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Picture This By *Tyshea and *Ai-Bee
A collection of short stories about love between girls.
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Since the story deals with LGBT empowerment, we wanted to do this really, really bad. We apologize for only having ladies in PT thusfar, but when the time comes, we'll be doing this exact same thing with boys. We love you too gentlemen, don't forget that. ♥
While working on PT, we have gotten some commentary along the lines of some of our couples being "too masculine". Now, this is just fifty kinds of silly, okay?
Gender is a socially based thing. Your biological sex and your identified gender have nothing to do with each other, and everyone has their very own way of expressing themselves- that includes gender. But because of the gender "roles" our society is built on (housewife, businessman), gender is something many use as a weapon for hate. But, to us and many other people, gender is fluid. So in this series, we tried to explore types of gender expression within girl love.
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:Sam&Sara: Androgynous, Girls next door.
Commonly known as "Chapstick" in LGBT terms, they are comfortably in between on the gender scale. Sam is taller and more athletic, but it doesn't mean she'd play the "boy" role in their relationship, and it doesn't mean Sara would be the "feminine" role because she's shorter and less active. They are extremely interchangeable. Sara has incredible willpower and is fiercely protective; And Sam has gentle, sensitive, wavering emotions. They both enjoy typically "boyish" activities, such as sports and video games, but why exactly are these things "boyish"?
Their story is about loving without boundaries and finding the strength to face their insecurities. It's about two girls with the same exact problems from two totally different worlds, and how they find strength in each other, which is why they're depicted both protective and gentle at the same time. I personally find it charming Sara is the more protective looking of the two, whereas Sam is more gentle.
:Jay&Jess: Masculine, Boyish.
One of our tougher couples to comprehend, most people don't seem to be used to two extremely masculine girls being in the same relationship.. The usual assumption is that masculine girls dress that way to attract feminine girls- but this just isn't always the case. Some girls that wear pants like other girls that wear pants. Why not? As Ty said in her explanation; "A girl can wear men's clothes and still like masculine men, or feminine men, or feminine girls, or masculine girls" Or gender-queer people, or no one at all. Your sexual preference has nothing to do with your personal expression. The problem is, when someone of one sex takes on the gender binary of the opposite sex, people will become hostile. Whether it's confusion, territorial reaction, or just lack of understanding, they react harshly to people in this bracket. In our current society, men can't even wear skirts or dresses without risking extreme abuse.
In their story, they get a lot of flack because they're so explicitly masculine, but they are protective and stable in their personalities, eliminating the "damsel" everyone keeps trying to find in one of them. That's why their pose is very blunt, strong, and steadfast.
:Stella&Gale: Feminine and Masculine, Protector and Nurturer.
These two, in most respects, are the couple that is comfortable conforming to gender binaries. In the LGBT community, they are the "Butch/Femme" dynamic, generally mimicking the roles of a typical straight pair. This is completely fine! There is no big deal about choosing to follow the girly girl or boyish boy lines- as long as it is of your free will. If you enjoy being a stud, or a bombshell, you are totally in your zone, and that is the best thing you could have. The issue with gender roles is when people start expecting it of you. "Because you are a girl, you must wear frilly dresses and play with dolls. Because you are a boy, you must only wear pants and play with cars." These are the kind of stifling things that create isolate children for years. Not only does it make hard to identify with others, it makes them uncomfortable with themselves, which causes self-destructive emotions no one deserves to feel.
Their story is about gender binary in its entirety, what conforming provides as privilege- and what it can take away. Their pose reflects their healthy masculine-feminine balance, protective masculinity and nurturing femininty.
:Mona&Su-Mi: Feminine, Girlish
Our most feminine couple, also known as "lipstick", they are most widely accepted by default. It's common to have people associate "lesbians" to be "hot" like the pin up models in playboy. Though these two are feminine, we made it a point to disrupt this stereotype by making them opposite sides of the beauty spectrum; petite and plump. On the flip-side of Jay&Jess- There's nothing wrong with being a feminine girl or masculine boy and preferring that in your partners. There are common grounds you may find with someone on the same side of the scale that would be more difficult otherwise.
Their story is about the trails of femininity in relation to sexuality-- "You're too pretty to be gay." And also how girls of a specific body type have to try harder in order to express themselves because of even older dead-horse objectification and assumption. It's about being confident and happy with yourself, and being able to in turn give that confidence to others. Their pose, in that respect, is gentle, soft, delicate, perhaps shy, but also very feminine, and mysterious.
