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Lainey Molnar is an artist that explores topics of masculinity and femininity in honest and empowering comics. In her illustrations, she talks about body image, stereotypes, motherhood, freedom of choice and many other resonating themes that many people, especially women, can relate to. 

Scroll down for some candid illustrations. Lainey's work has been featured on Bored Panda before, so if you'd like to see the previous parts, make sure to click here, here, here and here.

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Bored Panda reached out to Lainey again to get to know more about her creative process. We asked her where she gets inspiration and motivation for her work. The artist replied that besides getting inspired by her own experience as a woman, she also follows a variety of content creators from psychologists, spiritual pages, body-positive influencers, mom influencers, and other inspiring people to "understand more about matters thousands or even millions of women go through."

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    Chucky Cheezburger
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep...My wife was going somewhere (can't remember, its been awhile.) Anyway, she was putting on makeup and doing her hair and such, and I ask her why. She said that since she has been working from home, she kinda misses getting "made up" ( not that she needs it. I think shes fine in sweats and her hair rolled in a bun) and it makes feel good...she was doing it for herself and not anyone else. I just always thought it was a chore that she would rather not deal with.

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    Since the majority of Lainey's illustrations are about women, we got curious whether she receives some feedback from men that are following her on social media. The artist replied that only 5% of her audience is men and she has experienced two kinds of interactions with them on different ends of a spectrum. "Some men are really warm and kind and express their support and understanding, ask about what they can do better, or tell me that they are having conversations about the topics I bring up with their families or friends. On the other hand, unfortunately, the majority of comments and messages from men are deeply misogynistic or they are trying to force aggressive arguments. Nothing I engage in, we are clearly not on the same page."

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    Lainey revealed that she receives countless requests from teachers from all over the world to get permission to print out her illustrations for their classrooms, which shows that this medium seems to express a message very well.

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    Caroline Starr
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Humans have hair and nipples, who knew?

    Summer Mason
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And some women personally prefer to shave everything and that's okay ✌

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    Jeff Mcelfresh
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think I'll ever understand why women are required to hide their nipples but men aren't

    Worst Cop in Britain
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Personally I don't like arm hair on either gender. Just another reason to be ace 🙃

    masterrocket31
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nipples need to either an offence or acceptable for both men and women. Its dumb to demonize them for one and not the other. As for hair... Hair is hair. It doesnt really matter all that much to be real honest.

    Kristina
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the fact that it's sensored

    Jody Whitmarsh
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I refuse to shave my pits and hoohaw

    Raymond Kouwenhoven
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can show his but not her nipples … (non-sexually intended)

    SW Dad
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know it's pretty common knowledge now that women started shaving because Gillette convinced them to do it to sell more razors. The irony is they sold them on it by claiming European women were already doing it. And then French women became the butt of jokes in the US because they DIDN'T shave their armpits.

    TooTall
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The censorship of sexuality is the most hypocritical thing ever.

    Oasis_the_mudwing
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Huh, I didn't know people have bodys, who could have guessed?

    Jeremy Bell
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not disgusting; Not promiscuous; and certainly NOT unhygienic!

    Ralph Watkins
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spend any time in Europe & you get used to seeing these things. We Americans still have issues since the Puritan era.

    Νεφέλη Δρόσου
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Attacking double standards on promiscuity while censoring girl nipples in more than one occasion. The irony is not even funny.

    ThreeAngryLlamas
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree that it feels hypocritical, but in order for the image to be more widely shareable across social media platforms, it has to be allowed on them, so while not censoring them would make it more powerful a statement, perhaps, far fewer people would be able to see it. We can talk about wanting the world to not be sexist, but we can't pretend it isn't. We have to work within the structures we are given, unless we have the tools and power to topple them and build better ones.

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    Alonso Victoria
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't like chest hair in men neither.

    Lena Flising
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Useless nipples - good. Useful nipples - bad.

    Ghaniyah Verma
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another reason to not like society!

    willie diesel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have it ur way, keep it clean and fresh as a daisy

    LucyGoosey
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    3 years ago

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    Dono Wong
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is all hyberbole and an extreme version of society - these opinions only reflect a small outdated set of society - I would not think it is all society - these sorts of things create divisiveness because young impressionable minds will believe this to be true of everyone not just the few idiots who still believe these things.

    GodIsHealingSomeone
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I honestly don't understand the thing about how nipple hair is gross? I mean honestly I don't want to see anyone's nipples? And if someone wants to go shirtless, man or woman, I would probably just turn away. It just feels like your violating them.

    Sofia Murat
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't you see how your comment is gross? Their body their choice!

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    Nico Roby (She / They)
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    2 years ago

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    Your body is your body. But why is men's chest hair attractive?

    Leahsa Haas
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    2 years ago

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    Sasquatch called - he wants his armpits back!

