#and as a bi woman too!

[fellhellion]

the additional dimensions to Ava’s past, given her gender, make me insane fr

#the pride especially takes a different note as does the humiliation faced by the lord #AND as does Ava’s decision affecting Cecelia #Cecilia possessing such a wild love for life that had to be tempered by a position ava’s decision placed her in #Ava being permitted that measure of freedom where it foisted that expectation upon another. the dimensions of that!! #Ava defending her sister as a knight and humiliating the lord just has like these additional DIMENSIONS as a woman and it’s so fucking #interesting #and as a bi woman too! #tunes talks wayhaven

[sarasade]

One of the most generally useful things to come out of Hbomberguy's plagiarism video and Todd in the Shadows' similar video on misinformation is how they bring transparency to the internet phenomenon of "I made up a guy to get mad at".

Seriously, I've seen people make up a lot of stupid shit on the internet over the years and it's often just a manipulative attempt to paint a group of marginalized people in a bad light.

That's the TL;DR version of this post. 

ANYWAY here is the long version

Those videos are mostly about James Somerton's plagiarism of other queer people's work. However I'd like to talk about that 20-30% of Somerton's original writing- and oh boy. It's mostly about complaining about White Straight Women and misgendering well-known trans creators such as Rebecca Sugar and calling Becky Albertalli a straight woman while it's pretty common knowledge that she was forced to out herself as bi because she received so much harassment over "being a cishet woman who appropriates LGBT+ stories".

One thing that irks me especially is how in his Killing Stalking and Gay Shipping videos Somerton brings up how straight women/ teen girl shippers exploit gay men for their personal sexual fantasies. This gets brought up several times in his videos.

Being all up and arms about Somerton being a "White Cis Gay Who Hates Women and Queer People tm" is not that useful because the kind of rhetoric he's using is extremely common in fandom and LGBT+ spaces on Tumblr, TikTok and Twitter. We really don't need to bring Somerton's identity to this since he is in no way an unique example.

It's hypocritical to make this about an individual person when I've seen A TON of posts, tweets and videos where queer people talk about these Sinister Straight Women who are supposedly out there fetishizing and exploiting queer men. It's pretty clear to me that this is just an excuse to shit on women and queer people for having any sexual interests. At worst these comments are spreading misinformation about BL, a form of media that has been excessively studied by both Asian feminists and Asian queer women.

This all sounds really familiar and I think it's good that people are calling it out as what it is: misogyny and transphobia. I'd also point out the potentially racist motives behind being this hypervigilant about Asian media.

People can absolutely be misogynist regardless of gender or orientation. I really don't know why we need to create some kind of made up enemy to get mad at. I actually think it's almost sinister how "anti-fujoshi" people call Slash shippers and fujoshi misogynists or claim that they have internalised misogyny while being dismissive about women's interests and creative pursuits under Japanese obscenity laws, China's censorship, book bans in American schools and various other disadvances that are part of being a queer and/or female creator.

I think we shouldn't be naive about the bad faith actors who want to turn queer people against each other. For example Fujoshi.info mentions anti-gender (TERF, GC etc) movement using this kind of rhetoric as well.

Anyway if you want to read more:

- about the false info around BL fandom fujoshi.info

-There is the scholar Thomas Baudinette who studies gay media in Japan. Here is a podcast with him and the scholar Khursten Santos

-James Welker is a BL scholar as well. Here is a podcast interview about the new international BL article collection he edited.

-I've already talked about this Youtube channel by KrisPNatz and his great Killing Stalking video that actually engages with the themes of the manhwa

- There is also HR Coleman's thesis DO NOT FEED THE FETISHIZERS: BOYS LOVE FANS RESISTANCE AND CHALLENGE OF PERCEIVED REPUTATION where she interviews 36 BL fans and actually breaks down why fetishization has become such a huge talking point in the fandom discourse. Spoilers, it's mostly about young queer people and women being worried that they will get judged and pathologized for their interest in anything sexual.

-Great podcast about Danmei and censorship with Liang Ge

#Also I don't mean that you can always tell if someone is a transphobe or a TERF based on a couple of things they have said. #My point is that sometimes ok people can have very regressive ideas too. #This is not a call out post about how we should go around accusing anti-fujoshi people #todd in the shadows #hbomberguy #sarasade text #even I've got those “Fandom is mostly straight women fetishizing gay men” comments once and it begins to sound kind of passive-aggressive #when you're a bi woman. Lot of fandom stats at AO3 show that fandoms are montly bi women. who are these people calling straight exactly hmm #also straight women are completely ok leave them alone. I know I know Yes I'm so brave for saying this #cw: transphobia

[suja-janee]

Your style is sooo good. Love your bireena drawings!

