juneboba reblogged
fun fact: wlw, *especially* trans wlw, do not have the male gaze at all in the slightest not even a tiny bit definitely no
juneboba reblogged
Ms. Bellum will not be returning to the PPG reboot @bugeyedfreaks
Um, NO. My worst fears are confirmed.
This is a terrible choice! Miss Bellum was smart and capable and amazing and sexy but able to do her job despite her amazing looks. Her outer appearance didn’t matter. Her BRAINS are what mattered. What, smart women don’t fit your narrative, Nick? She wasn’t some airhead who was just there to be good looking. Why didn’t they just show her face and make her the new Mayor or something? Show that she was able to move up in the world? Have the Mayor still be in the show but retired or something? How would that not be empowering to girls?
And oh my god, the way they wrote her in that clip is what they actually think of her, as just some sultry secretary trope. I want to throw up.
I really hate this reboot. They cut out a great female character that they could have made even better, they diss all but one of the veteran female voice actresses, and turn the girls into vapid tweens. This is not the Powerpuff way and this isn’t being feminist. What a bunch of morons.
‘never rose above being assistant to the mayor’???
SHE WAS THE ONE KEEPING TOWNSVILLE TOGETHER.
You really think the man who couldn’t get a damn pickle jar open could run a city constantly under threat from a neighbouring monster island and a cast of colourful villains? No, we all know who the real power was behind the throne.
She was a strong, kind woman (who also happened to be good looking BUT WE CAN’T HAVE GOOD LOOKING WOMEN ON A COMEDY ANIMATED TV SHOW THAT SETS A BAD EXAMPLE HMMM) that the girls looked to as an authority figure for the CITY. Sure they took orders from the Mayor and there was also Miss Keen, but Miss Bellum was a badass.
She gave the girls confidence and advice as a mature woman. But she also taught them humility and patience. She had to work under a useless boss but did it with respect and dedication.
SHE TOOK ON SEDUSA BARE HANDED, WITH NO SUPER POWERS, WHILE WEARING FISHNETS AND KNEE HIGH BOOTS, AND KICKED HER ARSE.
This new series. It’s a MESS.
Justice for Miss Bellum
Praise be to this reblog. OTL
inverted-mind-inc
Seems like the writers views on Miss Bellum are just as shallow on judging her by her appearance, not what she was truly capable of.
chauvinistsushi
like i get y'all wanna see her and I do too. I loved herrrr but please, miss bellum was a buxom stand in who’s presence was literally “huhuh look we’re doing the fucked up thing but because we know it’s fucked up it’s satire/subversive” (she had a catfight in fishnet and heels for goodness’ sake) & some male-approved liberal choice feminism “she’s smart and still sexy” bullshit
it would be nice to have a uh, non sexualized version of her in the reboot? like if they wanna keep the gag that she’s super fucking tall go ahead, but no more upshots of her boobs kay?
reblogged for last comment. don’t settle for scraps. let’s go for a nonsexualized woc whose face isn’t covered in any episode :)
honestly men have the weirdest and most skewed perceptions of what women and feminine people’s routines are like
and you can tell this because of the idiotic ass questions they ask when they think they’re being slick. “What would you do if i was there” “Oh really getting ready for bed? What does that entail” “Ohh you’re getting ready for work, can i watch”
it’s like they think everything has to be this incredibly sexual, borderline pornographic experience, and it’s so strange to comprehend
like, i’m getting ready for bed, not masturbating. i’m getting ready for work, not putting on a strip show. it’s like everything is this weird ass “for men’s eyes only” brand of performance art to them, and they honestly get disappointed when it doesn’t turn out that way irl
i don’t get it at all
sazquatch
I feel like this is closely tied to the fact that femininity is pushed on women from childhood as ‘the only way to be.’ Women are forced (and yes I mean forced - women who decry femininity face harassment, assault, employment discrimination and are pathologised by medical professionals) into roles which have been constructed by men to appeal to male heterosexuality. This ensures that our mere existence in a public space provides low-level titillation, and men living in a world where women are forced into inadvertently catering to them develop the misogynistic notion that we exist as sex objects to arouse them. The natural progression from that is assuming that our private lives are hypersexual and performative as well. It’s probably also got a lot to do with voyeurism and entitlement to our bodies. They harass us in public to degrade us and make us aware of their arousal as paramount, and their fantasies impose that desire upon us in private, too.
