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Las mujeres en como entrenar a tu dragón
Han escuchado del síndrome de triniti?, pues es un estereotipo del cine, que consiste en como, un personaje femenino fuerte, por más habilidades que tenga , siempre está destinado a , terminar su arco como la pareja del protagonista masculino
Es básicamente astrid en las películas, sonará extraño, pero en la primera película su desarrollo no va en dirección separada de hiccup, en ves de aprender sentimientos cono humildad o comprensión, su arco se basa en aser sentir mejor a hiccup, no en lo que ella quiero o aprende
Irónicamente esto no pasa tanto en la serie, al menos no las 2 primeras, donde si bien ya tiene una relación con hiccup, irónicamente se siente mas normal a su edad, donde todo es incomodidad, además de que no todos sus arcos tienen que ver con hiccup, hay capítulos que hablan de su pasado, su relación con otros hombres fuera del romance, incluso un capítulo donde le ofrece un adversario, heather, pero no en fueraza , si no en intuición
Pero todo se va al cuerno en carrera al borde, donde astrid realmente no tiene tanto abanse como personaje, casi siempre vuelve a donde empezó en las películas, siendo la mano derecha de hipo, pero volviéndose más de dependiente de el, tenemos una que otra muestra de poder,pero cae muy fácilmente en el arquetipo de damisela en peligro
Por poner 2 ejemplos, tenemos el final, donde astrid, ya mayor, ya siendo una supuesta guerrera, no se puede librarse de krogan , digo,el es poco más grande que hiccup, están en su dragón, pudo haber salido si quisiera, tenía menos ventaja con Alvin, y aún a si lo logró , y con el soldado bufalord,que al menos estaba justificado, pero al final del día es más para ver a hiccup como un héroe
Seguimos en la segunda película...donde no hizo nada, más que dar información accidental a drago, pero se siente más como algo para justificar todo, que algo que haría astrid
La tercera irónicamente es la mejor, no niego que su arco sigue concentado al de hiccup, pero irónicamente, este tiene sentido, en teoría,la película nos muestra lo que paso con astrid, que paso de ser una mocosa orgullosa y creída, a ser una guerra con los pies en la tierra,y que es realista con el soñador hiccup, es como su gobber irónicamente , que hubiera sido lindo, si hubieran seguido desarrollando a su personaje, y no volverla una damisela en apuros más
En los cortos no hay mucho que decir, excepto en el regalo de la furia nocturna, donde amo como se cae la fachada de niña vikinga perfecta
Luego vamos con heather,que creo era un gran personaje en la primera aparición, iniciando como una rival para astrid, una mujer que no necesitaba la fuerza,porque tenía la astucia, me atrevería a decir que era la vercion malvada y femenina de hiccup, pudieron seguir con el estereotipo de "la buena y la mala mujer" , pero no, al final terminan en buenos términos, se sienten más como rivales verdaderos, personas opuestas que chocan, como hiccup y patán, no como el estereotipo antes dicho , donde la única razón de la rivalidad entre mujeres son los hombres
Me gustaba este personaje, era inteligente, astuta, moralmente ambiguo, y era interesante, el problema fue carrera al borde, donde si bien sigue teniendo esa inteligencia, también se vuelve perfecta, lo cual es problemático, ya que muchas veces no se ve como una persona Real, si no como una diosa , quitándole su humanidad
Se ve en varios comentarios esporádicos,como patapez hablando de su grandeza en los mapas, brutacio alabando su comida, siendo maternal , pero a la ves ruda, siendo fuerte e inteligente más que muchos personajes, teniendo el dragón más peligroso y bonito de la serie, se siente más como una mary sue
Además de que su relación con astrid es súper extraña, porque siento que muchos de los atributos de astrid, se los quitaron, y los pusieron en heather, veamos los primeros capítulos de heather en la primera temporada, donde practican con las hachas
Volvieron a heather una guerra poderosa, pero esa no es heather, esa es astrid, eso es lo que debieron hacer con astrid, heather es un personaje que usa más su inteligencia, au astucia, que si usa, y fueron arcos muy buenos, pero como se junta con todas las caracteristicas que debieron ponerle a astrid,se siente como una mary sue más
Además de que perdono a dagur muy rápido, digo, ella pensaba que había matado a su familia adoptiva, que la trama olvida, y a su padre biológico, es muy extraño como lo perdona , se aclaró lo de Oswald, pero que paso con sus padre adoptivo?, ya saben, la razón por la que traicionó a los jinetes en su primera aparición, lo que inició su arco de personaje en carrera al borde
