I Just Got The Poster Of Witches (the One With Dworkin Quote) I Ordered From You! It's Gorgeous, Going

same hat, re: one night in bangkok. it just fricking slaps. that and nobody's side.

truly. but at the same time my internal monologue for about two hours was just

Siam’s gonna be the witness to the ultimate test of cerebral fitness

s3 crew

Eurasian steppe women: khazar, hun, magyar, proto-indo-european, scythian

Hi kritastrophe, would you ever consider making the “Once upon a time there was a wicked witch” art into a print or something? Because if so I would absolutely spend money on that. (P.S. It’s cool if you don’t want too, it’s your art after all!)

Absolutely! I’m thrilled that you like it. Find it in my shiny new redbubble store!

Hello!!! I really like your "angel on the backroads" drawing, it's awesome!!! I was wondering if we are allowed to use it as a phone background? Totally understandable if not, but I thought I would ask! :] Have a lovely day, ur art is amazing!!!!! <3

of course!! i noticed it was phone sized and made it my homescreen right away. also i cleaned up the lines a little and put it on redbubble as a phone case.

thanks for your kind words!

medici was nice but it needed about six-thousand times more grovelling at Contessina’s feet.

triss merigold, plant mom

HOWEVER despite checking out a bunch of books on the internet archive, I was unable to find a reliable source confirming the existence of Fatima as a cultural figure before 600 B.C. If anyone is still in uni and can find something on JSTOR I’d love to check it out.

I still chose to depict her this way, firstly because I think it’s interesting that attributes of the Moon Goddess as an archetype are preserved across cultures and time periods even as her name changes (Ishtar, Astarte, etc.). I also felt drawing Muhammad’s daughter would run counter to the generally aniconic tradition of Islam. Maybe that’s an odd thing to say, since this is a quote by a radical feminist author and the poem itself is explicitly critical of religion and religious traditions. But I think criticizing institutions and treating individuals with respect and courtesy can exist simultaneously.

Anyway, because of my foggy sourcing, the iconography is not obvious, but the figure’s palm is extended in an allusion to the ‘Hand of Fatima’. I’m unsure (I’m this a lot) about when exactly the hamsa symbol and Fatima as a cultural figure became connected… but to be fair to me, I think many historians are also unsure.

yo quick question what mythology is Fatima from in your art

The incarnation I was going for with my depiction was Pre-Islamic Arabian moon goddess

The Fourteen Holy Helpers, Part I/II