“ABUSIVE MEN COME in every personality type, arise from good childhoods and bad ones, are macho men or gentle, “liberated” men. No psychological test can distinguish an abusive man from a respectful one. Abusiveness is not a product of a man’s emotional injuries or of deficits in his skills. In reality, abuse springs from a man’s early cultural training, his key male role models, and his peer influences. In other words, abuse is a problem of values, not of psychology.”
— Lundy Bancroft, “Why does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men.” (via womentoadmire)
Rinus Van de Velde (Belgian, b. 1983, Leuven, Belgium, based Antwerp, Belgium) - They’re an artist couple working with the abstract expressionist legacy…, 2019, Drawings: Colored Pencils on Paper
And cartoons. According to stereotype, black girls from the South aren’t supposed to be into this stuff. Especially not the ones who have a sex appeal strong enough to make everyone in a room readjust. Contrary to this stereotype, however, Megan Thee Stallion – the Houston rapper whose audacious attitude is steadily hypnotizing the public eye – showcases both her anime and cartoon appreciation in (almost) everything she does. In her words, “Bad b*tches can like anime too”.
1. Todoroki Tina
In her beloved half crimson and half blonde hair, Megan draws influence from the My Hero Academia character Shoto Todoroki. So much so, when she dons her half-and-half look, she refers to herself as the alliterated “Todoroki Tina”, deriving the “Tina” from Pimp C’s “Tony Snow”.
Megan Thee Stallion is wealthy, okay? In her 2019 single “Sex Talk”, she affirms her wealth by showing off her Cartoon Network knowledge. She raps: “B*tch, I got green like I’m Buttercup”. Buttercup, of course, is the feisty, spicy, mean-mugging warrior from the 1998 show PowerPuff Girls, who was accidentallycreated in a lab by Professor Utonium. Like Buttercup, Megan’s presence is in your face, demanding, and unapologetic.
3. Danny Phantom
Hot Girl Meg is known for her seemingly effortless yet highly flammable freestyles on Instagram. In one of her latest, Megan tells us peasants “I want a n*gga that eat it so good/ Ima jump out my body like I’m Danny Phantom”. For those who don’t know, Danny is both human and ghost. That explains the whole “leaving the body”, thing.
In Part 1 of her Fire In the Booth freestyle, featured on Apple Music, Megan delivers us a triple punch. She packs in Pokémon, Street Fighter, and,
Dragon Ball Z references all in the same breath: “Got the moves like I’m Ryu/ Yellow diamonds, Pikachu/ When I switch my hair to blonde/ I’m finna turn up like Goku”.
After emergence from the deep Scorpio tomb, the Sagittarius hybrid spirit soars far and wide. The Sagittarius wisdom operates from the laws of nature, stars, archetypes, the Akashic records, the higher mind, and culture. It embodies the divine chant of laughter, the publication and interpretation of symbols, mythology, theology, and religion. Here is the quest for the meaning of life, the pilgrimage to unknown regions in search of understanding and the materialisation of belief. It could be travel, education, relationships, indulgence in intoxicants, or nomadic wandering through religion. The Sagittarius guru is the scholar. His temple is filled with books, compasses, astrology notes, and artifacts from every country. He uses comedy for his teachings and applies experience to philosophy and scripture. Waiting in the middle of winter, the Sagittarius speaks many languages and knows many ways of life. He is approachable and warm, filled with light and spice. Even with the wrinkles of time, the spirit of youth always radiates. Old as the trees and free as a bird, as young as the sunrise and as old as the night.
Capricorn
Capricorn is the wisdom of ultimate mastery, the teachings of patience and profound spiritual materialization. The Capricorn guru has caught a glimpse of God, he has worked to develop the sacred hands of a laborer, those here to serve the Divine. The temple sits on the mountain top, viewing on toward the ocean, a place where the Capricorn can muse the wisdom he has attained from swimming through the sea and breathing in the trees. Capricorn is sagacity of the old soul, one who has lived a thousand lives, and walked side by side with divine tribulation. It symbolizes ascension, that is, mastering the fearless pioneering spirit of Aries, the
enduring repose of Taurus, the Gemini’s silver tongue, the resolve of
Cancer, the rousing leadership of Leo, the structured intellect of
Virgo, the Libra ability to join forces and negotiate, the Scorpio’s
focused power, the broad vision of Sagittarius, the fascinating ideas of
Aquarius and the adaptability of Pisces. Capricorn is the human spiritual principle, a body inscribed with every teaching
Aquarius
Aquarius contains the wisdom of a thousand galaxies and dimensions, comprised in a pail, a liquefied elevator of consciousness, a source of nourishment for humanity. Intuition and prophecy come to life in the illuminated Aquarius mind, a place where ideas and cosmic knowledge are spun into bubbles of wisdom from other beings. The Aquarius teachings profess the inherent doubt in everything, even one’s own beliefs, and encourage an endless exploration for spiritual science. His temple sits in a place behind the eyes, entered through thought and attaining the lack there of, two lines in the Aquarius symbol to give life and separation. The wisdom here is received, a soul signal to infinity, the value of truth and being awake. It generates tremendous humanitarian love, individual faith, and God indwelling. It involves a certain surrender to madness, to riddles and rhymes, and the intoxicant of thought. It respects nature, wildlife, children, and art as if they are all forms of God
Pisces
Every life has infused into one with Pisces, the mirror of souls, the containment of centuries old experience and God’s wisdom. She revisits home night after night in dream, a place she can regenerate and restore her faith and knowledge. The Pisces wisdom is one without language, it involves feeling, sublime guidance, grace, and humility. Her temple is by the seaside, filled with books on religion, and meditation, and jyotisha, and alchemy. She holds the knowledge of all time and stars and skies, medicine, divine intuition, dream, death, spirits, and salvation. People would travel for miles by sea to hear her wisdom, and she chants a remedy for the poor, bonds for the addicted, cures for the sick, and relief for the abused. She is holding hands that are scarred, and not judging, but accepting, and cradling, and loving, and breathing in God. From every age she sings her wisdom, she becomes five when she plays with the babies that adore her. She is 5000 years old when she shares her deep insights, and she is ageless because she knows she is timeless