Vamos con las mujeres que no tuvieron tanta participación, valka , mala , minden y atali , que aunque no lo crean, son grandes personajes , sus arcos amorosos tienen mucho sentido , y no son solo para adornar a sus parejas, en el caso de valka es para mostrar cuento le dolió dejar su hogar, y el de mala, donde encontraba una persona que la entendía...a su manera
Luego esta minden, que si su relación con patán es romántica o no queda muy al criterio de cada quien (aunque eran muy shipeables), su relación no se trata de adornar a uno, se trata del desarrollo de los 2, es lindo la verdad, me hubiera gustado que se llegara a algo más, porque francamente no entiendo lo de brutilda y patán
Con atali, pues me gusta como logran conciliar su lugar de líder y el maternal , sin tener que ponerle a fuerzas una relación amorosa, de hecho, se exploran sus relaciones con hombres sin tener que ser amorosas, como la admiración hacia hiccup, y su relación de paciencia con patán
Y por último mi favorita, brutilda,es un personaje no tan esteripado, y bien desarrollado, cae en la categoría de damisela en peligro,no lo niego, pero este pequeño punto no es nada en comparación a su gran actitud, su relación con su hermano, con patapez (a la verga el ship de patapez y heather, este manda) incluso los pocos destellos de su relación de amistad con hiccup son geniales , amo su capítulo con el bebé látigo afilado
Es graciosa, loca , imperfecta, es un personaje con desarrollo consistente, al menos en carrera al borde , porque realmente no está gan desarrollada en el resto,más allá de un alivio cómico, pero eso es bueno,porque a diferencia de con heather y astrid, no nos venden humo, nos dicen como es,que quier, que le gusta, hasta donde llego
Realmente los únicos inconvenientes son astrid y heather,porque había tanto potencial,pero se desperdició por querés seguir viendo a las mujeres como diosas, o simples damiselas en peligro, amo como entrenar a tu dragon con pacion, pero es una pena que no supieran como manejar a estos personajes con gran potencial
German anti-prostitution-sticker reading "Johns (as in clients of prostitutes) aren't comrades, Pimps deserve to be shot"
Hi radfem tumbrl
Hello! im new on tumbrl (not really) Im going to be direct, im here to read and express myself about radical feminism. I always were a feminist but sometimes I feel a little alone about that and and never really expressed it because of my shyness. Thats why I made this space. to talk about radfem and meet radfems like me. Dont be shy to add me!
things to add about me: nothing really surprising, i am a nerd who loves random shit but in special: art books, anime, drawing and diverses ways to make art in general, feminism (duh), animals, cute things, natural spaces, biology, humand and above all female anatomy, languages and linguistic. Im a minor but i will no longer be one in a few months (yeah im kinda in crisis about that).
aaand something important to add. I am not a native english speaker, Im hispanic actually, so the way I write can be weird/very reduced so keep that in mind. XOXO.
“i say mostly cis because, while i am largely gender non conforming…. i still am a woman?”
how sad is it that gnc women truly believe womanhood is about femininity
i got diagnosed with cancer just a few weeks after starting testosterone. after going through the trauma of the diagnosis, surgery and recovery, and finally processing everything that happened to me... i realised i don't want any gender-affirming surgeries, ever. i want to keep all the healthy tissue that i can. if these people could understand what it feels like to have to give up physical parts of you, they would probably change their minds too. it makes you a lot more grateful for what you have, i think.
Might be a repost but this is getting trippy
To any lesbians/gays reading gender critical posts out of curiosity/anger --
You can disagree with everything I say, but I want you to listen to this one thing.
You're not wrong for being exclusively same-sex attracted.
Before I was gender critical, I thought something was wrong with me because I was only attracted to "afab" individuals. It's okay to not want to interact with a dick. It's okay to not want to interact with a pussy.
No matter what your friends/the internet want you to think, you can actively desire one sex. It's not hateful. It's homosexuality.
