Now That My Post About Breaking Down One's Idea Of What A Woman Looks Like Has Circulated For A While

now that my post about breaking down one's idea of what a woman looks like has circulated for a while (thank you all), i'm now going to make this post, as i do not want people to derail that specific conversation, nor this one.

we also must break down our idea of what a man looks, acts, sounds, behaves, and presents like.

men are not cis, het, allosexual or highly sexual beings, tall, muscular, strong, hairy, deep voiced, broad chested/shouldered, emotionless, mean, aggressive, unemotional, uncaring, distant, cold, stoic, heartless, standoffish, bread winners, bad/absent fathers, macho, obligated to work despite disabilities, or obligated to be "the man of the house."

men are people. first and foremost.

men are allowed to express just like anyone else. men do not have to be pillars of their communities. no obligation. men are allowed to be disabled, tired, weak, emotional, caring, compassionate, asexual, aromantic, friendly, warm, in need of support, neurodivergent, mentally ill, chronically ill,and have personality disorders. men have their own struggles and we have to stop telling them to "suck it up" and "move on" and "pull yourself up by your boot straps".

we are forcing men to do this: this is a cage of our own design.

once we dismantle this idea of how a man "should" be, once more: we will move past radfeminism, patriarchy, trans/androphobia, and fostering a culture where this is an acceptable way to treat men. it's not. we must allow men to be diverse. we must allow men to be who they are on the inside

Making a new version of this post cause this one needs updating!

New Introduction Post time!

Hi! Im Sow! I’m 20, and I use he/they pronouns. I’m a transmasc aroaspec fella. I’m autistic and chronically ill, and I like to draw!

I mainly focus on OC content, but I also will be dabbling in fanart here and there! I animate, and I’m planning on going to university for storyboarding and animation! Most of the OCs I post are from my webcomic, but a lot of the time they’ll be AUs of the OCs. I’m not new to tumblr but I’m migrating to it full-time because of Instagram/Meta’s recent AI debacle. As a human artist I refuse to stay on that platform, especially since the opt out method is really difficult to work through.

I have other socials but yeah, im hoping to make tumblr my main platform.

Here’s a few things I like:

Games like Cult of the Lamb, Pokémon, Super Mario, Zelda, Minecraft, etc.

Animation

OCs and worldbuilding

Lost Media

Nostalgic Media

Animatics and Animation Memes

Cartoons like Adventure Time, Amphibia, etc.

I mostly will be making comics and animatics!

My Animation Journey:

How it started (2017): VS. How its going(2024):

I'm very happy to see how much I've progressed over the years!!

Making Concepts for Curse in Magic, stayed up all night to finish this piece. Normally I was gonna post four concepts together once done, but I think this one is too good, it might be my best piece yet 😍🥰

Hope you guys like Whump :)

Did some walk-cycle practice for an OC of mine from my webcomic, Moon of Ronos!

His name is Dochemon, he uses he/it, and it's an idiot with a big ol' heart.

Here's how he looks in colour!!

I love the he.

I'm working on animation because:

I've decided I want to make my webcomic into an animated series on YouTube as well. I'll need voice actors, but all the compositing, animation, etc, will be done by me! Plus!!! Sound design with help from my partner!! @bonebrothmoth

I will prioritize it's release as the webcomic version still, but this is a project I'm going forward with!

My Animation Journey:

How it started (2017): VS. How its going(2024):

I'm very happy to see how much I've progressed over the years!!