I try to draw my dudes like that all the time, don’t I?
I was going to try and write a legitimate rant on this subject, weighing in on something problematic with this strip, and whatever else… but then Marcus To showed up and said something crazy adorable.
So yeah. Huh.
That’s why we love him!
But as far as problematic goes, yeah, some girls do find muscledudes attractive and not kissable faces. But the reason comic guys are hulks is entirely because it’s a male power fantasy. How could it NOT be? It’s men drawing them!
And I think Amber was supposed to be speaking for herself here-since she said “like myself” idk. And a lot of girls DON’T find that attactive (superhero muscles personally freak me out. I value dexterity too)
moar wachst schneller ihr blöden haare damit ich euch wieder blondieren kann!…neidneidneidbewunderungneid…
Aayla Mae
Artist: Ryan Mason
Portland, OR | Self on Flickr.Tattoo by Ryan Mason at Scapegoat Tattoo in Portland, Oregon. About six to seven hours total.
Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria. Wait a minute. ‘Once upon a time’ is how all the best children’s stories begin and ‘prostitute’ is a word for adults. How can I start a book with this apparent contradiction? But since, at every moment in our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss, let’s keep that beginning.
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| — | Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes. (via spindrift) |
Yes, many people, probably most people, say that disliking your body is a normal part of being a woman. If by “normal” they mean that the majority of women, 80-90%, dislike their bodies, then yes, it is “normal.” The vast majority of women in this culture at this time do dislike their bodies.
But to think that this is normal as in natural, as in necessary, as in a normal function of being alive, is ridiculous. This belief is part of the problem. Since it is so ubiquitous, many women have come to accept that it is just part of being a woman. This is ludicrous! It is settling for what happens to be the situation for many, instead of envisioning the possibilities that are available for all. It is accepting mediocrity instead of creating grandeur. It is maintaining the status quo instead of envisioning the truth.
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Sarah Maria (via curvesahead) “[Misogyny] is a central part of sexist prejudice and ideology and, as such, is an important basis for the oppression of females in male-dominated societies. Misogyny is manifested in many different ways, from jokes to pornography to violence to the self-contempt women may be taught to feel for their own bodies.” |
