Occasionally Forget People Genuinely Think Capitalism Is Thousands Of Years Old

Because activism is more than BLM in your bios and black posts on your instagrams, here is a list of Black people and Black owned businesses’ to support. I’m doing some research as best as I can, so if I I do add someone on my list who has said/been bigoted in the past and hasn’t made any changes to be better, let me know so I can edit the post!!

Youtubers:

MacDoesIt: Queer comedian with GREAT content of all different types. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/MachaizelliDoesIt

JayYoung’s ASMR: Great ASMR youtuber with lots of variety

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB0HnS2Ksu9bdK3w9KME-lg

Swan Creates: Not that well known Black artist who uses a variety of different mediums and makes amazing art!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpemq_ZLdX4ml0EOMZ1WrWw

Hotea: Another small yet amazing Black artist on youtube with AMAZING art. I absolutely love her art style and her Tea Time series is amazing. She has really nice short videos if you just want to watch something real quick, and her voice is so relaxing. 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHyL9pJnIl4aVCtW0PxaIAQ

Black owned Etsy shops:

EllieMayClay: Artist who makes all sorts of earrings out of clay! Studs and dangles, with cute different aesthetics and all sorts of colors!!!(Plus, every item has free shipping!)

https://www.etsy.com/shop/EllieMayClay?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=827799061§ion_id=32120828

MuddyIndigo: Spiritual jewlery made with crystals and/or resin

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MuddyIndigo?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=839413320

BlackEpiphany619: Black owned clothing store with a wide variety of options with sizes S-2X. They have hoodies, leggings, dresses, crop tops, and many different kinds of t-shirts! Many of these clothes are meant to be worn by black people, so please keep that in mind when shopping! (Or buy them for your friend instead!) But definitely give this shop a follow!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlackEpiphany619?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=947294085

UniquelyBathCo: a lovely shop filled to the brim with different bath items like soaps and scrubs! A variety of scents too!!! They have and Etsy store and their own shop!! (Please note that would probably prefer to make sales through their own website, but they only offer GooglePay and ShopPay

InkandCottonShop: Another Black owned clothing store with tons of options! This store has some more options for non-black people to wear, along with sizing running from S-3X (the sizes are also in different categories, like Hoodie, Sweatshirt, Adult shirt, Ladies, Gents, etc) There are also different color options for certain items! 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/InkandCottonShop?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=986961518

This is just a small taste of the tons of black creators out there that you can follow and support!! Please add anyone that I didn’t mentions that you feel needs to be mentioned!! Activism is going far beyond just saying we support Black people and the Black community, now we actually have to show support to them. 

Conservatives finally say the quiet part out loud:

They would rather have a dead child than a trans child.

nytimes.com

Who Is in DOGE? Tracking Its Staffers and Allies in the Federal Government

The Times identified 45 people within the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a group formed by Elon Musk that in a short few wee

Oh no. MAGA is mad that the NYT shared the names of DOGE staffers. Don’t share this! Would be a shame

DUDE YOU CAN HAVE THIS ONE I’M LOSING MY MIND AAAAAAAAAAA @nuggetgaming

I just dreamt that I finished my book series and it became wildly popular but instead of hoarding the wealth, I used it to fund Gender Reassignment Surgery in the NHS and undo all of JK R*wlings terfy work so I guess I have a new life goal now cause I proper cackled when I woke

NOOOOOOOO CURSE YOUUUUUUU!

Also yay! Hope you had a fun trip! ^O^

@syr3n-go-merp I’m back!!! >:D

How to draw Afro textured 4c hair - an explanation/Tutorial

For those of you that don’t know what 4c hair is, 4c hair is a hair texture type that contains coils to small and tight that the hair appears to be more puffy rather than curly ( like to photo below ) this is in NO WAY to be confused with curly hair. there is a drastic difference.

