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So a few months ago I read the BEST fic and now I literally cannot find it anywhere. I’m going to describe it and if anyone recognizes it even a little please lmk so I know I’m not losing it
okay it was basically a jatherine modern au where they were both teachers but their students didn’t know they were together until Jack tells this whole story about him and some girl who he loves. The kids start putting the pieces together and J/K reveal that they’re engaged. That was basically it but I remember it being written so well?? Anyway thanks for helping a girl out
So a few months ago I read the BEST fic and now I literally cannot find it anywhere. I’m going to describe it and if anyone recognizes it even a little please lmk so I know I’m not losing it
okay it was basically a jatherine modern au where they were both teachers but their students didn’t know they were together until Jack tells this whole story about him and some girl who he loves. The kids start putting the pieces together and J/K reveal that they’re engaged. That was basically it but I remember it being written so well?? Anyway thanks for helping a girl out
The newsies fandom has a problem with misogyny, racism, and ableism. But I will be focusing on the misogyny in this post.
I’ve been wanting to talk about this topic thoroughly and actually get my thoughts out cohesively, so here it is.
Fandoms have always been laced with bigotry, and the newsies fandom is not excluded. I usually see this being shown when people talk about Sarah or Katherine. With Sarah, people usually reduce her character to only Jack’s love interest, or they’ll use her as a plot device for something. Now I can see why someone might think that Sarah is an under developed character (I actually believe this myself) but that is no excuse to reduce a characters autonomy. I also don’t really see this a fair argument because a lot of y’all’s favorite character is litteraly white boy #46 with 3 lines of dialogue.
On the other hand, I can’t think of any excuse people can muster up for Katherine. Similarly to Sarah, she’s usually reduced to just a love interest or used a plot device. I see this absolutely absurd because I believe (and objectively) she’s a great character. She’s a character that is very easy to separate from Jack. She’s essential to the plot as well, and the fact that people disagree on that is insane. Yall saying to get rid of her and replace her screen time with some other (WHITE MALE) newsie is actually insnane because it comes off as if yall don’t believe women are able to have elaborate and complex stories (I can add more to this in the comments if needed).
This also leeks into ships of the fandoms (cough cough JAVID). Many of you will do one of the following
-demonize Sarah/Katherine
-ship them together so you have a reason to toss them aside
-forget about them all together
I know fandoms are known for being safe places for queer people to interact and relate with/to media (I am a lesbian myself), but you can create queer relationships without being misogynistic. Find another way that doesn’t include undermining women.
Also don’t you find it strange that the only somewhat popular wlw ship is always overshadowed by a mlm ship?
Look for any Newsbians content that doesn’t include Javid, I dare you
And finally, women having relationships with men doesn’t automatically make them underdeveloped. Stop saying this about Katherine. Shes developed, she has a character.
I wrote this while sleep deprived so please give me some grace
Like oh you hate Sarah Jacobs? The one character that literally has done nothing wrong except interfering with your favorite ship? You despise her? "she's annoying!" Sure...
You hate Katherine because "she isn't fleshed out enough" but your favorite character only has like 3 lines...? Sure buddy...
don't get me wrong, it's okay to be a hater, hands down I love hating on stuff and it's OKAY to love background characters infact I LOVE Barney peanuts (a character with NO lines)
but PLZ realize how you sound saying these arguments before I just explode
one more thing on women's history month but, like... there is no newsies conversation without women. historically, girl newsies existed on both sides of the strike force -- some as supporters, like annie kelly, and many as scabs. women have existed in every iteration of newsies in some form -- from ann-margaret and ele keats in the movie, to kara lindsay and capathia jenkins (among others, of course) on broadway, to the uk where we got an entire group of brooklyn newsgirls and a female spot conlon in the amazing clarice julianda and lillie-pearl wildman. the junior version of the show features multiple girlsies written into the script. women have been at the heart of this fandom for its entire existence, contributing amazing fanworks and content, and -- perhaps most essentially -- today, they are at the heart of newsies' continued existence! any local production of newsies will have a ton of girlsies, often making up more than half of the ensemble. at the local level, women are often the ones contributing the turn sequences, the high harmonies, and the crisp tap sounds. i'm not saying you have to abandon your favorite newsboys. no one is. but as a woman, any production of newsies that casts any of their lead newsies female means something to me. it's a way to add very real representation to a show that has consistently lacked it. this march, let's lift up all of the women that have made this show great, and try not to understate their importance in newsies's historical fabric.
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