(ramble month 15-16)

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Quickly quickly because PEOPLE INSIST ON EXISTING IRL:

[5 fave gender-fuckery characters; for upupa-epops]I'm interpreting "gender fuckery" broadly fyi. It's not that the following characters TOTALLY UPEND gender norms but that certain elements of their presentation subvert what one usually would expect. In alphabetical order b/c that's the way I roll

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WHAT A GOOD.

Buffy. THE PLAY BETWEEN MASCULINE AND FEMININE YES YES. Like, she is ~blonde and likes ~boys and ~shopping and beyond that, she identifies so strongly as "just a girl." And yet she so often acts the masculine role esp. with her relationships and she definitely embodies the angsty action hero trope (in the best way possible) and ugh. She's just... the legitimate best ok.

And Katniss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So many THG feels re: her and her gender role and her everything.

And now ANNE.

I first read Anne at the age of 7, I do believe. It wasn't ~formative in the sense that there were many other books I was objectively more passionate about, but oh how I loved it- an incessant bookworm from the moment I could toddle, I reread all of my owned books a thousand times until they fell apart, Anne most certainly included. And how I identified with her, especially as I got a little older, the way she'd screw up and use big words and scream and shout and ugh. Women with a temper have always been my true loves, always.

And really, has there ever been a more romantic moment then the bashing of a slate over a bemused teenage boy's head? *stars in eyes*

Basically Anne was one of many (ALSO JO MARCH!!!!!!!!) girls that I essentially fell in love with as a child, used to assemble my early misandristic tendencies because ladies for the rule always and forever, and really just what a beautiful series. CHILDHOOD NOSTALGIA AND FEISTY LADIES FOR THE WIN.

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Buffy. THE PLAY BETWEEN MASCULINE AND FEMININE YES YES. Like, she is ~blonde and likes ~boys and ~shopping and beyond that, she identifies so strongly as "just a girl." And yet she so often acts the masculine role esp. with her relationships and she definitely embodies the angsty action hero trope (in the best way possible) and ugh. She's just... the legitimate best ok.

Preeeeeach. The ~angsty action hero~ trope is possibly my favorite part?? Sorry not sorry but I eat up all the brooding about being the ~chosen one because the fact that EVERYTHING IS ABOUT THIS TINY BLONDE SUPERHERO in itself is fuckery to the max.

Now I'm curious about these other books that were more formative. SOME BOOKS THEY MUST HAVE BEEN.

And really, has there ever been a more romantic moment then the bashing of a slate over a bemused teenage boy's head? *stars in eyes*

Surely not. OTP.

JO MARCH!!!!!!!!! ;________;