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“Image Credit: Carol Rossetti

When Brazilian graphic designer Carol Rossetti began posting colorful illustrations of women and their stories to Facebook, she had no idea how popular they would become. 

Thousands of shares throughout the world later, the appeal of Rosetti’s work is clear. Much like the street art phenomenon Stop Telling Women To Smile, Rossetti’s empowering images are the kind you want to post on every street corner, as both a reminder and affirmation of women’s bodily autonomy. 

“It has always bothered me, the world’s attempts to control women’s bodies, behavior and identities,” Rossetti told Mic via email. “It’s a kind of oppression so deeply entangled in our culture that most people don’t even see it’s there, and how cruel it can be.”

Rossetti’s illustrations touch upon an impressive range of intersectional topics, including LGBTQ identity, body image, ageism, racism, sexism and ableism. Some characters are based on the experiences of friends or her own life, while others draw inspiration from the stories many women have shared across the Internet. 

“I see those situations I portray every day,” she wrote. “I lived some of them myself.”

Despite quickly garnering thousands of enthusiastic comments and shares on Facebook, the project started as something personal — so personal, in fact, that Rossetti is still figuring out what to call it. For now, the images reside in albums simply titled “WOMEN in english!“ or ”Mujeres en español!“ which is fitting: Rossetti’s illustrations encompass a vast set of experiences that together create a powerful picture of both women’s identity and oppression.

One of the most interesting aspects of the project is the way it has struck such a global chord. Rossetti originally wrote the text of the illustrations in Portuguese, and then worked with an Australian woman to translate them to English. A group of Israeli feminists also took it upon themselves to create versions of the illustrations in Hebrew. Now, more people have reached out to Rossetti through Facebook and offered to translate her work into even more languages. Next on the docket? Spanish, Russian, German and Lithuanian.

It’s an inspiring show of global solidarity, but the message of Rossetti’s art is clear in any language. Above all, her images celebrate being true to oneself, respecting others and questioning what society tells us is acceptable or beautiful.

“I can’t change the world by myself,” Rossetti said. “But I’d love to know that my work made people review their privileges and be more open to understanding and respecting one another.””

From the site: All images courtesy Carol Rossetti and used with permission. You can find more illustrations, as well as more languages, on her Facebook page.

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5 years ago

Story Time!

Slightly long!

For context: In Austria right now so everything in this story was in German.

I was buying some flowers for a birthday present today. I wanted red and pink roses, ‘cause that’s nice, right? I think, “Okay, I’ll get five and five.” —Mind you, I’m ordering in German, so sometimes things get lost in translation or I mess something up.— And the guy says, “Ten?” I say, “Yes, please.” He is really nice and I say how this is for a nice old lady, and he says, “Well then the wrapping is free. And here is a nice extra flower for a nice young lady.” And gives me an extra flower. Things are going great! Then I realize that the bouquet is TWENTY flowers. As of now, I’m too shy to say that I only wanted ten so I just buy them and wish him a nice evening.

I continue on with my night, and head to the bus stop to go home. I sit down and there is a lady on her phone, let’s call her Clara ‘cause I don’t know her name. Clara is playing on her phone and so I don’t want to bother her by talking. Another lady sits down on the other side of Clara and looks at my bouquet interestedly and I say, “It was an accident, I bought too many.” Then l strike up conversation because I’m a talker. I offer them a flower because I think, “If I make a mistake, I can hopefully make some other people happy.” They politely decline, slightly confused that I just want to give them without wanting anything or having any specific motive except wanting to give (I told them that it makes me happy when I can make other people happy). I keep talking to Clara as we got on the bus and it was a really nice fifteen minute conversation. As she gets off the bus I insist she take a flower, and she does! Yay!

Now during this time, another older looking, dark haired lady was just smiling and slightly laughing while overhearing my conversation with Clara. I’m two stops away from where I get off and I move to pick up my back pack. The lady asks if she needs to push the button for me and I say, “No, I have the next one.” She smiles and I say thank you. I then ask if she wants a flower. She says, “But we don’t know each other! That would not make sense!” I say, “It doesn’t matter, this is just American sharing!” (Yes, I’m American. Please don’t hold it against me.) And she smiles and points at a flower. These flowers are wrapped together and tightly packed so I pull on the pink flower and it’s a few seconds away from my stop. the lady goes, “If it is too much of a problem, you don’t have to do it.” I say that it is no problem. I never take back what I offer. In the last few seconds the flower comes free and I hand it to the lady. She just beams at me and says thank you.

This made made my day and I hope it made this people’s as well. And yours, too!

Story Time!
5 years ago

…i may have put way too much time into this

5 years ago

Me too Deutschland, me too.

no internet interaction will ever again reach the high of chaos of the “does germany still exist?” officialgermangovernment: “Yes” “thanks” 

5 years ago

This is what you use in a busy house and you also can’t hear nothin’ when talking to people in a normal conversation

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5 years ago

That’s awesome

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5 years ago

HOW ABOUT THIS

DISNEY NEEDS TO SCRAP THE ARTEMIS FOWL MOVIE, SELL THE RIGHTS TO A TEAM WHO WILL RESPECT ITS PLOTS. I DONT OF THEY NEED TO GET RID OF CHILD FRIENDLY, MAKE IT RATED R FOR ALL I CARE. GIVE ME MAFIA, GIVE ME THE NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES, GIVE US THE WEAPONARY WE ENVISIONED AS SMALL CHILDREN. GET A NEW DIRECTOR - ENTIRLY NEW TEAM. AND OFC FIX THIS SHIT:

AGAIN

We don’t care how long it takes, go bankrupt.

Artemis the second KIDNAPS HOLLY

His father DOES NOT KNOW OF THE FARIES AT ALL

Angeline is both physically and mentally ILL

Arty Sr is not, IS NOT A COLLECTOR - HE IS A THEIF A SMUGGLER

Mulch wasn’t the one to narrate the story. ITS CANNON THAT HOLLY DID.

HOLLY IS NOT FUCKING WHITE.

BUTLER IS FUCKING ASIAN.

JULIET IS NOT A SMOL CHILD.

Give us, please, the criminal activities, near death experiences, mental health awareness, and the journey of cover coming the biggest issue Arty had to face,,, Himself. Not this happy little spy kid knock off.

Thank you.

5 years ago

Awww so cute

“Okay, First Of All, You Need To Forget Everything You Know About English.” The Doctor Sat On The

“Okay, first of all, you need to forget everything you know about English.” The Doctor sat on the floor next to Rose in the TARDIS library, with several pieces of blank paper, pencils and textbooks strewn about the rug in front of them.

“That should be easy, I’ve only been speaking it for twenty years,” Rose quipped, and he fought off a smile.

“You were the one who asked me to teach you, you know.” He smiled despite himself, remembering the conversation that had led to this moment.

“What do all these circles mean, anyway?”

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5 years ago

This is who I aspire to be! One of my favorite companions and one of my favorite episodes.

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Doctor Who | The End Of Time Pt. 1
Doctor Who | The End Of Time Pt. 1
Doctor Who | The End Of Time Pt. 1

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5 years ago

I love this so so much!!

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5 years ago

This literally made my day

Astronaut readjusts to life back on Earth

> Don’t give him a baby for a while.

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