#viragos

[shoefaced2]

not a fan of the phrase "women who look like men" to describe butches and viragos (bc a woman who looks like herself looks like a woman), but tbh i feel like there's no other way to convey it:

i want more media to include women who "look like men." like, i'm sick of the fact that pop media's idea of a masculine woman is still just a skinny, slightly muscular woman with hair no shorter than a pixie cut and a natural makeup look. that or she's only considered more "masculine" due to racism.

there is very little represenation of butches and other highly gnc women, and it sucks so much.

[pointless-letters]

CHECKMATE, FEMINISTS: Frederick Forsyth there, tackling the big issues that no other journalists even dare to approach.

[shoefaced2]

things to keep in mind:

a) gender presentation is just as much a spectrum as gender identity

b) gender roles are social constructs, not immutable biological truths

c) "social construct" ≠ "unimportant." we are taxonomically a social species.

d) some ways of breaking a culture's gender norms are more stigmatized than others. this is worthy of note.

e) the act of breaking gender norms at all should be uplifted regardless of how destigmatized that sole act is, provided it's harmless.

[imagella-blog]

Vadon termő virágok tetoválásai fehér felületen

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[motorgrrl]

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[motorgrrl]

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[zeiat]

the last bunch of those writing meme things!!

sonictitans said: 3, 5, 11

3. favorite POV (first/second/third/etc)

hahahaha SECOND. you caught me. ok no i feel like i've talked a lot about how much i love writing in second person before so i guess i wasn't that sneaky. i don't do it a lot, largely because i like it specifically with a certain sort of story that i haven't found myself writing recently, but i enjoy it a bunch. third person is a close second. first is waaaaaaaay way back there in last, i feel weirdly uncomfortable writing in first person.

skipping 5 because i did that one and it's not the kind of thing i can really dig up more answers for

11. what are your weaknesses wrt writing?

on top of the things i mentioned before: god, like, plot. i'm astoundingly bad at plots that go beyond "person navigates a relationship, feels some things." pacing is also a weak spot for me, although i'm definitely working on it.

viragos said: 4, 8

4. what are some themes you love writing about?

in addition to the stuff i listed earlier, i love BEST FRIENDSHIPS, both effortlessly positive ones and ones that are harder and require active work. i also love to write people struggling with ambiguity and an inability to categorize/articulate.

8. is there a character you love writing for the most? the least? why?

oh jeez, i have SUCH a type when it comes to characters i enjoy writing the most. or two types, i guess. the one i find easiest is kind-of-angry, introverted, abrasive types, not so much because i'm like them myself (although i guess i can be) but because it's the sort of headspace i find it easiest to slip into when i'm writing their pov, for whatever reason. the type i ENJOY most is probably the kate bishop type. i was trying to elaborate on that but yeah, no, that sums it up pretty well, i think: kate bishop and those like her.

characters i enjoy writing the least in any given fandom are usually more stoic, ~strong-willed~ leader-y types, i think honestly just because that sort of headspace feels so foreign to me. although i definitely have one specific character i like to write LEAST OF ALL, whirl from the transformers comics, because i spent months trying to start a story from his pov and i just cannot figure it out at all. maybe one day i will CONQUER IT YET. (probably not.)

[hariboo]

thor/jane, little mix, sailor moon, sci-fi in general!

like i said, easy peasy. :)))))

also right.