“Hail The Dark Lioness”: An Important Series Addressing Identity Politics And Racial Injustice
South African visual artist, activist, and photographer Zanele Muholi took 365 self-portraits for her series titled ‘Somnyama Ngonyama: Hail the Dark Lioness’, to bring to attention the injustices faced by South African people of color. Continue reading »
Budweiser Adapts Its Sexist Ads From The 50s And 60s To 2019
In honor of the International Women’s Day, Budweiser, in collaboration with VaynerMedia, decided to revisit some of their some of their advertisements from the past era, that had some rather sexist remarks. The ads implied that anything women did was supposed to please men, with little attention to themselves. However, thanks to the efforts of feminists everywhere, that is no longer the case and women are free to be themselves without looking for male approval – and Budweiser decided to showcase just that. Continue reading »
These Stunning Underwater Paintings By Isabel Emrich Will Take Your Breath Away
Isabel Emrich works in an Expressionistic style that straddles both abstraction and figuration. Her brushwork is both strong and fluid – qualities that echo the nature of water, itself. With zeal, Emrich captures the ‘special effects’ water presents to the eye: chaotic refractions in multi-planar space, sparkling light effects, distorted shadows, rippled reflections, etc. – much of it in thick impasto paint, contrasted by passages of smooth vitality. Continue reading »
Honest Posters Showing What Women Should ‘Thank A Feminist’ For
An online feminist community called the School of Feminism has suggested and uploaded a series of designs to the internet, listing some of the biggest achievements that societies’ have earned in their quest towards equality. Continue reading »
Elegant Photos That Defined Edwardian Fashion Styles Of Young Women
One of the primary changes of the Edwardian Era included the change in clothes of the women.
A typical Edwardian Woman was very fashion conscious and this era hence brought about remarkable new trends in women’s attire. Curvy hips and fuller low chests were the unique characteristics of this era because they emphasised slim and trim fits. Continue reading »
Hairy Leggings Are Here To Create the Illusion Of Unshaven Legs
Because the locomotive engineer driving humanity’s train decided to push the lever to full-steam ahead and then break it off so we’re left barreling towards the end of the line, these are a pair of hairy leg leggings (with a blank crotch like a Ken doll) available from custom clothing printer Contrado. Continue reading »
5 Year-Old Recreates Photos Of Iconic Women Every Day Of Black History Month
In honor of black history month, a mother and a daughter teamed up to recreate photos of iconic black women.
Back in February 2017, Cristi Jones decided to commemorate the month by dressing her 5-year-old daughter and shared the results on Twitter. While there were so many women worth to mention, Cristi decided to take one photo per day and narrowed down the list to 29 memorable figures. Not only did her daughter had so much fun picking out costumes and dressing up, but she also learned about important black women throughout history. Continue reading »
Before Digital Camera Popularity: Studio Portrait Photos Of Beautiful Women In The 1980s
In the mid-to-late 1990s, DSLR cameras became common among consumers. By the mid-2000s, DSLR cameras had largely replaced film cameras. Before it, JMG Photography shot these glamorous photos of beautiful women at his studio from the 1980s. Continue reading »
For The Ladies: Cute Animal Face Underwear With Ears
This is a series of underwear for ladies (and dudes who wear lady’s underwear) featuring hand-sewn animal faces and little ears. They’re for sale by Etsy seller @knickerocker, who also makes matching crop tops of the same animal faces. Continue reading »
Outrageously Long Hair Of The Victorian Era Will Make You Gasp
The Victorian era technically spanned from June 20, 1837, until Queen Victoria’s death on January 22, 1901. This was a rather peaceful time in the United Kingdom, and a romantic one as well, a change from the highly rational Georgian period that preceded it. Continue reading »
Charming Photos Of Cool Girls Posing With Their Cars In The 1920s
In the 1920s, women posed for photos with their cars all over the world. The photos are charming and capture the days of the very first road trips, gorgeous vintage fashion, and, of course, some fascinating old cars. The most importrant thing that they showed us the roles of women were changing in society, as they became more independent, and gained more and more rights.
