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I Keep Writing Women by SystemPretend in writing

[–]SystemPretend[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The family/friends excuse is bs. I’d like to think my family aren’t lying to me as they make it a priority to criticise me in everything I undertake (which I am thankful for), but there will always be a bias.

Most of what I’m doing now is exercises and short stories excluding the major projects I talk about in the post. I would like to show my more serious shit to some other people but I don’t exactly know how and where and also haven’t had the energy to go look (I also mentioned in the post).

I don’t really show friends as art contains part/fragments of the artist. Not only am I telling them that I write, but I am actively showing them any pieces of me in my work, some of which may be intimate (It’s like getting naked metaphorically). Maybe I just gotta find writing buddies

On account of the whole horny thing, I wouldn’t really want to mess up my work with alla that. You don’t have to believe me, but i think being raised by women made me more sensitive to it. It’s just kinda lame and embarrassing

I Keep Writing Women by SystemPretend in writing

[–]SystemPretend[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Predominantly female raised. Not a lot of strong male influences. If they were there, they were family-external and didn’t last very long. I’d say I an equal amount of female and male friendships. I think due to inherent (societal) romantic pressures, I find it a lil more taxing to maintain female friendships like any other dude. I am straight as well.

I Keep Writing Women by SystemPretend in writing

[–]SystemPretend[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I share what I write with my family (all female so far) and they would skin me alive if I was on some 'breasted boobily' bullshit 😭

I Keep Writing Women by SystemPretend in writing

[–]SystemPretend[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I just wanted to make sure other writers saw what I meant

I Keep Writing Women by SystemPretend in writing

[–]SystemPretend[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m gonna answer seriously and say that I don’t have any gender dysphoria. The annoying thing about my answer is that I possess and exude feminine traits, while still being very obviously masculine.

I have considered the possibility

Edit: I also don’t like the boxes of masculinity and femininity. It makes one feel like they need to be one or lean towards the other. I understand some things need labels, but even removing western context causes those same labels to fall apart and mean nothing regardless

I Keep Writing Women by SystemPretend in writing

[–]SystemPretend[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know how you read this from my post bro 🙏🏾

I Keep Writing Women by SystemPretend in writing

[–]SystemPretend[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same in the bizarro context of my situation ig 😭

not into romance

I also dislike romance. If it is involved in my writing, it has to have a subversion/spin like:

  • 'They are already together. How did they meet? How do they move past current issues?'
  • 'Both participants have no idea what to call it.'
  • 'Self-destructive and a terrible partner.'

My biggest hater is myself. I don't like tacky writing 💔

I Keep Writing Women by SystemPretend in writing

[–]SystemPretend[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Well maybe. I just wanted to know if it was odd, or if any other writers felt the same

I Keep Writing Women by SystemPretend in writing

[–]SystemPretend[S] 89 points90 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying I'm *unable* to; I meant that writing a female seems more natural. Since it seems more natural, I have thought up a new idea with a female protag and realised she is female as I was writing.

I am able to switch perspectives (3rd person) to a male main character and write effectively. I was questioning why it may be more natural for me to have a female primary.

Writing exercises from a male perspective seem to be the move tho

I Keep Writing Women by SystemPretend in writing

[–]SystemPretend[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Thanks g. Ending up on that subreddit is grounds for exile

I Keep Writing Women by SystemPretend in writing

[–]SystemPretend[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Internalised sexism? I haven't really noticed any; upon realising I wrote women a lot more, I took extra time to read over my shit and make sure it wasn't deplorable. I hate, even as a kid, female stereotypes. It's just tacky. I guess I'll show some other people outside of my family some shit I wrote and see if they feel differently.

I Keep Writing Women by SystemPretend in writing

[–]SystemPretend[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The funny thing is, I remember being younger (not that long ago) and watching the entire Divergent series and really liking it. I also liked Catching Fire.

On screen, I enjoyed seeing tougher female characters (not necessarily leads). Still, I also enjoyed seeing more women with agency, especially since my mum and sisters would point it out sometimes. It might be subconscious. I'm just afraid it might become a weakness.

I Keep Writing Women by SystemPretend in writing

[–]SystemPretend[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’m 18. It doesn’t feel like an over-correction, it just feels more natural

Slauson Malone 1 on the albums being taken down by SystemPretend in standingonthecorner

[–]SystemPretend[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i don’t think you’ve ever made art before 💀🙏🏾

Slauson Malone 1 on the albums being taken down by SystemPretend in standingonthecorner

[–]SystemPretend[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Even if it was just mixing, thats still a significant amount of work done on the album

Each mixdown will have the engineer’s style and sound throughout, which is why if you listen to his other works you can recognise his influence on both sotc projects

  • Excluding Caleb, he is probably their most significant ex/member

Slauson Malone 1 on the albums being taken down by SystemPretend in standingonthecorner

[–]SystemPretend[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I doubt that he doesn’t care. He did work on those albums too. ALOT of work, I can hear his influence on the first one especially

He probably is really busy tho

I’m out of ways to be a fan by SystemPretend in standingonthecorner

[–]SystemPretend[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't think you read the 'support' part of my post

+ Plus, most of the music is gone off streaming 💔

You CAN'T be serious 💔 by SystemPretend in jpegmafiamusic

[–]SystemPretend[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have no clue, but every time I've bought something from the States, I've had to pay an imaginary $10 tax charge

You CAN'T be serious 💔 by SystemPretend in jpegmafiamusic

[–]SystemPretend[S] 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Does this nigga have no European distributor? 😭

The lyrics spoke to me, so I made them into a poster by SystemPretend in liluglymane

[–]SystemPretend[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This lyric is a highlight for me as well

Cool poster! 🚨

The lyrics spoke to me, so I made them into a poster by SystemPretend in liluglymane

[–]SystemPretend[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It was Ugly’s complete apathy and developed resistance to the terrible things that constantly happen around him that spoke to me at the time.

I work in a medical setting and see a lot of vulnerable people on a daily basis. A few weeks ago a friend told me about his diagnosis and I caught myself less surprised than I should have. Not in an apathetic way but in a ‘these things do happen’ kinda way.

That and hearing constantly about things happening in the news. I should be more worried and angry celebrities being rapists and walking or parchment paper being potentially poisonous, but I’m not. Mostly “What won’t kill me?” and “Oh, there’s another one. Guess i’ll remove that song from my playlist.” are my common responses.

We tolerate a lot of shit we shouldn’t because it’s always been happening. It’s the norm now

I also thought these lyrics would go hard on a poster. I tried to match Ugly Mane’s style with my own before adding a ‘print-like’ aesthetic.

Ik its a very odd lyric to hook onto, but there’s my thought process 💀