Gail Simone's Blog, page 981

How bad would you like to work with Sara Pichelli on a DC/Marvel crossover featuring the baddest of the bad female characters in both universes? Picture it: Black Canary, Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Huntress, Vixen, Mary Marvel, Big Barda and Storm, Jean Grey,

Thank YOU, and I LOVE Sara Phicelli’s work. I would essentially go and just wait outside her door until she relented to allow me to write something for her to draw.

How bad would you like to work with Sara Pichelli on a DC/Marvel crossover featuring the baddest of the bad female characters in both universes? Picture it: Black Canary, Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Huntress, Vixen, Mary Marvel, Big Barda and Storm, Jean Grey,

Thank YOU, and I LOVE Sara Phicelli’s work. I would essentially go and just wait outside her door until she relented to allow me to write something for her to draw.

versipelles:“If you are a woman. If you are a Person of Colour. If you are gay, lesbian, bisexual,...

versipelles:

“If you are a woman. If you are a Person of Colour. If you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, if you’re a person of size, if you’re a person of intelligence, if you’re a person of integrity, then you are considered a minority in this world. And it’s gonna be really hard to find messages of self-love, and support anywhere, especially women’s and gay men’s culture. It’s all about how you have to look a certain way or else you’re worthless. You know when you look in the mirror, and you think, ‘Ugh, I’m so fat, I’m so old, I’m so ugly’, don’t you know that’s not your authentic self, but that is billions upon billions of dollars of advertising, magazines, movies, billboards, all geared to make you feel shitty about yourself so that you will take your hard-earned money and spend it on some turnaround cream that doesn’t turnaround shit. When you don’t have self-esteem, you will hesitate before you do anything in your life. You will hesitate to go for the job you really wanna go for. You will hesitate to ask for a raise. You will hesitate to report a rape. You will hesitate to defend yourself when you are discriminated against because of your race, your sexuality, your size, your gender. You will hesitate to vote. You will hesitate to dream. For us to have self-esteem is truly an act of revolution. And our revolution is long-overdue.”

— Margaret Cho (via lyricalvisionary)

I love what Margaret said, but I also have this thing I can’t get past, which is that when you add up the marginalized groups, THAT IS THE MAJORITY BY A HUGE MARGIN.  THAT’S America (and elsewhere).

I think that is, in the end, what groups in power are most afraid of, that we will all realize that, and that’s why there is so much invested in keeping marginalized groups in conflict with each other.

So, here's the thing.

idginator:

And, yes, this is brought to my attention, though not at all for the first time, by that one post earlier that I am actually considering going back and making a legit response to it.

I understand that there are many cases where tumblr SJers can be a bit out there, can be seen as taking it to extremes, especially if you’re not in their particular group and therefore don’t really understand where they’re coming from. Then there are some that are really just horrifying, though they just prove that there are horrifying and bewildering beings on both sides of situations, and though I may not agree with their extreme methods I do at least try to see what causes them to have such feelings.

This, however, is not what I want to discuss.

There is a certain aspect of social justice that is very near and dear to me, because it is something that I actually do live with every day. I don’t focus on it, though as those of you who pay attention have seen there are times where it hits me extremely hard, and that is ableism, and along with it the concept of able-bodied privilege. (See now how that previous post, which I just deleted because I don’t want to name names with all of this, got that in my mind, especially with the shit-tastic past couple of days I’ve had?)

Now, I do understand that nothing was meant by that other post, and that it was meant as a joke, but really therein lies the problem. I guess it is because you see SJers on tumblr as taking things to such extremes that you cannot grasp, that so many of you try to mock them with posts, but in doing so what you’re really mocking is the existence of whatever -ism that is in your post(s). You are mocking what others have gone through, are going through. You are taking their hardships and turning it into a joke for your own amusement.

I do not take pity on myself. I do not want to be treated as if I am special, because I don’t see myself as being such. All I ask for is what I need to survive, to be able to live a fulfilling life to the best of my abilities (and, yes, my disabilities, as well). All I want is to be, for people like me, to be treated with respect, with common decency that a lot of people take for granted.

Every time a see a post mocking what I’ve had to go through for over 24 years now, though? I’m not getting that. Every post like that tells me that the hardships in my life, caused simply by how I was born and how I am seen because of that, which have shaped me into the person I am today, that all of those are nothing more than ammo for someone higher up than me’s jokes.

As I said, I am not going to name names. If you have done this, then you know who you are. I don’t even want any apologies. All I want is for people to read this and realize that, while it may be meant in light-hearted fun, such things can and do hurt. I should not have to wonder when I’ll come across something like that on my own dash, nor should I have to tumblr savior such things when doing so would take me out of getting the chance to help someone to learn the problems with such things.

An important post from one of the kindest, best people I know.

Hey Gail. I've been following your blog for a while now. I'm a big fan of comics and I was led here after reading Womanthology. I've been really happy to see more diversity in comics... back when I was little, there weren't comics for people of mixed he

Working on it, I promise!  A lot of sorta-kinda trans characters out there in mainstream comics already, but it’s a sparse field at best.

Hey Gail. I've been following your blog for a while now. I'm a big fan of comics and I was led here after reading Womanthology. I've been really happy to see more diversity in comics... back when I was little, there weren't comics for people of mixed he

Working on it, I promise!  A lot of sorta-kinda trans characters out there in mainstream comics already, but it’s a sparse field at best.

Aw.

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I’m not very active on tumblr (and I’m sorry if I’m spamming you) but I recently found your account and I just wanted to say as a bisexual, Latina teenager I’ve found more characters I can identify with in your comics then anywhere else, so thank you :)
— therealnonessential”





And sometimes all the work and heartache and sleepless nights and everything are all worth it, so totally worth it.

Thank you.

Gail Simone-centered fanart. That is all.

Gail Simone-centered fanart. That is all.:

ealperin:

Old fanart doodle of Gail, that is not degrading, at ALL, mind you, sitting at her desk trying to write up a storm, while Thom & Helena have an argument, on opposite sides of the room, in their…unmentionables.* ^_^

*I watched “Superman Vs. The Elite” Until the break of dawn. Got the “unmentionables” quote-ish quote, from there. ;) WATCH IT!!! IT’S A MUST FOR CLOIS-FANS!!! It brought back fuzzy L&C:TNAOS memories back, for me. I MISS that show! :3

Heh. That’s very cute.

deliciousKaek: "don't things like all-black colleges make black people more racist?"

deliciousKaek: "don't things like all-black colleges make black people more racist?":

deliciouskaek:

cgdageek:

quick run-down for anyone who asks this question:

white folks had colleges
black folks couldn’t go
even when they could go, they were treated unfairly
black folks started their own colleges
now white folks want in because it’s not faaaaaiiir
white folks want in because they…

You are clearly missing the larger picture. EVERYTHING IS ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE.

Secret Six plus Dizz

thewolverina:

Going through old photos on my camera and found these: 

 

Diesel got in the way of me trying to take photos of my complete (as possible) Secret Six trade collection. 

She was unimpressed with these books taking up valuable napping real estate.

To be fair, maybe she saw the Cats in the Cradle volume and was debating which one to read first.