#the woman she is

[imswimmingback]

lucy one chance pls i'm begging

[wandering-words]

Barbara's growth in Winter Snow (4.07) is astounding. Usually we see her in the role as a staunch traditionalist (think Librarian, Costume Contest, though definitely other examples too), but this time she's willing to put aside the centuries-long tradition of a Christmas themed school play to make sure all students feel included. And she doesn't even blink an eye when threatened by the prospect of a PTA backlash. I don't think season one Barbara would've done the same - not because she doesn't care for her students, but for tear of retribution. God I love the parallels and visible growth in this show, and I loved seeing Barbara be the one to drive change.

[kitkabam]

Also I know I post a lot about Lucanis, but I'm 100% also a Neve Gallus girl through and through and GOSH she's so gorgeous. The concept art makes me wonder if her peg leg has different customizations depending on what she wears?? And also if her hat can get even BIGGER.

[kimsangie]

every now and then hyoga kinda just appears in my head and suddenly all i think about is him. like get OUT!!!!! let me think about hot women!!!!!! but then i go "damn hyoga as a woman would be crazy" and then i think about hyoga AND women at the same time and i kinda go insane

i should draw him as a woman again....

[axailslink]

Should I write for Dominique Thorne as Judy Harmon in Judas and the black messiah?

I mean just look at her this character is calling my name

[sororygilmore]

on my knees

[preciouspatriots]

SHAYNA

[stillgotscars]

this part of stevie nicks’ interview with rolling stone is taking me out

[electricpurrs]

i also woke up in the middle of the night today and i felt the impulse to grab my phone but not even joking i stopped myself by conjuring this image in my brain so i just went back to sleep

[soundwavefucker69]

bastille has done more for the queer community by just making all of their love songs about "you" instead of specifying a gender than taylor swift has in all of her discography. thanks for coming to my ted talk.

[gongyussy]

i'll let phie-san say it:

[noperopesaredope]

I wish we had more female characters like Eleanor Shellstrop. One of the most unlikable people you've ever met. Read a Buzzfeed article on most rude things you can do on a daily basis and decided to use that as a list of goals. Makes everyone's day worse just by being there. Dropped a margarita mix on the ground and tried to pick it up, only to get hit by a row of shopping carts which pushed her into the road where she was hit by a boner pill delivery truck, killing her instantly. Cannot keep a romantic partner despite being bisexual. Had a terrible childhood but will die before she gets therapy. Best employee at a scam company. Just the worst but also can't help but root for her to improve.

Absolute loser. Girl-failure. Bad at almost everything. Literally perfect female character.

[inkskinned]

the tradwife movement is the same as it has always been - back in the kitchen, back to breeding - it just has better branding.

when i was younger, i hated pink. i was not like other girls. this is now something i'm embarrassed of - this was not me being a "girl's girl."

but it was expressing something many of us felt at the time: i literally wasn't what girlhood was supposed to be. this is a hard thing to explain, but you know when you're not performing girlhood correctly. it isn't as easy as "i liked x when girls liked y" - because there were other girls that liked x, too - but i never figured out exactly the correct way to like x, or to be interested in y.

now there is the divine feminine. this is the same rhetoric it has always been: women are biologically driven to like pink and ribbons and submitting to our husbands.

the problem is that the patriarchy found a better PR team. because yes, actually, i want every woman to have the choice to be a homemaker. i also want her taken seriously for her legitimate home-making labor. i want her to be recognized as also having a job, just unpaid. i want men to have this opportunity, too.

but it is no longer "i made this choice and I love it." instead it is a sixteen-paragraph rant about how selfish it is that my generation isn't having kids. instead it's long videos about how if you feed your children processed foods, you're going to kill them. instead it is "this is what womanhood is supposed to be. i feel bad for any other choices you're making."

the shame spiral is just prettier. it is large houses devoid of personality. it is the implication: if you don't have this, you aren't happy. the solid, everlasting assurance: women are actually supposed to be submitting. this is the default. this is the natural state of things. all other attempts inflict suffering.

but you can no longer say i'm not like other girls. you can no longer reject this image completely. you cannot find it revolting, even if you know that the underbelly is toxic and festering. sure, it is the same repackaged patriarchy. but the internet does not have shades of grey. you should support and reward other women! your disgust is actually internalized misogyny. not because you are seeing a vision of yourself the way they're trying to train you to be. not because you feel her ghost pass within an inch of your earlobe. not because your father will eventually ask you - why can't you be like her?

because they figured out how to make it beautiful: women will sell other women on this idea, and we will find the singular loophole in feminism. sure, she's shaming you in most of her videos. sure, she implies that a different life is obscene. but she just wants you to be happy! you'd be happier if you were listening!

and the whole time you're sitting there thinking: i'd actually just be happier if i had that kind of money.

[desertowlet]

Anya would probably play some of her music during the more difficult days on the ship, good thing the Captain Curly has taste at least.

[beebfreeb]