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Just in case you hadn't had your dose of utterly clueless male privilege today, the Flick Filosopher shares a questionnaire put out by the U.K. multiplex chain Cineworld.
Just to give you some context, when asked "If you could play the part of one superhero which would it be?", all the possible answers are men. Black Widow and Catwoman, meanwhile, are listed under, "Which of the Superheroe's [sic] leading ladies would you most like to rescue?"
I'm pretty sure that Balack Widow would like a word with them. Several words, in fact. Catwoman would probably just claw their eyes out.
I mean seriously, the fuck? And lest anyone think it doesn't matter, the first question Frog asks about any character in a book, movie, comic, etc, is whether that character is "a boy or girl." And meanwhile, she has already absorbed the narrative that girls get captured by the bad guy, although thankfully, she's just as happy for girls to rescue them when she's making the story up herself. It hurts my head that I have to constantly fight against the narrative our culture gives her.
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have spoken there.
Just to give you some context, when asked "If you could play the part of one superhero which would it be?", all the possible answers are men. Black Widow and Catwoman, meanwhile, are listed under, "Which of the Superheroe's [sic] leading ladies would you most like to rescue?"
I'm pretty sure that Balack Widow would like a word with them. Several words, in fact. Catwoman would probably just claw their eyes out.
I mean seriously, the fuck? And lest anyone think it doesn't matter, the first question Frog asks about any character in a book, movie, comic, etc, is whether that character is "a boy or girl." And meanwhile, she has already absorbed the narrative that girls get captured by the bad guy, although thankfully, she's just as happy for girls to rescue them when she's making the story up herself. It hurts my head that I have to constantly fight against the narrative our culture gives her.
This entry was originally posted at http://cereta.dreamwidth.org/1009324.html. If you can, please speak there.
have spoken there.