#thinking about how 99% of fantasy heroines even the shallow faux-feminist 'i'm not like other girls i wear pants!' ones–
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"Female characters aren't allowed to be feminine anymore! Why aren't girly girls allowed to kick ass while wearing makeup– oh the actresss are all wearing makeup? Well not enough of it! It's so subtle I barely noticed. And they are never allowed to wear skirts or dresses– ok well those scenes don't count there are some scenes where they DON'T wear dresses. Real girly girls never wear pants. And in fact now that I think about it it's sooo misogynistic that so many of these women in fantasy and action franchises fight. Women are worthy even if they don't display masculine traits like combat! Why- oh, I said I wanted girly girls to kick ass earlier? Well obviously I meant that METAPHORICALLY. Why can't they command armies instead and leave the fighting to the men? Actually now that I think about it that would mean they are the ones making the decisions while the men follow them... that's bad! Why do we only value women if they display talent in a masculine field like politics? And they always have to fix everything while the male love interests are useless. Women deserve to be taken care of! A GOOD female character would have a boyfriend or husband who solves all the major plot points for her! That gives her more time to do feminine things like dressing up prettily and doing her makeup and dancing 🥰"
#misogyny#gender#women#fantasy#media criticism#female characters#people will be like ugh female characters are so masculine nowadays and then their idea of a masculine woman is like... katniss everdeen#thinking about how 99% of fantasy heroines even the shallow faux-feminist 'i'm not like other girls i wear pants!' ones–#(that bullshit like this aaaalmost genuinely critisises before revealing that they think the flaw is not shallow writing but a lack of pink#– will still somehow end up in a beautiful ballgown that shows off their perfect skinny-but-curvy figures with 21st century makeup#because the franchise wants to have their cake and eat it too#fandom misogyny#feminism#women in fiction
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