Artist Illustrates The Pressures She And Other Women Face From Society In 24 New Honest Comics
Interview With ArtistWhen enough people adhere to the same standard, that standard transforms into a societal expectation that is mutually and openly agreed upon without the need for law. Men shouldn't show emotion, and women should wear makeup, are two standards that are prevalent enough to be found everywhere.
But each of us is unique. These "expectations" do not accurately describe the majority of people. Therefore, artist Lainey Molnar explores these topics in particular as she creates comics that most people, especially women, can relate to.
With that being said, Lainey's work has been featured on Bored Panda previously, and if you'd like to see the previous parts to this series, then make sure to click here, here, and here.
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Rapists deserve to be beaten with a hot iron stick for the rest of eternity
Personally I think they should be raped back so they understand what they're doing to the victims. Kind of change their perspective if you will.
Load More Replies...The ancient celts had it right. Their most important deity was a goddess, so naturally they were very protective of women. Rapists would be castrated, have both hands chopped off, and be buried alive.
yeah. This is one of those things where death penalty sounds reasonable. The suffering that goes on afterward for the victim is horrible, I and many others know all too well. It's horrible and so many of us never get justice or are even able to step up and say something for a variety of reasons.
Load More Replies...My ex used to say, "No one else would put up with your mental illness so you owe me (sex).
This time around, Bored Panda reached out to Lainey with some new questions regarding her upcoming works.
"As of late, I started posting short videos around the topics of being a woman, relationships, little wisdom, and self-healing besides the regular illustrations and I'm enjoying them tremendously. Instagram infamously changed their algorithm to favor videos, slashing so many creators' engagement and forcing them to do videos they're not necessarily comfortable with, but I feel like I can get even deeper this way to support women all over the world."
i feel like this is something i had to learn. until i was about 35, i always compared myself to other women. i think because that's what media shows us. i finally realized that i'm ok the way i am and they're ok the way they are and not everyone finds the same things attractive (not just body-wise either).
I see this is upvoted, but it always saddens me to read the comments in the before-and-after makeover posts on this site. You people upvote this post about supporting a woman’s choice to have breast implants and lip fillers, but you always complain in posts with “overly” made-up women or pictures that've been airbrushed, and say she was so much more beautiful before and is ugly in the after pictures. I’m sure it’s well-meaning, but you’re minimizing her choices as an autonomous woman. It’s very sad, and actually quite sexist.
RIGHT?! THANK YOU! No, I don't use/have those but also am not a hater of them. Of course, I have concern for their health and safety, though-depending. I have a couple tattooos, but quit makeup long ago due to irritations besides just not being in the mood, having enough patience or money to keep stock. Also, if someone doesn't like my natural bare face, they can just deal/not look. Oh, and at just12-13 I was labeled gay, as if it were a horrible thing(like WTF), when I didn't paint up daily or almost. Even for fast food and greenhouse jobs. Most(at least) boys/guys never cared-probably- and seemed all for the lack of it while not against it maybe, in my experience. Sorry for the ramble; just had to get this out. *tattoos-cannot edit easily now. Also, so what if I am/was assumed to not be "straight". UGH.
PMS is a fact and to be honest, I am much mooore emotional before and while on my period.
Me too but other people shouldn't use pms as a reason to dismiss us or our concerns. Like I told my husband, pms doesn't cause me to invent things I am upset about, it just increases my emotions about those issues.
Load More Replies...Although pms is a real thing, too many people, other women included, use it as a phrase when a woman is just expressing emotions or is justifiably angry.
I have a (lovely) form of PMS called PMDD. For about half the month I am miserable to the point of having suicidal thoughts. Hormones and their effects are real.
Has a gynecologist helped with it? Like are you having periods for 1/2 a month where you should see a gynecologist or am I misunderstanding?
Load More Replies...When women go through their periods/pms it is due to an increase in testosterone so its actually when women behave more like men emotionally. Soooo... men behave like period women except all the time. Lol.
Overheard as I walked by 2 guys on the sidewalk " I don't wanna hear anymore about her F*n period. I'm outta here".
I love that most men don't realize they too have a monthly hormonal cycle. And they become whiny bitches too.
Not agreeing, getting tired of behavior, not in the mood, crying; All these things happen even when not. Stop using their biology as an excuse to behave like a jerk. A man is called assertive and alpha, and women are called crazy b****es. Dear sir, just because I'm in no mood to soothe your ego and treat you like a spoiled baby doesn't make me the crazy one.
Not to rain in anybody's parade here, but "Expressing" emotions and "processing" emotions aren't the same thing...
