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placetobenation · 4 years

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Thumbs up!

That’s how I look at this week. First off, some personal news. Sorry I missed everyone last week. Unfortunately, I had a medical situation where I was diagnosed with a minor stroke. Luckily, my wife got me to the hospital in time for the best of care and we are now moving forward. The good news is that it could’ve been a lot of worse and I’m still here, lucky to be back with you this week, giving me great distraction to what’s been a very stressful 7 days.

As for the WWE, that too is a thumbs up good week. The Payback PPV was highlighted by Roman Reigns winning the Universal Championship over The Fiend and Braun Strowman along with Keith Lee’s clean victory over Randy Orton. Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax winning the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles with a bizarre double-submission by Baszler surely sent the former tag champs into a spiral.

RAW was solid too but NXT and SmackDown for me was off the charts! From top to bottom on both Wednesday and Friday nights, both NXT and SmackDown had me glued to my seat. Of course, the highlights being the incredible finish to the NXT Championship Iron Man Match as well as Bayley’s turn on best friend Sasha Banks. We’ll get into those in our show recaps. But it wasn’t just those moments, it was show flow, attention to details and adding personality and personal items into the storyline. It makes a HUGE difference.

Finally, Friday night was my first venture into the WWE ThunderDome. Originally, my daughter and I were confirmed to be on the video wall last Friday, but real life got in the way. So, one week later, we were active participants among the over 900 fans in the ThunderDome. How was it, you may ask? Well, I thought it was a great experience. It’s not something I would do every week because being part of a live event is exhausting. But, every once in a while, I would absolutely do it. In addition to being able to be part of the crowd for 205 LIVE and SmackDown, we got special backstage access to WWE Superstars Jeff Hardy, Cesaro and Drew Gulak. It had that old school live event feel just for us. So, that’s a good thing and I hope they continue to tweak it moving forward because all-in-all, it was fun to be a fan again at a wrestling event, even if it was from my own house.

Now, on to the week that was in the WWE.

Star of the Week:

WHAT ARE YOU DOING, @itsBayleyWWE?!?!?! The #SmackDown #WomensChampion just unleashed a relentless assault on her best friend @SashaBanksWWE!!! pic.twitter.com/PZyZAyXjmu

— WWE (@WWE) September 5, 2020

Bayley – No question here as Bayley upstages Roman Reigns and Keith Lee. There’s no more wondering where and when the BFF’s will break up. The SmackDown Women’s Champion has had enough with Sasha Banks and her heinous attack on Banks puts her right atop the heel chain in WWE and we love it!

RAW

RESULTS

WWE Championship #1 Contender’s Qualifying Match: Keith Lee defeated Dolph Ziggler

Mickie James defeated Lana

WWE Championship #1 Contender’s Qualifying Match: Randy Orton defeated Kevin Owens

The Viking Raiders & Cedric Alexander defeated Bobby Lashley, MVP & Shelton Benjamin

The Riott Squad defeated The IIconics – The IIconics have to split up

WWE Championship #1 Contender’s Qualifying Match: Seth Rollins defeated Dominik Mysterio

Tornado Tag Team Match: The Street Profits vs. Andrade & Angel Garza went to a no-contest due to RETRIBUTION interference

WWE Championship #1 Contender’s Match: Randy Orton defeated Seth Rollins & Keith Lee

Loved it:

enTITLEd.@RandyOrton will see @DMcIntyreWWE for the #WWETitle at #WWEClash of Champions! #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/DbXLT0HMo2

— WWE (@WWE) September 1, 2020

Randy Orton – Not only did Orton regain his #1 Contender’s status, but he didn’t it following a loss to Keith Lee at Payback, used Aleister Black to do his bidding and pinned Seth Rollins to get his WWE Championship Match. Orton is not only getting himself over but getting Lee up the ladder as well. The Legend Killer continues to be one of the top performers in the WWE right now.