I’m totally brain rotting over them rn I can’t control it 😭

#bireena #mortal kombat 1 #mk1 #mortal kombat mythologies #bi Han #subzero #sareena #sareena x bi han #bi han x sareena #doodles #my art #they’re both delusional #and probably horrible for each other #but it all works out in a strange way #bi Hans personality is too intense for any human woman so he reasonably went for a demon instead #sareena wants a chew toy and he’s right there #THAT WAS A JOKE #I WAS JUST KIDDING #HAHA

[jomarchswritingjacket]

a Bi Awakening Movie ™️ must have characters of different genders who are hot and cool. and also chaotic vibes. and that’s it

#bisexual #bi #bisexual pride #pirates of the caribbean #potc #thor: ragnarok #the mummy #wonder woman #little women #little women 2019 #anastasia #anastasia 1997 #mamma mia #the road to el dorado #jurassic park #titanic #titanic 1997 #tumblr polls #i’ve all seen these listed in other places #hopefully they aren’t too cliche #wonder woman 2017

[cryptiduni]

ok ok, listen. I am gonna be straight with you. I am not a Patholic nerd and I really like the game. it has one of the most extraordinary stories/lore, plus its gloomy aesthetic is just my shit. but as a local Khalkh Mongolian, I very much dislike the herb bride designs. they have no inspiration from the cultures they are supposed to vaguely resemble, like literally nothing. i am a visual type of person and love it, ADORE it when shit is pretty to look at, it's in my blood. instead they opted for looking like straight-up savage unevolved cartoon cavewomen with skimpy outfits and foliage in their hair for good measure.

they look so out of place here, which you could argue its intentional but cmonnn???

here’s my take on how they could have looked like or at least what kind of things the devs missed out on:

—and their hair should have been braided in many different styles? all three of the major inspirations for the kin doesn’t like loose hair, if we are speaking traditionally. i really like these thin braids:

yeah, i get Orkhon economy is in shambles so no jewelry and colorful clothes but at least cover their boobage?? idk just slap on thin deel + belt and then just rough it up? make decorations out of wood?? and beads out of bones without just dangling them?? just because shit is desperate doesn't mean we gotta lose our dignity too?

edit: This post’s main point is not about restricting the nudity or the creative liberty i am only saying they should have approached this aspect from a different perspective with a native eyes on the IPL development team. It may have came off that way because i used the word boobage huh?

#everything doesn’t have to be accurate but keep your shit AUTHENTIC #do not ‘umm actually’ me unless you are a local or studied altaic cultures #deepening my lore perspective is ok too. but do not be a snob w/ me #dancing so hard that your clothes fall off is kinda bullshit excuse but ok fine. it's an interesting idea. initially #yeah herb brides get empathtic moments but we do agree this is a fetishization of poc women to a degree right? like a sexualized caricature #one of them straight up die for a open your heart joke lol wtf #and if you are gonna sexualize something at least DO IT RIGHT #there’s much so cool shit you coulda done here but nooOO savage east-asians are apparently the hip thing to do ugh #but handling of the colonialization aspect is horrible #you google traditional clothes on our culture almost every single one of those women and they will have a hairdo and a deel+belt #p.s. we don't worship bulls #or an evil entity #our religion is tengri or buddhism. some of us are monotheist too #random trivia: the pronoun “I/me” is not written “be”. it's “BI” #random trivia: unmarried woman/girl is called a sewger #pathologic #pathologic 2 #мор утопия #мор утопия 2 #herb brides #flintstones looking ass #god i am so gay for all these women above (except the herb bride hell nah) #makes the 4 hours i spent on this so worth it #if I had a nickel every time if slav games i liked had an anti-asian undertones #I’d have two which is not a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice #mongol #tibet #buryat #mongolia #buryatia

[smokbeast]

It’s my au of an au of an au, and I get to make the nightmare man as large as I want

#Has anyone stopped me #no #so I will not be stopped FJFKSKGJ #also same applies to undyne I WILL MAKE WOMAN. LARGE. #big woman…big man… #my bi is showing JFKFKS #art #undertale au #undertale art #my art #undertale fanart #undertale #sans #undyne #I don’t wanna tag all the sanses too many IFJGKmd #nightmare sans