I always found it strange when men say "she must be on her period" and refer to PMS, when the P is pre, so before the period, if she's on her period, she's already had the PMS stage and you didn't notice, so it couldn't have been that bad, now she's past it, so you obviously don't have a leg to stand on x
We also wanted to know if the artist had a comic she was proud of, and we thought it was only fair if she'd share her thoughts with us!
"My absolute favorite is one of my earliest illustrations that I recently re-drew. I know that so many of us women are criticized or shunned by society by not hitting the "right" milestones, not hitting them at the right time, or having entirely different plans than what is expected. My goal is to lift the weight of societal stigma from every woman's shoulder, because personal life decisions that don't hurt anyone are not right or wrong, they're simply... personal. I am 33, single, I don't plan on having children, and I'm traveling the world instead of settling down. I don't have a college degree, I can't drive a car, I don't own an apartment, and I don't feel like a black sheep, I just feel like myself. As everyone should."
As a father, I hate it when people refer to me caring for my daughter as 'babysitting', it's parenting. Honestly though I've never met a father who called it babysitting himself, its mostly other people who do that.
My husband just said this to me last week! I wanted to go out for an evening and he was put out that he’d have to babysit. Yet he never blinks when he stays out to play football until midnight
Load More Replies...I don't think these comics are preachy. They are just saying, what should have been said for a long time. In many cases we are too brainwashed to notice that there's even a double standard. As a woman I appreciate them and I am happy, that many of the younger generations already 'live' this kind of mindset. Females as well as males.
My kids' bio dad used to say that s**t. I always told him off about it. I should've known the end was near!
Not only are you wrong, but how do you twist logic so much to pretend being the sole parent to actually parent their kid a privilege???
Load More Replies...i like how subtle the change in their faces are, yet you see them :) great art style
This man in real life is going to go whine on Reddit, Facebook, etc that they're being "cancelled" by this woman when his grossness gets caught on camera or she tells her story of his behavior. I'm going to repeat this, (and yeah, I will die on this hill) there's no such thing as cancel culture. People experiencing consequences, especially in public, are just butt hurt that others are standing up to their bullying and cruelty.
And for the scum like Weinstein and Cosby, who are actually serving time, it is CONSEQUENCE CULTURE.
Load More Replies...What guy says "I am bad in bed and need a girl with 0 experience" *There, there" is an appropriate reaction I think
I think it goes both ways no lie men get around too and rather than get labeled by women negatively like women always do by men for some odd reason they get praised by other men and become desired by some cooky women! But this is oddly the case for women which most times are looked down upon. But honestly I feel that on this subject men shouldn't view women as objects whoms worth or value comes down to their body/intimacy and how exclusive it is yet I do feel that both men and women should be more careful and selective as to whom jump on it goes both ways cause much like a man isn't emotionaly mature to view a woman as an object for pleasure and values her on her exclusivity to others in regards to her body not much more can be said about the women's emotional maturity that would allow herself to be passed around or so exclusive either so like I said it goes both ways and much like many men view women in this light many women should view men in the same perspective and protect-
Artists go through a few art phases trying to find the art style they could call their own, and for Lainey, it is likely the same, given that the artist is currently thinking about pursuing her ultimate dream.
"Before digital art, I used to draw with markers which I really miss, but I don't have time for it anymore, but my ultimate dream is to paint on designer handbags. My background is in fashion and my hobby is refurbishing (vintage) designer accessories in the name of sustainability and value, so creating artworks on pieces I already consider artworks would marry all of my passions and talents."
yaaasss to the black cat!!! I had one and he was the funniest fluffiest cutie that ever lived.
Load More Replies...Me, 28 F, cashiering= every other customer asking if I have children. My coworker, 28 M has 2 kids, cashiering= asked if has kids about once a month. Why am I expected to have kids just because I'm female, I didn't choose my gender. There are 4 billion other women in the world, I don't think me not having kids is going to change much. Especially when some women have 4 or 5 kids
Sigh, if only my family understood this. I constantly feel like a complete failure to my family and friends for still not being married and having children. I really wish there wasn't such a societal stigma.
