I'm Prudence, a 28-year-old illustrator and comic artist from Belgium. I first started my webcomics on Instagram years ago as a way of journaling and keeping a diary in the form of cartoon drawings. I wanted to remember my progress by keeping some sort of collection online even though I was unaware of how Instagram really worked. It was seen by multiple people and since I always had issues with my self-worth, struggled to love myself entirely and completely, and battled with mental health issues, I also talked about my issues. There were many people who found value and worth in my drawing ideas because I spoke for those who were unable to speak up for themselves. I created a community for people to show them that they are not alone. I still find inspiration in my own battle with mental health, my own thoughts, and sometimes sorrows, and just everyday problems.
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My comic strips have been featured on Bored Panda quite a few times (you can find my previous posts here, here, here and here) and each time, there is so much love and positivity, that I just have to do it again!
Currently, I am working on another big personal project which is a second book. It's still in its baby phase though. But I want to help make the world a better and brighter place and make it less hard for many people out there who are struggling like I have. I also want to grow my community on Patreon and be able to give out more rewards. I'm saving up to get into digital work more and show people my progress on that in streams so fellow art lovers can learn with me. At the same time, I'm also still doing my traditional comics about girl problems every single day.
How do I come up with the content for these relatable comics? It's quite funny, actually, because often times it happens at a moment when I'm in the shower or on the toilet, but other times it's also at less comfortable times like when I'm on my period and then I stand up and you can't hold up the blood flow coming unsolicited from your uterus into your pants and you need to awkwardly walk around -because you know, there are people around. At moments like this, I need to rage-draw this off of me.
What you were wearing should have no significance and the police should be forbidden from asking this. Whether you were wearing a burqa, a revealing dress, a bikini, or nothing at all, rape is a rape and the victim's clothing of choice is irrelevant when investigating the crime.
I absolutely agree with you, Kaisu. Much worse than this question, for all victims of sexual abuse in the UK, is the incomprehensible fact that the victim has to hand over her mobile phone to the police, with passwords, to be scrutinized by the police and possibly used against her. No, it is not a quick process either, any rape victim must be prepared to be without her mobile phone for a long time. If the telephone is not handed over, then the police will not even look into the case.
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This only shows how messed up this world is. A person should be able to walk naked and not be touched without consent.
The words "What were you wearing?" should always be followed by "because we may need to examine those clothes for evidence".
Yes, and if you drank before, and if you are sure you didn't 'provoke' him, or why you didn't scream or fight. There is a real issue with the training of police/justice officers in many countries. It is slooowly becoming better thanks to feminist associations and movements like Metoo.
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My friend really likes to wear revealing clothes, and one day she came to me and my other friend, saying a man had groped her and said some pretty disgusting things to her. My other friend told her it served her right for dressing so revealing. The girl who was attacked and I are no longer friends with the other.
Good. Though, it might have been a possible teaching moment for the friend you cut loose to educate them about how your friend who was groped wasn't wearing revealing clothes to give consent to a******s. What she wore was her business and her choice. No one had any right to touch her, no matter what she wore, and she didn't "deserve" anything other than respect and courtesy. It's probably just as well you two pitched her. I can just imagine the row you two had with her over that. Jeez.
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Lesbians are able to contain themselves around other women (there are exceptions). Perhaps the victim isn't at fault??
So old ladies, nuns, and 5 year olds who get raped must have wearing something sexy. Gtfo.
This happened to me when I was sexually assaulted, what got me my attacker was blind!
You're a f*****g idiot. A woman--or a man--can wear anything they f*****g want and should be able to do so without EVER having to fear being attacked. Period. THAT is the real world. The fact that there're a******s in it that prey on people isn't THEIR fault & isn't something they should have to take the f*****g blame for. That is ALSO the real world. Rapists are scum who hurt people, & they'll hurt ANYONE, no matter WHAT that person is wearing. They don't pick their victims based on the clothes, they pick 'em based on what matches their "type": whether it's teens, breastfeeding mothers, young boys, grannies, or infants (yes, that happens). It's NOT about sex, you f*****g brain-dead s**t-wad, it's about POWER. They feel don't have enough, so they take it from someone else by violence. Now GTFO.
