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Collected Item: “Blacktober - Princess Peach”

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Blacktober - Princess Peach

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

digital drawing

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Traditionally, during the month of October, artists from all corners of the internet come around to do something called Inktober. When Inktober's creator was shown stealing other's arts for profit (especially from people of color), people decided to create a new art theme for the month, #Blacktober, in honor of the black artists who are heavily underrepresented in the community turning well-known characters in media in portrayals of if they were a person of color.

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#Blacktober, #Art, #QuarantineRenaissance, #HSE

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https://twitter.com/peachpodtwt/status/1321562581656576000

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

@peachpodtwt

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2020-10-28
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