[ SECRET POST #4467 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4467 ⌋

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[Sex and the City]


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[Robert Sheehan (Actor from Umbrella Academy and Misfits)]


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[Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman]


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I agree that there aren't very many main female characters that are traditionally "masculine," and I'm all for there being more. I mean, Kara Thrace is a favorite character of mine, and I'd argue that she's fairly masculine in the traditional sense. She's not completely and utterly devoid of all femininity, but I'd say she's far more "guyish" than "girlish."

That said, I also think Buffy is rarer than a lot of people give her credit for in that she's not just feminine. She's girly. She likes shopping and fashion and she's sad when she breaks a nail and has to wear a press-on. And the narrative is 100% cool with her being girly and still the lead and still the strongest most active most essential character to the plot.

I think both these types of characters challenge pervasive societal approaches to women. The first one challenges the idea that it's of utmost importance for a woman, regardless of whatever else she is, to be attractive and pleasing to men (because while there are men who will be attracted to masculine women, the majority probably won't be). The second one challenges the idea that girliness is antithetical - even deleterious - to whatever other valuable qualities one might possess.

Not that I mind more standard-feminine characters either. There's plenty of those I love too. But I do wish there were more of both masculine and girly characters that the narrative respects and doesn't strive to "normalize" over time.

[(Anonymous)]

yea, buffy is given all those hyper feminine markers you would traditionally see on mean, shallow, dumb female characters in media.
i mean, she wanted to be a cheerleader! prom queen! and the narrative didn't refuse her those things because she had to learn that it was dumb and shallow to want them, it was tragic that she couldn't because of her fate. (((((and then it gave her a different award from her classmates for always protecting them cue me bawling my eyes out i really love this show)))))

[froodle]

Teenagers en masse can be gracious! *bursts into tears*

I still love seasons 1-3 of Buffy. So much.