love when a woman says "i am not comfortable with a man being here / doing this" the response is always "oh this man is good dw." okay did i say i am not comfortable with a bad man doing it or did i say i'm not comfortable with a man doing it? way to just outright tell me you think my boundary is stupid and you're not going to respect it.
So, the Pew Research Center is one of the highest quality, non-partisan, public opinion polling and demographic research centers in the world. And they have a fun new report: "Latinx Awareness Has Doubled Among U.S. Hispanics Since 2019, but Only 4% Use It".
Their findings include:
47% of Hispanic/Latino adults have heard the term "Latinx" in 2023, up from 23% in 2019, but only
4% of Hispanic/Latino adults have used "Latinx" to describe themselves, and only
13% of lesbian, gay or bisexual Hispanic/Latino adults use the term "Latinx", with usage in all other sub-groups falling in the single digits
In addition, among Hispanics who have heard the term "Latinx":
75% of all Hispanic/Latino adults say it should NOT be used, and
68% of Hispanic/Latina women say it should NOT be used, and
60% of lesbian, gay or bisexual Hispanic/Latino adults say it should NOT be used, and
And most sub-groups prefer either the term "Hispanic" or "Latino", including:
81% of all Hispanic/Latino people
82% of all Hispanic/Latina women
75% of all lesbian, gay or bisexual Hispanic/Latino adults
61% of Hispanic/Latino people people who have used "Latinx" to identify themselves
In summary, stop using language that the communities don't like/want! It is not progressive to force linguistic changes changes onto marginalized groups. (Particularly not when you are a part of the oppressor class.)
Reference:
Lopez, Luis Noe-Bustamante, Gracie Martinez and Mark Hugo. โLatinx Awareness Has Doubled Among U.S. Hispanics Since 2019, but Only 4% Use It.โ Pew Research Center, 12 Sept. 2024, https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2024/09/12/latinx-awareness-has-doubled-among-u-s-hispanics-since-2019-but-only-4-percent-use-it/.
"Why not make female heroes more feminine so girls know you don't have to be masculine to save the world" is misguided. The target audience of heroic adventure genre is not children who actually save the world in a literal sense, it's children who want a cathartic outlet for the struggles and injustice they face. And one of the most common types of injustice that many girls and children assumed to be girls are subjected to is forced feminization.
Me seeing young gay people who live in hyperaccepting areas make fun of people putting flags in the windows of their businesses or on their lawn and shit like that and morphing into a grandpa on the porch yelling "you take it and be grateful for it!!!"
I did grow up in the "queer people given crumbs and said thank you" era, right before major genuine concessions were made (and then promptly rolled back lmfao). Pre-2014 anglophone gay people forget that the mainstream opinion on gay people used to be negative. Like it was absolutely socially acceptable to be a homophobe and you (as the out gay person) were considered rude and obnoxious for pointing out that this homophobia affected you.
Seriously everyone, it changed so quickly. I am from a liberal town in a liberal state and when I was in high school in the late 90s it was pretty much unthinkable for someone to be out in high school. Like, of course no one would admit that they weren't straight. It just wasn't really talked about. And this level of avoidance and indifference was what happened in the good areas. I love seeing flags openly displayed in shop windows. I even love seeing the corporate pride displays in June, because what that tells me is that public opinion has changed so much since high school that it is now profitable for corporations to openly court queer customers. It may not always look like it, but this is progress.
I've been a HUGE fan of magical girl anime ever since I was about 10 years old - but as an adult, I struggle to look back on them nostalgically now that I'm able to see how dark certain parts of them are. like many other pieces of media - and noticeably so in anime - they each contain a concerning amount of rape culture themes.
Sailor Moon has many relationships with predatory age differences, Cardcaptor Sakura depicts multiple pedophiles, Tokyo Mew Mew has predation and a prominent sexual assailant, the girls of Madoka Magica are sexualized by the creators, and Princess Tutu features both a child predator and some... questionable design choices.
with the exception of Madoka, a magical girl parody aimed at adults/men, these shows are predominantly marketed as entertainment for young girls. from a feminist lens, I see this as a form of cultural conditioning & grooming - an attempt, intentional or otherwise, to normalize & romanticize rape culture in the minds of young girls, who often shape their understanding of the world through the culture & media they consume (before they are old enough to consume media critically).
instead of trying to defend these stories' unsavoury decisions, or uniquely demonizing them on an overly individualistic basis, I think the best thing we can do as feminists is remember that we can always change the way stories about childhood, puberty, romance & sexuality are told.
magical girls are often seen as a genre that seeks to empower girls. but girls of all ages deserve genuinely empowering stories - ones that don't shy away from grappling with dark, upsetting or educational themes, but send the right messages to girls: that rape isn't romantic, that their childhood bodies are not sexual objects, and that they can fight back against any person or force in their lives that tries to make them feel any differently.
Thank you very much for drawing this, I love it! And I love how Kyubey isn't included in the mascotte group shot at the end, lol.
But I have to be *that person* when it comes to my best favourite manga and point out how, in Naoko Takeuchi's original Pretty guardian Sailor Moon, the age gap between Usaghi and Mamoru is relatively small, and the one that increased it up to a predatory level for no reason at all is the male-made animated """adaptation""". Thanks as always, men! ๐คข
That being said, it's interesting to note how heavily the original Card captor Sakura manga by CLAMP is filled with paedophilia apology from front to back, whereas both its animated adaptation and its comic sequel wisely decided to do without it.
Sorry again for being nitpicky and obnoxious, because I'm serious when I say that I really, really appreciate this post! <3
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