Amen 🙏 God makes no mistake he his purpose for letting or allowing things to be as they are regardless of what that is far superior to any societal stigma and standard of life all that is foolishness if God makes any women wait it isn't to chastise punish or curse them. It's to teach at times and establish potentials that one many not be able to meet being weighed down by all the responsibilities that come with family and spouse God knows us better than we do and if he makes us wait just trust it'll be worth it no matter what anyone thinks or says you tell them to worry about them dang selves and their marriage and children I've learned this the hard way and believe it it's better to be alone then in bad company and that's usually what happens to ppl unfortunately most times when they rush things just to meet societies social standards they end up miserable with someone they end up hating resenting and stuck with kids as the excuse look at divorce rates they don't lie ppl don't take
Load More Replies...-children suffering in a broken system in and out of foster homes and orphanages. But seriously speaking if society promoted adoption as hard as they push and feed women baby fever so they'll have their own women that can't have children would be less stigmatized
yay for both women. If you are happy with yourself, that's all that matters.
Louder for those in the back! Edit: I really hate how every time Lainey's comics get posted one BP and there is a woman with a hijab on the comments are mostly hate and how she's oppressed. Like you're missing the whole point.
No one would dare ask a nun to remove her veil, why is it ok to ask a muslim womam to do it?
Load More Replies...What strikes me as odd is people shouting about women's freedom to wear whatever they want, yet when some women WANT to wear hijabs suddenly they're oppressed they "should take them off".
or it could be a personal/religious choice that they are comfortable with malou. Just saying :)
Load More Replies...Honestly, I'm always kinda scared to say it because I don't want to sound "weird" to those who wear them... but I think Hijab are beautiful.
Thats not weird at all! They are beautiful aren't they?
Load More Replies...It is right to religious expression vs. something mandated supposedly for your safety to keep men under control...do you want to be arrested and beaten because a little leg was showing, or a bit of hair?
No but that is not how Islam is observed in every country and ultimately that is the point. If people from places with freedom of religion as a right, scream oppression or terrorism at the sight of human they frankly they are no better than the people running the countries that would punish women for not wearing one. They just aren't enough of a power position within government to implement penalty for religious expression. Mind you they do try more and more.
Load More Replies...I think people hate what they don't understand. I, for one, cannot understand why any woman would want any part of ANY religion.
It depends on what people think. I, for one, am religious and I don’t force my religion on others :)
Load More Replies...As a hijab-wearing woman, the fact that this piece exists + all the positivity in the chat makes me feel so much better about the world. Thank yo ueverbody!!
There's people who think woman are forced into wearing the hijab when most of the time it's not,it's encouraged
Yes, I have two Muslim friends and they both had a choice. One decided not to wear a hijab, the other decided they wanted to. Both are perfectly happy :D
Load More Replies...Religion in general is used as a tool to oppress people, especially women. It doesn't matter if it's Christianity and their crusade with abortion right now or religion that doesn't allow a woman to leave the house or go to school or wear a piece of fabric around the hair so men won't have sinful thoughts. Religion is poison.
imo i don't think it's the actual religion that's poison - it's usually people who are practising the religion incorrectly or interpreting it wrong.
Load More Replies...Starting out with comics (or art in general) isn't easy, so we asked the artist if she had any tips to share for those who might be starting out.
"This is an advice to everyone creating any kind of art: Do not put too much weight on how you are doing on social media. Having followers or likes doesn't validate how valuable your art is, it's simply a tool to echo your voice. The art and the message should come from your heart and it should be something you would create the same way just for yourself if you lived in a hut up in the mountains for a year with no internet. I started off creating these comics just for myself, to process my experience as a woman in the world and I didn't intend to have an audience or have it as a full-time job. Until this day I refuse to draw anything that doesn't come from the heart."
EXACTLY. Men whine about feminism and modern women and wanting that traditional role of provider and then whining that all women are users and gold diggers. Whining that they’re lonely and then whiny that no woman is good enough.
I hate the term "provider"! It's not a man's job to be a "provider"! just as it isn't the woman's job to be a "mom"! equality goes both ways! Men and women should be able to provide for themselves! I don't need no man to provide for me, I can do it myself, thank you! When kids are involved, in my opinion it's both the parents job to provide! But, if as a family, they decide that one is to work and one is to stay at home, guess what: one is providing income, and the other is providing a clean and healthy home to live in! They are still a team! (also, this "provider" term is a very american thing I guess because there's no maternity leave. everywhere else, both parents work, and when theres a baby, one or both get to stay at home with the baby for months/years, and then go back to work again) I get wanting to stay at home with the kids when they are little, but I alwats thought it was so weird when i saw on tv "stay at home parents" with only grown a*s teenagers..! what you do all day??
It’s only human males that complain about having to do their “nAtUrAlLy aSsIgNeD” jobs.
