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“on the way there”, lesbians heading to the london pride march, photographed by della disgrace, june 1988

Enough of the thin, conventionally attractive sex goddesses. Enough. Stop reducing multifaceted goddesses to sex alone. Stop reducing them to beauty. To homemaking. To some appeal to the pathetic, predatory tastes of men.

I want to see sex goddesses who are powerful and brawny, strong of arm and broad of shoulder. I want to see goddesses of beauty who are round like the moon, goddesses of beauty with short hair and a square jaw and scars. If she is a goddess of war, why do you depict her as frail and thin, unable to defend herself? She may have power beyond the physical, but why do you assume she would stoop so low as to allow herself to wither away to the skeletal thinness men find so attractive? (Hint: it's only attractive to them because it makes her helpless, easier to control.) Why do you dress her in lace and lingerie? If she is a goddess of beauty, of desire, she has no need to strip herself of her clothing to draw the eye. Put clothes on her, treat her with respect, don't degrade her to some sex object for the male gaze. Why put her in heels? Why cake her glorious countenance in filthy makeup? She has no need of such contraptions, and neither do you.

I want to see goddesses that do not appeal to the eyes of men, goddesses who do not bow to their whims and desires, goddesses who are strong like an oak and tall and powerful, goddesses who are dressed practically.

If you choose only to depict these goddesses as weak and delicate things, you choose to invite her wrath, for you are denigrating her.

Herbig-Haro 110, a geyser of hot gas flowing from a newborn star

Image credit: NASA/ESA & Hubble

little brain (freud): women have penis envy and we know this bc women r always sad they have no rights

big brain (me): men have pussy envy and we know this bc they made up religions w male creator gods out of insecurity

By Suzanne Shifflett. For sale.

NGC 972

Just under 50 million light years from Earth, this spiral galaxy in the constellation of Aries appears as if it’s on fire, and in many respects, it is, with star birth.

The huge amount of gas and dust that is creating this starburst may have come from a recent merger with a gas rich dwarf galaxy, which would also explain the lack of definition of spiral arms.

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i know this is a hard to swallow pill but patriarchy does not care why you perform femininity, who you perform it for, or how you feel about it

My Female Fortress Built brick by brick with consistency and intention

Interacting Galaxies Arp 87 by Hubble Heritage