#And make it into progressive feminism

[ink-the-artist]

truly not trying to detract from the very russian art of the generational trauma wolves, and i know the colors are from the ussr + russia flags, but it also spoke to me as a hispanic person. especially w respect to misogyny and how machismo tears families apart, and how trauma that comes from outside the family units gets repeated/expressed within the family unit. idk.

absolutely it applies to more than just russians, im glad it speaks to other ppl :)

[molsno]

ok now that I've seen an episode of dungeon meshi I understand what everyone means by "it's not horny" but you're actually revealing some pretty sinister biases when you say that.

dungeon meshi is not sexually objectifying. that's what you mean. the women are not reduced to sexual objects but are instead humanized and treated with respect. that's a good thing and I enjoy that about it too.

when you say that you like dungeon meshi because "it's not horny" that reveals that you harbor some sex-negative beliefs, and further is wrapped up in the implication that japanese media, especially anime, is "horny" by default, which is a presumption rooted in racist stereotypes about japanese people. you don't treat western media like it's "horny" by default, even though the sexual objectification of women is just as if not more prominent in it.

[aleksanderscult]

It is also a teeny bit weird to make Zoya being prettier and thus a more ideal sun summoner be set up as thing to be proven wrong in the beginning but then Zoya actually becomes the Queen with lots of focus on how gorgeous she is and Alina fades into obscurity and wears old shawls.

I mean yeah.

Because apparently one of the messages this trilogy wanted to pass was how nothing is what it seems. Alina is not weak but very powerful, she just doesn't know it. Aleksander is not a man to be trusted but a selfish, power-hungry bastard, except Alina doesn't realize it until it was too late (*inserting dramatic tones if you didn't notice*).

Normally, Zoya wouldn't get that much spotlight. But, alas, Bardugo has said many times that she's one of her most favorite characters so she was bound to become important. A Squaller (among hundreds) became important by becoming a Saint as well.

Saints in the Grishaverse normally have very distinct, unusual powers. Alina had her light, Aleksander his shadows, Elizaveta's Materialki powers manifested themselves through her ability to control nature while Ilya didn't allow his powers to be restricted at all (he was both a Healer and a Durast as well as an inventor). Plus, they get martyred and Zoya is...well....alive.

Her push to the spotlight was, for me, too forced while, at the same time, the author tried to remove Alina's presence (as if she wasn't the main character for three books straight that the antagonist fell in love with and his plans revolved around her). Whether someone likes Alina or not, we have to admit that it's not going to be the same without her on the front. The story doesn't really make sense without her. It's like removing Harry Potter from his own books.

And it seems that whether Alina has powers or not, she stays hidden. And Zoya got what she wanted all along: the spotlight.

[welcometogrouchland]

I love Steph's origin as told in the Secret Origins 80 page giant- I just overall think it strengthens her character by giving her a lot of pathos and adding to her heroism (which isn't something writers were focused on in her actual intro in detective comics #647 since she was just meant to act as a plot device back then) BUT there is one tiny detail in it i will begrudge, and that is the portrayal of her having a minor love at first sight moment for tim

Secret origins 80 page giant, ID in alt

(or well, technically this was their second meeting in that story (the brick was the first) so...love at second sight?)

Mostly because Stephanie showed no interest in her introduction and only showed romantic feelings towards Tim AFTER this moment here:

Robin (1993) #4, ID in alt

Straight up the progression here goes:

The adventure in 'tec where they first meet -> Tim investigating the same crime scene as Steph -> she beats him up not knowing it's him at first, apologizes but says he shouldn't have scared her -> he remembers her/the moniker she goes by -> they talk about plot for a few pages -> Stephanie starts flirting

Robin (1993) #4, ID in alt

Which...is so fascinating to me and says so much about Stephanie. She highlights the fact that Tim "remembered" her. Like. Steph. Girl. This is our bar? It's sweet but kind of speaks to how much Stephanie is ignored at home/how little and sporadically she's shown interacting with her peers (and rarely ever the same kids twice). Her idea of peak romance is just...being on someone's mind even when you're not there.