[yardsards]

so marcille's succubus totally looked like that general from daltian clan right

#eliot posts #dunme #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #dm spoilers #marcille donato #i lean towards the general being a woman but marcille might ALSO be bi unrelated to that #i think option 2 is the least likely bc i think the succubi can see deeper than that? but it's a take i've seen others say #(does compulsory heterosexuality even exist in the culture marcille is from? it seems to exist where laios and falin are from but idk) #i really wanna know about how queer ppl are treated in this show's universe overall #like there's no christianity presumably so no ''being gay sends you to hell'' BUT there is the expectation to get married and have children #the only explicitly stated gay person we see is otta but characters are too distracted by the halffoot thing to comment on the gay thing

[booksandpaperss]

every now and then I’ll remember that it is in fact not canon that max is bisexual and it shocks me to my core

#like what do u MEAN #that is the most bisexual woman I have ever seen in my life #it’s not canon but I’ve gaslit myself into thinking it is #Whenever I read a fic that features max in any way I assume she’s bi in those too even if it’s not tagged #you cannot tell me Maxine mayfield is exclusively attracted to men #max mayfield #bi max mayfield #elmax #cuz Yk #max is gay for el and I stand by it

[bazxi]

Broke: Buck and Tommy kissed! This is all about future Buddie!

Woke: Buck and Tommy kissed! This is an amazing development for Buck, and a great story about someone coming to terms with/discovering their bisexuality later in life. If Buddie happens, that would be amazing too!

#Buck coming out as bi is not about Buddie #it's about BUCK #and if we get Buddie that would be great #but if he ends up with tommy/another man/a WOMAN that's amazing too #evan buckley #tommy kinard #eddie diaz #anti buddie #911 abc

[elialys]

Helen's soft love for Dale

#Anna Torv #Helen Norville #Helen x Dale #helendale #The Newsreader #be patient with me im back to having a bit of a situation #which involves anna's face a lot who is shocked #im all in my feels when it comes to helen's love for dale ok #this woman is so full of '!!!!!!!' and then she looks at her bi babygirl like this im unwell #150% believe it's reciprocal too dale loves her so much #i will die on that hill #even if michael lucas pushes me off a cliff with season 3 #gifs*

[aardvaark]

obsessed w the episode of Bones where they’re telling some wealthy lady with a mini pomeranian that her ex husband is dead and she starts crying and instead of offering any kind of comfort, brennan just takes the dog off her and happily exclaims (and this is verbatim) "he’s so compact!!"

#bones tv #temperance brennan #i don’t think there’s much of a bones fandom on here which is why i haven’t posted abt it #emily deschanel #sometimes bones is too copaganda for me and sometimes bones is like ‘ah shit the government committed murder again’ #mostly i just appreciate that it’s early 2000s and one of the main characters is a canonically bisexual woman of colour #(angela i mean) #and the main main character is a genius anthropologist woman who is HEAVILY autistic coded #still at its core it’s very 2006 with it’s often vaguely liberal but mostly centrist stances portrayed #though sometimes it’s wild w like. extremely pro legalising marijuana attitude in one ep i remember #and then another ep is weirdly pro death penalty #incredibly strange political alignments and also ghosts just randomly canonically exist #no idea what to make of all that #let’s just say i certainly watch it critically like with any other media #edit for tags: i said angela was bi but i’m p sure in canon she says she has no label so im sorry abt that. i meant she dates men and women

[applebees4prez]

i can’t wait for the coming out arc of literally every fantasy high character there are so many that seem imminent

#specifically #fabian aramais seacaster #kipperlilly copperkettle #buddy dawn #gorgug thistlespring #although for him it seems more like he’s just gonna realize he’s bi and be chill #uhh who else #i hope lydia comes out as a queer woman #for my sake #i need her so bad #also i need more of jawbone and sandra lynn being poly #they’re literally some of the only poly rep out there which is. sad #oh i can’t wair for mazey phaedra to reveal she’s pansexual #she’s too cunty to be straight #same with ivy whatsherface #mazey phaedra #i’m gonna think of more and regret not tagging them #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #dimension 20 #d20

[captainrufflebanger]

She's not in the least bit sorry 🤨 Hilariously, this is the first time I've ever drawn Rose. Only took... 2.5 years oops

#captain's art log #resident evil village #mother miranda #is she really saying Mia is next when they've already been fuc-[VIOLENTLY SHOT] #Rose your mother is a bi icon everyone's just too cowardly to admit it #Miranda however is a raging lesbian accent on raging good golly that woman has ISSUES (and I love her for it)

[existencebringsonlypain]

reverse nerdy girl makeover Disney Channel original movie, where a girl moves away from her old town and slowly comes to realize in the new environment she's in that her old friend group was super toxic. her new friends help her rediscover her interests, be herself even if others judge her, wear clothing in a style she actually likes and that fits her, and most importantly, put those glasses back on that her old friends said made her look ugly. she's happy for the first time in years, and eventually, a girl falls in love with her smile and adores how unapologetically passionate she is, and they get together.

