To the Comic Book Writers: For the last time guys, Lipstick Lesbians do NOT challenge heteronormitivity
Published by R. Mildred May 31st, 2006I mean come on, heteronormitivity doesn’t care about two women sleeping together, hell, it makes films about it.
It’s the Behavior that Heteronormitivity cares about, not the sex, lesbians acting like femme het women who just occasionally sleep with other women, well that’s fine and dandy, men sleeping with men who are butch and manly, also fine, but women and men who step outside those boundaries, oh deary me, lock them up, get them out of sight, stop shoving them in our faces, ewwww!
If you want to make Batwoman a freaking minority token, at least make her butch, that way she’d be an actual minority token, rather than just another het male wank fantasy.
Why the fuck is a super hero wearing lipstick anyway!? Ugh… Practicality and style must be possible, so why don’t your design guys try it for once, hmm? Do you see batman flying around with socks stuffed down his pants? I didn’t think so.
That is why I do not read mainstream comics. In ElfQuest, now, they have equal levels of nakedness among both genders and they are not too particular about gender of the person they are sleeping with. Quite a few pairings totally challenge heteronormativity, with the female protecting the male and doing the battle while the male stays back to guard the cubs. And it’s all cool and, like, normal. And OMG, elves! Really hot ones. What more can one want?
Oh, and there are clearly different races there, but other than the “ew, pale barbarians” type of prejudices, the skin color is not an issue, either.
That was not so very much on topic, but hey.