As a black artist that primarily draws characters with 4c hair, I’ve been asked many times to do a tutorial on 4c hair so here we go~

before we get into 4c hair, lets take a moment to fully understand it by talking about hair texture in a general sense first

let’s take a look at this example of straight hair vs curly hair ( 1 type straight hair vs 3 type curly hair )

If you take a moment to compare the two you’ll notice straight hair is flat, it has no texture. Straight hair perfectly hangs down similar to liquid-like silk. It’s lack of curl pattern is the reason as to why it hangs perfectly flat.

curly hair on the other hand doesn’t lie down flat and silky like straight hair, It’s more thick. Curly hair in it’s raw and unstyled state has a trapezoid like shape this is because the sides of the hair spread more outward.

So why is this? Why is straight hair flat and curly hair thick?

the answer to that question is a thing called piling up. When it comes to hair texture, the shape of the hair strands aren’t the only thing that matters, its how the strands coexist with each other, Curly hair strands coexist by piling up on top each other.

moisture also effects hair texture too, different hair types absorbs moisture differently, thus the thickness of each hair type is different. 

…..soooo, how does this all relate to how to draw 4c hair?? 

Well let’s take a look at the drawing below. Notice how the arrows go outward more as the hair texture gets curlier. As we’ve already discussed, this is because hair piles up, The curlier the hair texture, the more it piles up on each other, the bigger it gets, the more outward the arrows go.

Out of any hair texture, 4C hair has the most curls. Because of this, the hair piles up on each other so much that it doesn’t lie down flat like straight hair, nor does it make a trapezoid like shape like curly hair, it instead becomes more cloud like.❤️

This is what you need to take into account when it comes to drawing 4C hair.

Think of it as piling up a bunch of cotton balls on each other. The most cotton on top of top to lead to a bigger patch of  cotton. this is 4c hair.

How to not draw 4c hair:

Garnet fanart. Let’s talk about Garnet Fanart. I notice a trend that when artists draw Garnet from Steven universe, her hair texture is usually changed to 3 type curly like texture. This subtle form of White washing has confused me because this is inaccurate. 

Garnet’s hair is in the shape of a cube. Though 3 type hair piles up on each other, it isn’t curly nor thick enough for their hair to stay in the shape of a cube. Curly hair lies down more than 4c hair. So garnet’s hair being in the shape of a cube is a dead giveaway that it is 4C. Why do you think hairstyles like flat tops are usually seen on black men with 4c hair? It’s because, the 4c hair texture is thick and strong enough to stay in whatever shape you put it in.

please, if you’re drawing a character with 4c hair, avoid drawing it like curly 3 type hair, this is very anti-black and texturist.

So, how do you draw 4c hair?

honestly, its the most easy thing in the world

i wanna clarify that blobby looking 4c drawings ( like the one on the top left ) can work depending on how cartoony your art style is.

Another thing that I want to greatly clarify when it comes to drawing 4C hair is, YOU. DONT. NEED. TO. DRAW. EVERY. HAIR. STRAND!…..like, seriously. I’ve gotten many messages about how 4C hair is hard to draw, and it’s always left me confused; but then I find out that the same people that have trouble drawing 4C hair, attempt to draw every single strand of hair. This is unnecessarily time consuming because it’s merely impossible to get every single detail down, especially when you have a simple cartoon style. 4C hair does not require much effort, all you’re doing is drawing lumps. It’s that simple, nothing more nor nothing less.

The reason why I greatly advise all of you to avoid drawing every single hair strand is because in real life, when you look at a 4C textured Afro, your eyes don’t pick up on each individual hair strand like straight or curly hair. 4C hair, appears to be more undefined and cloud like, so attempting to draw each and every individual strand is unnecessary and will most likely end up looking inaccurate.