Wow. @WWEAleister was not done with @FightOwensFight yet. #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/RqUmO1Z5cp

— WWE (@WWE) September 1, 2020

Asuka – Give me more! In the ring, on the mic, on commentary, she’s entertaining as hell. Sure, we don’t expect her to lose to Mickie James, Natalya or Lana in the near future, but at least she’ll make it exciting. I wonder if we get her alter-ego clown character as some point too! That would be interesting.

Blow us all away, @35_Dominik! #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/P7BDCwv2U2

— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) September 1, 2020

Dominik Mysterio – It’s still early in his WWE career, but he continues to impress. Getting a tag team win with his father over Rollins and Buddy Murphy at Payback for his first win was awesome. Then, just 24 hours later, he holds his own in a #1 Contender’s Match with Rollins. Even with Rey injured with a torn triceps, it looks like we’ll be getting a healthy dose of the Mysterio family with Rey’s wife Angie and Dominik’s sister now on with on-camera roles. Good stuff so far. Hope it continues.

Why?:

YOU'VE GOTTA BE JOKING US!

@PeytonRoyceWWE just threw @BillieKayWWE into #RawUnderground against @jessamynduke AND @MarinaShafir!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/XjQ5W0AlKz

— WWE (@WWE) September 1, 2020

Teach us how to say goodbye.#WWERaw @BillieKayWWE @PeytonRoyceWWE pic.twitter.com/e198SBAB1m

— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) September 1, 2020

The IIconics – Was there a need to split them up? Having Peyton and Billie Kay go their separate ways – maybe against each other after the RAW Underground fiasco – seems a bit forced. Who knows, maybe they will surprise us but a feud between them doesn’t seem that appealing.

No Sasha & Bayley follow-up – They’ve been on almost every show for months yet now, when things are getting intriguing between the besties, we get nothing from them about losing the tag titles to Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax. We needed to hear SOMETHING from them and not let it wait until Friday night. The Women’s Tag Team Championship is on all shows and it deserved a few minutes on Monday night.

RETRIBUTION – Why are they now attacking the tag teams – The Street Profits and Andrade & Angel Garza are this week’s targets after the Mysterios got it last week. Even poor Zelina Vega got beat up too! We need more than a two-minute interruption each week. This club needs some direction, some depth and someone explaining what the hell they are doing there. It’s been over a month now. Also, isn’t it funny how things just go right back to normal after RETRIBUTION attacks? Funny, huh. Finally, how inept is security that they can’t keep 5-10 people out of the building when they run in a pack?

Welcome:

Nobody wants it with these two.#WWERaw #RawUnderground @MarinaShafir @jessamynduke pic.twitter.com/sK3TXTQrJq

— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) September 1, 2020

Jessamyn Duke – Duke makes her RAW Underground debut, alongside fellow Four Horse Women Marina Shafir’s second bout. I know it’s building to the eventual stable, but will it only be on RU or on RAW as well. Just having them on RU seems like a waste since it’s never been explained other than a side show.

NXT

RESULTS

Street Fight: Breezango & Isaiah “Swerve” Scott defeated Legado del Fantasma

Candace LeRae defeated Kacy Catanzaro

Timothy Thatcher defeated Bronson Reed

Fatal 4-Way 60-Minute Iron Man NXT Championship Match: Adam Cole and Finn Balor tied at 2 pinfalls a piece over Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano – Balor and Cole face-off next week in sudden death match for NXT Championship

LOVED IT:

WAIT A MINUTE!!! WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!?! @AdamColePro & @FinnBalor are tied at 2 as time expired!!

#NXTTitle #WWENXT #NXTSuperTuesday pic.twitter.com/xxtdTqjS5x

— WWE (@WWE) September 2, 2020

The entire show – No fluff. Wrestling in-ring was excellent. I’m sure some will quibble with the tie between Cole and Balor for the title, but I don’t mind it at all. The final few minutes led to a frantic final seconds which is all you can ask for. Now, we get Balor vs. Cole next week for all the marbles and how can you be mad at that?! Personal development with Candace LeRae/Tegan Nox using Kacy Catanzaro/Kayden Carter’s relationship was excellent. Setting up Rhea Ripley vs. Mercedes Martinez in a steel cage next week was short and sweet, exactly what it needed to be. The 6-man street fight was awesome including a double dive off a forklift by Fandango and Swerve which lead to the ultimate pin by Scott over Escobar. Wonderful stuff. Plus, Reed vs. Thatcher moved things along for Thatcher’s eventual NXT North American Championship Match while pushing Austin Theory back into the physical mix with Reed worked too. All-in-all, a very entertaining two-hours.

