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eschergirls: It looks like her left leg was just tacked...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:41:24 -0400

It looks like her left leg was just tacked haphazardly to the back of her right buttcheek to give us that oh so necessary boobs and butt. Also, there’s some serious static cling going on.

Thats not even how breasts work..geeze. Broken ankle too looks like.

bravestwarriors: “I’m afraid I prematurely shot my wad on what...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:40:10 -0400

We're the Bravest Warriors!

THEY'RE EVERYWHERE

I'm afraid I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run, if you will, so I'm afraid I have something of a mess on my hands.

bravestwarriors:

“I’m afraid I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run, if you will, so I’m afraid I have something of a mess on my hands. A chocolate puppy mess.” -Tobias Fünke

Watch Tobias’ audition tape for Bravest Warriors Season 2

“‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women, Cattle and Slaves’ Narrative” by Kameron Hurley â A Dribble of Ink

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:35:28 -0400

“‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women, Cattle and Slaves’ Narrative” by Kameron Hurley â A Dribble of Ink:

eschergirls:

I often tell people that I’m the biggest self-aware misogynist I know.

I was writing a scene last night between a woman general and the man she helped put on the throne. I started writing in some romantic tension, and realized how lazy that was. There are other kinds of tension.

I made a passing reference to sexual slavery, which I had to cut. I nearly had him use a gendered slur against her. I growled at the screen. He wanted to help save her child… no. Her brother? Ok. She was going to betray him. OK. He had some wives who died… ug. No. Close advisors? Friends? Maybe somebody just… left him?

Even writing about societies where there is very little sexual violence, or no sexual violence against women, I find myself writing in the same tired tropes and motivations. “Well, this is a bad guy, and I need something traumatic to happen to this heroine, so I’ll have him rape her.” That was an actual thing I did in the first draft of my first book, which features a violent society where women outnumber men 25-1. Because, of course, it’s What You Do.

I actually watched a TV show recently that was supposedly about this traumatic experience a young girl went through, but was, in fact, simply tossed in so that the two male characters in the show could fight over it, and argue about which of them was at fault because of what happened to her. It was the most flagrant erasure of a female character and her experiences that I’d seen in some time. She’s literally in the room with them while they fight about it, revealing all these character things about them while she sort of fades into the background.

We forget what the story’s about. We erase women in our stories who, in our own lives, are powerful, forthright, intelligent, terrifying people. Women stab and maim and kill and lead and manage and own and run. We know that. We experience it every day. We see it.

But this is our narrative: two men fighting loudly in a room, and a woman snuffling in a corner.

This is a really interesting article about the way media, fiction and narratives repeated in society shape the way we see and assume reality to be, specifically (in this case) about how narratives about women being victims, or supporting men, but not being fighters or soldiers create the idea that women never did that, and it’s only a modern new thing that we think they could, when in fact that’s not true at all.

Also, specifically relevant to this blog are the parts about how that affects us when we create stories ourselves, and can end up adding to this narrative consciously and subconsciously. It’s the same with how women are depicted in illustrated fiction. I honestly don’t think a lot of the boobs and butt poses, or women in bikini armor, are drawn by people consciously thinking sexist thoughts, I think they’re just doing What You Do. This is a female character, this is just the pose we’re used to seeing women in. We don’t think twice about drawing her like that, because it’s just how we’ve become conditioned to seeing women pose in the medium. Same with stuff like this. It’s how we’re used to seeing female armor, and when we think “female warrior”, our imagination just instinctively runs in the direction of what we’re used to seeing. It’s just What You Do with female armor, and female characters, and female poses.

Since starting Escher Girls, I’ve gotten quite a lot of mail from people telling me that they never realized just how often they put their female characters in boobs and butt poses, or gave them bikini armor, just because that’s how they saw women drawn in video games and comics and never thought twice about it. It’s just what seemed “right” to them, and that they’re now a lot more conscious of it and try to have more variety in the way they depict women, and often in ways that make more sense to the story. :)

I think it’s just important to catch ourselves sometimes and think are we creating something because this fits what we’re doing, and this makes sense, or are we just doing What You Do? (This applies to all sorts of tropes and stereotypes too.)

