so sick of this backtracking of feminism being led by OTHER WOMEN. these (wealthy conventionally attractive white) women are sending us back to the stone ages as a ‘lifestyle trend’ because nothing is at stake for them like ok. you gave up and decided to be some sugar daddys tradwife. fine whatever. KEEP THAT SHIT TO YOURSELF. you actually loooooove makeup and shaving and cooking for your husband with ribbons in your hair and your dream has always been to be a stay at home mom who makes organic granola. nothing wrong with that fundamentally but keep it to your fucking self!!!!!!!! stop imposing it like this is a base level of womanhood stop promoting it as the ideal lifestyle for other women stop letting the patriarchy use you as an example as to why women should be and are actually happy in the stereotypical roles theyve been cornered into for centuries. fuck OFF.
i think it's interesting when people talk about rgu's narrative, specifically in the context of the narrative condemning the abuse it's depicting, but also stuff like how it treats its characters. because to me, utena's narrative exists on two (if not more) levels. like there's akio's narrative within the show and the way he frames and directs events, and within that framework his abuse is almost always obfuscated or romanticized, not condemned. just as an example, often the music used in the scenes of akio grooming utena is coding them in a very traditionally romantic way, and distinctly not as the horrible and sinister thing that it is. he's manipulating her, but he's trying to manipulate the audience too. a lot of what he does would, in any other show, be played straight as a romance. and yet we understand that this isn't what the show itself is trying to say. it is not trying to paint akio in a good light; akio is trying to paint himself in a good light, with the control that he has over the narrative. which of course in itself is part of the show's themes and allegory.
it's all fun and games being like "autism manga lol" until suddenly u are hit with the most realistic fictional depiction of the autism experience you've ever seen and you're crying over the silly dnd cooking story
I think bringing up "it/its" pronouns is a good test for people who claim to be "trans allies" because it so easily weeds out the people who are only doing it superficially. I've seen so many people who will post "Punch your local TERF #transrightsarehumanrights" and then turn around and be like "If someone says they go by 'it/its' pronouns it's actually good to misgender them because they're just teenager trenders"