Holy shit. Did I just see a piece of art on the #sexism tag that actually promotes actual equality?
This poster is available here
GENDER EQUALITY FROM BOTH SIDES FOR ONCE.
This poster hung in every room of my high school.
Argentina JUST PASSED a groundbreaking gender identity bill!!!
From now on, people will be able to change the name and gender on their ID without needing psychiatric permission or any body modifications. Furthermore, anyone who does want hormones or surgery will be able to access them for free through the public and private health system.
It was passed unanimously today by the Senate
UNANIMOUSLY
Argentina is just getting more awesome by the year. Countries that aren’t Argentina need to take note.
I love this
Sky is wrong. Moss is wrong. Mint isn’t pale enough. Chlorophyll is much much brighter and more saturated than that. Avocado is wrong. Lime is wrong. Gold is horribly wrong. Salmon is wrong. Baby is wrong. Your pink is really more of a fuchsia. Blue orchids are two colors, neither of which are what’s listed here. Grape is darker than eggplant. Wine is darker than that. Cherries are darker than that. Cinnamon is brown.
You pretty much skipped over most blues, pinks, oranges, and reds.
I am a male artist, don’t fuck with me and colors.
The men of tumblr are the most badass people I’ve ever met
there’s no such thing as a ‘limon’ even
Not to mention ‘torquoise’ and as if petroleum looks like that and would it have hurt to have them in colour order? Red should be between pink and orange not above purple.
It is alleged women can identify colours better than men, however, the studies forget that men, in general aren’t actually taught more colours beyond ROYGBIV and pink. If they’d attempted to teach both genders the colours prior to the experiment rather than just asking them to identify them within the experiment (usually without any options) you may have had a slightly more valid claim. In both cases the results are vastly varied even within the gender as even the people that use the colours to name things don’t generally use them properly.
It is far more likely that the reasoning for the ability of women to identify colours is more related to having the various hues shoved down their throats by cosmetic companies and the fashion industry whereas men are encouraged to distance themselves from these. If you started giving kids books and other resources with the above colours actually identified in them to give both genders an actual chance of identifying the colours in later life, you may have a chance at discovering any difference between genders later in life.
I can’t decide if I’m Sentient Artificial Intelligence With No Gender or Household Pet That Walked Across the Keyboard - Other.
Gender is hard.
And yet, I’m looking at that list going ‘none of those is me’.
I love this artist’s art style. Also, that spotted hyena drawing makes my pants tight.
I found this interesting. The more you know right? lol
I love these but the hyena one will always scare me, not the females rule thing, the psudopenis thing.
“I have too much imagination to just be one gender” - Erika Linder
Nic and parents/parenting
Okay, so one of the improvements this year at work has been the parents. For some reason they’ve just been nicer and more understanding. Quite regularly we have to explain to the parents that their child can’t ride the train for some reason (height, behaviour, rat tails, etc.) and in previous years this usually evoked an argument despite the fact that our stance on the issue is final and cannot change (good old OH&S). This year though they’ve just been calmly accepting it and explained it to their child. Well, they’ve been calmer more often and don’t just go bitch to the people they think are in charge.
Another thing I’ve noticed this year is whether the kids are allowed to express themselves. After a year of learning more about gender and identity I’ve been noticing little things in everything (like in my Rugrats post earlier). Surprisingly, this year I’ve seen quite a few kids given pretty free reign regarding their image. Admittedly, they’ve all followed gender norms bar a few boys with nail polish but I have been impressed with a few kids who’ve obviously chosen their haircut given the dye, undercut or stencilling. It’s also been nice seeing kids dressed in costume, which their parents seem to encourage. Having been brought up in a relatively strict household and school it’s been great to see others brought up in far more tolerant ways.
I still don’t really want to be a parent. I kind of see the whole spawning thing as pointless and a waste of perfectly good money which could otherwise be spent on shoes but I do understand wanting to help shape the future of society by controlling the development of it’s children. I really want to be there to go ‘if you want to be/wear/look like that then sure’ for someone. I will be the cool uncle that my nephews/nieces/whatever run to when they’ve had enough of their crazy parents.
Good parents
Boy at the front of the train has teal nail polish on.
So I went to a Perth-themed party last night where one had to dress up as a trope from our town. I dressed up as my favourite gay bar, The Court, so I dressed up in as much drag as I could muster. My friend Georgia did my make up and didn’t complain at my blinking constantly during the eye make-up part.
My corset has gotten a lot of wear this year. I’m very happy with that purchase and I need more. This event has also further encouraged me to buy more womens clothing and potentially grab some make-up. I have been considering more outfits for ages but this kind of cemented it in for me.
I did, however, arrive to find I’d worn 5” heels to an event outside on grass, so that proved interesting. It probably assisted greatly in me getting used to walking in heels though. Platforms are still kind of weird.
In other news, I love the penultimate image for my expression and like the last one the look. I was really concerned with how my hair would look with this whole thing, but when I saw it on the way out and even now (in the final image) I felt it was slightly Amanda Palmer-esque, which kind of made it worthwhile.