juneboba reblogged
chutzpadik-moved-deactivated201
warning signs a Strong Female character is only strong for the sake of the male gaze:
- (does something badass) ahahaa yeah i have like eight brothers
- aggressively into the mediocre self-insert white guy lead
- “MAN UP”
- “what are you, a girl?!” to her male co-workers
actualmenacebuckybarnes
- super competent but still not the main lead
- the only woman in the group of all men
- has a random changing scene/half nude scene/sex scene even though none of the male characters show that much skin
- wears a form-fitting, impractical suit+high heels while the male characters get practical clothing
- fights the ~sexy~ female villain sidekick while the male lead fights the actual big bad
- has a scene where she is forced to act like a honeypot and walks down the stairs in a gorgeous/tight dress and the male lead is like “ahhhhh”
juneboba reblogged
paxamgays-deactivated20161003
it’s weird how bra commercials are more aimed towards straight male audiences more than the audience that’s actually gonna buy a fuckn bra
If it were aimed toward women, it would be like “THIS BRA IS COMFY AS SHIT! YOU WON’T WANNA TAKE IT OFF. LOOK AT THE HIRED MALE ACTORS SWOONING OVER THE HIRED ACTRESS”
SOOOOLD
spaceisprettycool
THIS BRA WILL MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE CHRIS EVANS IS PERSONALLY HOLDING YOUR BREASTS 24/7. LOOK THIS SHIT COMES IN LIKE 78 DIFFERENT COLORS TO MATCH YOUR SKIN TONE OR YOUR CLOTHING OR WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT, YOU GOT OPTIONS! NO LACE WE CAN DO NO LACE THAT SHIT ITCHES. YOU WANT POLKADOTS FUCK YEAH POLKA DOTS! LOOK EACH CUP HAS POCKETS IN IT FUCKING HELL POCKETS IN YOUR BRA CALM THE FUCK DOWN WORLD LET ME TAKE THIS ALL IN. MACHINE WASHABLE FUCK YEAH THROW THIS SHIT IN YOUR WASHER, IT’S NOT GONNA TANGLE, IT’S MADE WITH ASGARDIAN BILGESNIPE TAIL HAIR IT’S INDESTRUCTABLE. THIS BRA’S GONNA BEEP IF IT DETECTS CANCER IN YOUR BOOBS THAT SHIT AIN’T RIGHT SO CHECK YOUR BOOBS PEOPLE. FUCK YEAH THIS BRA IS AMAZING. SCIENCE.
fuck yeah these bras sound amazing sign me up!
juneboba reblogged
chutzpadik-moved-deactivated201
warning signs a Strong Female character is only strong for the sake of the male gaze:
- (does something badass) ahahaa yeah i have like eight brothers
- aggressively into the mediocre self-insert white guy lead
- "MAN UP"
- "what are you, a girl?!" to her male co-workers
actualmenacebuckybarnes
- super competent but still not the main lead
- the only woman in the group of all men
- has a random changing scene/half nude scene/sex scene even though none of the male characters show that much skin
- wears a form-fitting, impractical suit+high heels while the male characters get practical clothing
- fights the ~sexy~ female villain sidekick while the male lead fights the actual big bad
- has a scene where she is forced to act like a honeypot and walks down the stairs in a gorgeous/tight dress and the male lead is like “ahhhhh”
ivyaura
bonus round: gets told she cant do something and when she challenges it as a sexist remark, the man does the thing in a different way and therefore disproves the need for feminism by showing women overreact and need men to keep them in line ha ha!
prerequisite: must be white to participate in leading roles. any women of color will be relegated to sidekick or lower rank. if any woman is found to be too outspoken and not submissive enough, they will die horrifically or be subjected to torture.
juneboba reblogged
This is one of the most common deflections when the issue of how women are portrayed comes up. It’s known as a false equivalence – the idea that two things presented together as equal when in fact they aren’t. In this case, the idea that just because women have exaggerated physiques doesn’t mean they’re sexist because the men are just as exaggerated too. Of course, this doesn’t work for many reasons. To start with, it assumes – falsely – that the things that women find sexy are the same things that guys find sexy; that is, the exaggerated secondary sex characteristics. But we’ll get to that in a second.
The other issue is the reason for the exaggeration. Comics and games are fantasy true, but the fantasy aspect differs when it comes to male and female characters. Male characters are a power fantasy; the large muscles and massive torsos are visual signs that this character is an unstoppable powerhouse. Kratos doesn’t look the way he does because Sony Computer Entertainment did focus-market studies and found that women reacted best to that design; he looks the way he does because he represents the powerful alpha-male that gamers want to be.
The women, on the other hand, are sexual fantasies. These are the rewards for the player – the character’s love-interest, the motivation to complete the game. They’re designed as eye-candy; they’re intended as something to be consumed, not something to escape into. Women like to fantasize about being desirable yes, but they also like to be powerful, and their definition of what they would consider to be sexy and powerful doesn’t mean battle-bikinis and thongs of power.
But hey, I’m a guy. It’s easy for me to sit here and proclaim what women find sexy, but I could be talking out of my ass. So why not take it to the source? I put out a completely unscientific poll on Facebook and Twitter about characters that women find sexy – video games, comics, anime, whatever. And the results? Well, let’s compare.
