Yes Yes You’re Very Beautiful. Bewitching, Even. AWFUL Parking Job, By The Way

honestly with how much fragrantica dunks on alien you would expect it to be sinister but it’s literally just a jasmine. real question is why isn’t anyone talking about angel

The four genders 🤡🎪✨

Riso printed clowns for everyone!

Some more close-ups because I like the texture the prints have a whole lot. Printed by the lovely people at @risoclub !

(These prints and other trinkets with the same designs will be available in my shop once it opens after the convention season (so, around December 2024, hopefully).

Source: The Femme’s Guide To The Universe, by Shar Rednour

Thierry Mugler, 1984

a message for workaholics + people who call sunfish “useless” animals

based off tweet

God I love “We’re enemies, but we’ve been enemies for a long time, which is sort of like being friends.” Great trope.

Might color these later who knows! :]

ULYSSES AND THE SIRENS /1909/ by HERBERT JAMES DRAPER.

Odysseus (Ulysses in Roman mythology) is a hero in Homer's epic poem. He encountered the dreaded Sirens while he was on his return journey from the Trojan War. In ancient Greek mythology, Sirens were creatures, part woman and part bird, inhabiting an island along the strait between Italy and Sicily.

Sirens lured sailors to their doom with their bewitching singing voices. Odysseus heeded the goddess Circe's advice and made his crew plug their ears and tie him to the ship's mast. He ordered them not to untie him no matter what he said. As they got to the island, Odysseus got enchanted by the Siren's voices; he pleaded with his men to free him, but they ignored his cries. Fortunately, they got passed the island without any fatalities, proceeding with their journey home.

In Draper's painting, Ulysses is tied to the mast, completely drawn to the Sirens' seductions. Ancient Greek depictions of the Sirens were scary, ugly bird-like creatures, Draper paints beautiful mermaids invading Ulysses' ship, a rather interesting approach. The Sirens are nude or nearly nude, with their tails disappearing as they climb aboard.

The painting's portrayal of the Sirens coincides with other Victorian and Edwardian era artwork, a clear "femme fatale" archetype. I like how Draper maintains the spirit of the story by transferring the Sirens' allure from their song to their visible form.

it's giving