#kickass woman

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

[heartofstanding]

I'm so bored of feminist retellings that are, "it's basically the same but now she kicks butt cuz she's a warrior!"

yes, women kicking butt is hot. but also "kicking butt" doesn't actually make a thing feminist.

[queerbting]

rewatching nuwho and i'm rlly.... why is human nature / family of blood just racist hit after racist hit after racist hit against martha . followed by a heavy dose of classist (+ misogynistic!!!!) behavior directed against her afterwards where the humans of 1913 england treat her like a weird alien from another world (the doctor in human form included!!!).

also, why do they have the doctor a) be actively bigoted and b) fall in love with a racist nurse who specifically speaks down to martha (someone who the doctor cares for). they create this "unassuming" white woman character and then have her be awful to martha but we're supposed to believe that she is kind and sympathetic worthy of being the human doctor's love interest, more than martha being treated as a human being. (and then that we should cry over her lost love/future in the end)

like why. genuinely why. what is the point .

also objectively what function does the nurse serve that martha jones could not have. she's even a medical student like !!!!!! going undercover as a nurse would not be that far off!! and plus, i'm not even a tenmartha shipper but it would fit more for the emotional arc of martha's character to get what she wanted all season in human nature / family of blood (the doctor falling in love with her!!! wish fulfillment !!!!!! ) only to realize the cruelty of what this would be like in reality if she were never to open the watch (despite her finally having what she "wants"), and finally understanding and having to give john smith up. it could've been a really tragic, but human moment (like a lot of other things in dw!).

then 10 and martha's relationship could actually be on some sort of equal footing. bc martha had a taste of what it would be liked to be loved by him (or someone similar to him, at least), and chose in the end to let it go. it would give her emotional closure, etc. and would show her choosing the /actual/ doctor (not human) and the friendship she has with him, rather than a lifetime with a human that she fell in love with who happens to look like him.

could've been a really cool moment of both character development and then bonding between the doctor and martha afterwards in their newfound partnership, so half of martha's character is no longer swallowed up by her pining for him.

but no. instead they go and hide in racistville and martha is a servant who experiences racism/misogyny/classism and microaggressions from white people + aliens over two episodes for nearly no reason .

[goodnewsforwomen]

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Absolutely!! Thank you so much for the good news!!! ❤️

This is so cool!!! Women near San Antonio should check out this female-only barbershop and tattoo spot! Thanks for sharing, anon!!!

[bumblingbabooshka]

I like Tuvok canonically having a crush on Noss that he struggles through because it means that something about this stranded spider hunter appealed greatly to him and I want to know what that is

[un-pearable]

release wonder woman from the hands of dudes who can’t get over ‘but why doesnt batman kill :(‘ i’m generally gonna lose it

[ruedesfillesducalvaire]

oops I made an eposette playlist (◕‿◕✿)

all songs imagined from éponine or cosette's perspective, with one exception from marius' pov (wait for it)

[elysiumxii]

[timewontwait]

hero's mom is the coolest mom ever actually

[maddzroks]

see ok now the thing abt watching Mulan as a baby butch is that ur like feeling and experiencing gender envy but also the movie came out the year u were born so you've just always felt THAT WAY when u watch it bc you've watched it 237 times and ur like idk what's happening but when will I b able to cut my hair like that?? I know I don't want to be a boy but I want to be a boy like she's a boy??? but what is that ??

n then if ur like me u also just love body swap episodes of cartoons bc something abt Kim possibles voice coming out of ron stoppables body is doing that Same Thing that u can't quite put ur finger on but u think 'honestly it would b cool if Kim just looked like Ron all the time!'

and then u cut ur OWN hair and when u look in the mirror it's like oh my god, THIS is That Feeling, I never thought I'd be able to feel it about myself... n when u find the word Butch it all just makes so much sense

and like how fucking cool, that now I just get to keep feeling like this EVERY day!!!

[pilartorcal]

[jemmo]

ive been getting super frustrated with having no time or energy to write (or really do anything) recently so im just gonna start posting snippets of stuff ive half written to try and make up for it.

speaking of which, here’s a little thing i wrote after going to a women’s football game and instantly wanting to write an inkpa football au.

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“Pat’s gonna study engineering.”

