yeah but, cartoon women, any drawn women, aren’t wearing those skimpy and sexual clothes out of choice, they’re wearing it because someone drew them that way, normally for a reason. so so don’t go “oh maybe she chooses to fight crime in a bikini and high heels” bc a man sat at a desk and decided she was gunna wear those clothes, for a reason, for the audience or his gaze. so no, its not slut shaming, its creepy man shaming
*applause* A point that sadly needs to be constantly reiterated.
I’ve been saying exactly this for a long time now!
Bolded by yours truly.
Is nobody else going to push back against this horrible gifset?
Is nobody else going to push back against this horrible gifset?
My sincere apologies.
It didn’t occur to me that the Justice League War gifset I reblogged recently can be read as transphobic.
Being cis, I foolishly assumed that the scene dodges the bullet of being problematic because it doesn’t directly condemn the man for his secret crossdressing habit. Please read the linked post that comments how subtext of this Wonder Woman dialogue can be read from trans people perspective.
I won’t delete the gif post, both to leave it for the reference and because it’s also a statement on Wonder Woman’s costume (which belongs to this blog’s subject matter).
If any of you ever see me reblog something potentially problematic, please don’t refrain from calling me out!
At first I thought they were going to make fun of him and I was about to get angry but then Wonder Woman was like “yeah, my outfit is pretty awesome.”
Also props to the writers for making that joke with version of Diana who wears outfit that makes sense and would stay on in real life (unlike traditional cleavage + metal bar that could slip off her boobs at any time).
It is a very powerful costume design!
edit: Fuller context of this scene and better look at Diana’s costume here.
edit 2: Apparently, this scene IS problematic and can be read as transphobic, after all.
PLEASE ALWAYS REFER TO THIS DETAILED EXPLANATION BEFORE YOU CONSIDER REBLOGGING THE POST.
Okay, idea.
If I ever make an MMORPG that isn’t all retro and pixelated?
I will have a slider on your Inventory screens. And the slider will go from “Sexy” to “Practical” and every armor will be able to move along the slider for either gender.So if you want to play the voluptuous female or runner-y man in skimpy armor that is less covering than He-Man’s classic look? You can.
And if you want to be fully covered and look like you won’t get skewered from stem to stern? You can.And you can change your mind WHENEVER.
Give me like… ten years and $150,000. That should do it.
I would play the hell out of such game! Such a simple idea and makes such a big difference in comparison to the industry standards.
As a bonus, may I also suggest a gender slider that lets you play as anything on the spectrum between masculine and feminine?
High heel nightmares
You know, I seriously wish that 3D clothing designers would stop making “fantasy” outfits with ridiculous high heeled boots. I can’t count the number of really cool female fantasy costumes I’ve NOT put on my 3D model wish list because of that. If they’d at least have a second, low-heeled boot with the set, I’d be more willing to shell out for it. But having to dig through my archives to find bits and pieces to make up for the lack in proper foot wear really annoys me. And what the hell is up with making female armor with her vitals and major artery bearing tender bits exposed? I always have to do some second skin textures or layer something under to keep female armored characters from looking just stupid. I’m sorry, I like to make female warrior characters who can kick your ass in their spiffy protective armor and don’t have to rely on the cheesy “titties set to stun” method you assume they must be using in so much fantasy art. :-p
maybe if more women and poc played video games, they would be just as popular. it’s not wanting to see more if there are hardly any in the first place.
Wario is not really sure what it is that you’re trying to say, but it sounds like you’re arguing “Women and people of color don’t play video games, why should there be more women and poc characters in gaming?”
A Neilsen survey found African American people spend more time playing video games than whites do.
Not that it should even matter that much if women and people of color make up 1% or 99% of gamers. Representation needs to happen anyways, and it needs to be positive, or else we end up with horrible regressive stereotypes.
Regarding the upsettingly common “argument” that video games get a free pass for their sexist/racist designs, because allegedly not enough women/PoC play them.
Always good to have those statistics linked as a handy resource/reference.
