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This is a preview post for the awesome things that Devon and I will be doing today at the Mighty Mighty Market -

-Sarah

Black Summer

When it comes to Winter attire - I'm sorted; as soon as the sun starts shining - I am ill-equipped. Last week I spent my cashmoney on some Summer staples:

• BLACK customised fringed crop top from Max
• BLACK pleated full length skirt from Max
• BLACK sheer satin trimmed sleeveless top by Finders Keepers
• BLACK sheer tuxedo-back singlet from Glassyons

There is heaps of colour out there at the moment for Summer, some of it is pretty offensive. I tend to think the people who suit the colour of cartoon toxic waste already actively wear it - so there is no need to produce hundreds of dresses in that crazy green and sell them to half-brained consumers. Rant over - I'm wearing black this Summer.

x Sarah

Pet Portrait #2

The second portrait in my series of shitty pencil drawings. This is Zepha and pup, I would love to do more. Send your photo to sistersbattle@gmail.com.
Thanks heaps Zepha participating x o x I hope things are going swell on the other side of the world - Sarah

Devon's Temporary Tattoos

Devon is awesome and got these totally sweet temporary tattoos made of her art. Keep an eye on http://www.etsy.com/shop/deerface for details.

I look tough as all hell with this neck tattoo.  So so awesome.

This is probably an hour after application - it looks legit as  it had lost some of its shininess  The woman at the bar totally thought it was real, I kind of want it to be real - Sarah

Mad Skillz

Devon posted 'Summer Plans' and then I was like, huh, I used to draw all the time... let's try that. And then I was like oh yeah, I can't draw!!!
 Oh art school, you gave me no practical skills-  but maybe I'll just do a series of these shitty portraits. xSarah

Kiwi Pro Wrestling

I went to my first ever wrestling event this weekend, it was awesome.

Some of the highlights of the Cossie Carnage event (from a total noob):

• Impressively functional and highly constructed costumes (with all that rough and tumble, I only picked one or two wardrobe malfunctions)
•  Good vs evil alter egos, the dramatic nature of the rivalries were a pleasure to witness.
•  The close proximity between the audience and the physical expression of wrestling, The crowd were very much active participants in the matches in terms of loudly supporting the good guy, booing the baddie and heckling the referees. 
•  Some excellent critique and engagement with gender stereotypes. A couple of male wrestlers utilised aesthetics that are typically associated with femininity whilst performing highly masculine acts of physicality: Johnny Idol wore his hair in pig-tails and Jonnie Juice adapted a sparkly love heart motif. Sadly the level of engagement with racial stereotypes left me wanting more* 
• The overall spectacle was really fun and I look forward to attending more Kiwi Pro Wrestling matches in the future. 

*Researching the representation of indigenous people is my job and I can't turn that shit off - it is very problematic when people are just trying to have a good time. Killjoy, I know.

A giant thanks to my lovely friends Aurora and Dan for inviting me along. As for the blue sky imagery - it is a part of a project I have been working on for the last few months. Two birds, one stone - heart from Sarah.

Summer Plans.

This morning was so beautiful and sunny that i walked to work. By lunchtime it was raining. But it got me dreaming about summertime. Most of my clothes only work for winter/autumn, so i really need to get something a bit more summery. These are things i'm dreaming of right now. No thick jeans and no merino sweaters!

Trying new nail colour today, too. Teal & gold, it looks like lolly wrappers!

x D