Me and hubby are each other's providers. I have supported him when he has been unemployed, he has supported me when I've been unemployed. We share the bills otherwise
My parents were equal providers, and I was raised in a home where man and woman are equals in every way. So now as an adult I had problems in relationships dealing with guys who are struggling with toxic masculinity and can't deal with me being independent and self sufficient, they would act controlling or jealous for no reason. But also they weren't really up to the task of supporting another adult the way they have been taught they should. I feel bad for them because they are children who think they should be in controll but don't know how to manage their own lives much less an entire family. Then they claim it's emasculating for a woman to take charge to complete something (a repair project or paying for a major expense like car repairs just as examples) but they were unable to do it so someone had to or nothing would get done. Each person in a relationship should handle the things they are best at and the other person should allow them to for the benefit of both people. I'm 40 yo. My parents have been together 42 years and are still happily married.
Maybe not exactly hyped, but there are lots of excuses made for them why it's okay to have a dad body. In Germany there's the saying 'A man without a (beer) belly is like a woman without boobs'. On the counterpart it's not uncommon on social media to see pictures of women who have just given birth and who are blinged up and looking hot right away. Weird standards.
Load More Replies...It’s pretty awesome- a woman’s body literally MAKES A HUMAN. It goes through so much bio- gymnastics I hate it when I have clients that r pregnant/ just given birth and they put themselves down so (I’m a personal trainer qualified in pre and post natal)
i find my post 2 kid wife's body more beautiful knowing what she did to create 2 children and the strength it took to do so.
I have a dad bod. It is NOT sexy, and I don't understand who thinks it is. I have a gut and I'm hairy. I'M NOT EVEN A DAD.
When the husbands in movies & TV are average & overweight & the mother of their 5 kids looks like a model.
Yeah! Like Leah Remini married to Kevin James on "King Of Queens". Jim Belushi married to Courtney Thorne-Smith on "According to Jim." Old shows but two excellent examples of that.
Load More Replies...I've never had issues with mom bods. My wife is very happy about that!
When it comes to people having overall opinions on her comics, here's what the artist thinks, "My biggest goal is for all women to feel seen, heard, and feel like they are not alone. To give them a new perspective about things the system, the patriarchy, life, and society taught them are the norm. To give them tools to heal themselves from past traumas and stuck patterns. I know this might sound incredibly ambitious, but I'm set on changing the world."
I know that this is a month late, but it is fine that men express emotions. Emotions are for people, it is not set for a certain gender. If you are feeling any negative OR positive emotion, it is fine to express it. And if there are people around you in your life that tell you differently, then consider cutting them off,and if you can't then try to find a way to not be around them when you are feeling down. I hope that you will get though anything that you are going through right now. And hugs to all the virtual peeps who are feeling down. I love you and I believe in you.
Load More Replies...Tfw your ex girlfriend breaks up with you by text message. It Huuuuuuuuurts.
Heh I’ve felt that. Its worse when your a girl and she’s a girl. A cat fight starts when you answer the phone after she brakes up. I’ve gotten into a scream fight that way.
Load More Replies...Coping is Coping and we don't all cope the same as long as your alive and don't give up on life by taking it then that in itself is resilience regardless of one's day to day existence
Not to take away from the importance of this post, but I LOVE/NEED that outfit on the left.
The only ugly ones are the ones who called you that
Load More Replies...For me it was my mother telling me I was fat at 15 and 5kg over my ideal weight. Sparked a 10 year Eating Disorder. People need to keeps their opinions on others bodies to themselves
My family has always criticized my weight, so now I hate my body and myself as a person. I often wish I were dead, but am too cowardly to kill myself. I also stay alive because I promised my cat I would never make her go back to the shelter were she spent her first 3+ years.
Demon, all I need to know about you is that you're doing the right thing by your cat. That alone tells me that you are a lovely worthy person, I don't need to know anything else
Load More Replies...My stomach isn’t flat, it has a bump. I always thought I was so ugly bcuz of it, but it’s jsut body’s.
Yes, I ,too, have a belly bulge, and have always had it, even when I was young. I was always self conscious and felt fat because of it.
Load More Replies...My weight fluctuates, usually when I’m depressed I stop eating. And it’s always when I start getting compliments on my appearance. When I’m feeling good about myself again and go back to healthy eating, I get comments about putting on weight again
I'm at a normal weight normally and love to work out, esp strength training but when I go through my depressive cycles I tend to drop a lot by not eating and not working out. That's when people give comments about how "fit" or "healthy" I look. Like ok I need to feel like s**t to be good enough? Besides - that's why I think it's s**t when people assume lower weight = healthy. Nope, absolutely not regarding mental health and not even from a physical perspective. I mean, not working out and eat a few meal replacement shakes (all I can eat when I feel like that) is healthy? Doubt it very much.
