#women's wednesday

[g-a-r-f-i-l-e-d]

I was thinking since I'm still new to radical feminism, as well as just centering women more actively in my life. That I don't know a whole lot of historical women or women who were significant or even are beyond pop culture. Women who were/are breaking barriers or who have made significant change or discoveries in their fields.

In one of my art history classes, the teacher who kept gloating about being feminist rarely if ever mentioned female artists throughout history, and I remember being really frustrated when she mentioned two female artists who against all odds were allowed into the best school in the world at the time of the neoclassical era, and all she did was show us the paintings these women did AS TEENAGERS! Not even the height of their career, nothing about how women at the time weren't allowed in for excuse that they'd faint if they saw a naked male model since female nude models weren't allowed at the academy due to female models being lesser and the lack of prestige that came with hiring them (many were also prostitutes as well) or how my brother in his history of mathematics class got glossed over the female mathematician Hypatia, who recovered and held onto the last remaining knowledge of the Library of Alexandria, and reformed and improved upon astronomy during her time, and the only thing they discussed of her was how she was ripped apart by a mob of men claiming she was a witch, even then she gave her son that knowledge to bring back to the people. My brother was also frustrated that her life was glossed over to instead quickly say "man men suck, glad to know feminism fixed everything" and just move on.

One of my favourite things that being involved in radical feminism online for me has been getting to actually know these women beyond footnotes in a history overflowing with male accomplishment and biography. That there's a focus on women, and what we can do and have done. And, after seeing a lot of that, I really realised that I haven't done much to actively learn about history or the significant women within it, and being exposed to it made me excited to do so.

So in a mark to improve my knowledge and a step to more actively centering and supporting women which I'm still new to any activism, I'm going to be dedicating every Wednesday to posting about one woman or a group of women in the past or present (but mostly past historical figures, even recent past) who have been historically significant, made change in their community or world at large, and made waves for women to propel forward. I'm calling it Women's Wednesday, and am excited to start learning! If anyone who sees this post has an amazing woman in history, from any country, any history, anywhere they'd like to tell me about I'd love to look them up and dedicate my time to learn about them!

[mothsaresc4ry]

Enid is in her Pokémon phase

Enid: *throws a pokeball at Wednesday* Wednesday, I choose you!

Wednesday: *not even looking up from her typewriter and catching the ball* you need an ultra ball to catch a legendary pokemon.

[escyn]

some more thoughts about Her (Suki aged 25-30)

+ some bonus zukki

[cholerascum]

its wednesdayyyyyyy

[boojangs]

My favorite show has:

A tortured brunette who's dangerous but secretly soft for a select few...

...her blonde girlfriend who looks sweet but can and will absolutely kill you...

...a goofy sidekick that comes in clutch but has a thing for the blonde girlfriend...

...a man the heroine should never have kissed...

...swords...

...monsters...

...vampires...

...and the gayest shit you've ever seen.

[g-a-r-f-i-l-e-d]

Women's Wednesday coming up tomorrow and I know exactly who's going first

[theesasssyunicorn]

Y'all know what time it is #WallpaperWednesday

[mothsaresc4ry]

Wednesday: My future partner should be brave. They should know what it means to be an Addams. They sh-

Enid: *steps on a worm and proceeds to drop down to her knees and start to cry, while apologizing*

Wednesday:

Morticia:

Wednesday: that's the one.

[vaniloqu3nce]

Yoko, sitting down next to Enid randomly: I think I get it now. You and Wednesday work because you’re both crazy and obsessive

Enid: What? Where the hell did that come from. I am not crazy or obsessive.

Yoko: …how many wallpapers do you have of Wednesday?

Enid: Ninety two and there aren’t enough hours in the morning to appreciate them.

Yoko: And how long have you two been dating?

Enid: One hundred sixty eight days and six hours—and…*checks her phone* nine seconds

Yoko: And what time did you first meet?

Enid: Eight thirty two am on Monday morning.

Yoko: And when is my birthday

Enid: …aren’t you dead why does that matter.

[beccawise7]

Wednesday Wisdom....

Never be afraid to show affection. It matters.

~beccawise7 💜🖤

[uwmspeccoll]

Wood Engraving Wednesday

GERI WADDINGTON

These wood engravings are by English artist Geri Waddington (b. 1953), and are inserted into her brief essay about her visit to "French Papermakers & Other House Guests," published in Matrix 29 (Summer 2010), pp. 14-16, printed at John and Rosalind Randle’s Whittington Press in Risbury, Herefordshire, England in an edition of 725 copies.

Waddington describes her visits to Moulin du Verger, in Puymoyen, France, operated by proprietor and master papermaker Jacques Brejoux, Moulin de la Rouzique (now a museum) in Périgord, and the Moulin de Larroque in Couze-Saint-Front. Much of her narrative, however, dwells on the house she stayed at which had many other non-human residents, including doves and bats that live in "pigeoneer" holes and lizards that live in the walls, as reflected in these engravings. Other denizens included frogs, toads, hornets, masonry bees, and a barn owl. Waddington writes:

I am not sure if my blocks or my printing can do justice to these beautiful papers, but perhaps it is enough just to own some of these little pieces of history, mementos of a continuum of craftsmanship stretching back nearly five hundred years.

Geri Waddington trained in painting at the Slade School of Fine Art and started engraving in 1995. In 2001 she was elected a member of the venerable Society of Wood Engravers, and served as its chair in 2014.

View more posts with work by Geri Waddington.

View more posts with wood engravings!

[soft-but-tough-cookie]

Us as fans cannot let them get away with putting these BRICKS on Jenna’s feet. Let her be short.

[digitalcheesecake]

♥️ Winona Wednesday! ♥️

[italybodyandfitness]