Sir Gorgon the Gender Warrior
I look about at all the awesome people battling gender norms and as much as I want to be a warrior, I’m more a worrier.
This is a comic for everyone who has spent several hours pondering questions such as ‘Do I like pink because it’s a nice colour, or because it’s edgy for a man to wear it?‘ ‘Fuck gender norms, wait what are the norms anyway? By doing the exact opposite am I just playing to a different stereotype?’ and the classic ‘Have I ironically done something so hard it’s now not even a joke?’
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This is me!
I love this. :P This used to be how I thought but not so much anymore recently.
OMG I LOVE THIS SO MUCH BECAUSE THIS IS SO ME! I’ve been questioning for awhile now whether I’m genderfluid or whether I’m just subconsciously trying to be edgy and ughh I worry about it so much.
I never thought a Gorgon could sum up my identity so perfectly
Your work is magnificent so far.
Just asking… How ironic is it that you choose your next Minority Monster with a majority vote ?
… (actually i just ask that ’cause i would want the Wizard) :p
Ha! Well it’s minorities choosing a majority for a minority monster…
I wanna give a gorgon a hug, this is a strange compulsion. You do you, gender worrier.
I hate that sort of worrying, it eats at you. You do you, if you enjoy it and you’re happy, and you’re not hurting anyone, who cares if you’re doing it because of society or your upbringing or because you were born this way?
It’s pretty much impossible to separate out all our influences anyway.
We should all just take a note from Popeye: “I yam what I yam, and that’s all that I yam!”
Also, I voted for the wizard just because his name sounds so bizarre, I have no idea what he represents, and I’m REALLY curious!!
I have given up caring anymore why I like pretty shit. It makes me happy, and honestly I avoid it because I know people will say or pull shit more than I do actually wear it. I am just here to have a good time at this point.
Aww, did Ms President suddenly acquired a trans past? I was curious how you were going to pull off “pacifist troll” without anything else to take away the focus.
She’s been trans for a while–Tab noted it in earlier comments sections.
Omg, i wanna hug that gorgon. Come her sweetie -hugs-
*Omg, I wanna hug that gorgon. Come here, sweetie -hugs-
Gah, so me… people seem to expect me to be opinionated and outspoken on all gender stuff and they tend to get all defensive/apologetic before i even manage to say something critical. Sadly, in my head, it’s 90%: “What’s wrong with meeeee?!” and only 10% of “What’s wrong with you/society!!” I guess that’s ok for now, and one day, I’ll be more confident and stuff. Thanks for the monster!
This gorgon is life! Yes! Yes!
I still wonder this all the time.
This is why I don’t have a problem with women who used to like black deciding they like pink and frills, but do have a problem with getting little girls every goddamn gift in pink and purple. I used to hate pink, until my girlfriend said it was her favorite color. I decided to give it a try, and now every time I see it, I think of her, so I’m okay with it.
I relate so hard to this. I hate it when my parents are all “why are you making such a big deal out of your pronouns and clothes if it’s just society labels and you say you don’t care about labels” and then I say it’s because it’s who I am and and I don’t like to be put in boxes and and clothes and pronouns upset me,
But then I wonder if I’m a hypocrite. I have to do what feels right for me, but I always think back to how much easier it would be if we just didn’t have gender or gender roles at all. We could be like fish. Where our sex only matters in reproduction seasons and we could switch back and forth. Then we could all simply… be.
Well I feel called out. On the other hand hey I’m a gorgon that’s pretty cool