#WWENXT #NXTSuperTuesday @WWEFandango @swerveconfident pic.twitter.com/PgMracBJGT

— WWE (@WWE) September 2, 2020

Wade Barrett – While we do miss Mauro Ranollo at the NXT announce desk after his mutual parting of ways with WWE, Barrett is a welcome edition with insight and knowledge. Plus, he’s got a few good one-liners to boot.

SMACKDOWN

RESULTS

Heavy Machinery defeated The Miz & John Morrison

WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Match: Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler defeated Sasha Banks & Bayley to retain titles

Universal Championship #1 Contender’s Fatal Four-Way Match: Jey Uso defeated Matt Riddle, Sheamus and King Corbin

LOVED IT:

With @HeymanHustle by his side, the NEW #UniversalChampion @WWERomanReigns has spoken on #SmackDown. pic.twitter.com/VgLRcQz4dL

— WWE (@WWE) September 5, 2020

Roman & Paul – Starting the show with an epic shootlike promo from Paul Heyman and Roman Reigns was perfect! Adding some reality to Heyman being bounced from RAW power to the Reigns storyline, saying it was Roman who brought Paul back in was classic. Dropping the reality line about Corey Graves being Carmella’s last boyfriend was hilarious. It’s stuff like that that brings it home.

"Hey Big Dog, I made the family proud too!" – Jey @WWEUsos #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/FfbFd1CmRD

— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) September 5, 2020

Roman & Jey – Adding Jey Uso to the #1 Contender’s Match, thanks to Paul Heyman after Sheamus’ attack on Big E, brings in a family, personal matter to the forefront. It’s the best storyline they could’ve chosen going forward. Do we expect Uso to win, of course not. But having Reigns bad mouth his cousin and then ultimately beat him up at Clash of Champions is pure evil and will add to his badass appeal. Plus, the main event was on point giving me everything I could ask from from Uso, Matt Riddle, Sheamus and King Corbin. Good work all around.

OH MY GOD!! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/BKAoBUvY9P

— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) September 5, 2020

Bayley’s breakup – Want more can we say about this one. We knew it was coming, for months, and yet it was still OMG shocking! The way it played out with Sasha Banks having a knee injury and Bayley seemingly there for her BFF and then beating the holy hell out of her is something we thought Banks could do, but not Bayley. Well played Hugger! Now we can look forward to them beating each other’s brains out for months ahead and that’s good for us!

#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/x664UVUPIB

— WWE (@WWE) September 5, 2020

Who’s that girl – It was only a few seconds but we are intrigued who that leggy, fur-wearing WWE Superstar is. Effective tease to say the least.

Funny:

Otis & John Morrison – Having Morrison steal the money in the bank briefcase had some intrigue and then having Otis hand him his lunch, literally, in that briefcase was laugh out loud funny. Otis is just lovable and plays it well.

Sami Zayn – The dude is just plain gold on the mic. Love him in the middle of this Intercontinental Title feud with Jeff Hardy and AJ Styles!

OUCH:

Wow. @WWEBigE just felt the power of The #CelticWarrior @WWESheamus. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/ryEcj7OYVX

— WWE (@WWE) September 5, 2020

Poor Big E – I would love to know how much money a year WWE spends on damaged cars! This time, Big E is the latest victim after a White Noise from Sheamus leaves him hospital-bound and out of the #1 Contender’s Match. There will be a New Day of Vengeance ahead for Sheamus I’m sure whether it be from Big E or the returning Xavier Woods.

