gender shenanigans

A library of Non Discouraging Gender Political Plays

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If I don’t get pants, nobody gets pants. Name a male superhero that you’d like to see wearing a female superhero’s costume. Green Arrow in Wonder Woman’s outfit, etc. [link]

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Men posing on motorbikes

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Super DUPER heroes, is more like it.

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Dads hacking arcade games for their young geek daughters! Geek dads, we love you!

Donkey Kong graphics hacked and gender-reversed

Dad cracks Legend of Zelda and swaps gender roles

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Nothing to see, move along. 

No big deal, just an ad featuring a non-white, non-skinny, non-male person speaking with intelligence and authority about technology. She's dressed practically in a work uniform with no makeup. She has both professional and personal goals, and the initiative to complete them. 

A year from now, maybe no one will know why I thought this was interesting. That will be great. 

XO Jane's rant about it. 

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XBox ad.

It's a fine thing to see a gaming ad that resembles my actual life. Hopefully, a year from now, no one will know why this seemed remarkable when I posted it. 

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Riley on Marketing.

When I get frustrated about gender crap, I watch this video again. It's possibly the cutest righteous tirade in history.

She'll be entering the market in, what, 15 years? I'll be keeping a spot open on my marketing team. 

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GlodiBlocks ad for engineering toys for girls.

During this two minute video, I laughed in joy three times. My friends, you next hear me humming this tune under my breath, it ain't the Beastie Boys version. 

Via UpWorthy, here. 

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Swedish cinemas rate films on their Bechdel Test score

Four Swedish movie theaters have started publishing gender scores for the movies they exhibit, based on the films' ability to pass the Bechdel Test ("must have at least two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man").

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If Men Posed Like Motorcycle Babes

Scantily-clad ladies are used to sell everything, from body spray to domain names. What would happen if advertisers put men in their places?

While the gender-swap trick isn't the only one in the book, it does do a great job of illustrating how differently men and women are perceived and used in media.

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Guys With Fancy Lady Hair

Jessica Saia puts the dude in updo...

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Coverflip

Author Maureen Johnson had a great idea. She tweeted "I do wish I had a dime for every email I get that says, "Please put a non-girly cover on your book so I can read it. - signed, A Guy" - and so came the idea for a challenge for her 77,000 followers. A challenge that she called Coverflip. Read more at the original article.

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Gender Swap Cosplay @ ComiCon

Fantastic.

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Lawrence Croft: Laura Croft, Genderswapped Version

Quote: "Lawrence Croft" — or what would happen if gay dudes who play video games were catered to like straight guys who play video games are.

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"A restructuring of the ways in which males are presented in popular media, applying traditional pinup poses that are reserved for the female form, while still presenting the models in 'masculine' clothing. 

Society defines the sexes as being inherently born with exclusive traits that are actually imposed by the society itself. From things as small as colour, attire, and even posing, the sexes are forced into accepting ideals that are unborn. 

Men-Ups! is a project aimed at reversing the stereotypes created by society, begging the questions; why is it sexual for a female to pose one way, and not sexual for a male? Why is it considered more comical or unsettling for males to act the more socially defined feminine?" 

Brilliant!

Men-ups by photographer Rion Sabean. (thx, @esacteksab!)

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Casting Lord of the Rings, the genderswap version

Over at Livejournal, Annis created this gender-swapped cast for Jackson's LotR, and the results are amazing. Even though Annis claims to be "bad at actors" and not a movie buff, the choices are pretty perfect. Annis explains:

When I created this picspam, I had a couple of requirements when choosing an actor. First off: they should be of an approximately fitting age. No 20-year-old Aragorn or 40-year-old Gandalf. Second off: they should have some tie to the movie version of the character, as that's what I'm casting after.

Source: Casting Lord of the Rings, the genderswap version on LiveJournal  with a nice writeup on io9. 

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The Hawkeye Initiative: "How to fix every Strong Female Character pose in superhero comics: replace the character with Hawkeye doing the same thing."