“Pat’s gonna take over the family business.”

“Pat’s gonna be just like his dad.”

Pa remembers hearing these sentiments as soon as she was old enough to understand what they meant. Pat was the eldest, the prodigal son. He would tread in his father’s footsteps and carry the family name, and bring respect to it. There was no doubt about it, his life was set.

No one ever told Pa what she was going to be.

She never liked that as a kid. It seemed so easy for Pat, everything laid out in front of him, future already decided. He didn’t have to do any of this annoying thinking or discovery, didn’t have to huff and hum when teachers asked what he wanted to be when he grew up. He already knew.

“Am I going to be like you then, Ma?” she onced asked.

“No darling, you can be anything you want to be.” Ma replied, which Pa was kind of glad of. She loved Ma, but staying at home and doing all the housework and sometimes helping out Papa with the business did seem a bit boring. But at the same time, at least it was something. ‘Anything’ was a bit scary when you were 5 years old, especially when everyone was too busy setting Pat up for success to tell her how to figure out what that ‘thing’ was.

Instead of going to any of the clubs she thought could be interesting, she followed along after Pat wherever Papa sent him. Boxing, Judo, Tennis, Piano, Guitar, plus all the extra academic classes, she did them all too. She was only a year younger than Pat anyway, so it made sense, and meant Papa only had to make one trip after school. She might have been upset that they never went to the clubs she wanted to go to, if only she was passionate enough about a club to care.

But then Papa took them to football practice. It was a drizzly afternoon early in the year, but not early enough to stop the humidity from hanging heavy in the air. Pa hated storm seasons, and hated even more being outside in them. The ground was slippery with wet mud that splattered up her fresh, white knee socks, and the hair that escaped her ponytail clung to the sides of her face. Her least favourite part was the way raindrops splattered on her glasses like the windscreen of a car, except she didn’t have any wipers so she couldn’t just flick a lever and magically see again, but that would only be an issue if she was wearing her glasses. Papa had told her to take them off before practice, because he didn’t want a football to the face smashing them to pieces (he failed to mention how that would also smash Pa’s face to pieces), but it meant either way she couldn’t see all that well. Around her were about a dozen other girls who either looked way too into it or like they’d rather be anywhere else, there was no middle ground. They’d been plopped on the field haphazardly in their green and yellow bibs, with only a quick briefing of the rules to Pa before she was put centerfield. The shouts and roars from the boys team on the other side of the field carried over to them to fill their silence until finally the whistle blew.

Then everyone started to move and a ball was kicked at her and the coach was screaming at her to run, so she did. She sprinted down the pitch, kicking the ball in front of her, shooting past teammates and defenders alike until the goal was in front of her. Calls of “Shoot” made it through the rush of air and adrenaline in her ears, so she booted the ball as hard as she could, hard enough to make her lose her balance and land with a yelp on her backside, her hands and the backs of her legs covered in wet mud. She cursed herself as she wiped her hands on her sides with a grimace, looking up to see the ball sitting unassumingly in the goalie’s net. The world came to and people were running towards her with screams and cheers, even the coach asking if she was alright through a surprised smile. Everyone was helping her up and patting her on the back but all she could keep looking at was the ball in the goal. She’d done it. She’d actually scored. She was sodden and dirty and cold but she’d scored. She’d never been so happy in her life.

[ladymariayuri]

Forbidden hal lore is that I used to be really good at ove/rwatch when I was like 14-18 and would pretty consistently be like top 500 in the USA but it was only on . One hero. dva. and I was probably like top 10 dva players in the USA for a long time. But it wasnt like I could take advantage of that or anything because on tricking in ow is a death sentence but I had that I refuse to play anything I suck at swag. Can we have a moment of silence for pro gamer hal hypothetical she would have been so poggers

[un-pearable]

immediately post s4 kai and skylor dynamic that’s somewhere between baby’s first genuine romance and “the only other person in my life who knows how to run a business” ft. them both fumbling to figure out how to file taxes for a corporation whose every major employee got turned into a snake and exiled to another dimension

[airmanisr]

DC girls gotta stick together by Vegas PG

[crockerberts]

nobody in thg fandom gets everlark. not like i do. nobody understands. a straight person could never understand them like i do. but it’s okay. i get them.