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Let's be completely clear in the real world Sanji would be one of those "nice guys" who say all the right things to and about women but whose motivations have nothing to do with actual respect for women, whose motivations are more-so centered around a curated image of themselves that they want people to believe. It's especially clear when we stop and look at which women he does and does not apply his beliefs to. And all of is intricately linked to the toxic masculinity he grew up around and the fact the one person to show him unconditional love was his mother but let's not romanticize it into something it's not.

I saw someone say that Sanji doesn't love women as much as he loves the /concept/ of women that he's created in his mind and...yeah that's a pretty good way of putting it. Over-idealizing an entire group of people to the point that you cannot treat them like they're average human beings isn't respect or romantic it's patronization and objectification. (would recommend reading about benevolent vs hostile sexism if interested in learning how this plays out in the real world)

And to be clear what is probably one of the most annoying things about fandom's babygirlification of Sanji and the entire "it isn't sexism he just loves and protects women!" argument is that his problematic behaviors are, or at least could be, part of what makes him a complex character and complex characters are infinitely more interesting. Sanji places a lot of importance on caring for and protecting the people around him AND he has a very toxic relationship with gender and masculinity. These two things inform each other and the ways they manifest!

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How to draw Afro textured 4c hair - an explanation/Tutorial

For those of you that don’t know what 4c hair is, 4c hair is a hair texture type that contains coils to small and tight that the hair appears to be more puffy rather than curly ( like to photo below ) this is in NO WAY to be confused with curly hair. there is a drastic difference.

As a black artist that primarily draws characters with 4c hair, I’ve been asked many times to do a tutorial on 4c hair so here we go~

before we get into 4c hair, lets take a moment to fully understand it by talking about hair texture in a general sense first

let’s take a look at this example of straight hair vs curly hair ( 1 type straight hair vs 3 type curly hair )

If you take a moment to compare the two you’ll notice straight hair is flat, it has no texture. Straight hair perfectly hangs down similar to liquid-like silk. It’s lack of curl pattern is the reason as to why it hangs perfectly flat.

curly hair on the other hand doesn’t lie down flat and silky like straight hair, It’s more thick. Curly hair in it’s raw and unstyled state has a trapezoid like shape this is because the sides of the hair spread more outward.

So why is this? Why is straight hair flat and curly hair thick?

the answer to that question is a thing called piling up. When it comes to hair texture, the shape of the hair strands aren’t the only thing that matters, its how the strands coexist with each other, Curly hair strands coexist by piling up on top each other.

moisture also effects hair texture too, different hair types absorbs moisture differently, thus the thickness of each hair type is different. 

…..soooo, how does this all relate to how to draw 4c hair?? 

Well let’s take a look at the drawing below. Notice how the arrows go outward more as the hair texture gets curlier. As we’ve already discussed, this is because hair piles up, The curlier the hair texture, the more it piles up on each other, the bigger it gets, the more outward the arrows go.

Out of any hair texture, 4C hair has the most curls. Because of this, the hair piles up on each other so much that it doesn’t lie down flat like straight hair, nor does it make a trapezoid like shape like curly hair, it instead becomes more cloud like.❤️

This is what you need to take into account when it comes to drawing 4C hair.

Think of it as piling up a bunch of cotton balls on each other. The most cotton on top of top to lead to a bigger patch of  cotton. this is 4c hair.

How to not draw 4c hair:

Garnet fanart. Let’s talk about Garnet Fanart. I notice a trend that when artists draw Garnet from Steven universe, her hair texture is usually changed to 3 type curly like texture. This subtle form of White washing has confused me because this is inaccurate. 

Garnet’s hair is in the shape of a cube. Though 3 type hair piles up on each other, it isn’t curly nor thick enough for their hair to stay in the shape of a cube. Curly hair lies down more than 4c hair. So garnet’s hair being in the shape of a cube is a dead giveaway that it is 4C. Why do you think hairstyles like flat tops are usually seen on black men with 4c hair? It’s because, the 4c hair texture is thick and strong enough to stay in whatever shape you put it in.

please, if you’re drawing a character with 4c hair, avoid drawing it like curly 3 type hair, this is very anti-black and texturist.

