#token feminism

[strawberrycakelove]

Honestly, and this is a very unpopular opinion, even though I'm a woman and I'm sympathetic to feminism (I'm not going to say feminist because I'm not an active activist, I'm not politically active or anything like that), I think it's silly to want EVERY FEMALE character to be involved with the main cast HAS TO GAIN RELEVANCE AND BE SIGNIFICANT, it NEEDS to be EXPLORED AND DEVELOPED.

Because feminism, female empowerment and so on, being less macho and sexist etc, because everything is always aimed at men, only they get the best etc….

But honestly, I PREFER (this is a personal preference) to look for a work where the author REALLY was inspired to create a character who feels like this, who corresponds to this model, where he REALLY WANTED to create a character from this perspective than to expect that an author unwilling and WITHOUT WILL AND INSPIRATION does so.

And I speak because of entertainment, and only because of that. (And because I am not obliged to consume something with taste of political and social activism, because yes, there is a difference, and it is terribly noticeable)

Ah!, but male characters are not exempt from this and so on and so on, they are also constructed by cultural models and values ​​etc. and so on… (and all these arguments that EVERYONE KNOWS)

I know this very well, but what's the problem with me wanting an empowered female character who doesn't have TASTE of political and social activism? just like the male characters (macho and sexist, very stereotyped) are? What's wrong with me wanting a character who at least feels more natural and relatable? more authentic? Instead of her looking like a walking feminist primer?

I watch entertainment to embark on a fantasy world! It's to escape the real world! Not to remind me that the world is a mess and that is a product! I know that this is a product at the end of the day. But I don't want to consume entertainment whose product tastes like a product, I don't watch entertainment because of the design of its plastic packaging, I'm there for the content!

I don't want an empowered female character perfectly aligned with the ideals of empowerment and so "aligned and perfect" that it becomes caricatured and ridiculously artificial and inhuman (it's better to create a robot character right away that looks like it came with a program feminist training built into your system).

At worst, this is the most atrocious way to dehumanize feminism in entertainment and ridicule it.

Here is totally my personal opinion! I think that female empowerment loses a lot when an author, WHO HAS NO WILL, is forced to create a female character along these lines just to meet a demand, because unfortunately, this character will end up sounding, having that tone, CREATED ON DEMAND .

And there is nothing more discouraging than consuming media with a bland, poorly made, uninspired, dull "empowered female character", because it is terribly explicit that he is only there to meet a demand.

Between that and looking for authors who really write good and truly inspired female characters, I prefer the second, rather than wanting and hoping that work X, Y or Z fits my demand, because if the author doesn't have that profile, it will be a poor adaptation.

And this is to expect that authors of works, already consecrated and established, that we can adore but do not cover these aspects, that adapt (sometimes clearly against their will, as the poor and lazy result makes it obvious), would do this, that and that other to adapt, I think (and this is just my opinion) that this takes away the opportunity for other authors to stand out and shine, as it makes the range of options restricted and without space for new authors, new styles, forms of concepts etc., because the only ones, in one way or another, who continue to be "allowed" to shine, are those who have already established themselves and remove potential spaces, and at the same time I think it leaves them in a very comfortable position to deliver adaptations bad and poorly made of these demands.

And that to me is the same as holding on to the plastic packaging, the "brand", the label, and forgetting about the contents.

It's literally judging a book by its cover.

Because it won't matter how bad the result is, because nobody wants to know about authors other than them, nobody wants to look elsewhere, for others who can do it better and more interesting with quality entertainment, in a more authentic way, and they, " "They are allowed" to do bad things, because some fans never get tired of begging for crumbs.

And there is no reason to serve a banquet, for those looking for crumbs.

That's why I'd rather look for my banquet than beg for crumbs.

This is my personal opinion only.

[rineedagger]

I am rage

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[spiderfreedom]

Not a female separatist but I'm forever grateful to them for introducing the idea of just centring women in our lives. Focusing on women artists, scientists, writers, showrunners, businessowners... and where we don't see women in those positions, asking why, and what can we do to help. Focusing on female friends and female family. Building relations and community among women to help women. Spending your $$ money $$ on women. You don't need to be a full separatist to incorporate this into your life, and imagine what women could accomplish if we just decided to focus on uplifting women as a class.

