red-cowboy-one:

So i saw the barbie movie yesterday and honestly? It was fun but kinda superficial on all of the feminist aspects that were so talked about by people online etc. I think they wanted to talk about too many different things all at once and ended up talking about all of them but just on a surface level. America Ferreira’s monologue was nice but also was kinda just thrown there? I mean they kinda just went “woah, what you said is great! Let’s move on with the plot!”. Obviously I didn’t think it was gonna be a movie that delved deeply into feminist issues but i thought the director would’ve at least chosen one main theme to focus on and develop throughout the movie, instead of giving 15 seconds of screen time to each issue that came to mind. Like the motherhood theme, the “there’s no woman in a position of power” at the mattel studios thing, the body image issues and harassment that barbie goes thru, and many many more, are just presented and either quickly and superficially resolved or just kind of left hanging there. The only theme that is more fleshed out is the patriarchy thing with ken that does kinda work, tho even then it’s not very deep at all. All in all it was an enjoyable watch but different from what i thought.

I think the type of feminism that hates Barbie is a vocal minority. Some feminists are critical of the anti-Barbie feminists due to feminity-shaming and claims that aren’t backed up by facts. Lammily dolls were made to depict a realistic women (created by a man who never claimed to be a feminist) and was explicitly marketed as an alternative to Barbie. This concept received support from Barbie haters, but did not do well commercially. Similarily, the second iteration of Monster High featured changes that seemed to be based on complaints from parents. This iteration lasted two years.

https://anaholleman.medium.com/sometimes-average-is-worse-why-lammily-failed-to-win-hearts-92fc3b36d4a1

sleeping-satan:

I want to start off by saying that I loved the Barbie movie. The messages around how women are treated and directly discussing the double standards they’re forced to deal with are in your face and addressed well. All while not being too depressing to the point where it brings down joy and comedy of the film. When talking about social issues, it’s extremely difficult to do that, but when done correctly it gets so many people to actually listen.

And God it’s so campy while giving actual Barbie history.

And with so many women of color in the movie, its sad to say that I have one critique: It lacks intersectionality.

I’m a White dude, so what I’m saying is what I’ve learned from women of color and throughout college. If it seems shallow it’s because it is, I do not have as much of an understanding as I would like.

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It wouldn’t make narrative sense for racism to exist in Barbieland.

nomchonks:

the Barbie movie is all about feminism and patriarchy and girl empowerment and blah blah, meanwhile totally ignoring race and body image, something current day Mattel really likes to project as their brand. can you imagine if Barbie went into the real world and was like, holy shit, racism exists? fat people and the disabled are treated like garbage?

but female empowerment is “safe” enough to put in their feature length commercial. am i too cynical for thinking that just lays bare how defanged the the concept of female empowerment has become.

Are you aware of the diversity of current Barbie dolls?

linestalker:

wannabegamergirl100:

Back on my bullshit again with another post now that I’ve mellowed out from the shock of how shit that episode was lol

I wish mobile made it easier to add the “Keep Reading” tab but it’s fine 

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I think you ignored that Stella had since her first appearance be VIOLENT regarding Stolas, so claiming she being abusive comes from nowhere just so stolitz would be written in a positive view is what is being criticized by me and most people who don’t get from where y'all expected that her character would be genuinely “complex”, she’s not like Verosika that has been show in a more gentle, genuine light and so turned deeply bitter about her failed relationship with Blitz (because it was his fault), Stella is genuinely a narcissist

I think people like you forget that high demons don’t see others as equals, that’s exactly WHY Stolas is so different, he genuinely is unaware of a lot of shit regarding imps because he don’t see him as superior to Blitz, it’s literally proven that he gives Blitz way too much control in a relationship where it’s expected that HE will be the manipulative one; Stella is NOT like Stolas, she’s comfortable in her social privileged position, and no she didn’t really cared about Stolas because just as Blitz use Stolas to get what he wants, Stella see Stolas as her guarantee in the status quo of her and her family being superior, part of what composed the elite in hell society, and she’s angry not because she was hurt by Stolas behavior, she’s angry because someone she had always thought as inferior, weaker than her, had take control and decided to divorce her

