26 February 2010

Youth Decay

I try my best to not get pissed off at every little thing but all it takes is one Tumblr page to set me off. So many young girls have the same collection of images on their pages: young, white girls as thin as the cigarettes they smoke, carrying the latest model of Chanel bags and looking all rebellious with their messy long hair. Badarse rock 'n' roll girls, yeah? No.
These photos are worshipped and praised yet they're not even true portrayals of what real, fucking awesome women look like. In fact, real and awesome women don't NEED photos of themselves to represent their character - they have their tools, instruments and paint.

I'm trying hard to counter negativity with some posi vibes so here are some photos of REAL, FUCKING AWESOME WOMEN. And no, they don't need these photos to represent them but now you'll know what a real girl looks like.


Kathleen Hanna - feminist, zine maker, musician (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, Julie Ruin)


Eva Spence - musician (Rolo Tomassi), cool-DIY-stuff-maker (Night of the Living Thread)


Kathy Coppola - musician (Circle Takes the Square)


Leslie Ann Jones - audio engineer, feminist


Yuna - musician


Eva Green - actor


Yasuko Onuki - musician (Melt-Banana)



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3 comments:

  1. agreed, man. even after years of alternative scenes and diy communities showing me what real women look like the cigarette models still make me feel depressed. can't imagine what little girls with more impressionable minds feel. if i could kudos this post i would a hundred times! kathleen hanna and the evas are such babez.

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  2. ROLO TOMASSI!!! ♥

    and yes. To everything you said above - YES.

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  3. Hell yeah, sister! When are we going to realise that there's more than one kind of beauty!!

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