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Comment on Ghibli Month: Whisper of the Heart by Ghibli Month: The Cat Returns | Lady Geek Girl and Friends

Ghibli Month: The Cat Returns | Lady Geek Girl and Friends — Sat, 25 May 2013 22:00:15 +0000

[…] is because the main character of Whisper of the Heart, Shizuku, wrote The Cat Returns. I mentioned The Cat Returns during that review previously, and now that I’ve re-watched it, I still stand by what I […]

Comment on Martha Jones and the Culture of Casual Racism by Malin p

Malin p — Sat, 25 May 2013 19:38:28 +0000

I loved Martha, she’s one of my faves to be honest!
Although I hadn’t thought about the racism, you opened my eyes to it, but I still think Martha is one of the strongest companions, Yes she is hopelessly in love with the Doctor who doesn’t care for her in that way at all, nor does he become particularly close to her as a friend (compared to other companions) but she is really one of the few female companions who was doing something “real” with her life BEFORE she met the doctor (studying to be a doctor rather than just moping about doing whatever (rose/donna/amy etc) and she also went back to doing something that mattered AFTER she left the doctor, like working with torchwood/fighting against alien attacks. Sure the Doctor doesn’t really approve of her doing so and he might be right in certain aspects but doesn’t stop her doing it…

On an slightly off topic side note: I do agree with what you write about casual racism, however I also think that sometimes we tend to “make” racism appear where it might not have been or been intended to be.

You can pretty much find anything to be racist/offensive/ or some form of sectarianism if you look hard enough and are willing to find it. Not saying that you are not right but sometimes I think people need to stop trying to make things an issue where there wasn’t one to start with.
There is such a thing as being too politically correct, it will then just end up going the other way and actually become the very thing you might be trying to avoid/overcome.

Comment on In Brightest Day: Tony Stark’s Alcoholism by In Brightest Day: Post-Avengers Tony Stark | Lady Geek Girl and Friends

In Brightest Day: Post-Avengers Tony Stark | Lady Geek Girl and Friends — Sat, 25 May 2013 16:00:34 +0000

[…] about his problems, but the scene, because of its necessary briefness, is instead played for laughs.Blackout’s post on Wednesday dealt with comics!Tony’s struggle with alcoholism and how seeing a high-profile superhero […]

Comment on Sexualized Saturdays: “Straight guys don’t do that!” by Sexualized Saturdays: Sexualities in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 | Lady Geek Girl and Friends

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:00:22 +0000

[…] it, being gay isn’t about how well you do or don’t fit into certain stereotypes (See: Straight Guys Don’t Do That!) it’s about having a preference for the same sex and honestly I see no evidence of that being […]

Comment on Merida and the Problem with the Disney Princess Franchise by Disney’s Merida Makeover: not the only way to be a princess | Still Not Shakespeare

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:16:56 +0000

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Comment on Ace plays Final Fantasy VII: The Plot Thickens by Ace plays Final Fantasy VII: The Evil Corporation | Lady Geek Girl and Friends

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:00:44 +0000

[…] is that Rufus needs people to scapegoat for the summoning of Meteor, but as I explained last post, AVALANCHE is responsible for that. Any one of the members could have stopped Cloud from giving Sephiroth the Black Materia, and they […]

Comment on Merida and the Problem with the Disney Princess Franchise by sabinafelice

sabinafelice — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:15:36 +0000

First of all, while I personally don’t have a problem with Merida’s new dress itself and while I wouldn’t mind wearing it, I know that Merida definitely would. The worst thing about this is that it deviates from the character we all knew from the movie. That was an hour and a half of this red-headed lass fighting to become her own person and refusing to conform to what the norm expects of a princess (and not hiding her enormous appetite), and where is she now? Here, with all the other sparkly, waifish, over-girly Disney chicks! I mean, she was supposed to have a bow, and I don’t see it anywhere in this redesign. That’s a huge removal of a large part of Merida’s character. What if kids think this is the only way they’ll be accepted into society, by conforming to a sexist standard?
Secondly, poor poor Mulan.

Comment on Positive Representation: Beyond the Veil by squidinksamurai

squidinksamurai — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:06:46 +0000

Thank you!

I do have to say that I hope that badassery doesn’t defeat the point of hijab, which can be a number of things, but seems to be primarily about modesty. Certainly we’d agree that modesty and badassery are not mutually exclusive.

Thanks again.

Comment on Theatre Thursdays: Musical Love Triangles by Theatre Thursdays: Celebrating Female Friendships on Stage | Lady Geek Girl and Friends

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:01:05 +0000

[…] time I talked theatre, I discussed how problematic the love triangles in musicals can be. I also touched on how two-girls-and-a-guy triangles can […]

Comment on Oh My Pop-Culture Jesus: Knows Two Gods, Still a Christian by missionmusings

missionmusings — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:26:27 +0000

Reblogged this on MMM -- Munson Mission Musings and commented: I think this article completes my collection on "Doing Missions in the Marvel Universe."