holy fuck the comments under this video are crazyš
ā "you know, pointing out that this show is fetishistic and created by men isn't very good because it's a "superficial view." well, you know, that male gaze is introduced by men. after all, women worked on the series too, and now you're devaluing their contribution!!!"
ā "you know, saying that sexualization is bad is unreasonable. have you analyzed whether it interferes with the perception of the plot? and, by the way, it's not the sexualization, but our perception of these clothes as "sexualized.""
ā "why do you say that the girls in the series have no hobbies other than boys and fashion (which are given a lot of time), if they are also given non-stereptypical hobbies (which are given 1/100 of the screen time spent on the topic of shopping)?"
ā "kink shaming bla bla bla" [I'm going to strangle someone rn]
ā "well... well.. maybe it's not some kind of pedophile exhibitionism fetishes, but simply the creator wanted to attract more people to the show, like boys... and adults? :( " [yeah, in the children's community ARE YOU FIUCKING KIDDING]
ā "um, the perception of this media [rooted in puritanism, let me guess?] as sexist and fetishistic leads to a closer look at media that appeals to girls. People hate everything pink, and therefore a lot of undeserved misogynistic hate has poured out on series for girls, we are repeating history [yes, because deserved criticism and pointing out the problems are exactly the same, we women are stupid and we don't know the difference!!!šš«]"
And all this about a CARTOON FOR CHILDREN, FOR KIDS GODDAMN!!!! The creator knew that HE WAS SHOWING HIS FETISHES FOR CHILDREN, WAKE UP, HE KNEW HIS AUDIENCE.
Gals I'm half horrified, half shocked, no jokes. Is this what feminism looks like in the West now? Where people who don't consider feminists as servants of Satan or "foreign agents out to destroy our country's sovereignty" (and even probably consider themselves close to feminism) waste time arguing about is dehumanization bad or maybe not, and twisting things like "oh, so that if you see dehumanization, it's just your imagination + the problem is you"?
It's particularly saddening how people try their best to divert attention from the clearly malicious actions of the creator. Women (especially girls) are vulnerable to sexual violence at the hands of men because they often have an outside understanding of how weird things men are capable of enjoying jerking and how far they are willing to go for it.
Npt so many normal ppl would think that people males can get aroused by stolen dirty underwear, by ordinary family photos [just bcs children are on them], by the knowledge that they spat or... no fuck I won't write this ā in a woman's coffee or food, forced her to read something she didn't want, force-fed her, forced her to continue walking even though she didn't want to... all this is learned with shock from descriptions of crimes. You don't even suspect yourself of being a victim of sexual assault because you don't see anything sexual in what happened. But it was for them. That's why it's so important to teach girls to trust their intuitionāthat "I must have just imagined it, it can't be that he..." feeling is the biggest ally of criminals. Let women feel like they're not crazy, and the number of criminals getting away with it will drop. What you "maybe" thought was fetishistic is, with 99% probability, considered ABSOLUTELY fetishistic for men.
And now people gaslight you even when there are clearly disgusting scenes in a clearly children's cartoon?
Sorry, littlemissandry, your video is good work, really (/gen), but I can't concentrate on it when talking about such generally accepted (i mean ā everyone says there are a lot of fetishistic moments in Total Spice and thats gross) and expected things causes THIS kind of reaction... how then can we talk about something serious and controversial?