I'm sorry it took me so long to reply, but really, YES.
latter-day feminism, in which being 'feminine' (in a primarily consumerist fashion) is more laudable than any other effort, particularly in media figures.
God yes. It is consumerist. I never really got that until just now. It takes so much money and time and energy and more money to achieve a look which is considered properly feminine now. Just being in a natural state and making no modifications whatsoever is so often considered (gasp) mannish. And of course shopping itself is painted as feminine too. Thanks for pinning down for me what has always sort of subconsciously bugged me about "Pussycat Dolls Feminism"--It doesn't feel like an honest expression of sexuality or womanliness--just an expression of how well you can please the universal male gaze, coupled with an expression of how close you can get to the upper upper class. Lord, the money obsession is eating itself.
So Buffy wants a 'normal life,' but as she doesn't seem to have a burning desire to be[...]
You're right, she didn't seem to have lifelong ambitions beyond "get a normal life" which is implied as "date boys, go shopping." Which if you look at in a metaphorical sense... really sucks. Giving up super strength and a purpose to become kind of a stereotype? I used to think maybe she was this way because she thought longterm plans were useless in the face of a job which had very low life-expectancy, but then again... did she not have any goals or dreams before being chosen? For that matter, hobbies at all?
There’re a few Slayers in the show who do exactly that
Yeah, that's disturbing. Robin's mother dies, Kendra dies... Faith suffers but ultimately lives, since Faith is walking sexuality and also super hott.
Can there not even be one big super-strong girl who’s gung-ho like Vasquez in Aliens?
Seriously! Gung-ho in attitude and in body would be great. I mean, petite women can be totally fierce, but can we please also have some women cast in a fighter role who actually look like fighters, with muscles and scars and maybe even a big frame sometimes? And no matter what they look like, don't really care all that much about pretty?
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Re: caution: tealdeer crossing
Date: 2010-02-03 03:05 am (UTC)latter-day feminism, in which being 'feminine' (in a primarily consumerist fashion) is more laudable than any other effort, particularly in media figures.
God yes. It is consumerist. I never really got that until just now. It takes so much money and time and energy and more money to achieve a look which is considered properly feminine now. Just being in a natural state and making no modifications whatsoever is so often considered (gasp) mannish. And of course shopping itself is painted as feminine too. Thanks for pinning down for me what has always sort of subconsciously bugged me about "Pussycat Dolls Feminism"--It doesn't feel like an honest expression of sexuality or womanliness--just an expression of how well you can please the universal male gaze, coupled with an expression of how close you can get to the upper upper class. Lord, the money obsession is eating itself.
So Buffy wants a 'normal life,' but as she doesn't seem to have a burning desire to be[...]
You're right, she didn't seem to have lifelong ambitions beyond "get a normal life" which is implied as "date boys, go shopping." Which if you look at in a metaphorical sense... really sucks. Giving up super strength and a purpose to become kind of a stereotype? I used to think maybe she was this way because she thought longterm plans were useless in the face of a job which had very low life-expectancy, but then again... did she not have any goals or dreams before being chosen? For that matter, hobbies at all?
There’re a few Slayers in the show who do exactly that
Yeah, that's disturbing. Robin's mother dies, Kendra dies... Faith suffers but ultimately lives, since Faith is walking sexuality and also super hott.
Can there not even be one big super-strong girl who’s gung-ho like Vasquez in Aliens?
Seriously! Gung-ho in attitude and in body would be great. I mean, petite women can be totally fierce, but can we please also have some women cast in a fighter role who actually look like fighters, with muscles and scars and maybe even a big frame sometimes? And no matter what they look like, don't really care all that much about pretty?