#and so the prints selling- that does serve me bc a bitch needs money. and it's true that people have said nice things about the pieces | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

sergle · 1 year

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I kinda have the itch to make more floral self portraits again, but it feels more complicated now, with the knowledge that those pieces are the ones that most frequently get stolen. Used as social media content for other ppl’s onlyfans, (poorly) traced for clout, reposted in terf spaces, resold reprinted redrawn repackaged. And that’s without mentioning all the messages I’ve been getting about my body Post-Breast-Reduction-Gofundme. Like, am I still supposed to feel okay about putting my body out there?

#the ones I've already drawn- I've made my peace with them #and to an extent they don't feel like mine anymore #they also were made for a specific purpose and I feel like they accomplished that purpose. to an extent #I was trying to do something very specific for myself by making and posting those #but now I don't know #bc I see how the other ones get treated. and I think abt how people see me #and I'm just not sure #having the self portraits be Seen is the point of making them. but I don't know if having them seen does a net positive #for me or not.#sergle.txt #Part of me making my peace with it is going okay. if other people are going to monetize them then I'll do it too #and so the prints selling- that does serve me bc a bitch needs money. and it's true that people have said nice things about the pieces #but it's the other stuff that sticks in my mind more.

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