Can we stop with this already?

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:35:11 -0400

arguing-about-abortions:

Things that are like abortion
- Abortion

Things that are not like abortion
- Slavery
- Genocide
- The Holocaust
- School shootings

Why aren't more people freaking out about the new Venezuelan labor law?

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:31:06 -0400

bluandorange:

monetizeyourcat:

dancepunksnotdead:

You know, the one that gives housewives/full-time mothers a pension— wages for housework?

It’s ONLY A HUGE VICTORY FOR FEMINISM, SOCIALISM, AND WOMEN OF COLOR. Not a big deal or anything. Tumblr is mysteriously silent about this.

http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift

holy shit!

fucking COOL

adventures in the haze: babybehemoth: Anxiety attacks are the worst because sometimes you have...

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:40:57 -0400

adventures in the haze: babybehemoth: Anxiety attacks are the worst because sometimes you have...:

cocobuzz:

babybehemoth:

Anxiety attacks are the worst because sometimes you have no idea why you’re crying or angry and you just think of everything wrong in your life and you can’t control it all you can do is breath in and out and cry it out

or when there is something wrong and it’s easy enough to…

When you think everything is fine but you’re shaking and terrified. You look around and nothing is right, everything is wrong and alien. No ones touching you but it feels like you’re being pressed in, it feels like you are being crushed by everyone’s presence. You realize you’re not going to make it, you’re sobbing, instead of letting out the screams that are stuck in the back of your throat and pushing against all rational thought. After all its not polite to go insane in public

eschergirls: euniko submitted: sexual superhero LOL...

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:25:40 -0400

eschergirls:

euniko submitted:

sexual superhero

LOL XD

Originally from Mundsen’s Bar (the comic has since been removed from the site for a reason I don’t know), and written by Martha Thomases and Valerie (D’Orazio) Gallagher, and drawn by Norm Breyfogle.

▶ BBC World Service - Heart And Soul, A Womb is a Weapon

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:08:44 -0400

▶ BBC World Service - Heart And Soul, A Womb is a Weapon:

Quiver Full movement aims to subjugate women and harness wombs for a ‘spiritual’ war against muslims

how to decode a person with an anxiety disorder

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:44:20 -0400

brttaperry:

lundibix:

This is by far one of the most important things I’ve seen on tumblr because It describes things I was not able to

Read More

Yes, I hope people can realy begin to understand these disorders, instead of play them off like you’re just having a bad day. That sort od calousness only fuels the anxiety and in some cases the co-occuring depression.

blackhistoryalbum: The Supremes…..Ooh, Baby, Baby, Where Did...

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:38:42 -0400

blackhistoryalbum:

The Supremes…..Ooh, Baby, Baby, Where Did Our Love Go???

diaboliclit: always. (by mmmbogo)

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:16:20 -0400

diaboliclit:

always. (by mmmbogo)

eschergirls: When one superheroine falls in love with another,...

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:15:46 -0400

eschergirls:

When one superheroine falls in love with another, the traditional mating dance must be completed!

(The superhero mating dance can also be done with heterosexual pairings)

Escher Girls: Clothes I'm forced to wear in the majority of MMORPGS

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:11:07 -0400

Escher Girls: Clothes I'm forced to wear in the majority of MMORPGS:

repair-her-armor:

[Please take note that the commentary is just for fun. Bunch of sarcasm. Don’t take it too seriously. I am getting tired of these outfits, though.]

