LifestyleDealing with TQ+ nonsense as an artist

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[–]Horror-SwordfishI don't get how flairs work 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Are you making art for fun or are you trying to make a living off of it? If you're trying to make a living off of it through online commissions or something, you might just be stuck. But that doesn't mean you need to change your art for anyone; just try and not let the weird shit get to you and seek out people in the community that feel the way you do so you know you have friends there.

If you're just making it for fun and posting it online, I'd say either (a) stop posting and just make your art for fun; show it off to people in your life or on private social media accounts for just your friends and family, or (b) try to find some private groups for art enthusiasts and take the temp of the group before you start posting; you'll be able to tell pretty quickly if they've gone all in on the TQ stuff.

As a writer, I unfortunately tend to avoid LGB relationships or characters in my writing because I feel like it's just going to look like virtue signaling. Sometimes I write LGB characters, because that's my experience and I want to be able to reflect my life experience in my writing, but as artists we may just have to ride out this weird wave.

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I do both... And I know they try to ruin people's career all the time because of this shit but at some point I am asking myself... Is it really worth it. Is my career worth me shutting the fuck up over what I truly believe in. Is having a shitty job where I can say what I think worst than telling the truth when I can about something that matters to me. It's not like I'm trying to impose weird shit on people. It's just basic biology, basic acceptance (wear what you want, go and be GNC) and that being same-sex attracted isn't a joke. My choice are really reduced to "shutting the fuck up" or working in a supermarket/fast food compagny ? Or what, making my whole life about politics ? Not to be a selfish asshole but I don't particulary feel like being anybody's hero. I just can't lie that much and pretend I am okay with it. I am not, it's affecting me. And I worked hard on my skills. I also worked on my behavior to be more friendly to people a whole lot. And all my efforts seem like going into a pit of nothingness because I can't really find allies except if I out myself as gender critical or whatever.

Speaking of gender critical... It's so funny to me that radical feminists talk so bad about trans women when, well, from my personal experience, women made my life a living hell because the spaces dedicated to us is full of this stupid ideology with or whitout the men around. They worship men bullshit no matter what while crying about patriarchy (How many "lesbian" artists I saw drawing dicks on their female characters, while gay men are well focused on male anatomy, whitout bothering about trans men ? So many time. Good for gay men tho I wouldn't want it to be different, but I am very disappointed by women who do absolutely gorgeous art only to ruin it for dumb politics). It bothers me more than a dude saying he's a chick somehow. Anyway, I'll figure something out (or probably will just do nothing).

Sorry I tend to think while writing so I wrote too much. Thank you for your insight regardless of my rambling.

[–]Kai_Decadence 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

seek out people in the community that feel the way you do so you know you have friends there.

But that's the hard part, finding artists in these fandom/spaces that don't believe in TQ+ If we're all hiding, how do we find each other?