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Wow, racist, classist AND sexist, all in one go. A trifecta of b******t. Well done. The concept of being able to walk anywhere without being hassled, or blamed for being hassled if it happens, seems to escape you. See, criminals are called that because they break the law. You don't avoid the criminals, moron. You AVOID breaking the law. If we avoid the criminals--or the areas we stereotypically think they are, then we only create the places where criminals essentially run free. Is that what you think the world is? You're pretty f****d up. Anyone who accosts you IS a criminal! Exactly! Which is WHY WE HAVE LAWS, to punish those who BREAK them, such as by accosting you. You, and anyone else, should be able to go anywhere, and wear anything, they like without the threat of being hassled, or attacked, because the streets are SAFE. God, your logic is totally backwards and f****d up.
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Then why is that basically standard procedure? Your comment means, to me, that YOU do not think this way, kudos for that, but assuming that other men don't is giving a green light to perpetrators and police alike. I can only wish for the day when decent men like you will begin to discuss their opinion about women with other men! As is, the decent men keep quiet, or simply reject the notion that the reality women are facing is not the one they believe it to be. That leaves the abusers a wide open, empty playing field on which the only male opinion expressed is the one saying that it is the woman's own fault and that rightly a man will sexually assault a woman "because she was asking for it". Please, please, please, help change the narrative.
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How is displaying sexuality a reason to rape someone? Only a rapist would think that way
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Over the last 7 months, since the last post, I did some commissions for companies, but sadly I wasn't really treated well as an artist. I had to wait very long for my payment and learned to value myself instead. I asked my community to support me through Patreon to keep Planet Prudence going, and I've been doing mainly personal work on there and caring about my community. I talk to them every day on stream now and I made a safe zone from Instagram, my streams and Patreon. I still need a lot of support to be entirely self sufficient and sometimes have to still take on a commission to get through the month, which still gives me quite the stress, but I'll get there thanks to my lovely Planet Prudence fans. I did however, had a nice local exposition that really warmed my heart. It was about anti-bullying, which I'm a firm advocate for, and I got to talk to many children about my experiences and there are a few of them now that are following me closely online now as well. I was happy to be able to influence next generations for the better through this project.
This is exactly what happens to me because I have super long acrylic nails
this is kinda offensive though... most cats are not mean and scratchy and some dogs may be jumpy and bite people
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At least 3/4 of these are not female problems. They are just problems of being human. I am male and my photo ID is terrible. I love the smell of books. Any many more.
yep. also, how is liking a smell of a book, a "problem", really?
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Way too many of these have nothing to do with being a woman. Others are indulgences in self-pity and a few aren't problems of any kind. These undercut the few, such as No. 6, that are legitimate. As for the quality of the artwork, well--tastes vary. Much self-editing needed.
I don't get why this girl always depicts how being ugly makes her more happy. I feel so much better when I look good..
Everyone's different I suppose. Beauty gives me happiness, but I prefer being comfortable :)
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At least 3/4 of these are not female problems. They are just problems of being human. I am male and my photo ID is terrible. I love the smell of books. Any many more.
yep. also, how is liking a smell of a book, a "problem", really?
Load More Replies... Way too many of these have nothing to do with being a woman. Others are indulgences in self-pity and a few aren't problems of any kind. These undercut the few, such as No. 6, that are legitimate. As for the quality of the artwork, well--tastes vary. Much self-editing needed.
I don't get why this girl always depicts how being ugly makes her more happy. I feel so much better when I look good..
Everyone's different I suppose. Beauty gives me happiness, but I prefer being comfortable :)
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