“ohh what if it’s not the real world we live in. what if we’re in the fake world, & we are missing out on the more real things out there” our only frame of reference IS this world and that inherently makes it “real” to us fool! i dont have time for this Plato’s Lego of the Cave non sense!
@mcsiggy I love you but you enabled a cult of yaoi.
Nah, it’s a good ship and Siggy’s characterizations are solid. ANY popular MLM ship gets reduced to an anime trope. Look at 2012 erisol. Look at 2011 johnkat. Fuck, look at current davekat. That’s because it’s popular, which means it’s highly visible and gets a lot of attention from outsiders coming in including (GASP!!) young people.
The problem isn’t “Fujoshis and their gross yaoi!!1!” the problem (in so much as there is one) is inexperienced writers sticking characters into trope boxes because that’s how they understand the dynamics.
It’s a problem that gets solved by continuing to have fun with fandom (even if you don’t approve of the way they do it) and flexing their bitty creativity wings until they can finally leave the safe, comforting nest of anime tropes and develop the chops for things like in-depth character analysis and consistent writing voice. It’s a skill that takes time to learn.
(Seriously though, can we not with the “ew, this is the WORST” cringe culture bullshit, especially with throwing around terms like
Fujoshi which is HEAVILY rooted in misogyny? I kind of expect better consideration from you, Cro.)
calling girls fujoshis is misogynistic, period. no amount of acting woke about gay rights or ‘representation’ changes that your primary issue is a blatant contempt for girls’ sexual expression.
i love cutthroat kitchen but bingewatching makes it really stand out how often alton brown refers to himself as ‘daddy’ and makes contestants wear spreader bars
In an effort to both allocate space for and document the existence of masculine women, photographer Meg Allen created a powerful series of portraits for an exhibit at Cafe Gabriela in Oakland, Calif.
Entitled BUTCH, Allen’s series not only represents genderqueer women for a broader, heteronormative audience, but reaffirms butch identity within the queer community at a time when “butch flight,” or gender transitioning, is arguably becoming more and more commonplace. It is, as Allen says on her website, “an homage to the bull-daggers and female husbands before me, and to the young studs, gender queers and bois who continue to bloom into the present.”
i don’t like the idea that trans men realizing they’re trans is some kind of insult to, or drain on, butch women. but i do like celebrating butch women. let’s do the celebrating without the anti-trans digs, ok?
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