because the person wearing it is meant to mock a White person, in the way "Blackface" was meant to specifically mock Black people and our features. But I can see how the costume would cause an issue.

Though from a quote from this link- "The Classic (European) Whiteface, sometimes called the 'most majestic and beautiful' of the Whitefaces; an elegant clown, like the Pierrot or Harlequin of commedia dell'arte;" it definitely still shows a bias for whiteness 😅

From what I could find on Reggie Montgomery, Ringling Bros' first Black clown, he personally did not want to perform in whiteface. He preferred to do his own makeup. And given the history, I can see his discomfort with the idea. Another lady I found felt the same.

Essentially, I think that it's your call. Do your research, and recognize the risk you run if you don't have a genuine story to tell with your piece- the intent here matters! Do you have to do the whiteface? Why? Do you know any Black clowns in your clown community? Maybe it would be a good opportunity to go and build with them?

Me personally, rather than doing full whiteface, I'd opt for an Auguste clown. I feel like that's a safer bet, because if you're not confident... 😬And you don't have to use red lips, you could always try another color, and another shape rather than the racist donut lip look. Please don't do the donut lips.

Hope this helps lol, wish I knew more about clowns. I learned something new today too!

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"Every time you smile, I don't know what to do with myself."

23.5 Degrees (2024) dir. Fon Kanittha Kwunyoo Official Trailer - Premiering March 8

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Clumsy Girlfriend x Indulging Girlfriend

GODJI TATCHAKORN as NIDA and GOLF KITTIPAT as BAMBAM episode 2 of 23 POINT 5