Tag: feminism: not just for lesbians

A Tasting Menu of Female Representation:

priscellie:

cl-hilbert:

The Bechdel:

two or more women talking to each other about something other than a man

The Mako Mori:

at least one female character with her own narrative arc that is not about supporting a man’s story

The Sexy Lamp:

a female character that cannot be removed from the plot and replaced with a sexy lamp without destroying the story.

Chef’s Specials:

The Anti-Freeze:

no woman assaulted, injured or killed to further the story of another character.

The “Strength is Relative”:

complex women defined by solid characterization rather than a handful of underdeveloped masculine-coded stereotypes.

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samknitchester:

sheabuttabae:

pregnantparentingprochoice:

“When I was pregnant, patients often asked me if it was hard/weird to do their abortion.

My response was simple, ‘Not at all. It is not the right time for you, but it is for me. Later on, if you decide to become a parent, I will be by your side then too.’”

Pratima Gupta, MD, MPH

Bless her.

this is what pro choice is about. you’re pregnant and want to keep or carry to term for someone else? cool beans. that’s up to you. pregnant but don’t want to be, even for someone else? cool beans. still up to you and no one else

smileygrrl:

everybodyilovedies:

mrv3000:

ladysciles:

Atwell has reported that she was asked by the film company to lose weight
for her role as Julia Flyte. It was only when co-star Emma Thompson (who will play Lady Marchmain) heard the news that things got resolved:

Says Atwell: “I went round to Emma’s one night and she was getting very angry that I wasn’t eating all the food she was giving me. I told her why and she hit the roof.” The no-nonsense Thompson was so outraged that she called the producers the next day and threatened to resign from the film if they forced Atwell to lose weight. Faced with Thompson — a two-time Oscar winner — on the warpath, Miramax Films swiftly relented.’ (x) 

Can Emma Thompson come in anytime a studio wants to starve an actress and

Emma’s mentioned before—I forget what interview it was—that she doesn’t believe in having skinny actress just because. There ought to be a REASON for it. So when directors ask her to lose weight for a role she’s like “why? is my character supposed to be anorexic? does she having an eating disorder? is her thinness somehow relevant to her in any way?” and just. yeah. emma thompson, guardian angel of lady actors. o/

Raise your hand if you want Emma Thompson to be your fairy godmother.

*raises hand*

eschergirls:

olgaulanova:

americanninjax:

isaia:

mybodythehandgrenade:

brinconvenient:

gailsimone:

chrishaley:

Done and done.

(Not pictured: “Butt window”, but trust me, it’s there.)

You have no idea how much this cheered me up just now.

I for one, think this is a major improvement. Look how empowered he is! And it’s relevant to the character as someone who is powered by the sun, he’d want to maximize the amount of sunlight he receives, right? It’s not like it makes sense for him to cover himself from chin to toe.
In fact, I think some strappy sandals might be an improvement.

strappy high heeled sandals would increase his height making him closer to the sun. and if wonderwoman can fight in heels it can’t be that hard, right?

SO EMPOWERING

Felt a dire need to contribute to the hilarity.

Now I can tell right away he’s a strong male character. Whew! No more confusion.

+1 for him doing the boobs and butt pose too.