#where the makeover is for herself and the love is incidental. where the girl learns she can be happy without existing to be pretty to others #bonus points: she:s actually amab and started out in boy mode‚ but her new friends helped her discover she's a woman #OR he's a guy nd realizes he's a guy. but his girlfriend is bi so it's okay. or she's a lesbian and they part as good friends #existenceunrelateds #writing prompt #??? #idk i just think it's sweet #my mom was watching a documentary on some fast fashion brand that was apparently really popular but id never heard of #and i was like “i could never wear that #im too nerdy and not white girl enough“ and that got me thinking

[coffeecatcraze]

So I've seen some comments about how once Charlie and Vaggie patch up their relationship, Vaggie will have to deal with "fell from heaven" and other angel-related pickup lines from Charlie, but honestly that might be giving Charlie too much credit. I love her, but I'm not sure she could manage to get through pickup lines like that, even with her own girlfriend she's been with for years. She's precious and sweet and loving, but I do not have full faith in her ability to flirt coherently, especially if she's actively trying to do it.

But you know what I'd love to see? Angel teasingly throwing those lines at Vaggie. Not with any kind of flirty intent (obviously, he's gay and she's a lesbian in a very committed relationship), but as his way of casually showing her he still cares about her even knowing the truth about her past. Accompanied by Vaggie pretending to be pissed, but actually knowing what he's trying to say and appreciating it. Him tossing angel-related pickup lines at her every few days and her insincerely telling him to shut the fuck up would be so good, and a great way for his care and support to show through within the bounds of their existing dynamic.

#hazbin hotel #vaggie #angel dust #angel being supportive of his found family is always so good #listen i love charlie dearly but you can't tell me she wasn't a mess when she first caught feelings for and started dating vaggie #this woman is a cute sweet silly little disaster bi #she can't drop a cheesy pickup line without either getting too embarrassed or giggly to get through it #just my headcanons

[cruelsister-moved2]

like we are on our nine billionth positivity post for cis men with beards and masculine trans men and feminine lesbians and bi people in m/f relationships and nb people who are comfortable passing as their agab etc.... do we need more? is straight people not being able to tell you're gay/trans really the biggest issue facing lgbt people right now?

there seems to be this undiminishable reservoir of care and sympathy for the very idea of having ur queerness slighted in any context. meanwhile people who never get the choice whether or not to hide it are routinely dehumanised, othered, and ignored. if the issues facing these groups do get discussed it's almost never with much concern for their feelings. invalidation and erasure may be one of the issues facing lgbt people and it deserves attention too but I really don't think you can claim at this point that it isn't getting its fair share already.

for what it's worth, even your hypothetical most flaming butch lesbian/fem gay man/androgynous nb person etc still meets people who assume they're cishet, who even actively refuse to acknowledge that they're not. the false equivalence between erasure and overt prejudice alleged exclusively by those who largely experience only the former is in fact erasing the reality of people who experience both

#I'm always thinking abt that one buzfeed article called like queer women share their struggles or smth #one was a butch lesbian talking abt how carefully she has to plan journeys #bc late night toilet stops or seedy motels are life and death for her #then there was a bi woman w a husband n kids #talking abt how one time she had to take her pride flag off her lawn (picket fence implied lol) #like... ofc that's sad I feel sad for her #but the lack of proportion is kind of on the nose lol #I don't have the right words but like something very fetishistic abt the gaze of other lgbt ppl towards 'visibly' lgbt people #and I use those terms loosely bc ppl r visible and invisible in different contexts #but if you've reached the stage of fantasising abt hypothetical microaggressions or straight up hate crimes that could happen to u #then u have gone too far #I just think a lot of the time it's more abt the fact that YOU don't feel 'valid' enough in yourself #ao you convince yourself other lgbt people existing or talking abt our issues is the problem #like if ur a bi girl n having a cishet bf makes u feel so lonely and insecure and 'not gay enough' at what point is that ur responsibility #to either accept urself or to be in relationships that make u feel better about urself #and not my responsibility to say ur having gay sex with jakey or wjayever