Your sexuality doesn't have to be passive. You don't have to close your eyes or pretend that the dick/vagina isn't there. You can actively want only vagina or only dick.
It's not evil. It's not wrong. It's not discrimination. You are not a bigot for not wanting to date/have sex with the opposite sex, no matter what they say.
I honestly hate how I feel the need to say this. But, I think more LG individuals need to hear it.
someone argued with me once that TIMs are 'the biggest threat to western women' right now and... no. males in general are. and regular masculine straight men are using TIMs as scapegoats to make themselves look innocent but in reality every type of man has been raping and murdering every type of woman since the beginning of civilisation. yes this is a unique situation because TIMs are able to invade women's spaces but any male can become a TIM which is why the whole thing should be gatekept if the trans community doesn't want sexual predators affiliated with them. self-id needs to stop right now.
many women, even radfems, give gender conforming males the pass to be sexist and abusive and only call out tims for being misogynistic perverts
your movement will not go anywhere if you solely focus on the minority of effeminate males but refuse to talk about and fight against the average males that regularly hurt women and girls. if tims just vanished, we'd still have all the depraved, rotten, subhuman males that have also invaded women's spaces. this isn't a trans issue, it's a male issue
The most telling part is that trans people can’t even defend their ideology without resorting to repetitive slogans. I mean, come on—this is the identity you claim you'd die for, remember? “Death before detransition,” and all that. But then again, it’s probably easier to die for it than to actually defend it, because—newsflash—trans ideology doesn’t really hold up under debate or scientific scrutiny.
Idv Fandom, Flags, and Fragile Egos
So, a moot of mine was posting art on Twitter, and then some obsessed brat came along asking, "How can you be a radfem and an IDV player?" Now all their little cronies are going on about how all the IDV characters are supposedly trans, and how gender-critical people apparently can’t enjoy games because—checks notes—trans people are "the majority" in fandom spaces.
Like, honestly, are you that upset that radfems can enjoy media without needing to centre their entire identity around it? It’s quite sad, really. The most telling part is that they can’t even defend their ideology without resorting to repetitive slogans. I mean, come on—this is the identity you claim you'd die for, remember? “Death before detransition,” and all that. But then again, it’s probably easier to die for it than to actually defend it, because—newsflash—trans ideology doesn’t really hold up under debate or scientific scrutiny.
Biological women face greater oppression than tims ever will
The life of one jewish woman is more valuable to me than all the men in Gaza.
oops, forgot, the lives of Palestinian (Arab) dicks have no value
(someone should recreate the oscar slap tonight but harder and with gal gadot)
as a gentile(?) it really turns my stomach seeing the way y'all normalise violence against jewish/jewish israeli women because you've been convinced they are settler colonists in their own fucking ancestral homeland. it would turn my stomach even IF they were what you claim them to be.
im not really talking about gal gadot here, im talking how as a whole jewish women/israeli women have been dehumanised to the point where y'all feel comfortable saying on twitter a woman should be physically assaulted because she happens to be israeli.
sorry but its not acceptable.
take a shot every time a TRA makes death threats or wishes death upon someone
I am a woman, and that used to make me uncomfortable. I became a trans man, and I was still uncomfortable. Now I'm a radical feminist, and I am finally comfortable.
I hope you realise many of us women wish no harm on trans people, we just know women will never be liberated and comfortable in their own skin while subscribing to an ideology that preaches otherwise.
If you don’t wish harm, prove it. Ditch TERFism. It’s not that fucking hard.
But you won’t, will you? Because TERFs never change. You were never a trans man. Just a TERF in the making masquerading as one.
Your words will remain meaningless until you change, which you will never do. Just endless bigoted babble.
”Feminists think the goals of Tra’s and MtFs are unconnected-“ and you spent an entire book giving me really good reasons to continue to think that. This book says that the reason males are misogynistic is their fear of being perceived as feminine, therefore feminism should focus on helping males out of that brain hole. And the thing is… Feminism has tried that. Libfem bullshit has BEEN babying men and blaming women for males cruelty for supposedly being the people who won’t let them hold purses or whatever the fuck.