Load More Replies...I was told I was too skinny and was sometimes given more food than I could eat. Then was scolded for not finishing it. It's genetic, I'm full blooded Filipino. We're not very Big
Me too! Some people are just naturally skinny and it doesn’t feel right to me when people say that others would gladly have my body. Being skinny doesn’t mean you aren’t insecure, but either way, people should learn to love their body types and not insult others about theirs.
Load More Replies...People really need to told this and I, a 10 year old white boy already knows this? People treat women so stereotypically.
Too much pressure was put on the numbers that came up on my weight scale. The day I quit weighing myself each day or week was the best. Letting myself love myself.
Most artists usually create art in order to accomplish something, therefore we were wondering if Lainey perhaps felt the same in some type of way.
"I truly hope that I can establish a community where like-minded women uplift one another. I am fascinated by how it's happening in the comment section under each one of my posts, they get vulnerable, share their personal stories, like and support one another. I believe there is a huge need for a safe space online for women where there is no judgment and they can share, express, bond, and grow. So I'm planning on building all that in the future - starting with my Instagram page."
What's scary is that some guys seek out women who have been hurt by their father figures, because the guys think she will be easier to abuse. Speaking from experience.
Load More Replies...And how does society view the boys who were raised by sh*tty dads? As the problem!🙃
It is routinely used as an insult towards women and teen girls. It insinuates that they have psychological issues caused by the lack of attention/love given by their father.
Load More Replies...trueeee!! but also, why is the girl portrayed to have said "daddy issues" always someone with tattoos, piercings and tight clothing ?? sigh..
I think that's part of the message, that society shames body and sex positivity and lazily has written it off as 'wild woman with daddy issues' rather then doing an honest appraisal of the issue.
Load More Replies...It shouldn't be an insult they should be loved and cared about just like any other human being.
True women always have gotten the**** end of the stick throughout history even when it was the man's fault
See, the issues is that people think that it's all because of how easy it is to buy a gun. No, it is not. I am from a country where all you need to buy a gun is a shooting pass and money, for some firearms you don't even need the shooting pass. Never in the history of my country and all of it's predecessors has there been a school shooting. Guns don't kill unless a person fires it. The problem lies with Americans being both irresponsible with guns and quite often unhinged enough to not understand the value of a human life. Also, their school system is so horrid that no wonder this happens.
I wanted to give you half an upvote 😂because I belief it's both. Guns (in the US) are available at your local supermarkt ffs. Things like mental health care and education for all are way harder (or well, more long term) to solve than to ban or even regulate the ownership of weapons. There are countries where you can't even buy scissors as a 17 y/o yet children can have (sometimes even pink and cute looking👀) guns from their supermarket🥲
Load More Replies...As I said when Roe vs Wade was overturned: It's not ok to have an abortion, but it's totally fine to let that child be born only to be killed like.. 7 years later... ? (or you know, be born into a family that doesn't want them, or can't provide for them, etc etc)
You notice the parallel between states that have the strictest abortion laws are also the states that have the laxest gun laws ( not to mention the lowest rates of COVID vaccination)?
Load More Replies..."if anything happens, i love you" ... the most heartbreaking short film i ever seen
I literally had a 1hr lockdown on my first day of school
In kindergarten 2nd Monday spent 2.5 hr i under lockdown
Load More Replies...After the shootings in Uvalde, one little girl could only be identified by the pair of green shoes she wore. People seem to think that people shot with an AR-15 look like gunshot victims in movies - one or two wounds in the torso or head. The truth is, guns like that rip the victims into shreds, utterly destroying them.
at one of the high school i go to the wall are glass where the hell is the safety in that. can someone please tell me the answer.
This is heartbreaking and the cycle will continue to happen in the United States if stronger gun laws are not put in place. It scares me when parts of the U.S. government care so much more about pleasing the NRA than they do protecting the innocent life of a child. Children should be going to school and playing with friends, not getting killed in a place of learning.
Molnar has been in the comic scene for quite some time now so we were curious whether she had any comments from her followers that might've particularly stood out.
"One time I received a message from a follower that she has shown my illustrations to her young brother and they started having discussions about what girls and women are going through. She told me that her brother was only familiar with the male narrative and ended up opening his mind to so much on the 'other' side and even sharing the illustrations with his friends. This is the kind of ripple effect I aim for with everything I do. I just start the conversation, but how it's interpreted or how it unfolds is fascinating."
