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One is the reality, and the other is pretend ... but which is which? The left one is not really an adult fursona for me; it's just kind of an impression of what physical-world me would look like, translated into a furry universe.
I started this while at InConJunction (science fiction convention I go to every year), although I got the idea earlier. I often draw some kind of pun-based cartoon while there, but not this time. I guess I had something I wanted to express here.
I believe that gender is a social construct -- the set of behaviors and attitudes that make up what society considers to be the role of a "man" or a "woman" varies from one culture to another and changes over time, so there's little that's immutable about these roles. And I think these roles need to be subverted and preferably eliminated in order for people to truly be free and equal. In other words, I'm a radical feminist. At the same time, being totally aware of this, I still feel as if I'm a little girl inside despite having been assigned male at birth and being biologically male and having grown up. This is not a contradiction. It's impossible to avoid being taught one's society's gender roles; we're inundated with gender messages from the moment of birth or maybe even before. There's who you are, at the core of your personality, and then there's what you believe.
Anyway, this is me, and this is also me, and I hope this makes any sense at all.
This is all in Paint Tool SAI. I tried a different, "scoopy" kind of rabbit ears in this one. Baby Jennie's tilting her head back to say hi to someone taller than herself, causing one ear to flop backwards. I imagine those bows are loosely tied around the base of her ears. Also, I made a fairy dust brush texture while I was at the convention, based on a brush I made for GIMP earlier, and I decorated Jennie's diaper's taping panel with it.
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I started this while at InConJunction (science fiction convention I go to every year), although I got the idea earlier. I often draw some kind of pun-based cartoon while there, but not this time. I guess I had something I wanted to express here.
I believe that gender is a social construct -- the set of behaviors and attitudes that make up what society considers to be the role of a "man" or a "woman" varies from one culture to another and changes over time, so there's little that's immutable about these roles. And I think these roles need to be subverted and preferably eliminated in order for people to truly be free and equal. In other words, I'm a radical feminist. At the same time, being totally aware of this, I still feel as if I'm a little girl inside despite having been assigned male at birth and being biologically male and having grown up. This is not a contradiction. It's impossible to avoid being taught one's society's gender roles; we're inundated with gender messages from the moment of birth or maybe even before. There's who you are, at the core of your personality, and then there's what you believe.
Anyway, this is me, and this is also me, and I hope this makes any sense at all.
This is all in Paint Tool SAI. I tried a different, "scoopy" kind of rabbit ears in this one. Baby Jennie's tilting her head back to say hi to someone taller than herself, causing one ear to flop backwards. I imagine those bows are loosely tied around the base of her ears. Also, I made a fairy dust brush texture while I was at the convention, based on a brush I made for GIMP earlier, and I decorated Jennie's diaper's taping panel with it.
Jennie character is mine.
Art is ©
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Category Artwork (Digital) / Baby fur
Species Rabbit / Hare
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File Size 381.9 kB
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Sometimes it's more than just reality vs. imagination; in different contexts there are sometimes even different realities as well as different imaginations. Perhaps there's one in (say) a family context, one at work, one at this convention (or in this fandom), one in that other fandom or club or hobby, and so on. Some blur together a bit, while others are quite distinct, and I get quite uncomfortable if two that are normally quite distinct get pushed together somehow...
I know that, for me, it sometimes gets rather complicated, and I'd need to plot things in many dimensions to represent the various boundaries and overlap zones.
I know that, for me, it sometimes gets rather complicated, and I'd need to plot things in many dimensions to represent the various boundaries and overlap zones.
Mostly, I'd guess, masks are for hiding what is there from view; you'd use a mask when you only want fok to see certain aspects of yourself. Imagination's about presenting something that isn't really there, pretending to be something you're not, or playing a part with conviction enoughto fool your audience.
...and yes, I know what you mean when you say it's spmetimes not clear which side of the act is real.
...and yes, I know what you mean when you say it's spmetimes not clear which side of the act is real.
I believe that gender roles in society are a social construct as well. In fact boys didn't stop wearing dresses that long ago and from the 1920s to the 1940's boys wore pink which was decided by clothing companies to be a strong color and girls wore blue which was thought to be a delicate color.
Gender roles in society really bother me a lot. Not so much for those that want or choose to be that gender role but for those that aren't comfortable there why should society for such things on us? I think I've spoken with you before about how uncomfortable I was as a child, always being pushed towards the feminine things.
