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The joyful affirmation of plus-sized leads in yuri
Content Warnings: Discussions of fatphobia and sizeism in media (not directly present in the manga discussed, but rather in general pop culture), sexism, and queerphobia.
Spoilers for the second volume of She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat
Character designs are one of the most crucial elements in a visual medium, as choices in clothing and hairstyle can be subtle references to cultural expectations and understandings. Body type is one of these indicators, as many protagonists are portrayed with idealized bodies, while antagonists are given “undesirable” bodies. This commonly results in unconscious examples of harmful stereotypical beliefs rooted in ableism, racism, cissexism, sizeism and/or fatphobia.
Fatness, in particular, is commonly used as a shorthand visual cue for a character who has an abhorrent and insatiable appetite whether it be for food, power, sex, or some combination therein. Even secondary characters on the side of the hero(ine)s are not immune to this harsh perception, as their fatness typically makes them the butt of the joke to both the other characters and their creators. In this context, fatness is often something associated with clumsiness and incompetence in comparison to the rest of their group, and these characters can only be worthy of respect after they shed some pounds.
Finding positive examples of representation within any genre is generally frustrating for many plus-sized readers and viewers, but the romance genre is perhaps one of the most disheartening as we typically are not present at all. This harkens back to common perception in various cultural contexts that larger, fatter, bodies are synonymous with being unattractive and undesirable, alongside other negative connotations.
Mainstream manga with romance (sub)plots are no exception to this, with very few stories positively portraying a fat protagonist in the leading role. This is part of why seeing two recent yuriseries with plus-sized women in the leading roles was such an unexpected, long-overdue joy. These series are the action-packed, sci-fi-horror-romance SHWD by sono.N and the sweet, grounded, and unquestionably queer positive slice-of-life She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat by Yuzaki Sakaomi. In a media landscape where there are seldom women who have a body type like mine, seeing two very different series, in terms of genre and presentation, showcase plus-sized sapphic women as people worthy of respect and desire, was so impactful for me.
Read it at Anime Feminist!
#shwd#she loves to cook and she loves to eat#she loves to cook#yuri#yuzaki sakaomi#fat positvity#articles#tsukuritai onna to tabetai onna
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31 days, 31 ships. Day 27: Nomoto & Kasuga from She Loves to Cook, She Loves to Eat🍳🍙
#aestheticchallenge#moodboard#31 days 31 ships#wlw ship#yuri ship#yuri manga#josei manga#josei romance#totoko kasuga#yuki nomoto#she loves to cook and she loves to eat#she loves to cook#she loves to eat#she loves to cook she loves to eat#nomoto x kasuga
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probably time for this story i guess but when i was a kid there was a summer that my brother was really into making smoothies and milkshakes. part of this was that we didn't have AC and couldn't afford to run fans all day so it was kind of important to get good at making Cool Down Concoctions.
we also had a patch of mint, and he had two impressionable little sisters who had the attitude of "fuck it, might as well."
at one point, for fun, this 16 year old boy with a dream in his eye and scientific fervor in heart just wanted to see how far one could push the idea of "vanilla mint smoothie". how much vanilla extract and how much mint can go into a blender before it truly is inedible.
the answer is 3 cups of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup milk alternative, and about 50 sprigs (not leaves, whole spring) of mint. add ice and the courage of a child. idk, it was summer and we were bored.
the word i would use to describe the feeling of drinking it would maybe be "violent" or perhaps, like. "triangular." my nose felt pristine. inhaling following the first sip was like trying to sculpt a new face. i was ensconced in a mesh of horror. it was something beyond taste. for years after, i assumed those commercials that said "this is how it feels to chew five gum" were referencing the exact experience of this singular viscous smoothie.
what's worse is that we knew our mother would hate that we wasted so much vanilla extract. so we had to make it worth it. we had to actually finish the drink. it wasn't "wasting" it if we actually drank it, right? we huddled around outside in the blistering sun, gagging and passing around a single green potion, shivering with disgust. each sip was transcendent, but in a sort of non-euclidean way. i think this is where i lost my binary gender. it eroded certain parts of me in an acidic gut ecology collapse.
here's the thing about love and trust: the next day my brother made a different shake, and i drank it without complaint. it's been like 15 years. he's now a genuinely skilled cook. sometimes one of the three of us will fuck up in the kitchen or find something horrible or make a terrible smoothie mistake and then we pass it to each other, single potion bottle, and we say try it it's delicious. it always smells disgusting. and then, cerimonious, we drink it together. because that's what family does.