Kind of also adds layers to Steph's proclivity towards jealousy later on, a manifestation of her insecurity and loneliness (though don't get it twisted, she's not written this way bc Dixon and co think it's an interesting character flaw, they wrote it bc they think it's an inherent character flaw of (particularly young) women/girls, which is very apparent in how he approaches Ariana's character as well from what I've read)

Also the fact that Steph becomes so smitten for Tim almost immediately after this is (a few issues later she aggressively flirts with him during AN ACTIVE HOSTAGE SITUATION. WHERE SHE'S THE HOSTAGE) again is kind of a mixture of kind of funny and sad. One boy is nice to her once and she's fully ready to wife him. Girl you are deranged (affectionate) (concerned)

[torawro]

when joe told mari “from the moment i met you, i had already broken the code” when referring to the ninja code of not getting attached to anyone including your allies………God….

[womenstruation]

we were so close to having a generation of little black girls grow up without ever experiencing relaxers but now I'm not so sure. Everywhere on social media, women but mostly teenage girls complain about their natural hair, begging for tips on how to "relax" and "texturise" it, whatever that means. Even the language used is so telling, damaging your hair is not "relaxing" it.

And it's not just the damage done to your hair, relaxer use can increase risk of uterine cancers and fibroids, but this very real danger is ignored. I know it doesn't help that the natural hair movement that was meant to finally help us feel accepted, has been overtaken. But for a moment around 2015, I really thought we had seen the back of relaxers.

[scribefindegil]

Obviously I would have preferred it if Dimple made *zero* sleazy comments about teenage girls, but I was afraid from his pre-Black Vinegar characterization that it was going to be an ongoing aspect of his character and was relieved to discover that instead it was complete spitballing like "dang I don't remember how people work but i have to make this kid like me. what are adolescent boys into? ummm. objectifying women? that's probably it!"

[personal-blog243]

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/fact-check-kamala-harrisandwillie-brownhad-a-relationshipover-adecadeafte-idUSKBN26Y2RJ/

This is important to tell people about to dispel some rumors. Harris only dated Willie Brown AFTER he separated from his wife and BEFORE he was the mayor. This means that she probably wasn’t just doing it for money or a promotion or anything like that.

This is critical context I didn’t even know until only a few days ago! Up until recently I had only been told the false narrative.

This narrative that Kamala “only dated him for money or for her own career gain”. Is most likely technically untrue!

[anarchotolkienist]

This is very petty but I get really annoyed at people using "evangelical" and "politically conservative Christian" synonymously.

Like to the extent that there is ideological influence from the Christian Right on classical terf ideology it's through Catholic conservatives like Mary Daly, not evangelicals. What the evangelicals have done is provide the organising framework to connect transphobes from different traditions and bring transphobia to the forefront of politics, but they really have not been coming up with the ideological substance. That stuff comes from the Catholic right, transphobic feminisms, and conspiracism.

[aloeverawrites]

Men's liberationists, do not, I repeat, do not, let dudes get into Men's Rights. That is not a pro men group. That's a anti-feminist reactionary ideology that's been around since 1900 and more recently the 70s and it broke away from our group, men's lib.

They hate us and they're part of the alt-right pipeline/mansophere.

We need to be warning people away from them like normal feminists do with terfs/radfems, put up big red signs "Toxic waste: stay away"

[maddy-ferguson]

using intersectionality to discredit feminism and downplay its reach and essentially weaponizing it when it was coined to describe black women's experience of racism and sexism is nasty work...