Lmao as a black woman, I didn't get called beautiful until I made myself look less black. People literally went out of their way to make sure they thought I was ugly and would never date me, despite having no interest them. Just because I was nice to them, they were scared I was interested in them or they'd become bullied for it. Because I'm brown I can make myself 'look' like different POC depending on especially my hair and the way I introduce myself as. Despite having the same features, I'm seen as far more attractive when people think im asian/latina/native American (I'm pretty ambiguous when not wearing black hairstyles because of mixed ancestry). I'm also seen as more intelligent and people approach me less aggressively. I mean, the girl in the pic IS beautiful, but not the best example for this picture, because the racism is just as real as what is being portrayed here: ageism and sexism. Luckily its getting better with more representation!
I’m sorry people are so small minded. I think black people are beautiful.
Load More Replies...At 62, I bet sometimes the people around me wish I was invisible but I refuse not to be seen.
I make a point to tell women they are beautiful, especially when they fall into the invisible category. They don't believe me, but it's important. I'm also a woman, so I don't come of creepy.
Hey if I looked as good as that woman on the right when I'm older I'll be damn happy Not to mention be able to pull of an outfit so damn stylish, too.
Because the patriarchy says that only women who are desirable to have in a romantic relationship are beautiful. When a lady reaches her age, she is no longer considered desirable in the dating world. Patriarchy has some f****d up nonsensical rules. edit; forgot to say that women considered “beautiful” get more attention from bosses, coworkers and in general, while women who aren’t are ignored or scorned
Load More Replies...A woman's value depends on how pretty/ attractive (f*ckable) she looks. Sadly. It's a result of the patriarchy and something girls/women learn EARLY on. It's VERY hard to break free from.
I believe it is ultimately based on perceptions of fertility. This is an evolutionary drive we have not even begun to evolve past. Once a woman appears to be past childbearing years, she becomes irrelevant, especially in the western world where there is no tradition of respect for elders. This is true in the world of employment as well as in popular culture and social life. It is sometimes a relief that men look right through me on the street now, but when they are also not seeing my job performance or employment applications, it is devastating. I would accept being cat-called and whistled at again if it meant I could earn a decent living.
Load More Replies...I'll be honest, at first I thought "Invisible" said "Invincible" and I was just like, "Yes. I agree."
Love me some Johnathan! I would die if I met him...really any one of the Fab Five
Load More Replies...My sister is bi. And I can proudly say that she's happier with her woman now than her crappy ex husband.
As per the Old Testament, God apparently did a lot of things a modern audience would find shocking. That the same God should go on to hate love between certain people is quite consistent.
Load More Replies...Lastly, we wanted to know what kind of hobbies Lainey has aside from making comics, and here's what she shared with us, "Besides doing art and refurbishing accessories and trying to read all the books in the world while traveling to every corner of the globe, I love to do puzzles. It's becoming a problem because I buy and do them in such a rate that they have taken over my apartment. Maybe I should consider making puzzles with my illustrations, that would be a fitting project!"
I actually disagree, dogs are not people, they are not actual human babies. We love them like family Yes, but they are not humans
I'm childless and want to stay that way. I have a dog and three birds whom I all love to bits and would do anything for them. But please, don't call this "parenting". Don't call animals your "children". It's so weird and disrespectful. 😬 It puts down real parents. It makes the relationship to the animal sound unhealthy and like you really are compensating for the lack of a child and projecting weird stuff onto the pet. It blurres lines between humans and animals which is just wrong philosophically in my opinion.
How is calling the own relationship to what or whomever parenting disrespectful to others? If I tell my dog to ask his "father" for a walk because I am tired it has nothing to do with anyone elses relationship.
Load More Replies...The dog is not always a replacement for a kid. I don't want kids. My dog is my best friend.
Raising pets requires time, investment, care, and effort, but it is absolutely and unequivocally NOT parenting. It’s not really even close.
No. Parenting is different from taking care of a pet. You are not raising another human who will grow to be an individual, you are taking care of an animal who will probably die within 20 years. That doesn't mean you should care for them less, but there is a difference, and even people without children should know that teaching your dog not to pee on the carpet and not to bite kids is very different from raising a fully independant human who will live their own life seperate from you once they grow up.
Some of these animal parents feel that their rights to parent are equal to those of human children. Bringing their pets into grocery stores, hospitals, weddings, and to other people's homes without regard. Not everyone is okay with a pet and just because they love it, doesn't make it everyone else's responsibility to cater to their wishes. Granted, some human parents can be just as entitled and they need to come to that same realization. Anyway, what's your spaghetti policy?