I don’t truly know where you get the idea that Stella should be more than an evil lady, shit I blame the fact we don’t get more demons acting like y'know DEMONS in this show so the delusional expectations in the writing of minor characters as Stella (because SHE IS A MINOR CHARACTER) wouldn’t exist

I believe maybe we get more about Stella’s character, but not as some type of boo hoo sad abandoned wife, but as a genuinely threat to STOLAS because she has the power to destroy his reputation, what can get some very powerful DEMONS annoyed

This show is not about these characters being good, a better version of themselves, it’s a show about demons living in the hell who can’t act in the way that their existence demands, characters as Stella are just the “normal” ones

It was never promised that Stella would be a complex character. Some people get upset when baseless expectations aren’t met.

woomycritiques543:

TW: Trans Fetishization mention.

She legit never said that was “DISGUSTING!” for having a bulge.

She never said that she “planned for Sallie to just be in the background.”

In fact, this was the full post, the REAL thing Erin said.

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Erin didnt want her to be a “background character.”

She wanted to give Sallie an actual character, in the episode she was introduced in that did not need to be so limited and she could have easily had an actual role instead of just being another “lol girlboss and hates men!” HB girl character, a character that’s NOT just “for men!” like most of HB’s characters, and has her own goals and personality outside of “MURDERER!” “ANGSTY!” “SEXUAL!” and “TRANS!” like Morgana and Vivziepop keeps showing her as.

She never said that it’s “BAD!” for a trans character to be sexualized at all. Or any trans woman to be sexual in a way that’s not just trying to cater to what cis people want them to talk and act, or have the main thing they want people to think of them being “YOU’RE TRANS?! SUCH AN INSPORATION!” to dehumanize herself or “LOL UR BULGE AND TRANSENESS IS SO SEXY!” like, no?!

Most trans sex workers ive seen dont promote themselves like that?!

At least not consensually?! Since I only see trans people who are treated like insporation porn or AS just porn, by cis people, while most of the time anyone that’s not just trying to fetishize themselves for being trans just treats themselves being trans as just an identity or being sexual in a casual sense and not an extension of their entire online persona and how people “should!” see them.

Also, you used the only art where her bulge wasnt fetishized, the same way Ignis did to try to lie to people the same way.

Meanwhile, the other art looked like this, and you people fetishized the HELL out of the fact that Sallie is trans for it.

-and EVERY OTHER piece of art of her was fetishized.

So let’s be real here, you people do NOT care about Sallie May.

You people even constantly treat her voice actor as if she’s just “THE TRANS INSPORATION!” and fetishize her for being trans, and even used the fact that Ignis even mentioned trans fetishization to fetishize the HELL out of Sallie May, and Ignis!

-which is even worse! So dont go all “I PROTECT THE TRANS COMMUNITY!!!!” for brownie points when you all legit told the trans community that didnt agree with you that their voices “did not matter” and that they should “LEAVE!” for not liking the same things you like. That’s transphobia! You know how I know this?

Because 99% of trans fans who saw what Erin actually said, said the SAME EXACT THING!

(there are more but im having a hard time finding them, but just know that the trans community actually did not take kindly to Helluva Boss’s trans erasure or fetishization. At ALL!)

I also follow a trans sex worker by the name of “Madeline Maye”, and she doesnt constantly fetishize the fact that she’s a trans woman, or her trans characters, and is just as proud of her body as Ignis is, and she’s actually NICE to even people that disagree with her!

So in a nutshell:

You’re just lying to slander Erin Frost to try to screw up her chances of being able to get another job to help her survive, just because she isnt making any more content for a fetish demon show, you’re just mad because you cant use her like Vivienne did anymore so you’re trying to ruin her career like the bigots you are.

Really telling of just how little you people care about artists.

Oh yeah, and you all also used the fact that Morgana mentioned trans fetishization to fetishize the hell out of the fact that she is trans, which isnt “trans sex positivity” but seeing her as just her being “sexualized!” and JUST her being trans, and sexualizing the fact that she’s trans. I have yet to see a single soul mention Ignis outside of her benefiting them in some way or another or just for her body or her being a trans woman. This behavior is not treating Sallie or even her voice actress, a woman in real life, with any actual respect by seeing her as a PERSON, a HUMAN BEING, and instead just see her as just porn fuel for you all to jack off to or as “the insporation!”

Which is fetishization.

