Friday reading

[kat_lair]

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Have some links to articles etc that I've collected to pass on:

• The ‘perfect body’ is a lie by Lindy West


• Time to Uncover, Alicia Keys talks about going without make up


• Project Naked, women talking about their bodies, full of really interesting essays


• For the Record, Jennifer Aniston on media scrutiny of women and their bodies


• Why stuntwomen are in more danger than men, never thought of it but makes (horrible) sense!


• The fight to celebrate great women on Britain's streets, an interesting look at female statues and sculptures


• Revealed: Cambodia's vast medieval cities hidden beneath the jungle - another example of how we really know only a fraction of even our own past

And now for some more visual stories, two adorable and gorgeous comics for you.

First this charming, f/f tale of mermaids and tattoos by charmingly antiquated. See the full thing on artist's Tumblr post but here's a first panel as a taster.




And second, Scaredy Cat, a wonderful story of a little kitten's Halloween adventure by Heather Franzen. Again, the full thing can be seen on the artist's site but have the first panel to get you hooked.



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Comments

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

Not only is the perfect body a lie, sometimes you work really hard at a diet and you succeed in losing 143 pounds but you still have a face that could fucking crack glass so you still have no sex life and you still can't go shopping for clothes because even though you're not fat anymore they're still mostly too fucking little.
Bitter? oh, a tad.

[wendelah1]

Thanks for the links. Interesting article about the stunt women.

[complexlight.livejournal.com]

The mermaid and the tattooed sailor story is so lovely! Thanks for the link!

[pushkin666.livejournal.com]

The mermaid and the tattoos story was lovely, and scaredy cat was so cute. Will have a look at the articles as well.

[verdande-mi.livejournal.com]

Thanks for all of this :)