Image Request - Women's Council

[Metastachydium]

"I need an image to illustrate a specific concept—a council of women. It can be either fantasy or science fiction, but needs to show a group of women (ideally in a formal setting) engaged in discussion or debate. Can anyone find artwork that shows this?"

(DISCLAIMER For All the People Who Hate Me: This is for Palanan who cannot really access the site as of now. Avenge yourselves on me somewhere else; he suffered quite enough!)

[TaiLiu]

Why do people hate you? :O

[enderlord99]

Why do people hate you? :O

Don't ask people that, ever.
EVER.

If someone thinks (rightly or wrongly) that they're widely hated, they are likely to also expect that any response they could give to that question, including silence, will amplify and spread the (perceived) hate.

I'm speaking from experience here. I used to think everyone hated me. I don't now, but I did.

[Ionathus]

I used to think everyone hated me. I don't now, but I did.

I also used to think everyone hated me.

I still do. But I used to, too.

[Metastachydium]

Guy's that is touching and all that, but this thread has a topic, you know!

[enderlord99]

I also used to think everyone hated me.

I still do. But I used to, too.

I don't know you well enough to hate you. Also, I've seen you around a decent bit and not seen anybody say with no prompting "don't talk to Ionathus. If you acknowledge him, he'll feel welcome, and we don't want that because he's a ****ty person" so... clearly you're less hated than I was when I thought everyone hated me.

[Ionathus]

I don't know you well enough to hate you. Also, I've seen you around a decent bit and not seen anybody say with no prompting "don't talk to Ionathus. If you acknowledge him, he'll feel welcome, and we don't want that because he's a ****ty person" so... clearly you're less hated than I was when I thought everyone hated me.

That's very nice to hear, thank you! Haha but I should have been clearer that I was joking -- it was a riff on a popular Mitch Hedberg joke

Guy's that is touching and all that, but this thread has a topic, you know!

Sorry, sorry. For a more productive answer: it sounds like the parameters are pretty broad, so I'm curious about what this will be used for. That'd help narrow it down a lot. Right now based on what you've provided, I'd suggest a stock photo website.

[Rater202]

All I can think of is the Pleases and Sparkles Club in South Park


Just a legislative body of school girls.

[Palanan]

Originally Posted by Ionathus
…it sounds like the parameters are pretty broad, so I'm curious about what this will be used for.

I asked Metastachydium to post the OP when I was having severe access issues last weekend. On reflection I should’ve included a bit more context.

I’m teaching a section on languages that will include Láadan, a constructed language intended to fully express the nuances of female experience in its structure and lexicon. I was hoping for some artwork that showed women in a council or circle of some sort, to reflect the idea of women using Láadan to speak among themselves.

Sadly I’ve been having no luck finding anything like what I want through Google image search. I was hoping for a Council-of-Elrond feel, with women, but using decent artwork rather than the tacky things found on stock photo sites. I’d like it to be fantasy or science fiction rather than modern-day. Still open to suggestions if anyone can find something within those parameters.

[TaiLiu]

Don't ask people that, ever.
EVER.

If someone thinks (rightly or wrongly) that they're widely hated, they are likely to also expect that any response they could give to that question, including silence, will amplify and spread the (perceived) hate.

I'm speaking from experience here. I used to think everyone hated me. I don't now, but I did.

Thanks for the tip. I wasn’t aware. :O

I don't know you well enough to hate you. Also, I've seen you around a decent bit and not seen anybody say with no prompting "don't talk to Ionathus. If you acknowledge him, he'll feel welcome, and we don't want that because he's a ****ty person" so... clearly you're less hated than I was when I thought everyone hated me.

People said that to you? That’s awful.

I asked Metastachydium to post the OP when I was having severe access issues last weekend. On reflection I should’ve included a bit more context.

I’m teaching a section on languages that will include Láadan, a constructed language intended to fully express the nuances of female experience in its structure and lexicon. I was hoping for some artwork that showed women in a council or circle of some sort, to reflect the idea of women using Láadan to speak among themselves.

Sadly I’ve been having no luck finding anything like what I want through Google image search. I was hoping for a Council-of-Elrond feel, with women, but using decent artwork rather than the tacky things found on stock photo sites. I’d like it to be fantasy or science fiction rather than modern-day. Still open to suggestions if anyone can find something within those parameters.

Maybe you could find a screenshot of the Council and just replace the faces with the faces of famous female linguists.

[enderlord99]

People said that to you? That’s awful.

No, only one person said it to me, not multiple.

I'm being vague here because specificity on this topic would go against a lot of things that I don't want to go against. You can DM me if you want me to reply with a list of most (but not all) things it would go against, but only one of those things will have elaboration on why that thing requires vaguery. Be warned that the list is long.

[TaiLiu]

No, only one person said it to me, not multiple.

I'm being vague here because specificity on this topic would go against a lot of things that I don't want to go against. You can DM me if you want me to reply with a list of most (but not all) things it would go against, but only one of those things will have elaboration on why that thing requires vaguery. Be warned that the list is long.

Oh, okay. I won't DM you. I don't want to make you go against your principles and don't need to know the specifics.

[Imbalance]

How is this not the first thing anyone thought of?:

[Ionathus]

Sadly I’ve been having no luck finding anything like what I want through Google image search. I was hoping for a Council-of-Elrond feel, with women, but using decent artwork rather than the tacky things found on stock photo sites. I’d like it to be fantasy or science fiction rather than modern-day. Still open to suggestions if anyone can find something within those parameters.

I don’t know if you’ve actually checked a “real” stock photo website, but they do have some pretty deep and specific archives. Much more robust than what’s accessible on Google Images. I would be pretty confident you can find something workable on, say, Adobe Stock Photos with a free trial.

[Buufreak]

"I need an image to illustrate a specific concept—a council of women. It can be either fantasy or science fiction, but needs to show a group of women (ideally in a formal setting) engaged in discussion or debate. Can anyone find artwork that shows this?"

(DISCLAIMER For All the People Who Hate Me: This is for Palanan who cannot really access the site as of now. Avenge yourselves on me somewhere else; he suffered quite enough!)

There is the all women planet from season 1 rick and morty? They had a council. I'm not skilled in the drawing or ai ways or I would try that.

And buddy, I'd give you hug if I could.

[enderlord99]

I don't want to make you go against your principles

"My principles" is indeed one element of the list. Good guess!

and don't need to know the specifics.

That's good, because I wouldn't give them even if you did express a need for it.