[ SECRET POST #2543 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #2543 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.
[Fangirl]


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02.
[Anne Neville, The White Queen]

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03.
[Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan]


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04.
[Merlin]


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05.
[Elementary]


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06.
[Whitechapel]


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07.
[Grey's Anatomy]

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08.
(Legend of Korra)


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09.
[Papa Pear Saga + Doctor Who]


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10.
[Godfrey Gao as Magnus Bane in "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones"]


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11.
[Kwon Yuri, Tiffany Hwang and Jessica Jung of Girls' Generation]


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12.
[Les Miserables/Anton Zetterholm/Rob Houchen]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01pages, 015 secrets from Secret Submission Post #363.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[sarillia]

I'm actually more bothered by the opposite, where they make the past look even worse than it was. Makes people think we've made more progress than we really have. But I get where you're coming from too (my girlfriend tends to agree more with you than me too). It really is a very fine line to walk.

[anonymouslyyours]

I'm with you on being more irritated when people exaggerate how badly women had it because a lot of people seem to use that as reasoning for why women's progress so far is ~good enough~ or even use it as a biological determination kind of thing.

On the other hand there are plenty of kickass women in history and plenty of society's histories that would seem mindblowingly progressive compared to the modern person's belief of how ALL THE PAST WAS (tm) that making up or exaggerating historical women seems like some weird anti-feminist double bluff like "Nope, no note-worthy women in history. We had to make up stories because interesting women are fun fantasies but women weren't really capable or cool."

Oh but I also hate hate hate how 9/10 mainstream attention on male historical figures blows and distorts the stories out of proportion (Braveheart, 500, Gladiator, etc., etc.) but no one really talks about that and just goes on and on about how real men were so ferocious and kickass back then but when the same treatment is given to female figures it's all 'lol feminism'.


/randomly rambly rant over

[sarillia]

I like this comment. I love looking into kickass women from history and they definitely shouldn't be ignored.

+100000000000

[intrigueing]

Historical norms =/= not a single women ever managed to defy them.

[(Anonymous)]

good rant