#this is true#writeblr#warm up#relatedly for some reason one of our Favorite Jokes#amongst the Siblings#is like - ''this is so good u will love it''#while we are reacting to something we OBVIOUSLY find viscerally disgusting#like we will be actively retching and be like ''nooooo it's so good''#to the point that i sometimes get nervous if someone outside my family is like oh u should try it its good#(obvi we never force each other to eat anything. we are all just curious birds and#like. we're GONNA try the new thing.)#edit to answer why we had so much vanilla:#my mom is a very good cook and we LOVE to bake. so she just had a lot of staples in the house.#it's one of those things that's like. have u ever continuously thought ''ah i should get butter im probably out''#even tho u are not out of butter. so u end up with like 5 years of butter.#my mom would do that in a costco but like with vanilla extract#to be fair we WERE always using WAY TOO MUCH bc we were kids#so like she was right to stock up#ps. yes we were VERY sick after this lol i just didn't want to include it in the post in case ppl had an ick about that#u can tell it's real bc we knew "oh no we fucked up that's too much vanilla to waste'' but our reaction was to just. keep drinking it#> sibling understanding that vanilla extract isn't free > knowledge mother doesnt mind if we use it for milkshakes#> sibling choice to maybe get in a loophole of ''not wasting it'' if we drink it bc that's the same as using it (not throwing it out)#listen bud i was like 13 and my sister was like 9#when my mom discovered this we. got in. A LOT. of trouble. a lot of it. a LOT of it.#3rd edit bc i guess it isn't clear - i am 1 of my brother's 2 little sisters#i am the middle child#out of all the ways i have had to explain a post before being like ''did u forget a middle child can happen'' is my favorite
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This is the single most attractive thing a love interest has ever said in the history of fiction
#she loves to cook and she loves to eat#mineminemine#i need more yuri about adults please for the love of god I need an unending supply of yuri like this
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Jazz takes care of a de-aged Danny, and they lay low in Gotham. But just because Danny’s body is younger doesn’t mean his powers have lessened. In fact, they’ve only grown harder to control. Having the energy of a child makes containing his powers harder (just like when he first got them) until they realize that Danny’s powers are much easier to control when he can get rid of some of his excess energy. Jazz hears about a free gym open to all that is also meta-proof (more durable) from a wonderful woman at the library. (Lookin at you Babs)
The gym has a gigantic kids play area, along with classes for all ages and a training area complete with an American Gladiator style obstacle course for adults. Jazz will use the obstacle course sometimes when her boss has fully ticked her off. Stephanie and Cass volunteer there whenever they can. Jason always sends the alley kids there too because it’s close by and a safe place. Dick leads a class there whenever he can.
Dick actually holds the record for the obstacle course. Until Jazz gives it a go after a particularly trying day. She doesn’t realize there’s a record. She never would have used the course if she’d known. Training with Pandora and Fright Knight gave her plenty of advantages with how she can use her liminality and she definitely doesn’t need to stand out.
But again, she doesn’t know there’s a record. Or that someone saw her going repeatedly through the course (Stephanie) and decided to time her on her next go. (She doesn’t film without permission because she’s respectful of boundaries like that) She does post Jazz’s time in the Batfam group chat to take Dick down a couple notches though.
Or someone else (not Batfam, just a random citizen) takes a video of her doing the course and posts it on the internet and now they (Jazz and Danny) have to stay one step ahead of Vlad, the Batfam, their parents, and avoid the GIW. How hard can it be?
#danny phantom#dp x dc#dc x dp#dp x dc prompt#jazz fenton#dp x dc crossover#danny fenton#jasmine fenton#dc x dp au#anger management ship#hardcover ship#someone please yoink this#I love watching people do those courses#also a race between Jazz and Dick would be AMAZING#Jason might fall in love a bit#not because she beat Dick although that’s a plus#but because she beat up a couple of thugs#he was a civilian at the time and saw her defending her son and HAD to help#and she definitely accidentally punched Jason in the face#it was awesome#she apologized profusely#Danny laughed#and invited him over for dinner#Jazz reluctantly agreed it was the least she could do#Jason was touched until they tried to cook and almost burned down the kitchen#then he took over so they wouldn’t poison him#meanwhile Dick is having an existential crisis and is simultaneously super excited that one of his students beat him
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you think dipper and mabel have experience deescalating fights because of their parents
#let me cook#in the book of bill he says dipper has nightmares abt the last fight he overheard with his mom and dad#before they sent them out to gravity falls for the summer#the way mabel runs to them first really makes me think shes doing all that emotional labor at home#i love them these sorry sons of bitches#gravity falls#stanford pines#stanly pines#the pines twins#and their fucked up family#mabel pines#dipper pines
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Senshi and Parenthood
I’m obsessed with Senshi’s narrative role— or lack thereof actually. He’s not there to devote himself to a cause or further the plot, I actually don’t think he knows why he’s there for 90% of the story. He just. Saw a bunch of bumbling young looking people and went “well somebody’s got to feed them.”
