queen-serena
Little watercolor postcard
wot-tidbits
Moiraine and Lan by Jeremy Saliba
michelletolo
Min Farshaw, from the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. This was commissioned by a private client. January, 2018.
michelletolo
Creature designs based on randomly generated adjectives. A fun challenge! Photoshop, February 2018.
abstractallison
wallace-and-gromit
Overwatch is doing his event where you can buy a pink mercy skin and the proceeds go to an actually scored well breast cancer research fund, so I bought it because it’s a cute skin for a good cause and it seem to be handled well.
First match in the new skin, ally Hanzo keeps thanking me over and over and I kinda just assume he’s trying to butter me up to get me to pocket him but half way through the match, this young voice comes on over voice chat and he starts talking about how his mom has breast cancer and how nice all of the pink Mercys make him feel and how he’s going to show her later. I almost flew into the canals of Rialto because I couldn’t see through my tears 😭
i-was-born-2-run
Spirit of the Game was never meant to prohibit the drive and competitiveness that athletes must have to reach the top of a field, but rather to intensify the challenge – to reach the top with sheer talent, skill and physical discipline and not rely on tactics that undermine the efforts of the opposing team.
1997 UPA Executive Director, Holly Larrison
thepopenjay-blog-blog
Sexism in Ultimate
I am a woman and I play ultimate. I firmly believe it is one of the most equality based sport out there. But that doesn’t prevent our culturally-accrued sexism from leaking through on the ultimate field. You can see it in mixed teams. Many woman handlers are better than their male teammates, but are continually chosen last to be the handler, or only as a back up. Women cutters are looked off because they are expected to drop or throw away the disc.
Sexism bleeds into the leadership of ultimate as well. As a female captain, I often feel as though it is necessary for a male to back my opinion so the whole team respects my decision. Though I do often enjoy feedback, I often have less experienced males giving me advice on how to run my team. I’ve tried to defend a call my teammate has made, but have been scolded and told I’m overreacting (when my woman clearly looks hurt and intimidated).
Now, these personal stories might be the result of my shy personality. But I think it says something when the main responsibility of most women captains (in a coed league) is to send the weekly email. Even my boyfriend (who is firmly against femi-nazism) admitted that there is sexism within these contexts.
I also want to say that the men I play with are generally not sexist. If you know I call you a friend or draft you for my team often, you are not a sexist asshole. I just wanted to call to attention the remaining sexism within our community.
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