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bibiana112 · 10 months ago

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"The handmaiden is male gazey" did you know lesbians like fucking other women sexy style? Did you know that a large theme in the handmaiden was the male gaze and misogyny and if you can't separate explorations of a harmful idea from endorsements of it you may be hopeless?

guys I knew it I knew that would be a comment inflammatory enough to attract my first hate anon cut the cameras we did it bois :D

#did you know *I'm* a lesbian that is into that shit also? no because reading comprehension website #they're shot like they're doing that for the cameras not for each other so kind of shoots the message on the foot depending on how you look #never said it's endorsement I said it made *me* uncomfortable and bored because I've seen a dozen movies like that and I'm tired #not to mention this is a critical darling of a film #I'm well aware it isn't the movies fault that a bunch of film bros talk about how hot the scenes are but it still irks me #and were the people in charge of the filmaking process women btw? NO much less queer women they were mostly cis men #she had absolutely no qualms about playing a homosexual character #which in Korea actors can be considerably reluctant to do.#<- those two are straight from an interview with the guy the gayness was novelty and shock value #not to mention bestie it was inspired by a book go sing the praises of that while you're at it #that's where the thread of criticism towards the institutions of misogyny were pulled from #In Fingersmith Waters uses her depiction of lesbian love between Maud and Sue to challenge a variety of hetero-patriarchal norms #my god that name's hilarious #you don't need to defend the honor of a queer story that was adapted with a straight audience in mind #and this convinced me to check the book out idk about you but I'd rather see the version actually told by a lesbian 😊#a tag for asks #also ut's queerness is very gender identity related and I think people generally don't appreciate that as much as they do sex stuff

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