[thisisasideblog1]

i actually believe that doing extremely patriarchal things but with males instead is the only way to solve male violence. use all the cultural weapons available to kill their biological drives:

- abort most male foetuses: less criminals in the world

- teach men that they are naturally incompetent and too emotional to function and should only care about shallow stuff like their appearance: less men in positions of power and consequently less systematic rape, pedophilia etc

- have a matriarchal religion that doesn't actually worship goddesses, but instead a male deity that is held to impossible moral standards (like a male Virgin Mary) and shame men for not being like Him, until they start to compulsively police their own behavior and become very strict with themselves. if worshipping goddesses at all, make them be just regular women with very human flaws who can, idk, control thunders and be really scary. make them old grannies to avoid sexualization or make it forbidden to depict them. male deities on the other hand should be very young and beautiful but also virginal. you can also add oversexed male demons to your religion so male sexuality can finally be demonized and rightfully so

- remind them of how we used to live in a perfect world until a frivolous male did a stupid male thing and Scary Goddesses/Pretty God had to exile our entire species

- make them feel guilty for being born. tell them how you would rather have daughters because they're so much easier to raise. buying cute outfits is the only good thing about mothering a boy

- and if men complain about all of the above tell them that suffering is good and they'll be rewarded in heaven. actually men are really good at this suffering thing and they should be proud of how they never complain when treated like shit. it's one of the few things they're good at. women could never. <3 suffering in silence is so sexy guys!!!

- repeat this bullshit over and over until it becomes true

- teach them that being pleasant, inoffensive, and subservient to women should be their life goal. they should act in a way that's pleasant to women even when there's no woman around

- and if they don't like it, tell them that they're not in touch with their natural masculine instincts and should be very ashamed of it. because nature or whatever

- reprimand them harshly at the first signs of self confidence

- make them feel insecure about EVERYTHING from head to toes to their way of walking to their speaking voices. constantly compare them to other men

- but give them lots of praise and extra cookies if they act shitty to other men and defend women even if they're wrong. be careful not to overdo it though. make it clear that your love is conditional :)

- discourage them from exercising, learning self defense or doing anything that could make them stronger. that's a woman's thing and not acting your gender is the quintessential crime

- also keep them on a diet that would make them more peaceful and emotionally bland. in other words keep them malnourished, and encourage eating disorders

- men are the inferior gender btw. ever seen a horse? yes they're big. but they're so dumb! ever seen a horse do math? they're only good at breeding! actually they're also good at being trained by females! men should be proud of being like horses 🐎🐎🐎🐎 because 💕💕🌼🌼🥰🤗

and that, folks, is how you actually empower women! because doing that shit to us is how men empowered themselves in first place 😊

[whats-in-a-sentence]

The famous anti-slavery token made by the Wedgewood pottery in 1787 entitled 'Am I not a Man and a Brother?' was popular among abolitionists in England. But it would be 1838 before a coin was struck for enslaved women's rights – 'Am I not a Woman and a Sister?' – and then it was made for the American Anti-Slavery Society and popular in America.

English elite women did not feel a sisterhood with women of a lower class or another race. Elite women called for political rights for their own class, not for anyone else. They even used the example of slavery to support their campaign – comparing their inequality to slavery.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

[padawan-historian]

When Auntie Zora said "not all my skinfolks are kinfolks," this is your reminder that some skinfolks would rather be pokemon tokens and extraordinary negroes than abandon their neoliberal privileges that destroy our people and planet. Also being LGBTQ+ doesn't equate to being antiracist (which this neoliberal flamingo clearly isn't).

Also, all those people continuing to go into the venue rather than standing in solidarity with these profiled MENA women and saying that they won't attend unless they are rightfully allowed to enter (if the Biden-Harris team is so concerned about bad press from kicking out folks calling for a ceasefire and end to genocide . . . then why not . . . y'know . . . call for a ceasefire?)

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🇵🇸 @thisiskayem This occurred on Saturday's "Get The Vote Out" event in Las Vegas for @kamalaharris @vp.

The two visibly Muslim women RSVP'd for the event, were given wristbands upon checking in, and were standing in line when the Harris campaign officials denied them entry.

They provided screenshots of the the invite, photos wearing the wristbands, and an email of arrival instructions on Twitter.

The masks are coming all the way off.

[starlooove]

“There is no fanfic on Stephs treatment I have checked” that’s like the whole point.

