extremelyheteronormativepants: The sign reads: “Because popular imaginaries shape the conceiva
extremelyheteronormativepants: The sign reads: “Because popular imaginaries shape the conceivable, it sure would be nice if comics could be a bit more #queerlikeme, and maybe less about pleasing the straight male gaze.”The issue of representation in popular media is near and dear to me. Especially lacking, in my view, are representations of queer normalcy, or non-heteronormative characters which can’t be hastily summarized by their sexuality. Gay marriages in comics are fine and all, but how about moving the focus to LGBTQ2S characters doing regular comic-book things, like repelling alien invasions? Ellis did it well in Stormwatch/The Authority, in which Midnighter and Apollo were major players whose sexuality was not used as a shortcut to character development. And that was in the 1990s! Two decades ago!So: LGBTQ2S characters? Yes please. Clichés? No thank you. -- source link
#queerlikeme#male gaze