[bigothteddies]

oh my god re: your recent post... the 'girl dinner' shit. omfg. idc if it's 'not that deep' you're still reinforcing terrible shit!!! and also the like 'boys when they see a stick/cool rock' and 'girls when they time travel vs boys when they time travel' wojaks. the gender-fication of barbie vs. oppenheimer. why the fuck is the recent internet zeitgeist hyper stereotypical cisnormativity. like. i thought we had collectively outgrown this.

exactly. And that’s all just some parts of it too. People pretend they’re so on top of things but it’s just because they don’t want to seem out of touch and offensive. It’s wild watching people barf out gender binaries with new terms and new ways to categorize trans people as not their gender and new ways to reinforce the same gender roles on ourselves but in “good” ways now. It’s just….really frustrating and pretty terrifying at the same time

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

thinking about fallout 4 against my will

[atthebell-moved]

I think what's most frustrating about misogyny in this fandom (and any fandom, but this one has particular issues I'll get into) is that people who've never read a single word of feminist theory can recognize when they're pulling sexist bullshit. Like, my dad has never in his life consumed anything beyond milquetoast feminist takes on NBC family dramas, but he's capable of taking a step back and going "hey, that sucked and i know why."

But here, no matter how much i want to give people the benefit of the doubt for being young and not having the same opportunities as me to engage with feminism, people just go beyond the level of patience and grace I'm willing to extend to them. Yes, it is obvious that you don't care about women. No, I don't care that you rb pretty pictures of them, because at the end of the day you'll turn on them in an instant for any perceived wrong that for your favorite male streamer you would do endless apologia.

Every single woman on the DSMP is treated as an extension of male characters. Every streamer is treated like she doesn't matter unless she's streaming with some guy you actually care about. I've gone through their fanart tags, extensively, and I PROMISE you that the ratio of fanart of them on their own compared to art of them with your favorite white boy is fucking sad. Not to mention how many of these women get doxxed to hell and drug through the mud any time they flirt with a man or do lore that you don't approve of because it slights Tommy or Wilbur in any way.

Do you know the shit that gets slung at female streamers? There's an attitude in certain corners of this fandom that male streamers are over sexualized. Let me tell you about what female ccs go through. There is deepfake porn of every single one of them. There are constant messages about their bodies, about how they don't deserve their fame if they don't wear revealing clothing, and about how they need to cover up more. There are stalkers and rape threats and constant judgment of their actions as inherently sexual and deserving of not just criticism but genuine hatred. Please go watch an unban requests stream and you will see the BAREST minimum of what I'm talking about. The things I have heard people call Niki and Puffy are fucking disgusting, and I can't even imagine what their mods have to see.

If you think Twitchcon SD shoving the only panel for female streamers into a tiny room is bad, I want you to look twice at this community and how it treats women and then tell me you think that's surprising. There were people in line for that panel and for Niki and Hannah's meet n greets who were only there bc they're on the DSMP and stream with the guys you people actually care about. I know because I literally talked to them. They don't know a thing about these CC's content.

Don't pretend like this community is better than how all of twitch treats women. Don't pretend like you care about feminism and then throw completely disproportionate levels of criticism and hate at any woman who fucks up. Don't pretend you care about women within their own narratives and then sideline them at every opportunity in favor of the guys you actually care about. Suck it up and say the quiet part out loud (you don't care about women) and start actually trying to care.

[starlooove]

“There is no fanfic on Stephs treatment I have checked” that’s like the whole point.

[maschotch]

it's funny, but for someone who claims to be in it for the families of the victims, jj is terrible at helping these families feel better. like every single thing she says sounds like it came out of a manual or a pinterest board. i'm rewatching s6ep2 and it's supposed to be this episode that convinces us how important jj is to the team, but she does zero research into the family. she had no idea the parents already had a son who died. she doesn't help the parents when they're fighting (even though this kind of thing happens thousands of times in abduction cases). she can't explain the logic behind the abduction when the entire show is about the fact that there is a rationale behind criminal behaviour. frankly, i wanted the father to yell at her more because god knows i would have. and all she has to say is 'it's natural to blame someone, but for now, you really have to hold on to each other' and if she'd said that to my face, i'd cut a bitch.

as if garcia wouldn’t have already found any of that information??? i hate when they ignore fundamentals of the show (like garcia’s job description literally being to violate privacy laws) for the sake of cool character moments. it cheapens the show, cheapens the characters, and overall just makes the writing seem worse than usual. it’s just so annoying bc like… this would not SHOULD not be a problem for her???