red hood: lost days (issue #5)

like the recent estrogen legislation. estrogen should never be made a controlled substance. everyone should have easy access to gender affirming care, including DIY. but when people try to spread awareness for this serious issue by acting like trans men arent as affected by institutional transphobia, it just becomes an argument about disinformation, because testosterone is ALREADY a controlled substance. I want estrogen to remain an uncontrolled substance because I want to save trans women from the bullshit than trans men have been having to deal with for over 30 years. and then you have a bunch of people arguing about this bullshit with each other while the law just plods on thru the government and everyone loses.

Skip the commentary on what you don’t like, especially when you’re defending her. Try framing things in terms of what you enjoy from her writing

Here’s some to start with:

Relative Heroes was an incredibly well characterised superhero family

Arsenal 1998 is fundamental Roy and Lian characterisation unmatched elsewhere

She’s the closest Power Pack writer to replicating Louise Simonson’s voice and characterisation

Transference is legendary silly fun for a reason

Gotham Knights #32: 24 is my favourite depiction of the impact Bruce has on Gotham, bar none

Performatively trashing ANY creator before discussing them gets old, fast.

it is still one of the primary underlying status quo ideologies

the fact that it is status quo means that, instinctively, you are going to label it as "common sense" or as "objective truth"

"eugenics" simply means "belief that there is a way of optimising human genetics for the benefit of the general good"

when I say that something is "eugenicist rhetoric" I am not saying "everyone who has ever said this thing is inherently evil". I am saying "you need to question where some of these ideas come from"

Natural Black Hair Tutorial! Usually Black hair is excluded in the hair tutorials which I have seen so I have gone through it in depth because it’s really not enough to tell someone simply, “Black hair is really curly, draw it really curly.” 

His new design has red laces on his shoes. Given, lace code IS a thing. But THATS ONLY IF THEY ARE LADDER LACED. Which Jason's aren't. Furthermore, whether or not you believe Jason has extensive knowledge of lace code, the artist definitely doesn't. The intent isn't there, so the meaning isn't there and there is no evidence to support it. Also, these people, gun to their heads, couldn't tell you what the term "nazi" actually means, apparently.

In the same way that they are all too outrageously stupid to comprehend that Jason wouldn't support the death penalty because he has zero trust or faith in the government (which is the main reason WHY the death penalty is bad; the state dictates who is a criminal and you must trust them to do that fairly, which historically they have not. You can't even argue comic universe differences for this one, Lex Luther was JUST president).

It's also the same reason they think Jason is cop adjacent. Cops are bad because they are an institution derived from slave catchers who exist to defend property, not people, and get to enforce the law with no consequences because they have positions of authority in society and a get out of jail free card 90% of the time.

You're not nomads relying on each other to hunt and gather anymore, you're talking about stocking shelves for fucking wal marts