A thought from BABD:
We really don’t need you to explain us that Blizzard is a bit better than they used to when it comes to female armor.
We wouldn’t talk about their games if the problem wasn’t still prominent enough to be, well, a problem.
Also: since when the fact that something problematic was done in the past make it any less problematic? Aren’t we allowed to point at a thing and say “it is not okay now and it was not okay back then”?
~Ozzie
Every time someone assures me World of Warcraft is better now… I have a look to see how it looks today.
Then I remember how Nintendo has been increasingly interested in having Samus play out of her badass armor, Elder Scrolls went from mostly okay to comical failure.
– wincenworks
more on World of Warcraft | more on how long bikini armors have been around
I remember scrolling through your blog a while ago and it had a short comic like thing that showed how women would would put on kevlar armor but for the life of me I can’t find it. I need for reference material.
I think you’re referring to this reblog.
Important thing we’ve been noted regarding that comic: breast binding with bandages is a big no-no!
Compression bandage is designed rather to reduce blood flow to the wounds than to change the body shape; using it to contain a perfectly healthy body part may cause serious circulation issues and/or, with prolonged use, deformation. Sports bras or special binders are the healthier, preferred option for keeping one’s boobs in place.
Answering publicly so we can get the word out about the binding problem.
~Ozzie
