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 (DIR) Post #B4kx9snrP71QkMNgh6 by LadyMont@spinster.xyz
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       On drawing women realistically.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4m8Hc9sSyzG5tWpiy by ninapaley@spinster.xyz
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       @LadyMont The drawing didn't just make her skinnier. It changed the waist-to-hip ratio. Drawings are more "cartoony" the more they exaggerate certain traits. Women have hourglass figures compared to men, who have V-shapes (big shoulders tapering straight down to narrow hips). This is the nature of (young, fertile) women and men, and exaggerating these traits makes a cartoon more recognizable as essence-of-woman and essence-of-man. It's not all nefarious impossible beauty standards. It's just cartooning, shorthand exaggerating proportions.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4m8PzZhHx1N2GbHWa by LadyMont@spinster.xyz
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       @ninapaley It's more in response to this idea, which is super sad when you think about it.