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I'm not too good at keeping up with every holiday- I noticed it wa National Coming Out Day on the day of back on the 10th, and I was like, "Oh.. I totally forgot." Now, this is just my opinion, but I quite dislike NCOD. While I support those who take pride in it, I personally feel like it's actually its own form of peer pressure. I mentioned casually to Ty that it was NCOD, and wondered if it'd be more "appropriate" to submit this work on an 'officially' celebrated LGBT holiday. Her first reaction was "Eeeeh."
Which is honestly exactly how I felt!
Honestly, the entire concept of needing to "Come out" is something subjectively over-encouraged. Why do we have to "come out"? Why do we have to "stay in the closet"? Why can't we just be? Like everyone else. Coming out is never a complete process, either- there will always be people you won't want to come out to. Really, 'coming out' happens naturally- without that terminology- when you're ready and in the company of safe people, and that seems like more than enough for me.
On another note, the difference between Spirit Day and National Coming Out Day are that the latter is something you are proud and ready to do, that step you want to take. Spirit Day is about those people that aren't ready, that weren't ready, that could never be ready where they currently are in life. Not everyone is ready- Not everyone, even if they ARE mentally and emotinally ready to "come out", CAN without suffering extreme verbal and physical abuse. I don't care how strong you think you've become by "roughing it out" if you choose do to nothing but belittle those that were weaker than you, which happened last year and continues to happen.
If that is your only goal, leave. You are no better than the people that mentally, emotionally, and physically abused you. And that is something I am extremely pained to say.
I would have defended you if you were falling apart from the abuse, regardless of the dangers it could have put me in, or if I was strong enough to take it.
Why wouldn't you do the same?
Sketch, Colors, Text, sexystuff by *Tyshea
Sketch, Lines, swooning over this concept *Ai-Bee
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Find out more about the "NOH8" campaign here: [link]
Find out more about Spirit Day here: [link] and [link]
deviantART honors Spirit Day
Let's extend Spirit Day to 2011
"It Gets Better"
The Trevor Project
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Because in the end, we need to stop looking at gender, and start looking at people.
Happy Spirit Day, in memory of those heroes.
Let's dye the world purple. No Hate.
A collection of short stories about love between girls.
-----------------
------------------Since the story deals with LGBT empowerment, we wanted to do this really, really bad. We apologize for only having ladies in PT thusfar, but when the time comes, we'll be doing this exact same thing with boys. We love you too gentlemen, don't forget that. ♥
While working on PT, we have gotten some commentary along the lines of some of our couples being "too masculine". Now, this is just fifty kinds of silly, okay?
Gender is a socially based thing. Your biological sex and your identified gender have nothing to do with each other, and everyone has their very own way of expressing themselves- that includes gender. But because of the gender "roles" our society is built on (housewife, businessman), gender is something many use as a weapon for hate. But, to us and many other people, gender is fluid. So in this series, we tried to explore types of gender expression within girl love.
-----------------
------------------ :Sam&Sara: Androgynous, Girls next door.Commonly known as "Chapstick" in LGBT terms, they are comfortably in between on the gender scale. Sam is taller and more athletic, but it doesn't mean she'd play the "boy" role in their relationship, and it doesn't mean Sara would be the "feminine" role because she's shorter and less active. They are extremely interchangeable. Sara has incredible willpower and is fiercely protective; And Sam has gentle, sensitive, wavering emotions. They both enjoy typically "boyish" activities, such as sports and video games, but why exactly are these things "boyish"?
Their story is about loving without boundaries and finding the strength to face their insecurities. It's about two girls with the same exact problems from two totally different worlds, and how they find strength in each other, which is why they're depicted both protective and gentle at the same time. I personally find it charming Sara is the more protective looking of the two, whereas Sam is more gentle. :Jay&Jess: Masculine, Boyish.One of our tougher couples to comprehend, most people don't seem to be used to two extremely masculine girls being in the same relationship.. The usual assumption is that masculine girls dress that way to attract feminine girls- but this just isn't always the case. Some girls that wear pants like other girls that wear pants. Why not? As Ty said in her explanation; "A girl can wear men's clothes and still like masculine men, or feminine men, or feminine girls, or masculine girls" Or gender-queer people, or no one at all. Your sexual preference has nothing to do with your personal expression. The problem is, when someone of one sex takes on the gender binary of the opposite sex, people will become hostile. Whether it's confusion, territorial reaction, or just lack of understanding, they react harshly to people in this bracket. In our current society, men can't even wear skirts or dresses without risking extreme abuse.