1. The classic Bikini Armor. If you’re lucky you might get an actual shoulder-pad! If the designers even bother…

coolchicksfromhistory: Rani Durgavati (1524-1564) Pencil...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:07:05 -0400

coolchicksfromhistory:

Rani Durgavati (1524-1564)

Pencil drawing by Lauren Goldberg (personal tumblr, art tumblr)

Rani Durgavati ruled the Gond Kingdom in central India as regent for her son from 1550 to 1564. In 1562, the Mughal General Asaf Khan attempted to annex Rani’s prosperous lands. Rani personally led her troops into battle and succeeded in defeating the Mughal invaders. Two years later, Rani attacked the Mughals with the hope of a permanent victory. Outnumber 20,000 to 50,000, Rani held her ground for two days before she decided to commit suicide rather than surrender. Her son was killed in battle and the Gond Kingdom fell to the Mughals.

Rani Durgavati Fort in Mandla is open to visitors. However, it is considered an unsafe place for women to visit. According to The Times of India, at least two gang rapes were reported at Rani Durgavati Fort in 2012.

militantbyexistence: We should all start doing this…

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:05:05 -0400

militantbyexistence:

We should all start doing this…

militantbyexistence: writingsofessencesoul: loveinterracial: l...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:01:32 -0400

militantbyexistence:

writingsofessencesoul:

loveinterracial:

lilithdiana:

In tribute to #masturbationmonth, here is Vagina & Vulva: Your guide to your Va-Jay-Jay. #InfoGraphic

If you don’t know, now you know

You’re welcome.

Know thy va-jay-jay!

So glad this is circulating…

Photo

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:52:46 -0400

social-darwin-awards: egalitarianenthusiasts: thekawaiiestvorlo...

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:50:54 -0400

social-darwin-awards:

egalitarianenthusiasts:

thekawaiiestvorlon:

funnyfaceking:

This is really fascinating.

I’ll have to see this movie.

Fuck. - S

Welp.

fuckyeahmarxismleninism: Bronx, New York Dear Ramarley...

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:49:37 -0400

fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

Bronx, New York

Dear Ramarley supporters,

I am not sure if everyone is up to date as to what happened on the last court date but we were not given the impression that a trial will start anytime soon. A trial date was not set due to some ” TECHNICALITY”. Now, there was no technicality when this murderer illegally gained access to my building, ran upstairs, and kicked off my apartment door and murdered my son. There were no technicality when they were all smirking in my backyard because they did a good job murdering Ramarley in cold blood. There were no technicality when at his first court appearance he was greeted with applaud by his fellow comrades.

I am angry and cannot express my feelings alone. I need your help. My son needs your help. We need to have the same smile and smirk they had with a court date being set. We need to show the judge that COPS are not above the law. The court system is quick to pronounce us citizens guilty until proven innocent. So why is RICHARD HASTE getting the innocent until proven guilty treatment? Four days after my son was murdered the community came out and was angry and fed up of the constant police brutality, well on WEDNESDAY MAY 15th, please come out and show your disgust and how fed up you are of the crooked system we call the justice system. I am ready to take it to the streets and the highest of the highest. Please be prepared for a major protest

I am asking you to share this with any and everyone. We need your help, we need your voice, I need you to help me make a difference to the system so that our children are treated fairly.

With Love and Respect from a angry mother,

Constance Malcolm

coolchicksfromhistory: Mah Laqa Bai Chanda (1768-1824) Art by...

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:45:52 -0400

coolchicksfromhistory:

Mah Laqa Bai Chanda (1768-1824)

Art by Henrico Leorne (tumblr)

Mah Laqa Bai was a tawaif (courtesan) and a trusted adviser to the Nizam of Hyderabad. She was appointed to the omarah (highest nobility) and frequently consulted with the local rulers on government matters.

Tawaifs were accomplished artists and Mah Laqa Bai is best known as the first significant female poet to write in Urdu. In 1799, she gave a manuscript entitled Diwan e Chanda to a British captain. Today this manuscript is housed in the British Museum. Gulzar-e-Mahlaqa (Mahlaqa’s flowers), a book of 39 Ghazals, was published soon after her death.

A patron of the arts, Mah Laqa Bai endowed several shrines during her lifetime. After her death, her wealth was distributed to homeless women. Mah Laqa Bai’s tomb in Hyderabad was restored in 2011.

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