This is an old “24-hour comic” I made on the isolation I’ve experienced as a trans person. Technically it’s a failed attempt, because I didn’t complete it within the required 24 hour period. But I ended deciding to finish it anyways because I thought it said something important on an issue that’s hardly talked about.
There’s plenty of games out there that give us the option to take in-game photos ( screenshots really ), but I never get around to bother. Yet somehow, when it’s related to the accompanying image that goes with a save file, I’m all into it. I go to great lenghts to find a proper subject, I take my time setting up the shot.
My habit might seem like an unusual idiosyncrasy. But I find that using distinctive images makes it easier to find my way around multiple save files, compared to searching with date and time alone. Also being a visual artist, I can’t resist the option to express my personality using visual means.
What I wonder is whether this an idiosyncrasy shared by other gamers, or whether I’m the only one with this obsession.
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![[ EYE NOTICE ]](https://technology4democracy.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/eye-notice1.jpg)
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Tagged gaming habits, Minecraft, multiple saves, mushroom, photography, save file, screen capture, screenshots
Posted in ANALYSIS, CARICATURE, CATEGORIZED, COMIC STRIP, LGBT, TEXTUALS WITH VISUALS
Tagged 10-PANELS, 514, Auschwitz, BB-8, BB-HATE, Caitlyn Jenner, COMICstrip, Montreal University, poll, Snowflakes, Trans militant, vote, webcomic
First off, I’d like to congratulate Netflix on adding sex-reassignment surgery as one of the health benefits they offer to their employees. That is really awesome of them to do so.
But that leaves the question of what is it they’re offering in terms of search options, to their users that are trans? Finding movies and tv shows that relate to trans-identity on netflix, is a pain. There’s a section for gays and lesbians, and that’s great for them, but there’s nothing for us. Trans related content shows up in various other categories, and it’s being left to us to go on an archeological search to dig up their hidden treasures. Are they ashamed of us?
To me it doesn’t make sense. On top of the few dozens of trans related movies and tv shows they already have listed, they also produce original content with amazingly well-written trans, and gender non-conforming characters ( Sense8, Knights of Sidonia, Orange is the new black ). Don’t they want to keep us as customers? And if so, wouldn’t it make sense that they add a category that makes it easy for us to find the content we’re looking for?
What do you think? Feel free to vote on the poll below or to write your opinion in the comment section.
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NATNOTE: If we manage to get 50 votes in favor, I’ll make sure to forward this article to netflix. So be sure to vote and share accordingly. ^_^
Posted in ANALYSIS, COMMENTARY, LGBT, POLL, TEXTUALS WITH VISUALS
Tagged Knights of Sidonia, Netflix, OITNB, Orange is the new black, poll, Sense8, survey, trans, Trans-representation, vote
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NATNOTE: The candidate in this comic strip was rendered as genderqueer in order to be more reflective of the electorate.
![[ EYE NOTICE ]](https://technology4democracy.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/eye-notice1.jpg?w=90&h=61)
SCREEN-FREE WEEK 2016
Screen-Free Week is about whether you’re able to go for a full week without using any electronic devices that have screens. This year, it’s being held from may 2nd to 8th. Basically, we’re talking about anything from smartphones, tablets, televisions, consoles, to computers and laptops. The numeral display on your microwave gets a pass.
I’ve participated twice in the exercise so far:
SCREEN-FREE WEEK
SCREEN-FREE WEEK 2.0
And I have to say I have mixed feelings about it. Sure, media addiction is a real problem. People spend a ridiculous amount of time every day being absolutely fixated to flickering screens, so much so that they don’t notice the real world happening live, right in front of them. So it makes sense to have a media awareness campaign that dares to ask people to look at whether or not their media consumption is balanced or not.
On the flip side though, as someone who’s participated in the challenge twice, I have to say that going a whole week without any means of contacting people digitally can be little harsh. If you happen to be isolated and you don’t have many, or any, people in your life that you can spend time with in person. Because, let’s say you came out to your friends and family and ended up alone. Then Screen-Free Week can be a bit of a tall order. In reality, it’s like asking someone to go without any human contact for a week. For outcast queer people like me, sometimes communicating digitally is the only type of socializing that we have access to.
It seems to me that the same people who preach about returning to more down-to-earth traditional values, and cutting off contact with technology, are the same people who exclude people who don’t fit the mold, from their communities. So you can’t really blame us if we become addicted to our electronic devices afterwards. Your communities are barred to us.
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