I am no mother. I am no bride. I am King.

screenshot study/redraw from the passenger 2023!!! i let the brain worms control me ratatouille style that's why it came out so good even though i have zero practice doing realism like this :P

(detail crop of randy's sad little face + uncoloured version under the cut :3)

is wanting to be a wife and mother a requirement for being a woman?

why might OP be annoyed with replies assuming that this post is about being aroace or transmasc if a woman doesn’t want to be a wife or mother?

are there reasons unrelated to sexuality and romantic interest that might make a woman not want to be a wife or mother?

are there reasons unrelated to gender identity and expression that might make a woman not want to be a wife and mother?

core concept: what is gender essentialism?

is it gender essentialism to imply that all women inherently want to be wives and mothers? could this be what OP is critiquing?

look at the notes OP responds to. is it gender essentialism to imply that being a wife and mother is so affixed to womanhood that to not want to be those things means you’re incapable of sexual/romantic feelings, or not a woman?

Memento mori/Quare ne obliviscaris vivere