Load More Replies...I'm not my cat's mom though. I am her devoted vassel who gets a nip if she doesn't move her a**e fast enough.
Showing love to animals is just as valid, if not more, as showing love to humans! As other people have said fur babies are still babies!!! I applaud the people who have pets and treat them like royalty!!!!
I applaud people who see "livestock" animals as equally worthy of love and respect and life.
Load More Replies...I love my cat and dog very much, but they're not my children. Yes, i raise them, but is not nearly as difficult or expensive as raising children. Also, i don't want to become a mother, ever, and my pets aren't replacements for children. I think of them as my companions in this life.
As long as the choice was made by her and not for her, absolutely. That's all that matters.
hghghghgh why are they both so pretty also i like the outfit on the right!
Culture and Islam are different. Requiring a woman to wear a hijab or cover up is culture. Islam encourages but doesn’t require Hijab. There are many Muslims who don’t wear a hijab. It’s their choice.
I don't care who wears a bikini, as long as it is a well fitting bikini where you aren't sausaging your body into two slivers of fabric that are struggling to uphold your public decency.
While I totally agree with this, I do think the fashion industry needs to come up with some better clothes that are more flattering to that body type. Because while everyone can wear whatever they want, frankly, some clothes look better on some people than on others. A red dress might clash with red hair, or a shirt that looks good on a larger woman would look like a potato sack on a smaller one. I believe larger women (and men) have a right to well-fitting and flattering clothes for their bodies, which sadly does not include many of the bikinis on the market today. But I have seen a fair number of larger outfits that actually look good on the wearer, that would not look good on a smaller body. Equality isn’t about everyone being able to wear the same thing, it’s about everyone having access to clothes that they want to wear and that they can be confident look as good on them as on the model. That being said, people do have the right to wear whatever they want, and that’s okay. cont.
Fashion companies need to a) make better clothes (just all around, I could go on for days about that), b) show more plus-sized models in flattering outfits, and c) stop just expanding their existing designs for plus size. It doesn’t always work as well as it should. (Sorry for the long essay, I just wanted to make it clear that I’m not judging anyone but the companies, but there are better options available that I think people should take advantage of). (Also I have *opinions* about beauty standards and societal expectations and all that jazz that I’d be happy to explain to whoever has time to kill. If you’re curious, that is.)
Load More Replies...Anyone can wear a bikini, just wear the right size. If you are size 2x, wear 2x don't be ashamed. Don't try to squeeze into an xl. I myself range in size from xl-3x depending on the clothing manufacturer
My daughter wears her bikinis with confidence and comfort, whether she's skinny or plumpish. I could not do that when I was younger. In fact, I did not wear any kind of swimsuit for 30 years. She's wonderful. I envy her.
I'm not gonna waste my time telling people who should and shouldn't wear a bikini.
The lady on the right has had a C-section! Props to the people who create the comic thingies (brain fart?) for including different peoples bodies!
I was bullied so much for my excess body hair as a teenager (in hindsight it was hirsutism/ PCOS) that up to this day I shave my legs, armpits and pluck my chin. BUT am now getting a tiny fluffy moustache and have decided I like it. Frida Kahlo style. It's staying. Small victory!
I have not shaved my legs and probably around 8 years now. Mostly because I had a severe injury on the right side of my body and had casts and braces a lot. I have no intention to start now. And not one person has noticed and made a comment to me.
You're a Panda. It's just fur! I don't shave either.
Load More Replies...Similarly, if you're a man but you like shaving/waxing your body hair, that doesn't make you less manly. Everyone is allowed a personal preference.
I'm a 13 year old girl and the only part of my body that I shaved are my legs and toe hair and thats it. My sideburns imma keep cuz they look INCREDIBLE and NO ONE points them out. Damn i love my sideburns 😤
Yes QUEEN! I WISH I'd.had your confidence when I was your age! Don't ever lose that, beautiful!!
Load More Replies...An excess of it in a woman should always be investigated, for health reasons. Like PCOS. If you are otherwise in the clear, that is what matters.
Yup. Plus the stuff needed for the upkeep is expensive (seriously, of all things to be pricey, razors cost a freaking fortune if you want a good one). I gave up years ago. If someone doesn't like it then it's their problem.
Yes!! I love how inclusive and stylish this artist’s art is!
Load More Replies...Yeah, you are still the same person and people don’t get to treat you differently because of how you look
God, I hate this makeover bs. Especially when they get rid of glasses to make a person more pretty. THAT IS NOT HOW F*****G GLASSES WORK FFS
They should show how DIFFERENT glasses make you look different... Every time I buy new glasses, it's like I could choose a whole different persona depending on the frames - do I want to hide my eyes? Do I want to look older or like a hipster? Earnest or fun? And then you're stuck with that for another few years...