Parting shots:

If you haven’t watch 205 LIVE, give it a chance. This week’s episode had some quality in-ring performances from Daviri & Mansoor and was climaxed by a Legado del Fantasma attack on Ever-Rise and Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch. Whether it be on 205 LIVE or NXT, simply loving the old school feel of Legado del Fantasma, led by Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar. They’re getting it done in and out of the ring these days.

Coming up this week:

RAW: Drew McIntyre’s response to Randy Orton

.@FinnBalor and @AdamColePro are on a collision course for the #NXTTitle after a dead heat conclusion to an unforgettable Iron Man Match on #WWENXT. #NXTSuperTuesday Full results

https://t.co/3pjqYFs1Qf pic.twitter.com/5OY1Ifu06t

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) September 2, 2020

NXT: Super Tuesday II NXT Championship Match: Adam Cole vs. Finn Balor Steel Cage Battle of the Badasses Match: Rhea Ripley vs. Mercedes Martinez

SMACKDOWN: TBD

Thanks for letting us share our thoughts! Shoot me an email at [email protected]. We’d love to hear your comments and suggestions! You can also check out my blog, The Crowe’s Nest as we delve into more pro wrestling, sports entertainment and the World of Sports. My apologies ahead of time – I AM a Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins fan! If you’re not down with that, I’ve got TWO WORDS for you… NEW ENGLAND

#IFTTT #Place to Be Nation

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pan-matsuri · 5 years

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Wrestlemania Weekend Predictions

Candice LeRae vs. Aliyah I just think Aliyah is neat.

War Raiders [C] vs. Ricochet & Aleister Black The War Raiders just sorta disappeared after winning the titles but they didn't really have much going on in terms of personality anyway.

Pete Dunne [C] vs. Walter I don't watch the UK show but I really like Pete Dunne.

Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole Johnny Gargano cannot be allowed to become NXT Champion.

Velveteen Dream [C] vs. Matt Riddle Dream has put up big fights against some of the best, so I think he can retain here.

Shayna Baszler [C] vs. Io Shirai vs. Bianca Belair vs. Kairi Sane It will be either Bianca or Kairi. I think Shayna (and lackeys) will be called up to assist Ronda.

Brock Lesnar [C] vs. Seth Rollins Brock could very well win. I think it's a complete toss up.

Ronda Rousey [C - RAW] vs. Charlotte Flair [C - SDL] vs. Becky Lynch If it was anywhere else on the card, I would say Ronda. I think Shayna and lackeys will interfere to assist Ronda. Maybe it will be a situation where Jessamyn and Marina brawl with Sasha and Bayley, Charlotte will fight Shayna, and then Becky will submit Ronda while Charlotte is distracted.

Buddy Murphy [C] vs. Tony Nese - who cares I'm never going to watch 205 Live. Buddy Murphy has wholly failed to captivate me.

Triple H vs. Batista I think Triple H officially needs to retire from the ring, and maybe this leads into my crackpot theory that Mr. McMahon (the character) will be forced to retire from the company. Because Wrestlemania succeeded despite him.

Kurt Angle vs. Baron Corbin I'm not even sure what the Baron Corbin experiment is anymore. He seems way more popular backstage than he does in the ring. He gets booed now, but it's not even loud. There was a time when he was acting GM where he was getting no response from the crowd at all. He also needs to stop wearing normal people clothes.

Shane McMahon vs. The Miz This is probably the most obvious one. Hopefully Miz stays face for a while.

AJ Styles vs. Randy Orton This will probably will be the best match of the night regardless of who wins.

André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal - Kalisto I just picked a name randomly. The winner will be whoever eliminates Braun Strowman. But it's not like winning this match really matters anyway. Cesaro won it, and he was in multi-team tag matches for three years in a row and then lost to an actual child. Mojo Rawley won it once, and he's not even in it this year or anywhere on the card for that matter. Matt Hardy won it too, although after consuming Bray Wyatt for his youth, he gets another chance.

