[ SECRET POST #5129 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5129 ⌋

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[Kathy Rain]


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[Wonder Egg Priority]


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I agree with you 100% that the ubiquity of "I couldn't go through with it" abortion plotlines, or "I did go through with it but it was awful" abortion plotlines is downright rage-inducing. However, how abortion is represented in fictional media is slowly getting better.

BoJack Horseman, GLOW, and Sex Education all have main characters who have abortions and aren't wracked with guilt over it. Also, in S1 of Jessica Jones, Jessica procures an abortion pill for a girl, and is all, "I'm pretty sure this is the part where I'm supposed to ask you if you're s—" and the girl pops that pill like, "Oh thank fuck, get this pill in me and this parasite out of me." Of course, the circumstances in this case are extremely grim and probably even most hardline pro-lifers would be begging for that pill. But still, it counts as an instance of an abortion with zero hesitancy or guilt.

[(Anonymous)]

I really like how they showed the abortion in GLOW - it was very straight-forward and practical, little stress and definitely no angst.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I loved it too. When it turned out she was pregnant I was like oh fuck no, because I HATE the way unplanned pregnancy in fiction is always treated like this huge crisis, oh the drama, whatever will she DO?? when there is, in fact, an obvious solution to the problem (depending on where and when you live, ofc). But then the show actually treated her unwanted pregnancy exactly the way I wish it was treated in fiction the majority of the time, and it was like, oh my god THANK YOU.

[tabaqui]

I always think of the abortion plot arc in 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' which was totally realistic *as well as* totally not pandering to the pro-life/drama llama bullshite.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm curious, do you somehow think women should feel ashamed if they are deeply upset by having an abortion?

[tabaqui]

...........?
How did you get that?
I think that the *portrayal* of woman being deeply upset over having an abortion is overdone, cliche, and not very realistic in most of the situations they (tv/movie people) put it into.

[(Anonymous)]

I've actually never seen it, but maybe I'll check it out. Thanks!

[tabaqui]

It's a silly, funny movie for the most part, with some 'drama' inserted that is actually pretty on par for most high schools.

Made in 1982. Written in part by Cameron Crowe, adapted from his 1981 book 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story'. Crowe went undercover at Clairemont High School in San Diego and wrote about his experiences.