Has it worked? I wouldn’t say so. I look around and still see women suffering. I think the reason males are misogynistic is because they benefit from a hierarchical system that treats women as property. I think this happens regardless of any secondary factors. I’ve seen too many feminine males defend pornography to think defense of pornography comes from some place of self loathing instead of their desire to get off no matter what. The goal of radical feminists is female liberation from a system that sees them as the property of males. The goal of ‘trans feminism’ is the liberation of femininity from the shackles of masculinity. I can say that’s a fine goal, but they are so fundamentally different that they require different movements.
“It is important to address the growing concerns about the conflation of autism with gender identity, which has led to the misrepresentation of autistic traits and the suppression of essential autism-related information.”
Autism and Gender Ideology: Why Misdiagnoses Harm Autistic Individuals
It’s fascinating to me that gendies often accuse radical feminists/TERFs of being in a cult, when in fact control of information is actually one of the key indicators of a cult as identified by the BITE model.
They think we’re the cult but they’re the ones trying to control information?
Someone was asking about gender-critical ideology and seemed genuine, so I went to their blog and saw this ask. And like..."just doing research" is cult recruitment now? Is science in general now propaganda for the TERF lobby??
checked out a copy of TRANS by Helen Joyce from my library but a TRA got to it before me lol
painful irony in calling the claim that gender ideology erases women “bad faith” while simultaneously having so little respect for female voices that you wrote over a female authors words in a public library book 😭😭
if you take sex away as a determinate to womanhood or manhood, you’re only left with gender norms to define these categories by, which is regressive and alienating to many if not most people
If you define womanhood and manhood on sex alone, every individual is free to behave and look how they wish without it standing in contrast to their status as a man or woman, which how you deconstruct gender stereotypes
Why do radfems/terfs feel like that excluding non-cis women from their “correct definition of feminism” is something that,, is remotely acceptable? Considering theyre supposedly feminists?
idk if there's like a good anwser to this or not but
i always wondered why the solution for my dysphoria was hormones and surgery because the solution for my eating disorder isn't to just lose weight, the solution to my anxiety isn't to isolate myself, the solution for my ocd isn't to give into every compulsion, so why is the only solution for my dysphoria giving into it and letting it control my life?
My gripe with Euphoria.
Cultists Presenting Our Choice of Embracing Womanhood As Acceptance of Oppression
Their idea of "gender" is still binary and ignores women's complexities. ♀️
I've made it known that I've watched Euphoria in full. Both seasons were a mixed bag of unnecessary plots, weird lines, faux feminism, and depressing messages. I decided I would not continue watchin aftee season 2 as I felt ill with myself. The show tries so hard to be deep, but refuses to actual rely on more than its award winning actors. The underage sex was also a major issue. I found myself skipping any scene presenting these acts, but I knew that was not enough. With or without the sex, this show continues to exploit its female characters while shedding some humanity on its male ones. One could argue that some female characters did receive humanity. That list consists of Rue, Lexi, and Jules. Immediately, this list has a problem. Starting with Lexi, she is barely afforded screen time. Her development is about as rushed and undercooked as a fast food meal. She was only afforded more screen time when it came time for a male character, Fezco, to find romance as well as push the plot. Both of these acts ignored vital aspects of her character. As for Jules, he is male. He is afforded the same humanity as his other male peers because they have that in common. Jules is, of course, a part of the hyper-feminine and hyper-sexual crowd, but on him, these qualities are presented as quirky and cute. His female counterparts are still seen as shallow eye candy at the threat of being disposed of and mocked when they can't straighten up by themselves.
And then there's Rue....
She is a special case, being the lead for the show and ultimately earning more nuance accordingly. She is contrasted from the hyper-feminine, presenting as "tom-boyish". I feel I should note that these are inherently loose terms to use. No one is feminine or masculine as both of these ideas are constructed, mostly to place femaleness as submissive, unstable, and something to dominate, while men retain the supposedly masculine qualities of productivity, strength, and power. We are all a blend of unique and fanciful qualities that do not need a name. Anyhow, Rue is reserved to being the gender neutral girl of the show. We don't see her in a skirt or high heels, and make-up is the last thing on her mind. This shouldn't present her as superior to the other girls on the show, and one could state that it doesn't. We see the other female characters gain recognition and what we could loosely call "life experience" from their pretty auras and ability to social network. We don't see Rue reach out to anyone. Her place seems more firm beside her sister and mother, who love her and fear the path she has taken. Only Jules becomes a pivotal outside figure in her life. This other figure becomes a strong point of interest, so strong it leaves her vulnerable. On the other hand, Rue is occasionally shown conversing with the other girls, but the vibe is different. Even with the girls amongst eachother, their tolerance of eachother feels narrow. Despite a mostly female cast, the show does not attempt to show female solidarity in a way that feels consistent. They are shown being friends one moment, then disregarding eachother the next. Maddy is quick to fight other girls, Cassie carelessly betrays Maddy's trust, and Kat has been written so hollow at this point that she'll swing wherever the plot calls her to. Rue is a non-factor in their group as her plot simply does not mesh with theirs. She is essentially, and I hate to say it...
