I haven’t photographed a couple in literal MONTHS so pls tag your favorite cuties below because I wanna plan a fun lil shoot.
Also, kinda excited to be heading west again in just a few weeks.
whisky-adventures asked: Just saw your art of the skull with the Levi the poet lyrics. What's your thoughts on people getting tattoos with your designs?
Hi!! I’m so sorry I didn’t get to this sooner, I actually have no idea when this message is from but I’m barely here anymore. I don’t mind if people use my designs for tattoos! I just love seeing the finished product, if you’d be so kind to share it after!
hello, Tumblr!
I’ve launched a nonprofit organization called The Louder Coalition, with a focus on empowering survivors of sexual violence + starting dialogues within our communities about consent, rape culture, and the effects that sexual violence has on body image + mental health.
I would love it if you’d join me as I collaborate with other creatives + survivors to share our stories!
you can find our website here, or join us on our social media!
instagram: @theloudercoalition
facebook: The Louder Coalition
@aboutadreamer omg pls don’t@gloomygnu@aboutadreamer look at this lil pup!!
we should steal it >:)
I remember being seven and hoping, praying that this was just forgotten, misplaced baby fat that would dissolve from my body like it had for the other girls. being nine and overhearing boys talk about the developing body I tried to hide under folded arms. ten and going on my first diet. twelve and kneeling on cold bathroom tiles and feeling my heartbeat in my head because someone called me fat. thirteen and trimming images out of magazines, adhering photos of plasticized bodies to pages of a journal filled with numbers and measurements, poring over the words of girls who knew how to empty their bodies until only skin cloaked their bones. fourteen and listening to the weight of my feet hitting the treadmill, sweat beading and tears pooling and hands shaking. sixteen and conscientiously separating my worth from my body and never letting the two touch. nineteen and avoiding mirrors and feigning indifference. twenty-one and having a bout of anxiety with my back pressed against a fitting room wall of a store where nothing will stretch to fit the span of my hips and I can’t cry because my friends are outside. twenty-two and I can’t eat because he’s looking at me and I can’t even look at me.
and now I am twenty-three and I can still hear the deafening reverberation of every label that’s ever been slapped across my body. every name, every overheard word. even the fumbled phrases mistaken for compliments.
so pretty if you’d lose some weight,
so pretty for a fat girl,
you know, some boys are into that.
the obvious presumption being that I existed merely to be looked at, admired. and I believed that, and based my fears upon it. every time I’d glance at my body and see cellulite, folds, divots . every time I stood in front of the mirror and pulled at my clothing until my eyes glazed over and I only saw shapes. but here I am at twenty-three, and I am learning to throw off every notion of living to be something to look at. to only be something pretty. I will not settle for pretty. I will exist to be kind and soft and strong and brave and smart and tender. I will not be the art. I will be the artist.
hey friends! it’s been a while.
I’m here to chat with you about something that’s really dear to my heart, and I suspect a lot of yours as well. I’m in the process of starting a project called The Louder Coalition. it’s a social media + web-based initiative for sexual violence survivors, advocates, and creatives focused on empowerment + education.
the goal of The Louder Coalition is to 1. create a safe + encouraging space for survivors to share their stories, which is a critical part of the healing process and an incredibly powerful tool for helping others, and 2. create shareable + educational resources covering topics ranging from consent and rape culture to self-care and pursuing legal action.
what I’m currently looking for are survivors who wish to share their story (in any form you’re comfortable with, and I’m happy to help you put it together), as well as creatives who would be willing to help make some content. a website, Instagram, and Facebook page will be launching in March, so I’d love to just collect as many stories and as much content as possible so I have lots to share once we get started.
if you have any interest in participating, please feel free to send me a message here or email me: info@theloudercoalition.com
please share this! sexual violence is unbelievably prevalent and the issue deserves so much more visibility. statistically, it’s pretty likely that several of your followers are survivors, and I’d love to reach them. thank you!
hey friends! it’s been a while.
I’m here to chat with you about something that’s really dear to my heart, and I suspect a lot of yours as well. I’m in the process of starting a project called The Louder Coalition. it’s a social media + web-based initiative for sexual violence survivors, advocates, and creatives focused on empowerment + education.
the goal of The Louder Coalition is to 1. create a safe + encouraging space for survivors to share their stories, which is a critical part of the healing process and an incredibly powerful tool for helping others, and 2. create shareable + educational resources covering topics ranging from consent and rape culture to self-care and pursuing legal action.
what I’m currently looking for are survivors who wish to share their story (in any form you’re comfortable with, and I’m happy to help you put it together), as well as creatives who would be willing to help make some content. a website, Instagram, and Facebook page will be launching in March, so I’d love to just collect as many stories and as much content as possible so I have lots to share once we get started.
if you have any interest in participating, please feel free to send me a message here or email me: info@theloudercoalition.com
please share this! sexual violence is unbelievably prevalent and the issue deserves so much more visibility. statistically, it’s pretty likely that several of your followers are survivors, and I’d love to reach them. thank you!
it’s been a hot second so here’s an updated photo of my pup. if you wanna keep up with how frickin fast she’s growing, come hang at @beeslysbigday on insta!
also pls don’t delete captions that’s rude okay bye miss u
mylifelongadventure-deactivated asked: Hey I really liked that drawing of the skull with the Levi the Poet lyrics you drew. Would you be okay with me getting a tattoo based on it? I mean it's your art so I don't wanna use it without permission
Hey! That’s 200% fine by me! I’d love it if you could send me a photo of the finished tattoo after you get it! My email is amlentz@gmail.com :) (and thank you so much for being thoughtful enough to ask!)
I’ve been away and I don’t really plan to come back but for those who are interested, I brought home my puppy Beesly last night and she’s perfect and if you wanna see more photos of her you can come find us on insta @beeslysbigday and it’ll be super fun okay thanks bye again
Drive around with me while we listen to all of the Relient K albums.
my mom and her friend got tattoos on a whim the other day to celebrate turning 50 this year?? so cute??