About Women Whump
Just discovered the concept of whump and was like "oh. that's what I like". Only to discover the terrible lack of whump focused on women. I understand why it can feel complicated, a lot of the ways women get hurt in media are very misogynistic, and people who glory in seeing women vulnerable and hurt is something a lot of women have dealt with irl, myself included, and reminders can be tough
However. There is plenty of media where women are get injured or are emotionally compromised where it isn't about misogyny but treating them as like, you know, full people and characters who are having their own adventures. There's great queer and platonic content about women comforting and caring for other women, plenty of this media is BY women...ignoring all this is pretty sexist and denies it to the people who need their food.
So I'm going to dip my toe in this and post my own little collection of cool moments in fiction. Nothing too serious or intense, and it will be mainly focused on anime, manga, comics, because that's where my interests lie, but might include other stuff. I'm not gonna be taking submissions right now, but I will take suggestions. I'll repeat that there will be nothing too intense, this blog will not involve sa or anything like that.
I'm most fond of hurt/comfort stuff, ones where characters actually end up dying (permantly. If they get better it's okay) just make me upset in a not-good way. I especially love content involving queer women and women in general coming together in angst, taking care of each other, protecting each other, etc. Ones involving men supporting them are good too though
This blog is trans-inclusive, trans women are women, and I'm also happy to take suggestions involving nb characters--and I mean all nb characters, not as a 'oh people who look feminine are basically women anyway' bullshit thing. I just consider it an additional group that serves an audience who needs food too.
And maybe a man will sneak in once in a while as a special little deal, especially if there's a woman protecting him or somethin'.
(also, don't expect me to be available to post all the time, obviously. Life gets in the way).
Lets do this.