Not like the other girls.
If we start to question why in this misogynistic dumpsterfire, we will start to see. It is not a matter how she was written, but rather who it she was written for.
In my search for meaning behind certain characters and motivations, it was inevitable that I would come across certain articles about behind the scenes drama. Anyone familiar with Hollywood and the media knows that "drama" usually happens when an actress states her disconfort in hiw she's being handled. This is far from new. So, for this post, I am mostly addressing the words and actions of Zendaya Coleman, the executive producer of the show "Euphoria" and the actress who plays Rue Bennett. I am addressing to lead up to my conclusion on why her character has been identified in the way that she was. Evidently, Zendaya was heard in an interview insisting that Rue was a non-binary lesbian.
Non-binary. Lesbian. I have already spotted two issues. For the sake of time, I'll go ahead and explain why she can't be a lesbian, at least in practice. Of course, the show does not allow the viewer to linger affectively on her sexuality, so I am making huge guesses here.
She is shown to have had past sexual encounters with males and is currently in a relationship with one (even if he presents as female). It is clear that she exhibits distaste with those last experiences, although she tries to sound flippant. Obviously, I can't speak for lesbians on how they're sexuality works, but Rue's current (specifically the early stages of season two, as they seperate later) relationship status deems her, speaking simplistically, attracted to the opposite sex. Then again, it is hard to see her sexuality as being stable to begin with due to her addiction and mental disorders. She could fall victim to idolizing anyone that fits a current need. She could have a low sex drive as well, but that may also be the addiction messing with her libido. She is shown getting physical with Jules in season 2. However, these instances never involve intercourse, and she is shown to indeed lack the ability to enjoy any sexual act due to her harsh relapse. In a sense, we don't know what's up with her.
Long story short, Rue is not a lesbian in any meaningful sense of the term. Zendaya, that is strike one. ❌
Onto this non-binary business, I would like to ask if any of the male characters on this show are said to be binary. We could point to male characters that feel gender non-conforming, like Ethan, or characters that suffer to uphold their "masculinity", like Nate and Cal. Although, we are not told they are non-binary. Non-binary is reserved for girls, something to add an edge to them when they feel all hope is lost. It appears to girls as a form of escape, even as they dice their perfectly healthy bodies and are told to ignore the pain. Where is Rue's pain? She is still referred to as a she and doesn't seem to give a whoomp about it. So why would Zendaya claim she was a non-binary character when she is merely a girl in neutral attire? Does being non-binary suddenly afford her more empathy than the other girls? Does it help them mute any questions about Rue's sexuality? Why is it that her wardrobe depicts her as anything but female?
Well, it's because Rue wasn't meant to be a biracial female.
To explain further, I feel that I must state the obvious. Sam Levinson is white and male. Rue's story is borrowed from bits and pieces of HIS life and HIS struggles. This is not the viewpoint of a biracial girl struggling with addiction. This is a white man struggling with addiction, thus her presence as non-white and female in a largely white and male point of view is almost contradictory. Race is hardly if at all touched upon in this show, and that's not even addressing the lack of non-white leads to begin with. I don't mean to group Maddy and Kat, as they are presented as having latina origins, but those aspects of their identity are hardly given any light. I could almost say that Maddy presents as yet another "spicy latina" in its neverending and damaging occurence. Kat's ethnicity is not even touched upon enough to give it meaning. As always, there is not an asian character in sight. The black characters are presented fleetingly or as throw aways. Mckay left the story in the speed it took to say his name, and this was after his assault. No resolution. Lexi receives help for her play from a black girl who gets screen time so minimal that I don't remember her as anything but "Squeak". She simply exists. When we observe Rue's biracial identity within the story, it is never given prudence. Obviously, Sam would not be so knowledgeable of this, but where was Zendaya's input? So worried about her clothes that you forgot her skin color made an impact, it seems. Ali, her sponsor, giving a snippet of dialogue does little to justify the lack exploring identity outside of false beliefs. You can not automaticy suffer oppression by switching your pronouns. Rue somehow being a they/them, despite retaining her she-ness, proves the shallowness of the writing room. Somehow, she is not allowed to identify as a girl because that would be too hard. She cannot identify as a girl because girls can not somehow be nuanced, growing and changing in spite of the male gaze leering over them, telling them that their complexity as a female is impossible.