Up top we have the exaggerated figures that are supposedly sexy.
And here are the characters my female readers find sexy:
Notice a trend here? These are not the massive beefcakes alpha-males that are supposedly as equally objectified as Kasumi, Ayane or Ivy. These men have longer torsos with much leaner builds; they’re built like swimmers rather than weight-lifters. They’re not men who scream “unstoppable physical power”. They’re lithe and dextrous, not barrel-chested juggernauts with treestumps for limbs.
And the other critical factor: it’s not just their builds that make them sexy. Gambit, for example is attractive because of his personality and his situation; he’s tortured because he can’t physically touch the woman he loves. Nightcrawler is the laughing swashbuckler, full of wit and flirty charm. Jareth is dark and mysterious and just a little dangerous and oozes sexuality.
Yes, the men are exaggerated as much as the women. But it’s the intent and the message that make all of the difference.
The part I find most baffling about the claims that men suffer from the same objectification and sexualization as women is I can never, for the life of me, think of a popular product that has:
- Plot essential scenes taking place inside a male strip bar, a strip bar that is introduced with loving panning shots over the performers bodies.
- Sincere marketing campaigns for non-romantic productions focusing entirely on the sexual characteristics and flirtatious manner of the male lead.
- A scandal where it turns out the creators accidentally released imagery of a male lead nude, imagery that never needed to be created for the production in the first place.
- A video game rumor that there’s a key function to unlock “naked mode” so you can see the male protagonist running around naked
Part of the reason why some people seem to think that men are sexualized is, ironically, because male sexuality is so rarely put on display as enticement that it creates a mirage effect. People who assume it must be there start seeing it everywhere rather than realizing it’s just not there.
Good think Bikini Armor Battle Damage is here to help out.
- wincenworks
juneboba reblogged
I think the thing I adore/enjoy the most about Nicki Minaj is that time and time again, almost any and everywhere she can, she makes it clear that her actions are NOT for the male gaze. The male gaze gets no peace from Nicki Minaj; she disrupts it constantly. She disrupts their fantasy. She disrupts the ability to ignore and project onto her - cause she’s not going to be the same one moment to the next, far less one song to the next.
Nicki Minaj lives and breathes radical presence as a woman, a WoC, being whole and not one dimensional; forcing herself out of projected molds and it is AWESOME.
Source: allnicki
juneboba reblogged
”To me, what hurts me, is the fact that you are told all the times: “we are equal” like “I don’t know what is your deal” like “what is your fucking issue with this or with that?” but then you realize: no, actually we are not! You are getting paid more than I. You get to have more options in terms of what you want to watch for entertainment. When you go to the movies you have 90 movies. 90 different stories that you can watch through your eyes, through the eyes of a male. And one complain that I might make - one observation - that’s actually very very truth about the fact that there isn’t enough things for us, for women out there it’s like ”shut up!” Why aren’t you happy? Why can’t you just be like every girl? Just… why do you always have to try to be the man? It’s not even about trying to be the man, it’s about trying to feel significant, trying to feel equal, trying to believe that my purpose in life was more than just be half of something else and deliver the packages, the kids to this individual so that they can glorify themselves. By the time of my 30’s and I fall in love and I have a career, I’m gonna be making less than a man, I’m gonna lose my name to a man. […] And by the time that they come back they are unattractive! (x)
juneboba reblogged
mswyrr-deactivated20181203
Revenge is far less guilty of Male Gaze camerawork than most female-centric drama shows… [and] [t]his show does a lot of interesting things with gender roles, beginning with the fact that the protagonist is a woman who, for all intents and purposes, is Batman. One thing I particularly love about Amanda is that unlike most female spy/deceiver characters, she doesn’t rely on sex appeal and seducing information out of people. Although she uses her relationship with with Daniel as an integral part of her revenge plans, it’s an actual relationship, not a collection of scenes where the camera pans over her wearing a sexy outfit before cutting to some man’s comically gobsmacked facial expression. To me it feels quite telling that although the female characters in Revenge are mostly trophy wives (or, in the case of Fauxmanda, a former stripper), they are judged far more on their own terms than most female characters on TV.
EXACTLY. The stuff about Male Gaze YES YES YES. How much did I love that Emily had her badass finale fight in a comfy sweater? Look at this power shot, honestly:
You and I and everybody knows how that might have been objectified. We’ve all seen images of women that are ostensibly about their butt-kicking power but really about T & A. Emily might easily have been made into Warrior Barbie, with ridiculously uncomfortable clothes used to make her power comfortable to viewers (particularly straight male viewers), but no. They didn’t do that. She’s strong and fully clothed and she chooses how and why she will fuck shit up and you don’t own her just by looking at her. You don’t get to have a piece of her unless she wants you to.
(via mswyrr)