The HandDrawn Hero: Reason #632 Why I'm a Gail Simone Fan

The HandDrawn Hero: Reason #632 Why I'm a Gail Simone Fan:

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#632: She just defended a friend of hers from Roseanne Barr on Twitter. Nbd.

That was very weird. :)

But thanks!

I admire Roseanne, she's a trailblazer. The whole thing was surreal.

It was just really bizarre to see the odd social interactions of…

I have had that happen a lot of times, that hairdresser thing. When some guy wants to dismiss my opinion, they often bring up that I was a hairdresser, like I'm supposed to be ashamed of that.

(This wasn't Roseanne, by the way, it was some writer guy named Ward Webb or similar, can't recall).

For the record, I am not ashamed of being a hairdresser. It's a hard job, the schooling is hard, the job itself is demanding, I had my own salon which I ran in the most ethical way I could (people who made racist or homophobic statements were told they would be happier someone else and never given another appointment). 

I was poor when I went to beauty college, worked nights to pay for it with little help from family, and I was proud of the work I did. When you are a cosmetologist, you do the first haircuts of a toddler, you do the transformative haircut that gives a person confidence and can change their lives, you do bride's haircut on the day of her wedding, and you do the last haircut of the woman who wants to look nice for her funeral. It's demanding, and it can be draining, and it can be lovely and rewarding.

Almost every writer I know had a different job first. Brian Bendis worked at McDonalds, Ed Brubaker was a sales clerk, Mark Waid was a lounge singer at one point. The thought of insulting those talented guys because they worked while honing their craft is really noxious to me.

So, guys who hate my guts, there's much better ammo to use against me than calling me a hairdresser. I'm proud of my time doing hair.

And I was GREAT at it. :)

I love all of this.

But let's be real: MARK WAID WAS A LOUNGE SINGER??

He just got ten thousand times cooler.

Dude, I know. And it gets weirder…have Mark tell you sometime!