So maybe there isn’t actually a Saturday Nail Art Blogging category, but here are some photos of my current manicure anyway: JESUS and THE VIRGIN MARY!
Jill said that cute animal pictures were particularly encouraged on Feministe, but I obsess over nails the way people obsess over pets, so this is my replacement. Plus, these are handmade by an independent (nail) artist — I got them off Etsy! If you need to have Jesus and the Virgin Mary on your nails too (and who doesn’t?) check out Lynn’s Boutique. This is by far the best $9 I ever spent. I feel saved already.
And now I feel like my watermelon nails (painted last night! by me!) are so uncool and unspecial and unpretty. Le sigh!
So how many people have you flipped the bird?
I counter with notable Feminist Quaker women, including Margaret Fell and Lucretia Mott.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100418135850AAekvmS
All of whom were very much down with the Jesus.
Posting a mean comment is not what Jesus would do
But the real question is — Would Jesus flip someone off with nails featuring his own likeness?
If I were Jesus, that’s totally what I would do.
I think I just spotted an old elementary school classmate in one of your fashion shows.
And another thing, evidently the people at the home office in the Vatican don’t seem to mind that there are Jesus action figures, clocks, and all sorts of Virgin Mary trinkets on the market…you don’t see Moses night lights in a temple gift store….
@Tori- Ha, I haven’t yet flipped anyone off, but I will make a note to and let you know how it goes.
@Tony- ooh, who?
oh jesus, mary, and joseph…
*brain explodes with oh shit levels of happiness and admiration*
i need those immediately. and i dont even care for nails.
Well it just got super Christian up in here and that makes me kind of uncomfortable. Nice religious privilege y’all.
What?
No one knows what the Flying Spaghetti Monster looks like. We atheists don’t get nail appliques. Oppression!
Unrelated though, I love that ring.
Lia Stone. She was such a tiny girl back then… and probably still is, lol.
:’(
I’ll try to console myself with a French existentialist manicure.
Would you rather no Christian ever posted on Feministe? As an atheist, I don’t want a guest blogger explaining, I don’t know, why Catholicism should be embraced by all feminists, but nails?
In this scenario, I like to imaging, the Jesus-on-nails has Jesus on his own nails and so on in an eternal fractal of holy flipping-offness.
Unrelated to the Jesus nails, but I LOVE the Green Bay Packers manicure and am now super sad that I didn’t think of that at superbowl time.
Wait, did you take these nails seriously and/or think I was proselytizing? Maybe I wasn’t clear enough, but this is a blasphemous joke. My last name is GOLDWATER. I am a JEW. And I’m wearing Jesus nails because I think they’re hilarious.
@Julie – Thanks! There’s always next year! Are you a Packer fan too?
@Tony – How funny! Lia and I studied abroad in Israel together. I’ll tell her she was recognized on the internet.
Even before coffee, I can fathom the awesomeness of this idea.
for reals?
headdesk
Jesus and feminism are always serious. I find this conversation unserious, and thusly, I am offended and may threaten to flounce.
It is now time for my personal drum circle. Please take your places.
TOM SELLECK NAILS?
How do you draw little people on tiny tiny nails? O.O
Florence, I share your concern about the Tom Selleck nails.
Seriously.
Are these stickers? o.O
Concern? DELIGHT.
I’m currently wondering whether Tom Selleck nails are office appropriate.
I think so. There’s a post with helpful explanatory pictures on her website.
It might depend on how your boss feels about Two Men and a Baby.
Or, you know, Three Men and a Baby. Not that anyone cares about Ted Danson anyway.
The real question is whatever happened to Steve Guttenberg.
What about Steve Guttenberg nails? Too ironic?
It’s never good when you have to explain your joke to people. Even if they don’t get to pick up on the hatred and intolerance the joke is rooted in
Actually, these are fake nails. They are “digital nail tips” according to the package, and you apply them with nail glue or double-sided tape. They last about a week.
Though I am also a huge fan of the sticker nails (or “nail polish strips”) by Sally Hansen: http://www.sallyhansen.com/products/nails/nail-color/salon-effects-real-nail-polish-strips, that’s what I was using in that post with helpful explanatory pictures .
I know, the best. She has such a great selection. I unfortunately found out about these AFTER the Royal Wedding or I totally would have bought the Will and Kate nails.
Hello Kitty nail tips are relevant to my interests! Stocking stuffer for fake-nail hello kitty enthusiast sister ahoy.