Somehow, she is less than female because she refuses to place effort into "femininity" in the same way as her female peers and the trans-identified male standing beside her. Jules' character is the definition of breaking gender norms as he is a man dressed in traditionallly female clothing. Why is he not just non-binary?
Rue is not less than female, and nor are those other girls despite the narrative presenting Jules' experiences as congruent to theirs. Despite their differences, they are all females with a difference in style. Non-binary is code for male. Just admit it, because somehow the world has made man the default when they did not create life. Women were here first, way before femininity and masculinity. We are both strong and gentle. We are life and death. We are complex. We are 🌿NATURE🌿. Assessing femaleness as a costume is assuming that lack thereof makes a woman less than a woman. It also adds to my point that only men are allowed story progression that does not heavily involve their sexuality. Their romance is an afterthought, a side goal in their stories. They don't have to conquer their virginity because they're not expected to be pure and nice. For women, romance and perfection is shown as the only thing we strive for. Rue is not perfect, and she certainly isn't that romantic. What would you do if people were naked? Would your gender theories work then?
That's strike two. ❌
My last qualm followed shortly after discovering her first comment. Maybe it pains me to see a woman disregard her existence for a man's unsound beliefs. It hurts even worse when assessing her words in the following post.
All women. Did Hunter tell you to say that?
I've already seen how TRA's and trans-identified males feel about black women, and they make it so blatant. Black woman are adult human females. We have female anatomy. When did we become other kinds of women simply for the color of our skin? We have been dehumanized and mocked enough! Stop lumping us with deluded autogynephiles who see our oppression as a privilege. As a woman of color, it is terrible to see her ignore this basic fact just for the sake of brownie points from a cult.
Strike three! You're out. ❌❌❌
Im not afraid of God, I am afraid of men.
I’m currently on dating apps and have been very frustrated to find out how true this is. The amount of, “Just a doggy with no brain :3 I want to be tied up and then jacked off UwU” transfemmes I’ve come across is crazy. And I’m not on kink apps, just the usual (Hinge, Bumble, HER, I’m not even on tinder). It’s also really frustrating because I already have the fact that I’m not kink friendly in my bio so I wish they’d stop liking my profile and leaving odd messages.
I’ve also gotten a lot of trans men? Despite the fact I have “lesbian” in my bio, which confuses me because if you believe yourself a man, and I am a person only attracted to women, wouldn’t that make you feel invalid?? Confuses me.
Just an observation. Why are such a significant amount of trans people (specifically TIMs) so engrossed in fetishes? Why is ‘puppygirl brat transfem’ so common? I’m supposed to believe it isn’t a fetish for 75% of them when the most popular trans-identified creators on twitter and tiktok post fetish shit. And I wondered this when I was a TRA too.
in some ways TRA's are right about radfems
I as a woman can't go into radfem space without being called "male", "incel" and other bullshit. I'm verified and everything but then I hear that I "talk like a man" or have a "male brain".
I'm aware I'm more masculine in behaviour than most women but I'm still a woman lol.
The irony is scary because it's exactly the same genderist thinking that TRA's have. I'm too close to G.I Joe on Barbie/G.I Joe scale so maybe I should consider transitioning /j.
It's ok to kill facists when they invide your country.
It's ok to kill AGPs when they invide women's spaces.
gender was made up by the patriarchy to control women
As a psych student I have to learn that it's important for teens to understand their gender roles and perform them. Fuck this!
It isn't. Woman is not a social role. There is no such thing, only stereotypes and bs ideas.