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WCDT 25-29 Apr 2011 (1911-1915)
cesariojpn:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 29 Apr 2011, 13:04 ---So, even though the comic has portrayed at least one other lesbian who is not like Tai,
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I thought there were two other lesbian one shot characters (The time Tai pumped Techno thru the Library Sound System, forgot the strip #), or are we juts assuming for the moment that two girls in bed = LESBIANS as an automatic default?
pwhodges:
Faye's lesbian sister was around for a whole arc; but there have also been lesbian extras in scenes with both Tai and Cosette - hence the "at least".
SJCrew:
--- Quote ---or are we juts assuming for the moment that two girls in bed = LESBIANS as an automatic default?
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That's a pretty garbage way of guilt tripping people for a perfectly reasonable assumption that was never made. Where did this come from, anyway?
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: cesariojpn on 29 Apr 2011, 14:06 ---
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 29 Apr 2011, 13:04 ---So, even though the comic has portrayed at least one other lesbian who is not like Tai,
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I thought there were two other lesbian one shot characters (The time Tai pumped Techno thru the Library Sound System, forgot the strip #), or are we juts assuming for the moment that two girls in bed = LESBIANS as an automatic default?
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The only other lesbian we've actually seen in QC has been Bailey, who I think has had a grand total of two lines, "Hi Tai." and "My E has just kicked in." Compare her to Tai or Faye's sister Amanda, and we now have two second tier characters, who have been involved in multiple story arcs. (I say second tier because neither have been the cause of a major story arc, instead they have been incidental characters or just starting off a quick sidestory). Given their involvment in QC, it could be easier to kind of think of them as the only prominent lesbians in the comic.
LoveJaneAusten:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 29 Apr 2011, 13:04 ---So, even though the comic has portrayed at least one other lesbian who is not like Tai, and other gays who are also different, you feel that the portrayal of Tai should specifically avoid being like a particular stereotype that you are conscious of?
As I said before, I can't say that I am conscious of that exact stereotype, so maybe others, Jeph even, are not - certainly the (poor) Wikipedia article on LGBT stereotypes doesn't seem to point to there being a common stereotype specifically like Tai, nor this Yahoo Answers.
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No, I am not making a claim as to what the comic should or shouldn't do. I am recognizing that it exists in a media context, and that it is participating in a stereotype common in the media. Other portrayals of lesbians aren't very relevant to how this particular instance operates in perpetuating the stereotype. The fact that you're not conscious of that stereotype doesn't mean it doesn't exist, and Yahoo answers is perhaps not the most authoritative source here. Feminist and GLBT blogs would be a better place to look; see Jezebel's list of Lesbian Cliches and Stereotypes, in particular under Lifestyle, where it says, "Partner choices: Recruiting straight women preferred". I'm not sure how anyone could deny that homosexuals in media are portrayed as sex-obsessed. It is incredibly common.
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