It’s here! LOVE TOVE a zine celebrating the life and work of Tove Jansson is out now! Thank you so much for the beautiful art and words that everyone contributed 💙
👉🏼link in the bio to purchase👈🏼
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One of my favorite tropes is post apocalyptic towns being named after dilapidated signs with missing letters, like Novac (no vacancy) and Eaden (dead end). There’s something inexplicable about it
real power is going outside knowing you look ugly and also knowing that if you chose to perform femininity in accordance with patriarchal standards you could look attractive, but genuinely prefering to look ugly and not feeling bad about it. feels good feels organic
Me: shows up to work merely clean and well dressed like all the males there
Boss: you look tired
Me: 🖕
I was in a job orientation once and the instructor was talking about appropriate work attire and literally said “and women….please wear some makeup” and everyone laughed. I, who was not wearing makeup nor do I ever, raised my hand and asked “What’s the required amount of makeup for men?” And that was an amazingly wonderful awkward silence.
“It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that.” ― Tove Jansson, Fair Play
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