In Real Life Magazine / Issue No. 1 / August 2016

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August 2016

the

art baby

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Kiele Twarowski www.kieletwarowski.com

13 “In Love (Again)”

by Kat Lanser 2 “Intimacy” by Kiele Twarowski

14 Fashion: Art Baby Lookbook

3 Table of Contents

4 Meet Our Art Babies feat.

Annie Smith Aubrey Kolb & Aubrey Sikes

21 @barbienox on Body Positivity

26 WWYD? Unsavory Sexts

6 A Style Defined: Intro to Art Baby

8 Culture: What is Tumblr Feminism?

10 Art in the Community

11 “Rich Bitch” by Kat Lanser

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meet our art babies left to right: annie smith, aubrey kolb, aubrey sikes

special thanks to our three lovely models. please give them your love on instagram. There is nothing more powerful than when women realize the the strength in numbers.

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What exactly is tumblr feminism and how is this internet-based subculture affecting youth, fashion, art, and culture?

fourth wave feminism the idea that it is okay to appear girly and feminine, & that doing so doesn’t make a woman less strong. “feminism” is no longer a bad word, trying to conform to the 80s idea of a “masculine” work woman is only remedying a symptom of patriarchal standards. fourth wave is about fixing the problem at the source: defining feminity as positive.

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Small artist communities are popping up, mostly in New York City and Los Angeles, that put the focus on female-only artists and showcase those that are being underrepresented.

Often times, the focus of the work is selfmarketing or the female perspective of a woman’s body. These collectives sell their own clothing, zines, and accessories that are easily recognizable by others in the community, almost gang-like in their appearance (hence girl-gang).

Kat Lanser @_hatemail_ www.hatemail.co

Popular online zines like Rookie Mag encourage young girls to get involved in this positivy fueled community by posting fun collage kits for the photoshop-savvy. encourage young girls to get involved in this positivy fueled community by posting fun collage kits for the photoshop-savvy.

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Art Baby fashion in two words is: Unapologetically Girly.

Juxtaposition is key. With such a serious subject, the style of tumblr feminism is poppy, fun, and youthful. Lots of succulents mixed with 90s inspired minimalism and L.A. motel heroine chic.

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girls supporting girls

horoscope frenzy the popularity of astrology is huge in the art baby community. self identifying as a sign helps each sign-bearer figure out their strengths and weaknesses, embracing their individuality and likeness with others.

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“I was very much tortured as a kid for the way I looked and I didn’t have many friends. For so long I’ve been dieting and hating my hips and I’d do that in first grade.

I was so insecure and I had no one to look up to who could make me feel like all my dreams are valid. I know so many gorgeous women who even inspired me to model to break this boundary, and it makes me feel like girls out there can dream about something without having to think about the things that they can’t change.

When I was younger and really interested in acting, I would look at all the women on T V, and even the ones who were supposed to be ‘geeks’ or ‘less attractive,’ they all looked similar because they were extremely attractive and their bodies were all a certain way. I didn’t relate to it one bit and I thought I looked frumpy and I feel like a lot of girls see that because we don’t want to feel excluded from the rest of the world. The media should portray what we are as a society.”

- @barbienox, on full sized modelling

wwyd

what would you do?

Unfortunately, being a girl in 2016 means that you also have to deal with the negatives of the internet, one of them being unwanted sexts from a bad encounter.

It’s awkward. No one wants to deal with it. Ignoring them might mean they won’t get your signal. Rejection may lead to anger. So what does a girl do?

There is no wrong (nor right) way to deal with them, and sometimes the only thing us girls can do is laugh and shrug off this Felipe. Submit online to one of many “bad example” sexts or tinder messages to show that there are negative consequences to one-sided sexting.

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holo-effect? party pics? profile view looking to the next page?

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