Happy New Year, y’all. A few years ago I spent New Year’s Eve in a gay bar and my lady friend got hit on by straight dudes, one of which openly told her he was homophobic. Straight dudes aggressively hitting on ladies in gay spaces: why do you do this?
I’m still sick but I gotta bundle up today and go get a SPECIAL DELIVERY from the POST OFFICE wink wink squee!
Wren munches on snacks at a snack table. A dude in a Coors Light t-shirt and a feather boa approaches her.
DUDE: Hey there.
WREN: …Hey.
DUDE: I like your tie. Wanna dance?
WREN: Are you, like, hitting on me?
DUDE: That’s a crass way to put it, don’t you think?
WREN: Seriously? Wrong tree. Wrong forest.
DUDE: I’m merely embracing an atmosphere of sexual freedom.
WREN: …which I would hope includes my freedom to not get hit on by dudes with bad lines.
DUDE: Fine, whatever. Man, are they playing that angry girl song from Guitar Hero? This dance blows.
Wren looks away, hearing someone laughing off-panel. Lines from Bikini Kill’s “Rebel Girl†appear at the bottom of this and the following panel.
Nhi, in a vest and ascot with a fake moustache, and Jae, a very thin person with shaggy hair in a pink top, black skirt, polka-dot bandana and colorful bracelets, both dance wildly in the middle of a crowd. Wren watches from afar.
That sneer in the first panel also seems to pretty strongly indicate “jerk with entitlement issues”.
And Coors, like a lot of beers, tends to advertise itself with commercials appealing to masculinity and, well, that sort of mindset. (I think that’s what’s going on here? I’m sort of pop culture illiterate when it comes to tv commercials, so I’m only vaguely aware of this)
What’s the cultural reference that I apparently missed since I’m also a New Zealander?? :s
Also, the reason for the straight dudes hitting on ladies in gay bars is because straight girls like going to gay bars because they want to avoid being hit on by annoying dudes, then the straight guys realise this, so they go to the gay bars so they can hit on the ladies.
Well and that a tendency to completely ignore privilege and the existence of nonnormative people means some straight guys think that all women must be interested in them, and if they’re lesbian identified it doesn’t mean they don’t like guys… which is an unlikely mindset to pay off. Though sticking with what works or makes sense has never really been a thing for bigots.
Also apparently I’m missing a cultural reference too, since I’m not actually sure what Bikini Kill is. Besides a song, which is on a video game.
Em: you’re not familiar with Bikini Kill? Come on, Kathleen Hanna, later of Le Tigre was the frontwoman. I know it isn’t metal, but there’s room to appreciate the greats. It’s the one band that pretty much exemplifies the riot grrrl movement at a glance (well, zines are important too), and the music’s not bad, either (though I still prefer my hip-hop).
this reminds me…a lot…of Drag Ball at Oberlin. except that it was a gigantic drunken all-campus party. but gendernonconforming folks & queer folks never felt safe, & white cis straight dudes were white cis straight dudes. meh.
I think I missed the cultural reference being a New Zealander – but I totally know that type of guy. Sheesh, what the-? why would he-? guh!
That sneer in the first panel also seems to pretty strongly indicate “jerk with entitlement issues”.
And Coors, like a lot of beers, tends to advertise itself with commercials appealing to masculinity and, well, that sort of mindset. (I think that’s what’s going on here? I’m sort of pop culture illiterate when it comes to tv commercials, so I’m only vaguely aware of this)
yeah, I chose Coors Light because their commercials tend to go like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_uDR4orEtc
though, I find this series by Miller Lite just as, if not more, objectionable: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02p-9SsmRME
i wish there were drag dances in my city *___*
It makes me sad that many people will only hear Bikini Kill due to a video game.
Bikini Kill!
What’s the cultural reference that I apparently missed since I’m also a New Zealander?? :s
Also, the reason for the straight dudes hitting on ladies in gay bars is because straight girls like going to gay bars because they want to avoid being hit on by annoying dudes, then the straight guys realise this, so they go to the gay bars so they can hit on the ladies.
Well and that a tendency to completely ignore privilege and the existence of nonnormative people means some straight guys think that all women must be interested in them, and if they’re lesbian identified it doesn’t mean they don’t like guys… which is an unlikely mindset to pay off. Though sticking with what works or makes sense has never really been a thing for bigots.
Also apparently I’m missing a cultural reference too, since I’m not actually sure what Bikini Kill is. Besides a song, which is on a video game.
Em: you’re not familiar with Bikini Kill? Come on, Kathleen Hanna, later of Le Tigre was the frontwoman. I know it isn’t metal, but there’s room to appreciate the greats. It’s the one band that pretty much exemplifies the riot grrrl movement at a glance (well, zines are important too), and the music’s not bad, either (though I still prefer my hip-hop).
this reminds me…a lot…of Drag Ball at Oberlin. except that it was a gigantic drunken all-campus party. but gendernonconforming folks & queer folks never felt safe, & white cis straight dudes were white cis straight dudes. meh.
Oh noes! I totally have a pink boa that I have worn to drag events…
*is ashamed*
Haha at least I wasn’t wearing a Coors Light shirt though.
Awesome! I am definitely going to use the line “Wrong tree. Wrong FOREST.” Brilliant.
Love the comic.
I’m not really into Bikini Kill, myself. Prefer Bratmobile and Frightwig. And Hole (yeah, I know, hang head in mock shame…)
Gotta love straight dudes who think wearing one pink thing counts as “drag.”