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buzzfeedlgbt: Yesterday afternoon New Yorkers participated in a...

jennavev — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:07:01 -0400

Yesterday afternoon New Yorkers participated in a Rally Against Hate, organized by members of New York’s LGBT community. The rally was organized in response to a recent number of hate crimes, most notably the murder of Mark Carson, a gay man who was shot in the West Village neighborhood on May 18.

“His Name Was Mark Carson”:NYC Rally

fancybidet: boydoicry: read-outside: lovethyfatness: wedontkn...

z85 — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:02:17 -0400

fancybidet:

boydoicry:

read-outside:

lovethyfatness:

wedontknowjack:

14/04/2013: Measuring Up.

Oh my god. His stretchmarks are freakin’ rad!

I’m not sure you understand how important this is to me. I have literally never seen a man with stretchmarks before, so I’ve always been really self-conscious of mine.

so many men have stretchmarks, i know a few guys with deep marks like this persons. very common, dont feel insecure because they are no big deal at all. But, i am glad you got to see this photo because i know how comforting it is to find a photo of something you feel weird about that doesnt seem the norm. :)

These are the kind of stretchmarks that inspire me! When I was a teen I had these all over my boobs and I felt so self conscious.

reuters: A beach for everyone: physically handicapped...

truthandbone — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:30:46 -0400

reuters:

A beach for everyone: physically handicapped individuals took part in the “Praia para Todos” (Beach for Everyone) project on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil last week.

The project, run by volunteer physical therapists and students, offers a weekend at two of Rio’s beaches to the physically handicapped, many of whom don’t have the means to reach the beach, let alone swim in the sea.

Learn more: http://reut.rs/ZN2Ita

aloverthatsighs: This body of work is an exploration of the...

truthandbone — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:50:08 -0400

aloverthatsighs:

This body of work is an exploration of the extent of cultural appropriation and encourages a discussion about it. I give the appropriator and the appropriated the opportunity to defend themselves and create a dialogue between them, while maintaining a neutral stance myself. I am not attacking those who appropriate, merely educating and creating awareness. I’m also exploring appropriation myself, and discovering the carying degrees of it within this visual conversation.

I’d like to make this a long term exploration, with a lot more participants as a form of generation-wide debate. If you’d like to be photographed to add your point of view, please do not hesitate to pop me a message here or an email at sanaahamid@yahoo.com and we could work something out!

foxmouth: “A lot of people just look and see skin color. I’ve...

truthandbone — Sat, 11 May 2013 16:37:11 -0400

foxmouth:

“A lot of people just look and see skin color. I’ve actually had people ask me was I Black or was I White first. A White gentleman came up to me and said ‘I thought you might be White, but then I saw your lips.’ One girl said to me ‘I’ve been wanting to ask you this question, but I didn’t feel comfortable asking you because I thought that you might be offended, but are you Black or are you White?’ And I was just like, ‘Well, I’m always Black.’ When we were done with the meat of the conversation, she laughed and said something about my hair and my butt gave it away. People definitely let you know that they view being Black as being very literal – the amount of pigment you have. ‘Your skin is White, therefore you’re White. Or are you?’
— Sembene McFarland

rrabbit: fronttbutts: nemomeimpune-lacessit: The Nu Project’s...

truthandbone — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:25:49 -0400

rrabbit:

fronttbutts:

nemomeimpune-lacessit:

The Nu Project’s Nude Photos Tell The Truth About Women’s Bodies

The Nu Project is a no-glamor honest look at beauty and image in our world.

