fachyeahoperasingers:

cleffairie:

nebraskaswole:

taygetsswole:

Baller

0-100 real quick

frida was such an icon

FRIDA KAHLO: the definition of a bad motherfucking bitch.  

If you’ve never read her journal, do.  Her life, by all accounts, was fucking horrible.  She was married to fellow artist Diego Rivero, who, as mentioned above, cheated on her so frequently (usually with the models for his paintings) that it’s unbelievable; she survived a near-fatal bus accident in her youth, which not only caused a large piece of jagged metal to pierce her vagina and uterus (which in turn lead to multiple miscarriages later in her life,) but also caused debilitating spinal issues which forced her to constantly wear a restrictive metal back brace; growing complications from the same accident eventually spiraled into gangrene in her foot, which was removed later in her life.

In spite of all of this — or, because of all of this — she continued to create highly-individual, gender-questioning works of art and receive recognition on an international level.  She deserves to be remembered for more than one self-portrait and her signature unshaven brow; the courage and, truly, the power with which she confronted the odds against her is beyond heroic.