MattiasGraves
Really Experienced
- Joined
- Jan 22, 2016
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- 105
I find those words to be sad. How many women really are not comfortable in their own skin? How many women don't feel empowered? I have no clue.
I am who I am and I am damned proud of it.
I'm glad you are! That's great!
I'm also super glad you had photos taken with your cat, it sounds like fun. We all have our own reasons for getting portraits done. I hope more people continue to do so. In our age of technology, we will only be remembered by our selfies. (I personally, don't take any of myself...)
It's not about finding women who are "stuck on themselves" but rather women who are PROUD of who they are. Why do you have to be "STUCK ON YOURSELF" if you pose for pretty pictures in lingerie (or less?). To spend money on killer shoes or on acting out a part of who you are in a safe environment...?
But you're right. You probably wouldn't be the ideal client for me Jada and that's totally ok! Not everyone is, and I'm completely comfortable with that. What I'm trying to do is figure out how to reach out to the women who ARE. Who DO need that safe space to explore who they are after all the changes of life... The women who need to find strength in their own nature. Because whether you like to believe it or not, there STILL is a fairly strong current of "you should always act like a lady" in our culture. Think of recent issues with breast feeding (my kids are JUST getting out of that phase and it's been a BITCH on my wife). Sitting in a restaurant, my youngest very politely asks for a "boodle" and the people across from us get up to leave. WTF?! My wife didn't whip her breast out. She slipped up her shirt just enough to allow for my baby to feed.
There are SO many messages in our culture that suggest women are victims and weak. And that's the FURTHEST from the truth! Hell, turn on the news and how many crime tv shows suggest women are to blame for rapes because of how they dressed or acted or... whatever! It's all bullshit. And I for one am sick of it. I decided I could fight by either going after men with a bat OR work on strengthening the women in my community. I've always been one to fault on the side of love rather than violence.
But I have to ask, why the animosity? I've felt it from a great many people so far. Is it SO far fetched that maybe, just MAYBE I truly am trying to have a positive influence on the world around me??