Spamming, but...

[nilchance]

Why is it that in 99.9% of pagan art, the goddess is a) whitebread, b) conventionally pretty, and c) skinny to the point of fragility? I sincerely doubt that Morrigan dieted so hardcore that she couldn't lift a sword, or that she stood around on hilltops posing artistically in heavy gowns. And WHY is Bast, an Egyptian deity, freaking BLONDE and BLUE-EYED in I Dream of Jeanie pants?

I want the goddess of the round belly. Kinky hair! Bloody hands! Callouses. A god with dreads. Wide hips and graying hair. (And I'm not even getting into my wish for art depicting a powerful witch in a wheelchair.) C'mon, people, what the fuck. This is NOT helping the myth (and the unfortunate reality) that paganism doesn't welcome POC.

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Comments

[deadlychameleon.livejournal.com]

*sigh* People tend to draw their deities as themselves, or as idealized versions of themselves. If, as you suggest, most pagans are white, that would tend to explain it, given the predilection towards thinness in our culture.

If it were me, I might look towards actual pre-christian statuary and images for inspiration (I'm not a pagan). I rather like the angels in

http://www.amazon.com/High-Glorious-Skittle-Roarious-Angel/dp/0152343326

as a tangent, though.