#like i'm sure some dude somewhere was probably capable of being titillated by watching jadzia and lenara kiss | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

grimark · 2 months ago

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fellas is it the male gaze when you give a female character an entire episode about her tragic star-crossed love for another woman, and they spend a lot of time talking and staring longingly at each other, and then share a fairly restrained and tasteful kiss. is that what the male gaze is about.

#like. arguably they had a controversial but ultimately non-threatening lesbian kiss for the ratings/viewership bump #but that wasn't the only reason #that was such a classic star trek Very Special Episode bc somebody wanted to say something about a social issue #(homophobia in this case)#and it definitely wasn't 'all in service of the male gaze' lmfao #like i'm sure some dude somewhere was probably capable of being titillated by watching jadzia and lenara kiss #but if that's all it takes for something to be 'the male gaze' then i guess we can't depict any lesbian activity ever #just in case a man might be looking.

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