The Knife Cuts Both Ways
November 30th, 2022 Barry Posted in Becky Hawkins collaborations, Fat Acceptance, LGBT cartoons | No Comments »
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Another collaboration with Becky Hawkins.
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon has four panels. Each panel shows the same scene: Two women on a sidewalk talking to each other. They’re standing in front of a storefront. Posters on the storefront read “Peace, Mindfulness, a smaller BUTT” and “YOGA – Because YOU could be BENDIER.”
The woman on the left is fat. She has reddish-brown hair, tied loosely on top, and is wearing a green blouse with a floral pattern paired with a brown skirt and low-heeled boots. Let’s call her FLOWERS.
The woman on the right is thin. She has blonde hair, cut just above the shoulders, is wearing a purple tank top and blue capris, and is carrying a rolled-up yoga mat strapped to her back. Let’s call her MAT.
PANEL 1
Flower is talking on her cell phone, looking annoyed as she tells a story, one fist on her hip. Mat, overhearing, eagerly jumps in, one finger raised high.
FLOWER: My doctor gave me this total sales pitch for bariatric surgery. I told her “hell no.”
MAT: Surgery to make you thinner? You should do it!
PANEL 2
Flower lowers her phone, calm but annoyed. Mat keeps on cheerfully explaining, her hands held in front of her, palms-up, in classic “explaining hands” gesture.
FLOWER: Excuse me?
MAT: Why be stuck with your body, when doctors can fix it? You’ll be so much happier!
PANEL 3
Flower puts the hand holding the cell phone on her hip, and makes a negatory “stop” gesture with her other hand. Mat rolls her eyes and holds her hands in front of her in an “all right, all right, I give up” gesture. (There are so many hand gestures! Seriously, I use them all the time, and Becky does too – everyone in our comics talks with their hands.)
FLOWER: I’m fine with my weight. Okay?
MAT: Sigh. Okay.
PANEL 4
Flower talks, for the first time looking eager and happy. Mat looks horrified. Both of them make appropriate palms-up gestures.
FLOWER: What I asked for is gender confirmation surgery.
MAT: Gasp! NO!! You can’t let doctors mutilate your sacred body!
