Wonder Woman & Wonder Girl by Daniel Krall
Artemisia Gentileschi - Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1611-12. Oil on canvas
Submitted by mariomendez
I CAN’T EVEN DEAL WITH VAMPIRE STEVE NEWLIN
IT WASN’T ENOUGH THAT I’M ALSO GETTING DETECTIVE STABLER AS HEAD BITCH IN CHARGE AND RUSSELL FUCKING EDGINGTON BACK
THEY TOSS ME THIS TOO OH LORD THIS STUPID SHOW
[trigger warning: discussion of rape and violence]
Artemisia Gentileschi is an amazing historical figure. A survivor who endured torture and humiliation when she tried to convict the man who raped her, she is famous for her beautifully rendered paintings of defiant women enacting violence upon men. Above are Judith Slaying Holofernes, Judith and Maidservant, and Jael and Sisera. It is rumored that Judith Beheading Holofernes is a self-portrait, in which Judith was painted in Gentileschi’s likeness and Holofernes was modeled after her rapist.
It’s not dissatisfaction. It’s a feeling more akin to having been born in captivity. A seeping realisation that your dreams and ambitions are just too big, too rich for this domestic world.
“Did you think this was the end? Did you think deification comes without small print?”
Favorite ASOIAF Characters (in no particular order) | Daenerys TargaryenI am Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, of the blood of old Valyria. I am the dragon’s daughter, and I swear to you that those who would harm you will die screaming.
Everyone deserves a death. So here we are. Overlooked and forgotten. Unnatural and… supernatural. Watching the dance from the sidelines.
What have we got left to look forward to? Us refugees. The flotsam and jetsam of death. Maybe, if we still deserve such a thing as mercy, we find each other.
Alex. 12 stories high, made of radiation. Queer witch lady and superhero enthusiast.
