its bad enough that bisexuality in women is seen as “attention seeking” or as some sort of “joke” by mainstream Straight™ culture, but when the actual lgbt community deny bisexuals….when lesbian women dont wanna date bi girls bc they doubt their ability to stay faithful and think bi girls are gonna hop on the next straight dick… when straight guys only wanna date bi girls out of some sick fetish… the entire fucking ‘straight passing’ discourse… like. why do you hate bisexual girls so much
Bisexual people in opposite sex relationships do experience straight passing privilege though…
You know who else experiences “straight” passing privilege????? LITERALLY ANYONE WHO IS NOT ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN PUBLIC SGA PDA!!!!!!
like jesus fucking christ the entire idea of straight passing is the most bullshit thing because anyone can “pass” for straight if they are literally just walking down the street doing nothing because straight is seen as the “default” sexuality and to assume that every person you see who is in (what you assume) a “straight” relationship contributes to the erasure of bisexual people and biphobia in general
literally what kinda fucking logic is this oh my god
Even two lesions can have “straight privilege” if they’re walking and talking because people would assume they’re just good friends. Stop denying people who belong in the LGBT community on some misplaced notion of what is and isn’t gay. For fucking sakes what do you even think the B in LGBT even sands for? Beyonce? Bees? Battletoads? It stands for bisexual.
Well, there is a matter of shading and such, as well as what filter you put on your drawing and what the lighting is like in the scene you’re drawing, what kinda mood you’re trying to get across, if you’re using a restrained palette.
Here to illustrate my point is Connie Maheswaran from Steven Universe
Lightening a skin tone in art is more complicated than just writing down the hex code for what a person’s skin color should be. I’d imagine a lot of artists don’t even realize they’re doing it when they lighten a skin tone past what is acceptable.
A good rule of thumb (that I need to follow more) is not to eyeball a character’s skin tone but make a starter palette than adjust it to the lighting as necessary. If you’re doing a piece that’s artsy fartsy, or has a three color palette or something, make sure the contrast of the skin is still intact. Dark skin shouldn’t pop as much as light skin against dark hair.
Also, while this is a lesson that applies just as much to amateur artists as it does to professional artists, remember, a lot of artists on Tumblr are still new and learning. Depictions of characters that might seem fatphobic or racist at a first glance might be the result of someone still struggling to break past fatphobic or racist caricatures in their art that were picked up from other mainstream sources.
We’re all here to improve and get better, so let’s do our best to help each other make art that is inclusive and celebrates diversity.
Thank you for giving this post some semblance of logic. I hate to see artists who make these completely unintentional mistakes get slammed for trying to do lighting and palette colors correctly. Everyone has to start somewhere. Please consider your words before you go off on someone.
