This is a piece i drew from a photo online, the girl was actually smirking in the photo, but the pose itself had this tragic quality to it. 2 of the main influences for the direction i went with this were George Carlin's ability to collect common sayings, and Ani DiFranco's song "Present/Infant" off her new album, "Red Letter Year", specifically the line, "Don't let the sellers of stuff power enough to rob you of your grace."
And so, i decided to collect as many of those advertising questions aimed at women, specifically designed to make them feel insecure about all sorts of different aspects of herself, just to make her feel like she has to buy bullshit, the temporary cures, and keep buying them, "making insecurity into a full-time job"(Ani), which enrages me SO much, because everyone is beautiful NATURALLY. They only become ugly when they introduce fakeness!
Anyway, here's the piece i made, and i post it separately because i believe it should be viewed without the distraction of my other recent pieces (man, i sound conceited, but i just received such a powerful response from this elsewhere, and i wanted to present it properly):
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