I'm Gonna Draw Claire With A Wolfcut And/or Mullet At Some Point. And Douxie Too Probably. No One Can

“Rat and Mole having a picnic” by Arthur Rackham, illustration from Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

ive seen a few other posts about this that didnt get a lot of notes because i know it makes nonblacks uncomfortable (😐) but you people need to start examining why so many of your reaction pics and gifs and memes are of black people being expressive or literally just existing because its not a coincidence. it directly correlates to how black people are seen as overemotional and overreactive, the sassy black woman and the angry black man stereotypes and so on. like you really need to ask yourselves why such a large portion of the most used reaction memes this year are images of black celebrities like wendy williams and oprah and why non sequitur memes including dababys face seem to be so inherently funny to everyone, and if you are contributing to this problem.

this video explains it well:

"White people and nonblack folks using black memes and GIFs to express their emotional labor on black bodies contributes to what American literary critic Sienne Ngai calls 'the animatedness of black folks', A.K.A. seeing black people as hyperbolically emotional and expressive, particularly black women and [q word] black men."

in the video khadija also talks about how this relates to blackface and minstrelsy and about the appropriation (and butchering) of aave in online spaces, and cites these articles on the subject of digital blackface that i also recommend:

Teen Vogue

We Need to Talk About Digital Blackface in GIFs

Are you part of the problem?

escholarship.org

Digital Blackface: How 21st Century Internet Language Reinforces Racism

Author(s): Erinn, Wong | Advisor(s): Acevedo Butcher, Carmen

Toby may be many things, but most of all, he is loyal

trying to prove a point to the boys at school

reblog this if you believe trans men are real men like this if you dont

Hello please reblog this if you’re okay with people sending you random asks to get to know you better

Me: I don't mind drawing unsymmetrical faces. I think that it adds character and some realism since most people's faces aren't two perfect halves of each other :)

Also me: The flip and symmetry tool is scary

Some style practice w/ my boy, Jimbo

Lol hey guys

This year, on the 31 March, we lost Gilbert Baker, gay artist and creator of the gay pride flag. Today we would celebrate his 66th birthday. Let’s remember him as the wonderful person he was.