[helgliti]

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[haggishlyhagging]

Another side effect of feminine complicity is, of course, feminine antifeminism. This, unlike masculine antifeminism, rarely takes the form of physical violence. The part of the antifeminist woman that identifies with the power structure looks upon a woman who threatens that structure as a threat to herself. She expresses disapproval and hostility. This divisiveness among women is an extension of the duality existing within the female self. It lashes out at unexpected moments and from unexpected sources. Often it happens that the woman who has achieved outstanding success in a "masculine" field openly discourages other women from following her example. Having accepted her role as token in the higher echelons of the professional establishment, she adopts the attitudes of her male colleagues toward women who would aspire to follow the same road. Her words of discouragement and her lack of supportive sisterhood confuse and present a kind of "double bind" situation to women who look to her for encouragement. On the one hand, they see in her the authentic self—acting, speaking, creating. On the other hand, they see that this self is acting, speaking, and creating on behalf of "the system" and in opposition to their own aspirations. Only a minority of women are able to see that such behavior is self-contradictory and that the successful token who behaves in this way is acting as patriarchy's puppet, giving out the message she has been programmed to give out: "Listen, even I, your would-be self, say you shouldn't try." Perhaps it isn't too surprising that most women follow the line of least resistance and listen to the words rather than the actions of such successful women, whose achievement is thus prostituted. Just as overcoming the paralysis of the divided self begins with perception carried out into concrete action, so triumph over feminine antifeminism will begin through conscious efforts at "bonding" supportively with other women and affirming collectively as well as individually the will to liberation. Ultimately only women can eradicate the psychological violence done by and through women to members of our own sex, by giving support and by making each other conscious of what is in large measure an unconscious duplicity.

-Mary Daly, Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women’s Liberation

[coffincoitus]

ik you said you don’t want to entertain much discussion about the ethel cain post so please just delete/ignore this if you really don’t want to engage! i’m sure it could be upsetting.

but i’d like to share my pov irt her calling female genitalia gross; the post was obviously harshly worded but i personally really doubt a trans woman would genuinely find female genitalia gross for its body hair and straight up express that. she says “you have body hair on your genitalia, you are gross TOO” and the fact that she specifically says “too” means that if this was meant to be taken 100% seriously as a belief of hers, she would also be calling her own body/genitalia gross which would be strange. i think the thesis of the post is “if i’m not meeting your standards for a woman with my gross hairy ‘masculine’ body/genitalia, then y’all are ‘gross’ TOO according to these impossible standards.” while this is a perfectly sound message the delivery was riddled with misogynistic language imo, and i have a similar pov as you in that while i think it was not a perfect thing to say we certainly shouldn’t like ‘cancel’ her for something she said in response to violent transphobia… that’s just my interpretation though, maybe i’m wrong. but the fact that she says “too” is mostly what makes me more certain.

yeah like, obviously she was reacting to remarks about her own body and that's why it was harshly worded etc... and it still was a ridiculous thing to say. "he's not going to fuck you" "pussy is gross too" are ridiculous and misogynistic statements. like, they just are. we don't suddenly live in an alternate reality where pussy hair and asshole hair on women are praised as clean and dandy. we can have empathy for ec's struggle and still say that. and then move on with our lives. I never said we should harass or denounce her. I just said the words were misogynistic and stupid. like she's a 20 something musician with a tumblr fanbase, she's not a trained speaker or a philosopher. she's bound to say dumb things. it's possible to recognize that without harassing her

[vitrines]

i have such severe beef with the "all these male characters are women actually so it's #feminism and yuri" crowd because like. why are you making them women. what is it about these characters that makes you see them as women, as opposed to actual female characters. do you headcanon female characters as trans men? do you headcanon female characters as trans women? are you headcanoning these male characters as trans women, or are you just she/her-ing them?

if you have to make jokes about how male-centric your series is and you spend more time doing that than you do thinking critically about why that is, keep the word yuri out of your mouth. keep the term "final girl" out of your mouth. go find some female characters. go find some transfem characters. i promise you the representation is out there. there are a million webcomics and novels.

[fanfic-lover-girl]

This is a long video but it is worth the watch. The SW Sequel characters deserved better. The racism and misogyny in this so-called progressive trilogy are appalling.

I want to see black and female characters treated as fully fleshed characters with flaws and dreams, not just pieces of cardboard with black skin and/or a vagina.

[033h]

being rly real but I have never felt like femininity was sacred or magical to me, the only part that ever resonated with me was the feminization of the pursuit of beauty and ability to use beauty as social leverage as a woman. and honestly that just felt like making the best of the hand I was dealt

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[starlooove]

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