Anyways! that’s it for now! there will be a part 2 to this tutorial that will come out next week! i hope you guys have learned from this and apply it to your black character in your art!~

TGS Mondays, but with a twist! ‘Cause life is a nightmare! =D

Spoilers: THE DUMB BITCH DONE DID WHAT WE THOUGHT HE WOULD DO WHY

On the subject of Plushie Dreadfuls (warning for anti-autistic ableism)

So, Plushie Dreadful’s most beloved plush; their Gender Dysphoria Rabbit; often makes the rounds on here! It looks like this:

(ID: an image of a plush toy against a white background. It’s a white rabbit sitting on a gray box. It has blue and pink details, and the trans symbol on its chest. It seems to be designed to appear scratched up and messy. End ID.)

A lot of people really love this design and the posts featuring it get a lot of notes!

Plushie Dreadfuls are a line of plushies based and themed off of a multitude of things. These things include gender and sexuality, emotions, and disorders. These designs are very cute and charming, which is why what I’m about to tell you is frustrating.

Plushie Dreadfuls, as the plushies can be based off of disorders, have a plushie for autism spectrum disorder. It looks like this!

(ID: a plush rabbit toy, a bag, and a blue pop-it stim toy against a white background. The bag is a tote bag, and it appears to say, ‘respect the full spectrum’, and ‘hope’. The pop-it is rabbit-shaped. The plush rabbit toy has a blue infinity symbol on its belly, and the insides of its ears have a checkered pattern. End ID.)

This is the Hope Rabbit! This rabbit is cute, and I have little to no issues with it in terms of design. The infinity symbol being blue wasn’t the best choice, but I understand that it likely was simply made that color to go with the rest of the design. It would have been better to go with another color, but hey. I’m willing to go easy on that aspect because all Plushie Dreadful designs are made by people with direct experience, as it says via their website. This particular design was created by an actually autistic woman!

It’s in the official description of the plush where I find issues. First, they describe it as ‘for Autism Awareness Month’, which is a minor mistake that I can easily let slide. However, the official description of this item also states, quote, “10% of the proceeds go to the A.E. Wood Foundation when you purchase a Hope Rabbit from the Mysterious Shop.”

As much as one small Google search will tell you that A.E. Wood Foundation preforms autistic behavioral therapy. Autistic behavioral therapy is abuse and torture of autistic people, in order to make them act more ‘normal’. This is where the plushie’s use of the infinity symbol becomes infuriating. The infinity symbol is the symbol of autism acceptance. If they did research into it, they would know this. Autism acceptance; what the infinity symbol stands for; and ABA which forces autistic children to conform to allistic standards cannot coexist. They are opposites.

“So what can I do?”

Please do not buy this plushie from Plushie Dreadfuls from the Mysterious Shop! Your money will go towards the torture of autistic people. If you must have this plushie, buy it secondhand!

If you feel it appropriate, you can also boycott the entire Plushie Dreadfuls line.

Leave a review on the Hope Rabbit, letting the people who buy it and the sellers know what this organization does and what it supports!!

Email their customer support, support@mysterious.design

Plushie Dreadfuls has a Twitter too. Bring your issues with this up in the comments of this account’s posts! But do NOT harass them.

Remember, our goal out to be to stop the donations to A.E. Wood! Not for the plush to be discontinued, nor to ‘cancel’ the brand. I do not doubt for a moment that this is a simple mistake born from good intentions, due to this brand’s prioritization of the voices of the disorder they base plushies on. Let’s be calm and civil!

That’s all! Again, I bring this all up due to the Gender Dysphoria Rabbit’s popularity. I think that you can feel free to buy that rabbit, because it doesn’t have its proceeds donated to ABA. But if you choose to shop at Plushie Dreadfuls, please do not purchase the Hope Rabbit!

Update #1: We have a response from customer support! From what we can tell, Plushie Dreadfuls’ owner seems to support A.E. Wood and ABA therapy, and seems unwilling to reverse this decision so far. Perhaps if we all voice enough concern, we can change their minds?

Update #2: A perspective from someone who is familiar with the people behind the brand!