coping with fatphobia through humor, art, & vulnerability
This was a real interaction I had earlier today.
I started taking a drawing class today because somebody once told me it's a skill anyone can learn how to do. That drawing is like reading or writing or riding a bike -- you just have to be taught. It's a myth that drawing is an inherent skill only some people are born with. So I want to learn how to draw because I want to learn how to make comics!
I got kinda bored with my journal entries just looking like words on lines on pages. After reading "Dykes to Watch Out For" by @alisonbechdel , I felt inspired to start documenting my life in new, exciting, different ways. I have always loved writing dialogue and comics feel like the perfect medium to explore that. Other than writing plays... which tbh sounds like a dream but a bit scary at the moment so I'll just stick with comics for now.
So here's to learning how to draw! And to making my first comic! And to expressing myself vulnerably on the internet! And to ridding fatphobia from our psyches & systems! And to claiming my body as loveable just the way it is! 😍