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gonna tell my kids this was diamond authority

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EYES: Throne (ABH Prism) & Super Nova Glitter Chrome (Hard Candy)

Josephine Baker was a famous 1920s entertainer/dancer the first African-American to star in a major motion picture, openly bisexual, considered the Beyonce of her day, a French Resistance agent during WW 2, and civil rights activist. She refused to perform for segregated audiences in the united states so she based most of her career out of France. The descendent of black slaves and native american ancestry she was first married at 13 but by 15 she was in the Harlem Renaissance vaudeville circuit. She left america and it’s racism behind to get he big break, like many black performers, in Europe. She was famous for her erotic dances including the sensational banana skirt dance! Picasso painted her and despite her background she was one of the most successful american entertainers in france. She has a crazy life story & if you like the jazz age, women’s history, black history, or just the history of famous entertainers you should check out the biopic The Josephine Baker Story!

(I decided not to do a Halloween project! But I did decide to do a few portraits - if they came out good- of some really iconic people but a la Randi. Apparently there weren’t as many popular, mainstream black women who were icons or it girls in history. Imagine that ! :P. I could do this project ad infinitum, and with more resources & help the better but until then like always I’ll do what I can with what I got! And take it all a day at a time.)

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A dancer with the head of an insect. Vie privée et publique des animaux. 1868. J.J. Grandville, illustrator. e-rara

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Illustration accompanying “The complaints of an old frog.” Vie privée et publique des animaux. 1868. J.J. Grandville. e-rara

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a drawing of the sailor scouts i did for @heroine-artbook

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I put a derg in one. He was good at posing.

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Lion sketchy painting from the color course I’ve been working on :)

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drawn from x

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A bird with a pen. Vie privée et publique des animaux. 1868. e-rara

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Dandelions, 1868

Jean-François Millet

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The figure of Melusine, at the 16th century sculpture garden of Bomarzo, Italy.

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Hedy Lamarr

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Method Man with his then girlfriend now wife photographed by Lise Sarfati (1995)

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Me: I love [insert pet]. Person: Oh, haha, I had one of those and [insert really unethical thing]. Me, shoving breadsticks into my purse: Sorry I have to go right now immediately and yesterday.