So, how do you draw 4c hair?

honestly, its the most easy thing in the world

i wanna clarify that blobby looking 4c drawings ( like the one on the top left ) can work depending on how cartoony your art style is.

Another thing that I want to greatly clarify when it comes to drawing 4C hair is, YOU. DONT. NEED. TO. DRAW. EVERY. HAIR. STRAND!…..like, seriously. I’ve gotten many messages about how 4C hair is hard to draw, and it’s always left me confused; but then I find out that the same people that have trouble drawing 4C hair, attempt to draw every single strand of hair. This is unnecessarily time consuming because it’s merely impossible to get every single detail down, especially when you have a simple cartoon style. 4C hair does not require much effort, all you’re doing is drawing lumps. It’s that simple, nothing more nor nothing less.

The reason why I greatly advise all of you to avoid drawing every single hair strand is because in real life, when you look at a 4C textured Afro, your eyes don’t pick up on each individual hair strand like straight or curly hair. 4C hair, appears to be more undefined and cloud like, so attempting to draw each and every individual strand is unnecessary and will most likely end up looking inaccurate.

Anyways! that’s it for now! there will be a part 2 to this tutorial that will come out next week! i hope you guys have learned from this and apply it to your black character in your art!~

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WE NEED TO GET BACK

at predatory-perversion people, culture and comments.

Call out on their bs that they see a woman as a "tit, good tit, ohh a tit, etc" and not fully on her context. That they divide a human in parts, in body parts.

Edit: or another alternative. Mind your own bllz(sharik). Or tch yrownblz

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Also Barbie might wanna miss barbieland.

Might wanna miss the carelessness and fun of it. The colorfullness of the life and nice parties with peers having fun together. Enjoying themselves and having the best time of their lives.

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Ken wants to understand marginilised people so involves in things to be marginalised. To understand them better. You don't really support by hurting yourself maybe. Idk

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More ideas:

• Exchange rule > privilege rule/principle - when barbieland has no ovary or uterus carriers. Their laws are balanced and more easily solvable and equalized in rights than in real world. Where uterus carriers can immediately be objectified, be porn-minded labeled, segmented in their body parts and function. Oppression in general.

• Nude attire or topless (questions about double standarts, gender aparteism, gender conformism u bio essentialism )

• About "harmful/pest/bloodsuker" gender label which is a you know *ahem* theDhvrs

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my fave 80s ship

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anyways happy pride month to a CAT and a BIRD

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This is not just a dream. It's a bit brighter than that.

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What why is Don avoiding Raph? Wasn’t he just saying thought him and Leo were avoiding him?

Don is a chronic overthinker, he's under the impression that even though they've kinda talked and worked some stuff out, that he still makes his bros uncomfortable. He isn't very good at emotional stuff, and tends to avoid confronting his personal issues as much as possible. It hurt him a lot that Raph and Leo would walk on eggshells around him cause he sees that as them avoiding him; so he figures it would hurt less if he was the one avoiding them. That way he doesn't have to face their rejection. (hes also used to just. dealing with shit on his own so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

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(He didn’t do that on purpose)

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how is casey in the extended stay au? like donnie never knew him in the sainw future (mostly cuz he's dead but still) so there might be less bad memories associated--tho less memories in general--and anyways just curious

More casey coming soon

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The team in differents versions!!

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She probably likes what she's doing. She likes (and feels privileged in) participating in the brainwashing and female oppression. She's about as bad as the man. Women are 50 percent of the population if they can't be more violent and less safe, they can be as ideologically bad too. Because women raise those same radical men. Sadly.

She doesn't care anymore, she happily sips the juice.

Muslim islamist religion is mental illness. Aimed at destruction of civilisation and dignity, gender experience erasure and visibility erasure.

I agree males there are Very Spolied and encouraged/wired to be violent, stomping on women's rights. While being excused by the system and framed as very right man doing the correct deed.

And all her potential will forever be under a mask of repression.

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