Samoa Joe [C] vs. Rey Mysterio A wrestling match. As I understand, Rey may be injured, so if Rey doesn't compete, Samoa Joe will lose to Rey's replacement.

Bobby Lashley [C] vs. Finn Bálor Finn is supposed to be the demon here and the demon shouldn't lose.

Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre This is the next most obvious after The Miz, but Drew could win in a big upset.

Boss 'n' Hug [C] vs. The IIconics vs. Nia & Tamina vs. Beth Phoenix & Natalya IIconics might win, that would be fun too.

Daniel Bryan [C] vs. Kofi Kingston Kofi has to win or it will sour whatever comes after.

WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal - Naomi Remember when Bayley almost won last year except that Naomi pulled a total heel tactic and hid on the outside until the end but then everyone still cheered for her? I think that might happen again, except with Asuka instead of Bayley. Or maybe Alexa Bliss will enter and win.

The Usos [C] vs. Ricochet & Aleister Black vs. Bar vs. Nakamura & Rusev The men's tag divisions are a mess. People are talking about Revival possibly facing Ryder & Hawkins too? Ugh.

The Revival [C] vs. Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins UGH.

#wwe #wrestling #predictions #wrestlemania #nxt #nxt takeover #nxt takeover new york #i haven't finished watching the shows this week so these are tentative #also apparently tumblr doesn't support underline anymore

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caer-oswin · 1 month

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voices in the void are calling

#cyberpunk 2077 #jessamyn murphy #cyberpunk oc #fem v friday #witch oc #virtual photography #gaming photography #cp2077 screenshots #gamingedit #cp2077 photomode #dailygaming #cp2077edit

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drunkchasind · 8 months

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The OG 4 (created for CP77)

The Witches (from an original setting)

The Grey Warden (from Dragon Age)

Some informations about them under the cut:

Name: Faye Seela Valo (tag faye valo)

Alias: V

Pronouns: She/her

Sexuality: Bi

Height: 5'9.5'' (the .5 is important)/176 cm

Partner/Love interest: Ozob Bozo (shippy tag faye x ozob)

Age: 27

Random: She's from Vancouver, Canada, but following the passing of her best friend, she left home and ended up in NC after wandering on the west coast for a while. She's an incredibly independant person and knows how to look after herself, but she can easily prove her value, which helped her secure work and contacts quickly in NC. She shares a workshop with Iris, working as a mechanic specialized in mechatronics.

Name: Harrison Joseph Sutherland (tag harris sutherland)

Alias: John Lambert (from gang years)

Pronouns: He/Him

Sexuality: Bi

Height: 6'2''/188 cm

Partner/Love interest: various flings, nothing serious after the death of his one true love (Ludivine Hamilton)

Age: 36

Random: He's the older brother of Faye (on their father's side). An avid biker with a fondness for troubles (or is it that he's a magnet for them?). He's a piece of work, BUT he'll get any job done with the wanted results, making him a good merc during his time in NC. He used to be in a gang during his youth/early adulthood, so tricky situations are not something that stress him out; one might even say he enjoys it.

Name: Iris Isabelle Lorne (tag iris lorne)

Alias: 1ZZ1

Pronouns: She/Her

Sexuality: Bi

Height: 5'11''/180cm

Partner/Love interest: Declan ''Brick'' Griffin (shippy tag iris x declan)

Age: 33

Random: A very resourceful and imaginative techie, who's outgoing and has a pretty chill view of life. Was raised in a deranged stepfamily and decided to leave it all behind to make her own path. Despite being in a long-lasting relationship with Brick, she never joined Maelstrom (as it was a wish, for them both). Every so often, she does hang out with some specific members, though :)

Name: Devon Adrian Maggard (tag devon maggard)

Alias: Lt. Maggard

Pronouns: He/Him

Sexuality: Bi

Height: 6'4''/193 cm

Partner/Love interest: Jessamyn Murphy (shippy tag devon x jessa)

Age: 35

Random: Following a car accident (the same one that cost the life of his brother), underwent an extensive ''rehabilitation'' that gave him back the ability to walk, but at the expense of a ''cyborgening'' which remains heavy to deal with. He's a MaxTac lieutenant (later, commander), naviguating - and ruthlessly adapting to- the many grey zones that come upon him.

