Stop Telling Women to Smile

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh may look like any of the regular gals you hang out with. But unlike them, the Brooklyn-based artist is using her craft to make a statement about societal issues. Her work ranges from the gallery to the streets, using visual art to address racism, misogyny, misogynoir, homophobia and transphobia through beautifully drawn and painted pieces.

Tatyana's upcoming book, Stop Telling Women to Smile, highlights the gender-based persecution endured by so many people. "She addresses the pervasiveness of street harassment, its effects, and the kinds of activism that can serve to counter it. The result is a cathartic reckoning with the aggression women endure, and an examination of what equality truly entails."

Stop Telling Women to Smile hits stores February 4th but you can preorder it right now, here.

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Enigmatic Shapes and Psychedelic Patterns

To say that I love Sanagi 's work is an understatement. Looking at her art feels sort of therapeutic, and I find her drawings refreshingly intricate. They're trippy, psychedelic, and resemble something that you might see under a microscope. Not much is Googleable about Sanagi, but that's fine. There aren't many artists these days that still pull off the whole mysterious vibe, so I commend her for that. By the way... they're all hand-drawn with pen and ink.

Listen to Reggie Pearl’s “Moldavite”

Reggie Pearl deserves more recognition. I really like her music and I struggled to pick a song to recommend if you somehow only have the time to listen to one. But “Moldavite” blew me away the first time I heard it, and I hope you will love it too.

Random poem for this sunny Friday

This by Wendell Berry, whom I know nothing about. Beautiful. I can relate to it somehow. And of course I love the visuals by Charlotte Ager and Katy Wang.

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