I really related to this lovely response by BelleChere, and I wanted to share it with y’all because I know she and I are not the only ones who feel this way. Hope she doesn’t mind. <3
My thicker thighed sisters PREACH IT! That’s usually the main thing people like to point out or ridicule me for.
I adore all three of you ladies for a multitude of reasons, the main one being how you always take a stand and allow your voice to be heard. Regardless of what society deems as “beautiful’, which is absolutely absurd in my opinion, you three are beyond amazing (as are many of the women I know like you), your easy going personalities—from what I’ve seen and heard from mutual friends— make you beautiful. Your lovely curves only add to it. I look forward to running into you in the near future at a con.
Wow, thank you. That just made my night. :)
I really related to this lovely response by BelleChere, and I wanted to share it with y’all because I know she and I are not the only ones who feel this way. Hope she doesn’t mind. <3
Certainly! I don’t mind at all.
Also, I’d like to add that this response to the question was in no way looking for a pity party in my inbox. I have an insecurity - I’m human. You’ve all got good intentions, but you don’t have to try and convince me I should feel differently about myself. It’s okay. I don’t have to like every little bit of myself to accept who I am.
Now there was an extra bonus bit of wisdom!
I really related to this lovely response by BelleChere, and I wanted to share it with y’all because I know she and I are not the only ones who feel this way. Hope she doesn’t mind. <3
Among those messages were several I did not post, detailing the facts: I was worthless, fat and a terrible Dinah, both in RP and in cosplay.
Somehow, word got out on Twitter.
And my hero/inspiration of cosplay sent me a message.
Which was awesome, but I was still feeling kind of yucky.
All of a sudden, shit blew up and it was like kfjhgkjdfhkjf
And people started showing their support
// I’m up to like, 25 inbox messages, and I didn’t even COUNT the twitter interactions..
Even Gail Simone thinks people should stop their shit.
So, you know what? Call me a terrible RPer and a terrible cosplayer. I’m pretty sure I know who’s been sending that shit anyway. And you know what? No matter who you are, I actually feel sorry for you. I have friends, and support, and great tits. And all you have is your loneliness and the prospect of sending anon hate to make yourself feel better. And that’s pretty sad.
To everyone— thank you so much. Especially Chris Jones, Hal, Gail Simone, and Roxanna Meta. You’re amazing.
No, you. :)
My comic for class. Not quite how I wanted it, but it will do. All of the comments used are either things I have heard or seen. The woman is based off myself, the man a combination of male cosplayers I know. Yes people calling someone too skinny is an insult, and yes I did watch a security guard tell a bigger man to put a shirt on at a con while more fit men walked around shirtless.
For my paper I wrote about the sexualization of men in comics as well as women. I wanted to define the differences between sexualization and sexism, and make the point that men are portrayed in a completely nonsensical way as well as women. During my research I found a lot of articles that stated that men are not sexualized at all and this is utter crap.
At the end of the day a comic is an outrageous story made of fictional characters, creating a fantasy for the readers. Creating a ‘perfect’ character for people to enjoy. Both men and women have the highest of standards, and when a character is average or ugly, it is almost always spoken in a negative term. I know not ever comic is this way, B.P.R.D. sexualizes no one, but the mainstream comics that most people know are very guilty of this. On a 2D illustration a low cut shirt shows just as much as a skin tight spandex suit on a guy, just in a different color. Yes I do believe the actions and portrayals of women by writers shows sexism, but the art? It’s a comic, everyone is sexy.
That’s my opinion and I’m sticking to it. Thanks for reading. u_u
Dawn you’re perfect
Oh I like this <3
These are the non airbrushed images from her Esquire shoot in 2010.
They’re pretty damn nice to see.
I love these. I love these. I love her. I love her strong, beautiful body without all the damn touch up.
Have I ever mentioned how much I love her?
Portia de Rossie learned this the hard/long way, too. Really enjoyed her memoir, I recommend it.
This should open your eyes. What you strive for in magazines and billboards are not real. They are and always will be altered no matter how great they look before the shoot. Remember to always be yourself or you’ll end up just a copy.
These always give me the willies. Ugh JLaw had such a beautiful body before they skinnied her up.
(via thatdjspider)
