#i love this book and i love WOMEN

[sgtpeppers]

"Beatlemania offered escape from the mainstream, male-driven adult world through its own fashion, slang, social events, and music. Whether in Seattle or Stockholm, girls could cultivate a sense of shared identity and international community by subscribing to Beatles Monthly. Teen and music magazines also became invaluable texts, assisting fans in acquiring "Beatles knowledge" and connecting with fellow readers as pen pals. Female fans often wore Mod clothing, which they associated with the Beatles and their romantic partners-or they might sport a John Lennon cap or an "I love Ringo" button. American Beatlemaniacs often adopted the band's British slang ("fab," "gear," "grotty") to feel culturally closer to them. Some US fans formed the "Beatle Bobbies" ("Bobbies" as slang reference to British policemen), a group wanting to "protect the Beatles and control mass confusion" at their concerts. Others started fan clubs or hosted events at schools and local youth clubs. Akin to traditional subcultures, this community allowed girls to both "fit in" and "stick out" among peers. Through Beatlemania they could be daring together."

- A Women's History of The Beatles by Christine Feldman-Barrett

[tcmreads]

reading in bed. painting by marta astrain.

[forsapphics]

She is the poem

by June Bates

[knockknockwhosthereartistism]

One of my favorite Relativity Falls niches is Pacifica replacing the role of Fiddleford so here ya go

[caroldanversenthusiast]

margot robbie and greta gerwig at the barbie premiere in london💖💖💖 (HERstory)

[ayjaydee]

Tharion Ketos and Ithan Holstrom share a single brain cell, but neither of them has it. Who knows where it is? Not them, that’s for sure.

[shebsart]

[ruhnlidiasworld]

“Azriel can't have a book because SJM only have female protagonist”

Chaol Westfall somewhere in the MaasVerse:

[sidsinning]

When men like problematic violent video games and media it's easily "life doesn't equal fiction", but when women like toxic romance it's "poor women are being brainwashed into liking abusive relationships we shouldn't glorify", but society don't wanna acknowledge their infantilization of women when it comes to guilty pleasure hobbies geared towards a female demographic, like they don't have common sense and a brain when consuming fiction

[rosefires20]

My brainrot today is thinking about just how incredible for a character Eowyn is.

Genuinely. The series might not have many female characters but the ones we do get go so fucking hard.

To me, Eowyn is literally the definition of defining being a woman for oneself. She rejects the roles she is given despite acknlowdging the importance and its mostly because she knows part of the reason is that she is a woman.

The reason why she is obsessed with Aragorn isn't because she loves him but because she wants what he has. She wants the freedom and courage and bravery that Aragorn has at every turn. She literally has multiple conversations during the Two Towers about how what she fears most is a cage. All this girl wants is the freedom to be and not be forced into a role. The best thing is that she literally gets that.

The segment of Return of the King about Eowyn and Faramir is literally about her piecing together what she truly wants. She doesn't want Aragorn. She wants freedom and the ability to choose. Faramir does nothing but encourage that in her. Their love story is literally one of the healthiest love stories I've seen in a long time because at the heart of it, their love is a place to return home to for both parties. Both go off to lead and help their people for a considerable amount of time before returning to each other but that does not diminish their bond. Even Faramir, I believe, falls in love with her bravery and dedication to her loved ones. The reason she went to Pelenor Fields and Gondor with the troops of Rohan was because she had things she wanted to fight for. She wanted to fight for herself, her people, and her loved ones. She is the one who protects Theoden after he is killed so that his body gets the treatment it deserves. She encourages Merry and helps him go to the battle because she sees her struggle in Merry. They feel helpless standing around when there are things to be doing.

Let's also not forget the fact that she was around Grima Wormtounge just as much as the King was. She was exposed to the same poison and awful words that eroded the king. It's even implied that her care for him is part of the reason why Theoden was savable when Gandalf showed up. She had the same power and bravery as everyone else even if she didn't see it in herself.

Then at the end of the day, SHE decides where she wants to go and what path she wants to walk. She walked the path of a warrior. The path of a princess/ruler. The path of a caretaker. But in the end she decides which elements truly mean something to her outside of gender definitions. That is what makes her character so incredible to me. In this she literally kills one of the biggest enemies in that battle with such a badass line.

[artistmarchalius]

Have some Niffty’s from the early 50’s!

More catalog pages: Fem!Alastor, Fem!Vox, Rosie

Plus a historically accurate version (in terms of 1950’s catalog printing).

[hiyyihrts]

“For how long have you had feelings for him?”… Lord the way they keep making Eloise this non-observant clueless friend to everyone is crazy to me… especially continuously with Pen (and now Cressida also). She never fathomed that Pen could want to participate in ton events, want to be married, want to have even the bare minimum opportunity to be entertained by a man, and yet anytime Pen goes against anything Eloise always talked about she’s so surprised?? Maybe if you talked with your friends instead of at them we wouldn’t be running into this situation continuously El…

[fanvoidkeith]

sometimes family is a regular man, his surprisingly smart (and capricious) cat, his phoenix husband, the antichrist, an amorphous slime boy, a nature sprite, a gnome, a wyvern, a shapeshifter, a yeti, a much older and more powerful nature sprite, and her girlfriend the mayor

[bookishable]

it's always better to have loved.

philip pullman, the amber spyglass / guillermo del toro's pinocchio (2022) / fleabag (2016-2019) / andrew garfield / art by @catadromously / anne carson, euripides / markus zusak, the book thief / shannon barry / little women (2019) / the good place (2016-2020) / fyodor dostoevsky, crime and punishment / his dark materials (2019-2022) / @starpeace

[shebelievesindestiny1]

[itsagrimm]

Naberius Tern is the Ken to Barbie Ianthe Tridentarius.