This is why I had a plan to include a few toys society deems to be girl toys among our sons Christmas presents for his first few years and let him choose what gender of things he likes best. or if he likes a lot of things from both genders as I do then that's fine as well. ^^
Gender roles in society really bother me a lot. Not so much for those that want or choose to be that gender role but for those that aren't comfortable there why should society for such things on us? I think I've spoken with you before about how uncomfortable I was as a child, always being pushed towards the feminine things.
This is why I had a plan to include a few toys society deems to be girl toys among our sons Christmas presents for his first few years and let him choose what gender of things he likes best. or if he likes a lot of things from both genders as I do then that's fine as well. ^^
(Typed all this out on my phone earlier, then realized I hadn't hit Reply, so I'm only now getting around to fixing that and hiding the original JennieFail)
The tale I'd heard was that for centuries red was considered a man's color, the color of blood and thus warfare, and pink was a lighter shade of it for boys. It only started to change in the early 20th century and by the middle of the century pink was for girls and blue was for boys. In Western culture anyway.
I know, right? We have this stuff forced on us from the moment we're born, telling us how to act and what to like, and telling us that if we don't stay between the lines there's something wrong - and it's wrong with us, not with the rules. Breaking those rules isn't the same as just parking where you're not supposed to - you get shunned, labeled, discriminated against, and maybe even beaten up.
Society has 4 kinds of toys, I think: gendered toys (toys marketed for one gender or the other), nongendered toys (marketed for either, though sometimes differently or separately), nonmarketed toys (things that they don't really need to advertise, like Frisbees or yo-yos), and nonmanufactured toys (handmade or didn't start out as toys, like a homemade teddy bear or an old pot converted to a musical instrument). Just me making lists again. But I'm glad you're going to let him choose his own toys!
The tale I'd heard was that for centuries red was considered a man's color, the color of blood and thus warfare, and pink was a lighter shade of it for boys. It only started to change in the early 20th century and by the middle of the century pink was for girls and blue was for boys. In Western culture anyway.
I know, right? We have this stuff forced on us from the moment we're born, telling us how to act and what to like, and telling us that if we don't stay between the lines there's something wrong - and it's wrong with us, not with the rules. Breaking those rules isn't the same as just parking where you're not supposed to - you get shunned, labeled, discriminated against, and maybe even beaten up.
Society has 4 kinds of toys, I think: gendered toys (toys marketed for one gender or the other), nongendered toys (marketed for either, though sometimes differently or separately), nonmarketed toys (things that they don't really need to advertise, like Frisbees or yo-yos), and nonmanufactured toys (handmade or didn't start out as toys, like a homemade teddy bear or an old pot converted to a musical instrument). Just me making lists again. But I'm glad you're going to let him choose his own toys!
Well i sourced the info from this article http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.....ys-blue-girls/
but honestly didn't know there was a time when people didn't genderize clothing colors until my hubby mentioned it.
and non gendered toys and home made toys are always cool as well. Of course my son will have lots of not genderized toys in his christmas gifts like megablocks, or those rings that stack. ^^
but honestly didn't know there was a time when people didn't genderize clothing colors until my hubby mentioned it.
and non gendered toys and home made toys are always cool as well. Of course my son will have lots of not genderized toys in his christmas gifts like megablocks, or those rings that stack. ^^
Interesting! My guess is that clothing manufacturers got a bright idea that if they changed the fashion every few years, they could make everyone buy all new clothes, except once they got everyone convinced of pink=boys and blue=girls, then got everyone to switch to pink=girls and blue=boys, people were too skeptical to switch again. :) (Note that this is a completely unproven story that I just made up.)
Over here there's a mention of an Italian psychologist named Marco del Giudice who recently searched over 5 million books (with the help of computers, I would guess!) printed between 1800 and 2000 for mentions of pink associated with boys or girls. He didn't find even one single mention of pink for boys over that entire time period. The first mention of pink as a color for girls was in 1890, and the appearance of that association in the books gradually increased with time.
Definitely give him crayons or markers and lots of blank paper so he can become a little artist early! :)
Over here there's a mention of an Italian psychologist named Marco del Giudice who recently searched over 5 million books (with the help of computers, I would guess!) printed between 1800 and 2000 for mentions of pink associated with boys or girls. He didn't find even one single mention of pink for boys over that entire time period. The first mention of pink as a color for girls was in 1890, and the appearance of that association in the books gradually increased with time.
Definitely give him crayons or markers and lots of blank paper so he can become a little artist early! :)
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