Load More Replies...As a curly girl, I’ve always found it incredibly insulting that “makeovers” ALWAYS straighten curly hair. I’m proud of my curls. Curls are pretty.
Curls are definitely pretty! When I was little I wished I had curly hair. It’s so pretty. But with how easily mine gets tangled it’s probably best for me to leave it 😅
Load More Replies...As someone who is the EPITOME of a nerd… thank you. I’ve always felt insecure about my looks.
I don’t think you have a thing to worry about. Nerds can be really, really cute.
Load More Replies...As a fat kid with glasses, I hated those makeovers so much! Whip the hair out of the bun, ditch the specs, and you're suddenly Raquel Welch.
It's hilarious that so many of those before and after pictures are take in noticeably different lighting, in different clothes and with different posture. They think we can't see that, I guess. Bunk.
Not to mention they're usually glowering or looking upset in the before photo.
Load More Replies...Not sure if this contributes to this drawing buuuut... I have dreadlocks, and before i had them nobody noticed me and thought i was just like everyone else. But right after i got them i was suddenly the most interesting thing in the world, and i didn't know what to think of it. Ps. I'm black and live around a lot of white people, so i guess the weren't used to people being different.
Djeez, how many stereotypes can one go though? Over 50% of the population has some kind of eye/sight problem, glasses don't make you nerdy or ugly.
Yeah and when was being a nerd a bad thing. The only thing “bad” about it is that people get mad/jealous that you win stuff but when you lose at a (ex.) kahoot when the topic is something you are “supposed” to be good at they get wierded out. Like what the heck
Load More Replies...My daughter keeps saying it's fine if she has a baby at 19 also. I keep telling her she wasn't planned! I keep telling her to be less fixated on hypothetical children and to just liver her own dang life!!
I love that at 56 I’m finally accepting enough of myself to wear a bikini, shorts, and miniskirts.
My mother was a grandmother 3 times over by the time she was my age.
i need help... this i've been going through all year and still don't know what to do... stay with who I need or go and be with who I want/what I deserve
There are people you meet in your life, who will bring out the worst version of who you can be. And there are people, who enable you to be a the best version of who you are.
Load More Replies...Personally, I think meeting the wrong person at the "right" time is worse, much worse.
Sometime you may meet The right one, but turns out you already in a relationship or they may live half way around the world or have a job that takes up most of their time. Sometimes you meet this person, live close, nothing in your way, you fall madly in love with eachother... But sometimes loving eachother dont mean that everything else is gonna go well or turn out lovable in the day to day life. There are times where a relationship can be so passionate it gets explosive. Or one of them can have an addiction or other major factor that impact the relationship in such a negative way that no matter how much you love them, unless they chose to get help, that love wont be enough & you have to choose yourself or you may get dragged down with them. Right time vs wrong time Hope that explains it a bit :) Atleast thats how I "see" it
Load More Replies...Just me then. Hangovers got worse from 30 to 50, then as the lady hormones dipped, the gentleman hormones came into play, and I can hardly get a hangover now if I try
Yeah at about 26 my body was like, okay we're not doing this anymore
Lainey, thank you so much for sharing these with us! You have a great insight on women's issues and I absolutely love your comics! I hope you plan to share more with us down the road. Keep up the Great work!!!
This art by Lainey is a good example of where a sixty-year-old white American male is learning of a better way to see the world. Thank you, Bored Panda, for helping to make me a more understanding person over the course of the past year we have been hanging out together.
Imma touch the donut. And probably eat it too.
Load More Replies...These are the most honest, thought provoking art boards I've seen. It definitely needs a wider audience. Wonderful. Hope to see more, lots more Thank you!!
The app is screwing with me, and not putting all my comments where I pot them.
Load More Replies...Lainey, thank you so much for sharing these with us! You have a great insight on women's issues and I absolutely love your comics! I hope you plan to share more with us down the road. Keep up the Great work!!!
This art by Lainey is a good example of where a sixty-year-old white American male is learning of a better way to see the world. Thank you, Bored Panda, for helping to make me a more understanding person over the course of the past year we have been hanging out together.
Imma touch the donut. And probably eat it too.
Load More Replies...These are the most honest, thought provoking art boards I've seen. It definitely needs a wider audience. Wonderful. Hope to see more, lots more Thank you!!
The app is screwing with me, and not putting all my comments where I pot them.
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