Great job on this!! So cool that it has your own voice. I have just discovered your work & it is facilitating the deeper dive I’ve been doing for some time now into the implicit indoctrination I’ve had in all sorts of cultural “normative .. xyz.”
It both fascinates (on some curious level) though mostly disturbs me what I’ve marinated in without my consent, or even awareness.🤯
Just last nite I was at a concert with my 14yr old daughter and was both ‘touched’ (a grown man placed his hands on my shoulders from behind to ..? pass by me I suppose …? Before I even knew who was touching me he was a back fading in the crowd); and yet another very young man (20’s) and his friend approached us while in line for the bathroom to ask my daughter if I was her sister🙄 & then say “you are the best looking 28yr old I’ve ever seen.”
While I glared him down until his friend called him lame & they left-
Sadly, my 14yr old took this male attention towards me as a huge compliment; some sort of achievement or status. Ugh.
And while I know, Without hesitation, my 27 yr old daughter, (had she been with us) would have had some witty, dismissive retort to send them on their way;
it saddens me that I am clearly not doing enough with respect to countering “male gaze” as some measure to gage our “beauty,” & ultimately, worthiness.
Anyway, thank you for all you are doing here to raise awareness and bring attention to these critical topics.
I appreciate your attempt at sincerity and disarming, but I'm not sure that makes it better. In my experience a man being married, even happily, in no way precludes him from hitting on me. There may not be, at this point in time, a way you can give a compliment to a woman you don't know without seeming creepy.
Yes, and even then, I am always reticent to see it as purely a compliment with no underlying motive. That's not to say the motive is always there, but it's hard, given past experience, to not suspect one.
Yes! Love this animation! (Not more than your comics though, and it's okay if you decide not to spend your precious life on animation.)
Haha Thank you! I did enjoy making it, but it was very time-consuming! Will probably be a "once-in-a-while" project!
I TOTALLY love the animation! LOL!!
Thank so much!
And if there's more you want to say about this: You know my email! xo
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Great job on this!! So cool that it has your own voice. I have just discovered your work & it is facilitating the deeper dive I’ve been doing for some time now into the implicit indoctrination I’ve had in all sorts of cultural “normative .. xyz.”
It both fascinates (on some curious level) though mostly disturbs me what I’ve marinated in without my consent, or even awareness.🤯
Just last nite I was at a concert with my 14yr old daughter and was both ‘touched’ (a grown man placed his hands on my shoulders from behind to ..? pass by me I suppose …? Before I even knew who was touching me he was a back fading in the crowd); and yet another very young man (20’s) and his friend approached us while in line for the bathroom to ask my daughter if I was her sister🙄 & then say “you are the best looking 28yr old I’ve ever seen.”
While I glared him down until his friend called him lame & they left-
Sadly, my 14yr old took this male attention towards me as a huge compliment; some sort of achievement or status. Ugh.
And while I know, Without hesitation, my 27 yr old daughter, (had she been with us) would have had some witty, dismissive retort to send them on their way;
it saddens me that I am clearly not doing enough with respect to countering “male gaze” as some measure to gage our “beauty,” & ultimately, worthiness.
Anyway, thank you for all you are doing here to raise awareness and bring attention to these critical topics.
LOVE the animation and your voice over. And it’s not just you!
As a man, I have learned to preface compliments to women not known to me with "I am happily married" then say "and you look fantastic".
Why do you compliment women you don’t know about their appearance?
I appreciate your attempt at sincerity and disarming, but I'm not sure that makes it better. In my experience a man being married, even happily, in no way precludes him from hitting on me. There may not be, at this point in time, a way you can give a compliment to a woman you don't know without seeming creepy.
My general feeling is that no compliment before a reciprocated "Hello" is ever appreciated.
Yes, and even then, I am always reticent to see it as purely a compliment with no underlying motive. That's not to say the motive is always there, but it's hard, given past experience, to not suspect one.
Great job!
Look! You are an animator! <3
*bows deeply*
I love this SO much!
Thank you so much!! It was so hard!!