And meanwhile there’s. Eldritch chaos and a complex narrative centered around life death and rebirth being intrinsically tied into the concept of hunger and appetite— and Senshi is standing there with his wok like, “okay sure you’re under the thrall of your own desires puppeted by an interdimensional being how bout I make you a pie and you calm down.” And it WORKS.
It works every time because surprise surprise people do need to be fed in order to work to their goals. It reminds me of how much we take our guardians for granted. How much it means to be a parent or caretaker making meal after meal for others. What it means to nurture people so they can get up each day and fulfill their dreams.
We so often take these loved ones in our lives for granted. They’re not there to save the day. They’re there to save us. They’ll think about our needs and inclinations when no one else will.
If you’re blessed enough to have a Senshi in your life, appreciate them!! They may not be slaying the demons, but they’re the ones who got you there.
Love him. He’s Mother.
#choked when marcille’s desire was for her parents to try his cooking#she complained the whole time but she legitimately loved his cooking so much#he made it all with love that’s why#dungeon meshi spoilers#dungeon meshi#delicous in dungeon#senshi dungeon meshi
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Gojo "Touch Starved" Satoru
#annoying ass idiot 24/7#he just has to much energy for his own good#adhd gojo satoru#geto is used to getting woken up by him cuz suguru's better at cooking breakfast#haibara my darling enjoys gojo's casual touches#shoko just doesn't mind#she let's him#it takes too much effort to tell him off#nanami used to struggle out of his grasp but gave up at some point#but every time he senses satoru coming he bolts#stupid himbo i love him#gojo saotur#tokyo 5#jujutsu kaisen#fanart#jjk#haibara yu#nanami kento#shoko ieiri#geto suguru#IPMSSA_SatoSho!Fanart#IPMSSA_SatoSugu!Fanart#IPMSSA_Tokyo5!Fanart#IPMSSA_FoundFamily!Fanart
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Do you have a website where you read “she loves to cook she loves to eat”?
I do but I'm gonna urge you to buy the volumes.
I got mine recently but a moot was posting about it so I read the rest online to not get spoiled.
#I know it's selfish of me but this shit's so good I need y'all to support the official release#she loves to cook and she loves to eat
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She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat illustration by Sakaomi Yuzaki
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Japanese lesbian dramas do NOT play. They will deliver everytime, I’m telling you.
She Loves To Cook, And She Loves To Eat - A sweet and cozy romance about neighbours bonding over their love of food, learning about each other’s lives and slowly falling in love.
Chaser Game W - Two exes made to work together as employee x boss after not seeing each other for years. However, they can’t keep away from each other because they’re still in love.
Ayaka Is In Love with Hiroko - Lovestruck coworkers who think the other isn’t interested in them, but in reality, they have massive crushes on each other.
#she loves to cook and she loves to eat#chaser game w#ayaka is in love with hiroko#jdrama#gl drama#japanese gl
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Sooo I might be making an animatic for love in Paradise o-o
#epic the musical#art#fanart#odysseus#animatic#wip#love in paradise#wisdom saga#PAINNNNN#ok but im cooking for my first animatic sketch#like she's eating a little. it's hard ngl though but very fun!
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Monty's excitement when Vanessa said she'd golf with him was so freaking cute 😭
(Sorry this is a little late)
Vanessa affect on all the Glamrocks,,
#ask reply#THANK YOU for giving me the excuse to share the whole set#Vanessa adopted them all 🩷#SHOUT out especially to Monty my favourite boy#all of them just needed a lil love and encouragement 💗💗💗💗#gotta let Vanessa meet more animatronics she loves em all#soon soon more let me cook
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Nomoto and Kasuga from She Loves To Cook, And She Loves To Eat making a Valentine's Day meal (and sneaking an early dessert) for a kofi request 💞🩷
#she loves to cook and she loves to eat#Yuki Nomoto#nomoto yuki#Totoko Kasuga#kasuga totoko#i have read the first volume of this and its so cute i really really need to catch up
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I love this series FUCK
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you're mine ~❤️❤️
#kazumaji#majima goro#majima#kiryu#kiryu kazuma#rgg fanart#rgg#yakuza#fanart#my drawings#goromi#like a dragon#i love how this came out omggg#i was looking 4 poses on pinterest like its so useful lmao#i need to cook more kazumaji art im sorry i take so long#i love drawing goromi shes so fun to draw hbjhbjhbdsckld
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