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Animal Crossing New Leaf is great for a myriad of reasons and one of them is that it’s entirely reasonable to just be carrying a whale shark around in your pocket
June 2013
“I also think the role of the assistant has changed since Steven Moffat started overseeing Doctor Who. Rose, Martha and Donna were chosen to travel with the Doctor because they showed in one way or another that they were smart and up to the challenge. Amy and Clara both come to the Doctor first and foremost as mysteries. Amy is the little girl who grew up with a rift in time in her bedroom wall, who doesn’t know why she doesn’t have parents. She spends many episodes being mystically both pregnant and not pregnant but doesn’t know a thing about it and all our information about it comes through the Doctor. What the fuck is that?
Some version of Clara dies on screen twice before she is taken on as the assistant, and it seems like the Doctor takes up with her to find out why. In both cases, the woman is not of interest for her character or her abilities, but for some fundamental mystery in her being. The mystery isn’t even a secret she’s keeping, something over which she has control- it’s something she does not know about, that the Doctor must puzzle out in his own mind. It’s not about her- it’s about what’s wrong with her. When Steven Moffat took over Doctor Who, women became a problem.” —
Some version of Clara dies on screen twice before she is taken on as the assistant, and it seems like the Doctor takes up with her to find out why. In both cases, the woman is not of interest for her character or her abilities, but for some fundamental mystery in her being. The mystery isn’t even a secret she’s keeping, something over which she has control- it’s something she does not know about, that the Doctor must puzzle out in his own mind. It’s not about her- it’s about what’s wrong with her. When Steven Moffat took over Doctor Who, women became a problem.” —
What is wrong with Doctor Who? (via zelda-fistgerald)
Things about New!Who that I couldn’t explain why felt wrong.
(via bloggingthetrench)
This is totally true, and while Amy and Clara show themselves to be worth of the title companion (by anyone’s standards I think) this part of their story is very troubling, and now it’s glaringly obvious to me.
(via brasspistol)
“im against feminism because i support equality”
—someone who doesnt know what feminism is (via schlgrl)
- liking a piece of media does not automatically mean you think it is perfect or agree with its creators
- even if you are not openly critical of it
- because you don’t HAVE to be openly critical of it
- there is an enormous difference between being an apologist for something and wanting to dwell on the good parts of a thing you like because it makes you happy, please stop conflating these two things
- not talking about the flaws of a thing does not mean you do not recognize the flaws of a thing
- nobody has to apologize for liking what they like and nobody should be shamed for liking a thing
- your fave is problematic too
- also
- you are not a better person than someone just because your favorite piece of media is less problematic than theirs
- you aren’t
#i dont have the time nor the energy to be constantly inserting footnotes about how x thing is problematic in x way #i have to be positive to preserve my own sanity