Also, Hostii of course tried to block me and anyone from the trans community from defending themselves… because of course they did…

It’s normal for someone who isn’t a writer and was hired to design a character that someone else already created to not control how the character is portrayed. Erin wasn’t a writer, and thus had no say in how characters were written. This means that Erin is likely unaware of any future plots involving Sallie May. If Erin wanted any control over Sallie’s role in the story, she should have tried to become a writer. Nothing about this is unusual in the entertainment industry.

Glosssryck isn’t omniscient, and strikes me as someone who doesn’t plan things out, instead going with the flow. Some viewers seem to interpret Glossaryck as a god, which isn’t suggested by the narrative (he strikes me as an animistic spirit given a physical body).

missfinefeather:

Yep, I certainly have.

my GOG have I been in the mother of all ruts. Ugh. I’m tired, but I’m hoping I’ll find my energy going into this.

I sort of saw some spoilers a while back? For one, I know a certain canon couple kiss on screen because of lesbian blogs.

Also, at one point, someone on the discord accidently posted a conspiracy theory post about Owl House that has spoilers in it (no hard feelings about that, btw.) I realized it pretty quick so I didn’t read far and forgot most of what I saw, and the link was quickly deleted by the user. However, two things that stuck around in my head was that Willow dates someone eventually (though I don’t remember who exactly,) and apparently one of Eda’s exes shows up later. Or at least I assume so based on the context (not a huge spoiler, pretty sure I’ve seen art of Eda with some woman before. Is that her?)

The theory was something about how the creator of Owl House hated Star Vs The Forces of Evil, and because of that refuses to allow Grunkle Stan to show up in Owl House as Eda’s ex. It, made no sense. It makes no sense whatsoever. (Grunkle Stan wasn’t even from Star vs, wtf?)

Sorry I was going into a tangent there. let’s just, get started.

Due to a lack of evidence that Dana hates SVTFOE, this sounds like projecting and apophenia. Both shows share some writers and are about a about a magical girl fighting a fascist government, so I can easily see Dana liking SVTFOE.

missfinefeather:

Yep, I certainly have.

my GOG have I been in the mother of all ruts. Ugh. I’m tired, but I’m hoping I’ll find my energy going into this.

I sort of saw some spoilers a while back? For one, I know a certain canon couple kiss on screen because of lesbian blogs.

Also, at one point, someone on the discord accidently posted a conspiracy theory post about Owl House that has spoilers in it (no hard feelings about that, btw.) I realized it pretty quick so I didn’t read far and forgot most of what I saw, and the link was quickly deleted by the user. However, two things that stuck around in my head was that Willow dates someone eventually (though I don’t remember who exactly,) and apparently one of Eda’s exes shows up later. Or at least I assume so based on the context (not a huge spoiler, pretty sure I’ve seen art of Eda with some woman before. Is that her?)

The theory was something about how the creator of Owl House hated Star Vs The Forces of Evil, and because of that refuses to allow Grunkle Stan to show up in Owl House as Eda’s ex. It, made no sense. It makes no sense whatsoever. (Grunkle Stan wasn’t even from Star vs, wtf?)

Sorry I was going into a tangent there. let’s just, get started.

moonlessdusk:

Oh I knew with so much dread in my heart that people would immediately negatively compare the ending of Steven Universe to the ending of The Owl House regardless of the narrative reasons for what happened to the villains and regardless of the allegory being told and regardless of the fact that the Point both shows were trying to make was to love and accept yourself.

But I guess there’s people that aren’t willing to give the media they consume more than a surface level read because it’s easier to join an echo chamber. And I guess we all can’t just enjoy what an amazing show The Owl House was because there’s people that think it’s fun to assume Dana Terrace wrote this ending specifically to spite Rebecca Sugar and she’d want to drag the person that crawled so that she could have Lumity run.

Some Steven Universe viewers standards for what counts as redemption are so low there in the Mariana Trench. SU seem to disappoint people who wanted a straightforward superhero cartoon with black and white morality. I found Steven Universe and The Owl House to have similar themes of nihilism due to the main characters learning they have no destiny or need to justify their existence. Plus both shows promote environmentalism and animal welfare in a subtle way.

ryderdire:

So Marcys parrents are totally emotionally unavailable right like we can all agree on that

Where did people get the idea that Marcy has terrible parents?