![]() Fri 6th Oct Oh, what a lovely kind message.Assigning preference in art or style to gender makes as much sense to me as doing it with your taste in food or music. I am no longer ashamed or conflicted about any of this! □ People should just live their lives and let other do the same. My favourite videogame character ever is Amy from Sonic. I also unapologetically love Animal Crossing. The beautiful colour makes me happy every time I play it. My coral pink Switch Lite is freakin awesome. Again, it annoys me that it took until I was in my 30s to realise just how ridiculous the notion of a gendered toy or tv show is.Īnyway, tldr. ![]() ![]() I still hid her if friends came over though, for fear of being bullied. I once sneakily bought a my little pony at a yard sale but then made her armour from cardboard and tinfoil and put He-Man riding on her into battle to make it "ok" in my head. but I also secretly thought My Little Pony, Barbie and Carebears were cool, but understood that it was for some reason taboo so I should suppress that. Again, I was always drawn to them as a kid, they just looked really fun, cool, colourful and creative to me.Īs a young boy I absolutely loved Ninja Turtles, Star Wars, Transformers and HeMan. Similarly, I love cute things like cartoons, videogames and toys, including sometimes what would be considered feminine or girlish properties. Nowadays I don't care what people think and just buy what i like, but for years those semi sexist or even homophobic public sentiments were deeply ingrained in my psyche. Took me until I was in my mid 30s to feel OK with wearing a pink t-shirt or sweatshirt, or taking my pink Switch / PSP etc outside. Always has been, but I was embarrassed or frightened to admit it as a kid. Have also previously often played gangster, football hooligan, etc). Just to add, for reference, I'm a cis-het male, usually framed by others as traditionally masculine looking, (currently in training to star in a superhero movie, for example.
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