These charming snapshots that captured cool girls with theirs cars from the 1920s. Continue reading »
Beautiful Feminine Illustrations By Lois Van Baarle
Lois van Baarle is a digital artist and animator. Lois has been drawing her whole life. She is from the Netherlands, moved all around the world as a kid, and now lives in the Netherlands again, working as a freelance character designer and illustrator. Continue reading »
Tired Of Seeing Prejudice Against Plus-Sized Women This Artist Turned Them Into Art
We’ve had all the possible versions of the ‘ideal’ body throughout history, and it’s about time that we agree – beauty comes in all shapes and sizes, and the most attractive is the art of being comfortable and confident in your own skin. Nevertheless, mainstream media keeps placing images of the perfect body in our brains and the pressure to conform is real. Continue reading »
Sensual Female Portraits By The Russian Painter Andrei Markin
Andrei Markin, a Russian professional artist, was born in a village of Andreevka, Moscow region. He was grown up in a family of artists, his father Victor Markin is a painter as well. Andrei has been successfully graduated at a few Russian art schools and now he creates beautiful portraits, still-life paintings and landscapes. In this post, we collected Andrei’s best pictures of women for you. Continue reading »
Photographer Took Pictures Of Women in 60 Countries To Change The Way We See Beauty
Kathmandu, Nepal
Sona was celebrating Holi when I met her.
Mihaela Noroc and her project The Atlas of Beauty has caught everyone’s eyes a few years ago (check out our posts about it here, here and here) and now, the time has come for the project to be released as a stunning book. Continue reading »
Cool Pics That Defined Big Hairstyles Of Women In The 1980s
1980s was a decade that defined diverse hairstyles, included the mullet, tall mohawk hairstyles, jheri curls, flattops, and hi-top fades, which became popular styles. Amongst women, large hair-dos also typified the decade. Continue reading »
Magic Women’s Worlds By Russian Photographer Margarita Kareva
Margarita Kareva (previously) from the Russian city of Ekaterinburg is a wedding photographer making magic photos of women. She only started her photographer career two years ago when her husband gave her a new camera; but her portfolio is now full of incredible pictures. Here is the first part of Margarita’s art. Continue reading »
Natalia Fabia Paints Seductive And Sparkling Women
Lover of sparkles, femininity, and color – Natalia Fabia paints incredible portraits and figures. Natalia’s work focuses on the human form, mostly women, and determines to depict each and every subject with the uniqueness they deserve. Whether the oil paintings are of naked or clothed women, each one carries an elegance that is attained by the perfect mixture of different brush strokes, soft facial expressions, and chilling scenery. Continue reading »
Rare Photographs Document Iranian Women Protest Against The Hijab Law In March 1979
Hengameh Golestan is a pioneer among Iranian women photographers. She has been documenting live in Iran for twenty-eight years. She has photographed vast numbers of women and children, instances of family life, traditional wedding and everyday life in Iran. Continue reading »
Marvelous Portraits Of Beautiful Russian Women By Sergey Shatskov
Gorgeous female portraits by Sergey Shatskov, a talented self-taught photographer, and retoucher based in Saratov, Russia. Sergey focuses on portraiture and street style photography. He shoots fabulous beauty, fashion, lifestyle, and outdoor portrait photography. Continue reading »
Elegantly Surreal Portraits Of Blue Women From Montreal
“Blue Gals” is a series by Montreal-based artist Etienne Dufresne featuring models with blue skin going about everyday activities. For this artist, shooting his strange portraits is a way to bring to life the characters he drew in school while growing up. Continue reading »
Fine Art Photographer Captures Mesmerizing Fairytale Photos Of Women In Natural Landscapes
TJ Drysdale is an American photographer whose works are very popular, notably online. He started photography in 2009, first shooting landscapes and nature. Then he felt in love with portraits and more conceptual photos. The result is outstanding, every work as a remarkable composition and clever lighting. Continue reading »
Chinese Women Use These Swimsuits To Keep Their Skin White
Sometimes they go full Power Rangers or Mexican wrestlers. Photos by Philipp Engelhorn. Continue reading »
The Best Signs From The 2018 Women’s March
A year on from Donald Trump’s inauguration women have taken to the streets once again, as a follow up to last year’s Women’s March. Apparently this movement here to stay – thousands of women turned out to voice their displeasure with the current administration in Washington D.C. and just like last year, they have made some hilariously creative and clever signs. Continue reading »
“Women To Look Up To”: Stunning Christmas Tree Toppers Of Female Role Models
The Christmas Angel, Fairy, Tree Topper, by whatever name you call her, is a woman from a bygone era; a woman made of no more than plastic and glitter. No wonder, when the Victorians invented her! Continue reading »