In their story, they get a lot of flack because they're so explicitly masculine, but they are protective and stable in their personalities, eliminating the "damsel" everyone keeps trying to find in one of them. That's why their pose is very blunt, strong, and steadfast. :Stella&Gale: Feminine and Masculine, Protector and Nurturer.These two, in most respects, are the couple that is comfortable conforming to gender binaries. In the LGBT community, they are the "Butch/Femme" dynamic, generally mimicking the roles of a typical straight pair. This is completely fine! There is no big deal about choosing to follow the girly girl or boyish boy lines- as long as it is of your free will. If you enjoy being a stud, or a bombshell, you are totally in your zone, and that is the best thing you could have. The issue with gender roles is when people start expecting it of you. "Because you are a girl, you must wear frilly dresses and play with dolls. Because you are a boy, you must only wear pants and play with cars." These are the kind of stifling things that create isolate children for years. Not only does it make hard to identify with others, it makes them uncomfortable with themselves, which causes self-destructive emotions no one deserves to feel.
Their story is about gender binary in its entirety, what conforming provides as privilege- and what it can take away. Their pose reflects their healthy masculine-feminine balance, protective masculinity and nurturing femininty. :Mona&Su-Mi: Feminine, GirlishOur most feminine couple, also known as "lipstick", they are most widely accepted by default. It's common to have people associate "lesbians" to be "hot" like the pin up models in playboy. Though these two are feminine, we made it a point to disrupt this stereotype by making them opposite sides of the beauty spectrum; petite and plump. On the flip-side of Jay&Jess- There's nothing wrong with being a feminine girl or masculine boy and preferring that in your partners. There are common grounds you may find with someone on the same side of the scale that would be more difficult otherwise.
Their story is about the trails of femininity in relation to sexuality-- "You're too pretty to be gay." And also how girls of a specific body type have to try harder in order to express themselves because of even older dead-horse objectification and assumption. It's about being confident and happy with yourself, and being able to in turn give that confidence to others. Their pose, in that respect, is gentle, soft, delicate, perhaps shy, but also very feminine, and mysterious.-----------------
------------------I'm not too good at keeping up with every holiday- I noticed it wa National Coming Out Day on the day of back on the 10th, and I was like, "Oh.. I totally forgot." Now, this is just my opinion, but I quite dislike NCOD. While I support those who take pride in it, I personally feel like it's actually its own form of peer pressure. I mentioned casually to Ty that it was NCOD, and wondered if it'd be more "appropriate" to submit this work on an 'officially' celebrated LGBT holiday. Her first reaction was "Eeeeh."
Which is honestly exactly how I felt! Honestly, the entire concept of needing to "Come out" is something subjectively over-encouraged. Why do we have to "come out"? Why do we have to "stay in the closet"? Why can't we just be? Like everyone else. Coming out is never a complete process, either- there will always be people you won't want to come out to. Really, 'coming out' happens naturally- without that terminology- when you're ready and in the company of safe people, and that seems like more than enough for me.
On another note, the difference between Spirit Day and National Coming Out Day are that the latter is something you are proud and ready to do, that step you want to take. Spirit Day is about those people that aren't ready, that weren't ready, that could never be ready where they currently are in life. Not everyone is ready- Not everyone, even if they ARE mentally and emotinally ready to "come out", CAN without suffering extreme verbal and physical abuse. I don't care how strong you think you've become by "roughing it out" if you choose do to nothing but belittle those that were weaker than you, which happened last year and continues to happen.
If that is your only goal, leave. You are no better than the people that mentally, emotionally, and physically abused you. And that is something I am extremely pained to say.
I would have defended you if you were falling apart from the abuse, regardless of the dangers it could have put me in, or if I was strong enough to take it.
Why wouldn't you do the same?
Sketch, Colors, Text, sexystuff by *Tyshea
Sketch, Lines, swooning over this concept *Ai-Bee
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------------------ Find out more about the "NOH8" campaign here: [link] Find out more about Spirit Day here: [link] and [link] deviantART honors Spirit Day Let's extend Spirit Day to 2011 "It Gets Better" The Trevor Project-----------------
------------------Because in the end, we need to stop looking at gender, and start looking at people.
Happy Spirit Day, in memory of those heroes.
Let's dye the world purple. No Hate.
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And the sad thing is that people try to find the roles they see as 'good' in any kind of couple. I know some people that won't understand why me and my boyfriend are 'interchangeable'. There are no real roles in our relationship. They would call me a maneater for liking to sometimes start sex and they would call him a 'fag' or pussy for liking me to cuddle him in a protective way...