Criticism & Culture

Pop Culture and Politics are my jams. I dabble in a variety of (LGBT+, female-focused, and/or otherwise wholesome) fandoms.

[sakura-haruka]

Gentlemen, Hoist the colors.

Happy international women’s month!

[bob-belcher]

same

[beaujes]

battle girlfriends!!!

[notaficwriter]

alright, but you can’t convince me that whitestone doesn’t fall completely head over heels with lady vex’ahlia for the next several hundred years. can you imagine going from a cultist necromancer as the lady of your city, to her being killed and replaced by a sun-blessed half-elf, who saved and brought home the long-lost prince, helped him out of the jaws of his demons, both figurative and literal, and kissed him back to life when his archenemy felled him? who slayed the dragon that threatened whitestone and wore its hide as armor? who convinced the city’s patron god to sponsor her to bring down an evil usurper god? she’s princess charming, you guys. 

for the next several centuries, every heroic love interest who comes to rescue the cursed prince in any play or penny dreadful published in the north is going to be suspiciously dark haired and part-elven, with a roguish smile and an animal sidekick she saved as a cub. there will be tendencies in whitestone painters to portray beautiful women as having broad, toned shoulders for archery, and allusions to the Huntress found in the margins of portraits, in little figurines of bears and arrows. people are going to claim that they still see the spirit guardian of the woodlands patrol through the city late at night, still resuming her tenure as grandmistress, and they might even be telling the truth, some nights.

and details will be forgotten, over time, myths remembered in place of facts. time will forget how she questioned every decision she made, how the three times she escaped from death’s teeth were marked by grief, not victory. but when children ride kitchen brooms in the yard, wearing pointed hats, it will be to represent a heroine, not a witch, and that matters. they’re going to remember her.

[rachandroll]

I saw a sad facebook post from the gay bookstore back in Ann Arbor where I used to live about how they hadn’t sold any books that day so I went on their online store and bought a couple, and while you don’t get #deals like elsewhere online, I’d love it if y’all would consider buying your next gay book from them instead of like, Amazon.

[678i0u]

The Heroines of Black Panther

[teeenage-circus-blog]

[selsessed]

I have been waiting a whole year to reblog this.

[str0ngfemalecharacter]

I’m scheduling this in August. Hopefully the US hasn’t been nuclear-bombed off the map by the time it posts.

This has never been more relevant.

[snowydragons]

Moana + Being a badass

[theoldbaccarinmorena-deactivate]

I used to want to save the world. To end war and bring peace to mankind. But then, I glimpsed the darkness that lives within their light. I learned that inside every one of them, there will always be both. The choice each must make for themselves - something no hero will ever defeat. And now I know…that only love can truly save the world. So I stay. I fight, and I give…for the world I know can be. This is my mission now. Forever.

Wonder Woman (2017) dir. Patty Jenkins

[lauraholliis]

Can’t talk right now. I’m in a barn wired to explode.

[youareavision]

'Wynonna Earp's' Secret Weapon: Feminism in a Demon-Haunted World

The cast and creator of the Syfy drama talk with THR about the not-so-secret ingredient behind the genre drama's status as a cult favorite.

ON CHARACTER LESSONS IN FEMINISM  

Kat Barrell: She’s (Nicole) very calm and kind, and I think she taught me that you don’t need to shy away from those traits just to assert yourself in that type of vocation or setting.

Dominique Provost-Chalkley: Being a part of Wynonna Earp has really opened my eyes to the importance of highlighting feminist issues, bringing them to the forefront, and not being scared to talk about it.

EM-POW-HER

Kat: Barrell: For me especially, because my character is so closely tied with the LGBT community, I’ve seen how Nicole has empowered a lot of especially young women to come out, or have open conversations about their sexuality with their family.

Dominique Provost-Chalkley: That’s so exciting because she will inspire other people. I never imagined that Waverly, and my part in the piece would have been able to do that for someone.

[vanderrwaals]

If Oliver doesn’t give you what you deserve…

[ilovecarlyraejepsen]

three times nicole haught was the unkillable gay

[skygenders]

Star Wars is gay

[startrekisgay]

Star Trek is gay too

[skygenders]

Space is for the gays

[nevaehtyler]

Since the “all lives matter” bunch is busy marching chanting “Jews will not replace us”, “white lives matter”, “blood and soil” and other racist and xenophobic atrocities, I wanna take a moment to commemorate this brave woman. Heather Heyer was 32 years old. She was murdered while counter-protesting in Charlottesville.

Thank you for taking a stand, for fighting against racism and homophobia. You will not be forgotten.

#Charlottesville   #HeatherHeyer

[scullyinspace]

[str0ngfemalecharacter]

I cried at least twice during 210 so I’m in BIG trouble.

[str0ngfemalecharacter]

So this is part of the birthday card I got from @imetapossum today. I literally laughed for 20 minutes straight. Drawing caption reads: “I cannot draw people but I think I can make a pretty good snowman. So here are our favorite Wynonna Earp ladies as snowpeople.