Name: Jessamyn Eva Murphy (tag jessamyn murphy)

Alias: Hræsvelgr

Pronouns: She/Her

Sexuality: Bi

Height: 5'8''/173 cm

Partner/Love interest: Devon Maggard (shippy tag devon x jessa)

Age: 34

Random: Chosen sister of Egon. She's in charge of ''informations acquirement'' for the organization COVATECH, specialized in botanical biochemistry and evolutionary developmental biology. More importantly, she's the handler of the sentient AI YGGDRA-517, that inhabits the walls of the organization.

Name: Egon Hyena Stelnar Munroe (tag egon hyena munroe)

Alias: Hyena

Pronouns: She/They

Sexuality: Lesbian

Height: 6'/183 cm

Partner/Love interest: only flings

Age: 32

Random: Chosen sister of Jessamyn. Now, this one is a bit explosive. Thriving in chaos, with a taste for fire. And how do you control chaos? By giving it Purpose. She serves as an enforcer during certain tasks, as well as associate for tracking informations holders, to aid her sister.

Name: Srovren Antonius Ismir Halligar (tag srovren halligar)

Alias: Greyson

Pronouns: He/Him

Sexuality: Bi

Height: 6'6''/198 cm

Partner/Love interest: Isaura Forsythia

Age: 43

Random: Ex-military, stranded from his homeland. He runs a garage, which also serves as a front for a shelter to those in need. The shelter is runned with the help of Elsimi Laurela, a ripperdoc, and Doran Sedras, ''freight coordinator''. He has an illegitimate daughter with his long lost lover.

Credits for the vectors used in the post: Designed by macrovector / Freepik

#cyberpunk 2077 #cyberpunk oc #Sooo long overdue cp77 oc masterpost since clearly the brainrot ain't about to fade #There's prolly still typos but i can't look at it anymore #faye valo #harris sutherland #iris lorne #devon maggard #srovren halligar #jessamyn murphy #egon hyena munroe #And some #oc lore #Ish

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nofomoartworld · 7 years

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Hyperallergic: Massive ‘Nasty Women’ Art Show Raises 35K for Planned Parenthood Opening Night

Installation view, Nasty Women at the Knockdown Center (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic)

It began (as so many things do these days) with a Facebook post. On November 14, less than a week after the election, artist Roxanne Jackson wrote on the social media platform: “Hello female artists/curators! Let’s organize a NASTY WOMEN group show!!! Who’s interested???” At the time, Jackson had been thinking of Donald Trump’s misogynist comments and his subsequent winning of the presidency, but also of a certain aesthetic akin to her own: purposefully and playfully grotesque art made by women. She’d been talking to curator Jessamyn Fiore about doing a show of such work. As responses to her post swiftly accumulated, however, she realized she was tapping into something much larger than just an artistic style. “Hundreds of people responded to this in an hour, and some didn’t fit into the category of grotesque work,” she told Hyperallergic. “We realized that we needed to include all those women who wanted to participate in this show so their voices could be heard through their art.”

Within five days, the pair had a venue — the Knockdown Center, a former door factory–cum–art space in Maspeth, Queens, whose curatorial advisory board Fiore sits on — and a website — thanks to graphic and web designer Barbara Smith. They posted an open call: anyone who identified as female could submit an artwork, and as long as it measured under 12 inches in every direction, it would be accepted. Submissions began rolling in — hundreds and hundreds of them.

“I think the week that we did this, there was this crazy energy” in response to the election of Trump, Fiore said. There was “a need for something, and it needed to land somewhere. We were able to give a conduit” for people’s desires to take action.

Or, as a friend put it to her: “You just happened to create the spark that landed on a giant pile of tinder.”

