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thumbcramps: hi guys! this is a comic i made for a final in my comics in literature class. we had to do a research paper on a topic we’d discussed in class and then accompany it with a comic with a relevant subject. my paper was about hyper-sexualization of women in comic books, but i decided to broaden it out here as well as personalize it and make myself the subject and discuss something i’ve been subjected to in the convention circuit and on the internet as well as thousands of other women, as well as give a cue to thought about how the comic book industry as well as the video game industry and even just media in general (all of which are male dominated) push such ridiculous pressures onto girls and women. also, it feels kind of silly to have to add this since i hope it’s obvious, but i am very aware that there are men that don’t subscribe to this attitude, and am incredibly grateful that these issues are brought to light to people other than the ones that are subjected to it.  anyway haha i have literally been staring at this for 9 hours i don’t even know which direction is up anymore. thanks for reading!!! I’m re-blogging with the OPs commentary and adding mine. I know there are many posts of this going around with differing comments concerning the legitimacy of this comic being a factual representation. Lots of folks seem upset that there are big misrepresentations depicted and feel offended or that people should not take it seriously. My only comment to all of this is: Someone felt this way. It doesn’t really matter on how representative it is of the overall community, the fact is someone out there has this perception and feels bullied and that is not okay. It means that obviously something is wrong, but instead of people trying to work harder to clean up an image, the artist is being torn down. So yeah, it may not be spot on. So yeah, you have a right to share your view. None of that changes the fact that there is a person who should be protected and boosted by the community instead- saying “I’m sorry you have had bad experiences but the overall  [insert disagreement area] is not like that” “Let me talk with you and show you people who care” “Let’s work together to help stop the spread of the idea that these things are acceptable” It doesn’t matter if only one person in the world feels hurt, they ought to be supported. That’s all I wanted to say.
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thumbcramps: hi guys! this is a comic i made for a final in my comics in literature class. we had to do a research paper on a topic we’d discussed in class and then accompany it with a comic with a relevant subject. my paper was about hyper-sexualization of women in comic books, but i decided to broaden it out here as well as personalize it and make myself the subject and discuss something i’ve been subjected to in the convention circuit and on the internet as well as thousands of other women, as well as give a cue to thought about how the comic book industry as well as the video game industry and even just media in general (all of which are male dominated) push such ridiculous pressures onto girls and women. also, it feels kind of silly to have to add this since i hope it’s obvious, but i am very aware that there are men that don’t subscribe to this attitude, and am incredibly grateful that these issues are brought to light to people other than the ones that are subjected to it.  anyway haha i have literally been staring at this for 9 hours i don’t even know which direction is up anymore. thanks for reading!!! I’m re-blogging with the OPs commentary and adding mine. I know there are many posts of this going around with differing comments concerning the legitimacy of this comic being a factual representation. Lots of folks seem upset that there are big misrepresentations depicted and feel offended or that people should not take it seriously. My only comment to all of this is: Someone felt this way. It doesn’t really matter on how representative it is of the overall community, the fact is someone out there has this perception and feels bullied and that is not okay. It means that obviously something is wrong, but instead of people trying to work harder to clean up an image, the artist is being torn down. So yeah, it may not be spot on. So yeah, you have a right to share your view. None of that changes the fact that there is a person who should be protected and boosted by the community instead- saying “I’m sorry you have had bad experiences but the overall  [insert disagreement area] is not like that” “Let me talk with you and show you people who care” “Let’s work together to help stop the spread of the idea that these things are acceptable” It doesn’t matter if only one person in the world feels hurt, they ought to be supported. That’s all I wanted to say.
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thumbcramps: hi guys! this is a comic i made for a final in my comics in literature class. we had to do a research paper on a topic we’d discussed in class and then accompany it with a comic with a relevant subject. my paper was about hyper-sexualization of women in comic books, but i decided to broaden it out here as well as personalize it and make myself the subject and discuss something i’ve been subjected to in the convention circuit and on the internet as well as thousands of other women, as well as give a cue to thought about how the comic book industry as well as the video game industry and even just media in general (all of which are male dominated) push such ridiculous pressures onto girls and women. also, it feels kind of silly to have to add this since i hope it’s obvious, but i am very aware that there are men that don’t subscribe to this attitude, and am incredibly grateful that these issues are brought to light to people other than the ones that are subjected to it.  anyway haha i have literally been staring at this for 9 hours i don’t even know which direction is up anymore. thanks for reading!!! I’m re-blogging with the OPs commentary and adding mine. I know there are many posts of this going around with differing comments concerning the legitimacy of this comic being a factual representation. Lots of folks seem upset that there are big misrepresentations depicted and feel offended or that people should not take it seriously. My only comment to all of this is: Someone felt this way. It doesn’t really matter on how representative it is of the overall community, the fact is someone out there has this perception and feels bullied and that is not okay. It means that obviously something is wrong, but instead of people trying to work harder to clean up an image, the artist is being torn down. So yeah, it may not be spot on. So yeah, you have a right to share your view. None of that changes the fact that there is a person who should be protected and boosted by the community instead- saying “I’m sorry you have had bad experiences but the overall  [insert disagreement area] is not like that” “Let me talk with you and show you people who care” “Let’s work together to help stop the spread of the idea that these things are acceptable” It doesn’t matter if only one person in the world feels hurt, they ought to be supported. That’s all I wanted to say.
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thumbcramps:

hi guys! this is a comic i made for a final in my comics in literature class. we had to do a research paper on a topic we’d discussed in class and then accompany it with a comic with a relevant subject. my paper was about hyper-sexualization of women in comic books, but i decided to broaden it out here as well as personalize it and make myself the subject and discuss something i’ve been subjected to in the convention circuit and on the internet as well as thousands of other women, as well as give a cue to thought about how the comic book industry as well as the video game industry and even just media in general (all of which are male dominated) push such ridiculous pressures onto girls and women.

also, it feels kind of silly to have to add this since i hope it’s obvious, but i am very aware that there are men that don’t subscribe to this attitude, and am incredibly grateful that these issues are brought to light to people other than the ones that are subjected to it. 

anyway haha i have literally been staring at this for 9 hours i don’t even know which direction is up anymore. thanks for reading!!!