    Johnny Storm
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    2 years ago

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    I feel disgust with my chest hair and shoulder hair and just hair all over my body. Feel like an Ape. So I hand out the duty to pull off the hair using the glue to my wife who anticipating it like it's her greatest joy of life.. You can see the sadistic smile she has everytime she pull the plaster..

    Verena Abt
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    3 years ago (edited)

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    Why does the female hand cover her nipples? I thought this was the whole point of this list? That it's normal to have them?

    Alro
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's not about the nipple but the hairs around. Plenty of hairs on men's chest vs few hairs on women's boobs

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    Matthew Templer
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    2 years ago

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    It is disgusting because mouths go there, it is promiscuous because women's tits are vastly different to men's and yes that's unhygienic because women who shave take care of themselves.

    Animal Lover
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    3 years ago

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    All body hair is disgusting

    Mrs.Pugh
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even your eyebrows? Even the hair on your head? What about you eyelashes?

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    David Emmett
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    3 years ago

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    No s**t. And armpit hair is disgusting on anyone.

    Casey McAlister
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    3 years ago

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    To be fair, I think pictures on the left are gross. Body hair is a bit nasty, no matter who it belongs to.

    piruoztek
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But that's your personal preference, my personal opinion is that I like some hair.

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    Joosep Niidas
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    3 years ago

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    M8. How the hell is bottom left "normal" ? It's both unhygienic and makes you look like a neanderthal.

    Kelli Lindsay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You realize that’s a dude on the left, right?

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    2picklesinabun
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    3 years ago

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    Huh? A hairy chest is normal?? Since when? That looks like some kind of hormonal problem. I've never seen that much hair on a women's chest.

    Kristina Pelėda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Few hair around nipple is common thing. In many cases its totally normal

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    The artist shared that if all goes well, she's going to start writing her book very soon! "Besides being an illustrator and content creator I’m also an author (my first book came out in my native Hungarian in 2014) and it’s time to share my story along with drawings and the wisdom I picked up about womanhood over the years!"

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    Asriel Dreemurr
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I honestly don’t get why people got so upset over Ariel’s casting. The only part of her racial identity that has significance in the story is the fact that she’s a mermaid. I guess it could be a nostalgia thing but honestly you’d be better off sticking to the original in that case.

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    Asriel Dreemurr
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The secret is to just run from these people. Edit just to clarify that I don’t condone this in any way, just saying that it seems like it could very easily become dangerous here. Secondary edit: By not condoning this I was referring to the dude's behaviour

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    LongCoolWomanInABlackDress
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now at 42 I wear all the dresses I wouldn't have before. And I feel fabulous, better than ever!

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    Bonesko
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why are we taught to not go out alone, or put your keys between your knuckles like a B rated Wolverine, etc etc....yet there is little discussion about consent?!

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    TyrantrumGogoat
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, but it's still okay to be self conscious.

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    Penny Tent (she/her)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly! Whatever you need to do to get by! (Or even just whatever you need to do to feel good).

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    Matt Ronald Slater
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need to work on saying "no." And setting boundaries.

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    Asriel Dreemurr
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same for masculinity! I’m a trans guy who likes wearing dresses and skirts sometimes and that makes me no less of a guy. It just makes me one who has a slightly more feminine gender expression.

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    CrunChewy McSandybutt
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I draw a lot of portraits and one of my favorite things about it is seeing the different ways people can be beautiful.

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    Bleble BlebleBla
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can someone remove this Sarah Elizabeth and her/his.\/their blatant scam promotion? (I reported it twice already)

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    Kirsten Kerkhof
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If Aphrodite can have belly rolls and still be the most beautiful goddess, I can too!

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    2picklesinabun
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dating in your 40's: F**k 'em if they don't like me, who cares. Lol

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    Tamra
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That man has mental problems. Too much money and fame and no damn sense. And it's "defcon", dumbass.

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    Abby da great
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    SO NO ONE TOLD YOU LIFE WAS GONNA BE THIS WAY

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    Poeha
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Neh those who do better are also fun. My sis does better with everything, also plants. She gave me a plastic plant. I still didn't kill it.

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    sturmwesen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was so stoked to see red liquids in some comercials.

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    a_smol_berry
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is the top right a cleft lip? Pardon spelling, and the fact I don’t know much about the subject.

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    D. Pitbull
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ahh... Lelo... the sex toys that, with one look you know... maaaybe you don't need the Rolls-Royce of vibrators... (seriously. Crazy. Craaaazy overpriced).

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    Kirsten Kerkhof
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I lived for all four. But my 90s were awesome!

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    2picklesinabun
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a female, no it doesn't. WE ALL just need to remember that it isn't realistic. I don't need porn to be politically correct.

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