allthechocolatesinthebox: sexisnottheenemy: DAR: A Super Girly Top Secret Comic Diary  » Archive  » Transmen …is she still receiving death threats over this comic? Really though, I always felt that she was making fun of herself in this strip, and that its overall meaning was misinterpreted. I completely understand why the comic is triggering and, at least in the first four panels, fetishizes (white, thin, able-bodied, FTM) transgender men, but the last two panels show a certain awareness of her own cis-gender privilege and point out the problem of fetishizing “transmen” pretty directly. I could be wrong, and I don’t remember what she had to say about this comic after the backlash, but overall, I don’t think she gets enough credit… View high resolution

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…is she still receiving death threats over this comic?

Really though, I always felt that she was making fun of herself in this strip, and that its overall meaning was misinterpreted. I completely understand why the comic is triggering and, at least in the first four panels, fetishizes (white, thin, able-bodied, FTM) transgender men, but the last two panels show a certain awareness of her own cis-gender privilege and point out the problem of fetishizing “transmen” pretty directly. I could be wrong, and I don’t remember what she had to say about this comic after the backlash, but overall, I don’t think she gets enough credit…

(Reblogged from allthechocolatesinthebox)

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  1. whyamiwearingpants reblogged this from sexisnottheenemy
  2. yearoftheknife reblogged this from sexisnottheenemy and added:
    This is such fucking bullshit. “Oh yeah, I can totally get away with subtly implying trans men aren’t men, because I’m...
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  5. thesavagesalad reblogged this from allthechocolatesinthebox and added:
    reblogging this for the commentary.
  6. allthechocolatesinthebox reblogged this from laurenfelton and added:
    This is how I was seeing it, too, and why I reblogged it. I saw it as gently mocking the fetishizers, not somehow...
  7. laurenfelton reblogged this from allthechocolatesinthebox and added:
    …is she still receiving death threats over this comic? Really though, I always felt that she was making fun of herself...
  8. nowisgreater reblogged this from icecreamsocialistslut and added:
    I hate this comic so, so much. There is seriously not a single thing about it that is not grossly offensive to me....
  9. icecreamsocialistslut reblogged this from allthechocolatesinthebox and added:
    There’s a remix of this that shows how squicky and objectifying it is.
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    … Again, Erika Moen. ♥
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