I’m re-blogging with the OPs commentary and adding mine. I know there are many posts of this going around with differing comments concerning the legitimacy of this comic being a factual representation. Lots of folks seem upset that there are big misrepresentations depicted and feel offended or that people should not take it seriously.

My only comment to all of this is: Someone felt this way.

It doesn’t really matter on how representative it is of the overall community, the fact is someone out there has this perception and feels bullied and that is not okay. It means that obviously something is wrong, but instead of people trying to work harder to clean up an image, the artist is being torn down.

So yeah, it may not be spot on. So yeah, you have a right to share your view. None of that changes the fact that there is a person who should be protected and boosted by the community instead- saying “I’m sorry you have had bad experiences but the overall  [insert disagreement area] is not like that” “Let me talk with you and show you people who care” “Let’s work together to help stop the spread of the idea that these things are acceptable”

It doesn’t matter if only one person in the world feels hurt, they ought to be supported. That’s all I wanted to say.

axeonos: fontscosplay: asatira: totallytoastyari: electricalivia: Late is better than never, right?(I must thank my friend Holly of Elite Cosplay for turning me onto Worbla, and Kamui’s great tutorials! On Kamui’s site there’s more in-depth videos on how to work with Worbla and Wonderflex) This is SUPER helpful and easy to follow! Armor and props can seem really intimidating, but this tutorial makes me want to jump right in!! I seriously need to see about getting this stuff. Here is a link to the image in its own window, since I can’t seem to enlarge it from my dashboard. i need to get some of this stuff- it looks so much easier than wonderflex. 
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axeonos:

fontscosplay:

asatira:

totallytoastyari:

electricalivia:

Late is better than never, right?

(I must thank my friend Holly of Elite Cosplay for turning me onto Worbla, and Kamui’s great tutorials! On Kamui’s site there’s more in-depth videos on how to work with Worbla and Wonderflex)

This is SUPER helpful and easy to follow! Armor and props can seem really intimidating, but this tutorial makes me want to jump right in!!

I seriously need to see about getting this stuff.

Here is a link to the image in its own window, since I can’t seem to enlarge it from my dashboard.

i need to get some of this stuff- it looks so much easier than wonderflex. 

rainbowsdinos-rainbowdrinker: tipsy-arachnid: lilaira: linaliel: newhappything: Keep your eyes on the cross whatthfuck. I DON’T GET IT, someone explain 8C What’s happening is that your eyes blend the pictures when staring at the middle, creating some really weird and unsettling faces. However, when you look at the faces themselves to get a better look, they immediately revert to normal. It’s a very interesting optical illusion.
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rainbowsdinos-rainbowdrinker:

tipsy-arachnid:

lilaira:

linaliel:

newhappything:

Keep your eyes on the cross

whatthfuck.

I DON’T GET IT, someone explain 8C

What’s happening is that your eyes blend the pictures when staring at the middle, creating some really weird and unsettling faces. However, when you look at the faces themselves to get a better look, they immediately revert to normal. It’s a very interesting optical illusion.

lezbhonest: cellohray: awhsnapcountrygirl: gerrardly: Yesterday my mom posted a picture on Facebook of my 5 year old brother Sam wearing a pair of shoes he picked out for his first day of preschool.She explained to him in the store that they were really made for girls. Sam then told her that he didn’t care and that “ninjas can wear pink shoes too.”Sam went to preschool and got several compliments on his new shoes. Not one kid said anything negative toward him about it. However, my mom received about 20 comments on the photo from various family members saying how “wrong” it is and how “things like this will affect him socially” and, put most eloquently by my great aunt, “that shit will turn him gay.” My mom then deleted the photo and told Sam that he can wear whatever he wants to preschool, that it’s his decision. If he wants to wear pink shoes, he can wear pink shoes. Sam then explained to her that he didn’t like them because they were pink, he liked them because they were “made out of zebras” and zebras are his favorite animal :) What does it say about society when a group of adults could stand to take a lesson in humanity from a class of preschoolers? Words cannot express how happy this makes me. Sam! WHAT A CUTIE
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lezbhonest:

cellohray:

awhsnapcountrygirl:

gerrardly:

Yesterday my mom posted a picture on Facebook of my 5 year old brother Sam wearing a pair of shoes he picked out for his first day of preschool.

She explained to him in the store that they were really made for girls. Sam then told her that he didn’t care and that “ninjas can wear pink shoes too.”

Sam went to preschool and got several compliments on his new shoes. Not one kid said anything negative toward him about it.

However, my mom received about 20 comments on the photo from various family members saying how “wrong” it is and how “things like this will affect him socially” and, put most eloquently by my great aunt, “that shit will turn him gay.”

My mom then deleted the photo and told Sam that he can wear whatever he wants to preschool, that it’s his decision. If he wants to wear pink shoes, he can wear pink shoes.

Sam then explained to her that he didn’t like them because they were pink, he liked them because they were “made out of zebras” and zebras are his favorite animal :)

What does it say about society when a group of adults could stand to take a lesson in humanity from a class of preschoolers?

Words cannot express how happy this makes me.

Sam!

WHAT A CUTIE

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