«Berserk» love
(Content notes: Violence, depictions of rape)
So today I’ve learned that the English versions of the new Berserk movies will feature the return of the cast who originally worked on the series. It’s the best news I’ve heard all week.
The beginning of a story I will most likely never finish.
Ada knew all the stories, from the one about how the three deities created the planet to the one about the discovery of cheese. Which is why, when her sister was taken by vegigantes, creatures with bodies of flame that seemed to dance in the night and horned masks with more colors than she could name, the girl of sixteen had nothing to say except for an annoyed “fuck” before setting on after them.
Wherein Ian Delves Into Sexism in Media, OR Why the Pilot Episode of TMNT (2012) is Highly Problematic
(Content Note: Objectification of women. Abstract descriptions of racism, fat hatred, dehumanization. Words…so many words.)
So I wrote about my thoughts on the first two issues of Nickelodeon’s new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show. Then I went to The Technodrome.com, home of the largest TMNT fan community on the web, and shared my opinions in their forums there, particularly those on how disappointed I was at what I considered their treatment of April O’Neil sexist.
The comments were not particularly well received. This was not particularly surprising.
As someone who’s been part of the board for years, my impression of the TMNT fandom as represented by the board—and people there can correct me if I’m wrong–is that when it comes to gender, a vocal plurality of the believes that the status quo is acceptable, that a work is not sexist if there’s at least one woman in it who is not “useless” and/or can kick ass in some way, and that it’s a subject that never needs to be brought up ever, lest Venus de Milo be suddenly legitimized as a character. Or something.
As a feminist, I disagree. As both a fan of the TMNT and someone who believes that sexism helps makes works worse than they would otherwise be, I have an interest in doing what I can to help make it not be that way anymore.
Chasing Sheep 
An Open Letter to ABC Family
octubre 9, 2012 at 6:52 pm (Commentary, Scott Pilgrim, Television) (ABC Family, Chef Jeff, Daphne Vásquez, Pretty Little Liars, Switched at Birth)
(Content Note: Disability, Consent)
Dear Programing Executives At ABC Family:
For some reason, you remain convinced that storyarcs where a teenage girl develops a crush on an adult authority figure, and said authority figure reciprocates their affection, has enough value to keep bringing them up in your shows.
You are wrong.
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