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Find her at @danielle.997 on Instagram!
(Submitted by Danielle)

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Find her at @rachelpdg on Instagram!
(Submitted by Rachel)

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Find her at @rachelpdg on Instagram!
(Submitted by Rachel)

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Nadine is a fashion and portrait photographer currently based in London.
(Submitted by Cheyenne)

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Find more of her art on Instagram @celestecares
(Submitted by Cheyenne)

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Instagram: @p3ake
(Submitted by Cheyenne)

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Instagram: @p3ake
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Find more of her art on Instagram @p3ake
(Submitted by Cheyenne)

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I am sick of being told

I should be flattered when I'm hit on

by a group of older men

more than twice, thrice my age

as if I should feel lucky that me, a young girl

a teenager

is being objectified by someone old enough to be my father

I am tired of hearing, "well what else did you expect?"

in response to me taking a walk by myself

and being grabbed, shouted and whistled at

as if I'm insane for thinking I should be able

to go for a daytime stroll alone

without fearing for my life

and then those same people turn their heads and say

that inequality doesn't exist

that it's all in my head

yet they so blatantly admit

that the world is unsafe for me

just because I'm a girl

Well, let me tell you something.

I refuse to dismiss

your flawed perception of my life

and the billions of other women

who struggle every day

I refuse to let you belittle

the movements that brought me my rights

the ones that aim to see me as equal to you

I refuse to be flattered

by your disrespect

I refuse to allow this world

to treat me as prey

And I refuse to follow, rather than lead.

I am not

my curves, my skin, my hair or my nails

I am not a princess, or a porcelain doll

I will not shatter if you drop me.

I will get up and dust myself off.

I do not deserve respect because I am a fragile, weaker being

I demand it, because I am human.

I am

my strength, my perseverance, my unbreakable spirit of joy

I am a sword, a hammer, a spear.

I am everything you think I am not;

I am a woman.

(Submitted by Olivia Visser)

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"In this painting, Roots, 1943, Frida stated her faith that all life can join in a single flow. In this painting, Frida is depicted as her torso opens up like a window and gives birth to a vine. It's her dream of being able to give birth as a childless woman. Frida's blood circulates the vine and reach beyond the leaves' veins and feed the parched earth. She is dreaming to be a tree of life with her elbow supporting her head on a pillow. Also with her Cathloc religion background it's possible she is trying to mimic Christ's sacrifice by having her blood flowing to the grape vine."
(more information on this piece at fridakahlo.org)

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Here is a second exhibition of feminist art located in Brooklyn, by Marilyn Minter. If you like glitter, mouths, or food porn, this is the exhibit for you!

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The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.

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Hello everyone and welcome to The Girllery! This is the exhibit that I was lucky enough to visit in Brooklyn, NY that inspired this publication. It is a collage of powerful & historical women arranged into a dinner table. Check it out here:

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The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City’s second largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.