Female nudity isn’t hard to come by in the media, but the bodies we see usually represent a fairly limited scope of sizes and shapes. The Nu Project, a collection of nude photographs shot by Minneapolis photographer Matt Blum, seeks to add some variety to the mix. Blum started The Nu Project in 2005 but said it really took off when his wife, Katy Kessler, became the project’s editor. Blum sees the photos as filling a void. “When I started shooting nudes there was no project like it,” he told The Huffington Post in an email. The things that I had seen either used models with typical model bodies or average people who were made to look extremely unimpressive. I figured there was a way to treat women (of any size/shape) like models and photograph them beautifully, respectfully without a lot of sexual under or overtones. The women photographed are all volunteers, and most of the pictures are taken in the subjects’ homes — where they feel most comfortable. The Nu Project’s website showcases six galleries of nudes, three shot in North America, three in South America. Although Blum told HuffPost that he feels that they have a “good variety of people involved,” he and Kessler acknowledge on The Nu Project website that they’d love for the subjects to be more diverse. “The hardest part for us is that the project is 100 percent volunteer, so I do not see the women until I show up at their door,” Blum writes on the website. “We’re doing our best to encourage all types of women, but we need volunteers of all backgrounds and walks of life to make the project more complete.” Blum said he ultimately hopes that these images inspire the women who see them to feel better about their own bodies. “It’s been really exciting to hear people react to the images,” he told HuffPost. “We get a lot of feedback from women (especially) who have struggled to see themselves as beautiful, and this project has helped them on that path.”

http://thenuproject.com/

I am in love with this.

Pretty ladies.

impoi: You look just like your father: split face portraits of...

truthandbone — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:38:46 -0400

impoi:

You look just like your father: split face portraits of family members

Ulric Collette is a photographer from Quebec. He studied art and graphic design at school and currently works as an art director for Collette, an advertising studio in Quebec City.

In this series, called Genetic Portraits, Ulric splices together portraits of family members to explore genetic similarities.

From parents and their children, to twins, siblings and cousins, the series is fascinating, and just a little bit spooky.

The project was shortlisted for a Cannes Lion.

Visit genetic.ulriccollette.com to see the entire collection.

ixnay-on-the-oddk: n0t-the-typ3: iamthinkingwaytoomuch: dopefa...

truthandbone — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:54:29 -0400

ixnay-on-the-oddk:

n0t-the-typ3:

iamthinkingwaytoomuch:

dopeface:

so beautiful.

Usually I do not reblog any self-harm pictures - like scars and wounds and such -, but this one is the exception.

^^^

yagazieemezi: French artist Xoil has a characteristic tattooing...

truthandbone — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:08:03 -0400

yagazieemezi:

French artist Xoil has a characteristic tattooing style that looks like he has stamped, stenciled, or drawn directly with a felt-tip pen on his clients’ bodies.

giraffeswithglasses:buzzfeedlgbt:France Says “Oui” To Marriage...

truthandbone — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:22:05 -0400

giraffeswithglasses:buzzfeedlgbt:France Says “Oui” To Marriage Equality

more pictures because I am really quite happy about this

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jennavev — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:35:36 -0400

crowcrow: Debenhams shows diversity in fashion… By Kay,...

truthandbone — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:32:00 -0400

crowcrow:

Debenhams shows diversity in fashion…

By Kay, Editorial Assistant , The Debenhams Blog

“Here at Debenhams we believe that anyone can look fabulous in our range- which is why we’ve decided to break with Convention…

“Our Customers are not the same shape or size so our latest look book celebrates this diversity. We would be delighted if others followed our lead. Hopefully these shots will be a step, albeit a small one, towards more people feeing more comfortable about their boidies,’” said Ed Watson, Director of PR, Debenhams”

Read more (and see the rest of the photos)

this is so wonderful.

choosechoice: Dove hired a forensic artist to draw how women see...

truthandbone — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:14:14 -0400

choosechoice: Dove hired a forensic artist to draw how women see themselves versus how others see them - the results are moving.

ronikamcclain: ok well here are some bookend opening statement...

jennavev — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:17:24 -0400

ronikamcclain:

ok well here are some bookend opening statement pieces I did today (with the help of my boo) to set the stage for a piece I’m working on called “Common Misconception”.

I’m rifling through old photographs and writing about them, trying to pinpoint where exactly I realized that I didn’t quite feel like a girl and didn’t quite feel like a boy either. This kind of self-reflexive exploration is one that I’ve been doing for a while in my mind and am now trying to figure out on another level of work, visual representation, and how, just now at 20, I’m beginning to access all of these complicated, difficult gender feelings.

woodpaneledshoes: Jatinder Singh Durhailay

jennavev — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:42:38 -0400

woodpaneledshoes:

Jatinder Singh Durhailay

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jennavev — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:58:01 -0400

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truthandbone — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:39:22 -0400

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truthandbone — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:02:05 -0400

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jennavev — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:19:41 -0400

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truthandbone — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:04:31 -0400