Debra Broz, “Pussies Grabbing Back,” part of Nasty Women

Importantly, the fire was lit by more than just the opportunity to show work in a high-profile group show in New York. Nasty Women was conceived from the get-go as a fundraiser, a fact that stressed by both women. All of the nearly 700 artworks included in the final exhibition are priced at $100 or less, and all of the money from their sales goes to Planned Parenthood. According to Jackson, that means the show has the potential to raise about $50,000 for the national women’s health organization, which has already been threatened by the new Congress.

“People want to do things. This is a straightforward visual arts response that has practical results because it is a fundraiser,” said Fiore. Jackson added that the low pricing of the works was also meant to encourage people who’d never bought art to give it a try. “We’re trying to make the process more democratic.”

The “W” in Nasty Women at the Knockdown Center

Building on that idea, the installation is egalitarian. Although it’s now an art center, the Knockdown Center does not actually have many walls on which to hang art. Artist Clive Murphy volunteered a solution: he would design and build an armature for the exhibition, a series of 10-foot-high pinkish-purple letters spelling out “NASTY WOMEN.” The show’s paintings, drawings, collages, sculptures, videos, and more are splayed across these letters, not curated in any traditional sense, only arranged by volunteers. (The rest of the Nasty Women team consists of Angel Bellaran, Liz Nielsen, Aimee Odum, Young Sun Han, Haley M. Shaw, Stephanie Stockbridge, and Carolina Wheat.) Some groupings seem purposeful, and resonances do arise — vaginal necklace and fruit imagery side by side, two portraits about aging on a diagonal — but the letters act most importantly as a unifying force, bringing together pieces by established artists and those who’ve never shown before; art that feels deeply earnest and rooted in cynicism; works that evoke pride, introspection, shame, and anger.

Clockwise from top left: Shenise Ramierz, “Bruja”; Lauren Silberman, “Birds”; Cidy Trinh, “Pussies in Formation”

In spite of its diversity, Nasty Women does seem to manifest one central idea: Women across the United States are unhappy with the election of Donald Trump (even though many other women voted for him). They are scared, threatened, pissed off, defiant, and galvanized by a misogynist taking the country’s highest office. But the very existence of the show suggests they won’t be silenced, and that is genuinely inspiring — so inspiring that in the course of last night’s three-hour opening, 444 artworks were sold, raising $34,950 for Planned Parenthood. As the pieces are purchased, they will disappear from the display, leaving only the show’s worded skeleton. “If we have a whole bunch of empty letters by Sunday, that’s exciting,” said Fiore.

Nasty Women continues at the Knockdown Center through the weekend, with planned music, performances, and workshops every day. The run is short, but, as Fiore pointed out, it’s also the first in an international series; there was so much interest in the exhibition that the organizers decided to franchise it, allowing anyone to organize their own Nasty Women show, so long as they involve a diverse group of female-identifying artists and use it to fundraise for a women’s rights organization. Right now, 25 other shows are confirmed, in places from Lubbock, Texas, to Brussels, Belgium.

“It’s important for people to come to the idea of protest in a way that’s familiar to them,” said Jackson. “It’s important to have different kinds of protest — which is what this is. Art should not be underestimated. Art, in itself, is protest.”

Caitlin Rose Sweet, “Tiptoeing”

Installation view, Nasty Women at the Knockdown Center

Lazy Mom, “Eat the Patriarchy”

Bottom left: Ginger Cook, “Self Portrait at 60”; top right, Julia Standoval, “My Nasty Mom from the Edge of Europe”

Left: Kristen Jensen, “Turd”; right: Louise Stamat, “Drosera Dentata”

Installation view, Nasty Women at the Knockdown Center

Megan Watter, “Glass Slippers for Sale”

Above: Holly Anderson, “Artemis says: HANDS OFF OUR BODIES”; below: Emily Downing, “Tell Her I Love Her/An Artist’s Duty/Liminal Space”

Installation view, Nasty Women at the Knockdown Center

Emmy Mikelson, ‘Fever no. 1″

Elizabeth Riley, “Pussy Affront”

Installation view, Nasty Women at the Knockdown Center