[[A large woman looks at herself in a full-length mirror. A much-slimmer woman sits in a wicker chair nearby, holding a parasol.]]
LARGE WOMAN: Oh, Erin...isn't it just AWFUL being PRETTY?
ERIN: It IS, honey, IT IS.
People constantly TREAT you differently. They don't expect you to be SMART.
Or they DISMISS your talents, figuring you've gotten ahead just on your LOOKS.
And maybe you HAVE been judged unfairly! You'll never know if you DESERVE your success.
All your interactions colored by people either FLIRTING with you or JUDGING you. Sometimes BOTH simultaneously.
Attractiveness is such a CURSE!
ERIN: So, hey, must be pretty great being UGLY, then, huh?
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the only correct answer to that question is 'why, I wouldn't know!'
The computers tell me it was 20 years ago, June 9, 2006, that I arrived in New York for my first-ever comic convention as an exhibitor, MoCCA.
It was an important trip for me, a milestone in what would go on to become my career.
I wrote a little reminiscence on Patreon (free/unlocked) — including a first-since-then reprint of the photocomics I made at the time, documenting the trip!
Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]
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