A Little Kitty Kitty In The Clouds.

Since I was watching The Diamond Dust Rebellion ( one of my favorite movies) I thought I’d draw Toshiro a bit.

Long live Squad Ten

A gif for Mermay!

14-year-old Muslim girl dreams to be the first hijabi ballet dancer

A young Muslim ballerina wants other girls like her to know they can make a change — no matter their beliefs or the clothes they choose to wear.

Stephanie Kurlow converted to Islam with her family in 2010. Sadly, her conversion led to her feeling the need to give up ballet. She wanted to wear her hijab to dance classes in the southwest suburbs of Sydney, Australia, where she lives with her family, but she couldn’t find a school who would accept her.

“All I want is to share the beauty of the amazing ballet art form and inspire other young people who maybe don’t feel so confident to follow their dreams due to the outfits they wear, religious beliefs or lack of opportunities,” Kurlow told Mashable Australia. “I want these young people to have opportunities, young people who think it’s not possible to make their dream a reality because of the pressure from the many phobias and racism in our society.”

Kurlow has been dancing since she was 2 years old, and desperately wanted to be a professional ballerina. She started a crowd-funding campaign to try to make her dream a reality — and to help other young people who feel like they can’t pursue their endeavors without discrimination.

“In this day and age there is a lack of facilitation for youth who are disengaged or of a different religion or race,” Kurlow wrote in the campaign description. “I plan on bringing the world together by becoming the very first Muslim ballerina so that I can inspire so many other people to believe in themselves and pursue their dreams.”

Kurlow is trying to raise $10,000, which she states is to cover her tuition, supplies and competition entry for one year. She believes if she receives the right training she can pass on her knowledge and skills to girls who have the same aspiration. Once she trains, she hopes to open a ballet school to cater to a diverse group of ballerinas.

“I want to become a professional ballet dancer and receive my qualifications so that I can open a performing arts school that caters to children and young people of different faiths, races and backgrounds,” she said. “I believe that one day all children and young people will have an opportunity to perform and create, without sacrificing their values, beliefs or looks and my campaign is one step closer to achieving this.”

They are big plans for a 14-year-old, but she says the project is also to raise awareness about issues many people in our society still face. Her initiative follows in the footsteps of her mum, Alsu, who opened a performing arts academy in the Sydney suburb of Bankstown that teaches ballet, martial arts and aboriginal art classes to the local community.

No matter if she achieves her goal, Kurlow is happy to add her voice to the discussion. “I don’t want people to be seen for the clothes they wear, I want them to be seen as the person they are and how they want to change the world,” she said.

And lastly my Sushi Bear...With the help of a couple of my friends I came up with this

Wasn’t really going for it but the woman kinda looks like Hanji

Just these for this post. But what I've managed to sketch recently. Not much, but I thought they were cute and fun to draw. 💖

the slappening

Zuhair Murad Fall/Winter 2018-2019 Haute Couture

I've seen a lot of doom and gloom from the Yuri on Ice fandom, and I get it--it's super disappointing. I was hoping for Ice Adolescence, too, and losing that hope is hard.

However, I can promise you, the fandom isn't going anywhere. It's not over. There are SO MANY fandoms that have survived and even become stronger after the source material ended. Star Trek's TOS is HUGE, and the last bit of canon was a movie in the 1990s. If anything, the fandom has made it bigger than ever, because they refuse to stop writing and drawing and thirsting for Spock.

You can do this with YOI. You HAVE done this for all these years. Keep writing. Keep drawing. Keep thirsting for Viktor. Do that and this fandom will continue to be the amazing place you built it to be.

We don't need new canon, because Yuri on Ice is basically perfect as-is. Be disappointed, but don't quit. This place is special.