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It’s the Sundaylies! With Cosplay Level-Up, Paper Dolls, and When Planned Parenthood Saves Your Life
Sunday Funny: A Guide to Science Articles (via SMBC) Mad Art Lab Hyrule Buttons – Cosplay Level Up Ryan explains how to take you cosplay to the next level with handmade buttons. Learn how he uses a 3D printer to make a mold for his final project. New Paper Doll! The Metamorphosis of Maria Merian Download, cut and color away!…
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It’s the Sundaylies! With Imperator Peachiosa, Bisexuality Awareness, What “Gender Neutral” Means in Practice
Sunday Funny: Crag is such a nerd. (via Poorly Drawn Lines) Mad Art Lab The Chemistry of Rose Scent Amy explores the science behind rose scents with the help of Dr. Ray Burks. Making Imperator Peachiosa Seelix walks us through her amazing Furiosa/Princess Peach cosplay. A Case for Prince Zelda Ryan explores what the Legend of Zelda games could be…
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Adult Coloring. Does it Actually Have Any Mental Health Benefits?
There is a big trend in the meditation and self-help communities of adult coloring for relaxation, stress and anxiety reduction. As an artist, I have always looked at my work as a way of helping me to focus and to escape from the stress of the daily grind, but could that same feeling be transferred to the non-artist? And why…
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It’s the Sundaylies! With an Ode to Oliver Sacks, Mycological Masterpieces, and the Real Housewives of Wooville
Sunday Funny: Cheshire Cat (via Hark a Vagrant) Teen Skepchick Requiescat in Pace: Oliver Sacks Elizabeth writes about how the late Oliver Sacks impacted her life. Mad Art Lab Making Mycological Masterpieces Let a microbiologist teach you how to make gorgeous art prints with mushroom spores. Mad Art Cast — Pamela Gay Interview! Mad Art Cast has the silkiest voice…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Featuring the Science of Hot Peppers, Bisexuality vs. Pansexuality, a GMO-Free School District, and Those Ugly, Ignorant, and Poor Youth
Sunday Funny: Jesus is immune to water attack. (via SMBC) Teen Skepchick Sex Ed with James Dobson: In Which We Feel Bad About Ourselves Because We are Ugly, Unintelligent, and Poor The good Doctor Dobson explains all the ways in which teens hate themselves in excruciating detail. Mad Art Lab Ada Lovelace and the Curious Practice of Programming for Non-Existent…
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Understanding Science with Art
A study was published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience that investigates the different regions of the brain that are activated when looking at art. The study investigated, among other things, the question of whether or not humans have evolved to like art and if that “like” is similar in all people. One thing the study revealed was that…
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It’s the Sundaylies! With Weird Spider Sex, Art at CONvergence, the Endless Summer for Working Parents
Sunday Funny: “You’re not five foot eleven.” (via Manfeels Park) Teen Skepchick Sex is weird: The Australian Redback Spider Two words: Sexual cannibalism. Mad Art Lab What I Drew At CONvergence Check out these cool doodles drawn by Celia at Convergence! Mad Art Cast: Scott Sigler’s ALIVE Mad Art Cast has a new episode out with special guest, best selling…
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How Patreon is Changing the DIY Movement
I recently hosted a meetup for my LAWAAG group with a speaker named Teka-Lark Fleming who gave a very fascinating talk about the history of the DIY movement in Los Angeles. (DIY, for anyone who is unfamiliar stands for do it yourself.) Teka talked about the early days when a lot of revolutionary, anarchist and art zines came into existence.…
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