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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

intro post for the chaos

hi!!! i’m moo!! pronouns r she/he/they :) i’m a minor+ aspec pan queer etc yay

if ur a bigot/make me uncomfy i’ll block u. specifically terfs + dream fans gtfo!

multifandom + whatever i want! primarily mcyt (dsmp-hermitcraft-empires-etc) homestuck, toh, and whittled pantheon (group project ocs). i love space & red pandas, and occasionally go insane about the musical hadestown :) 

uhm dsmp stuff i run rp blog @sapapp <3

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now that I am thinking of it the “strong female character” discourse perpetual motion machine has honestly done terrible damage to how people write female characters, especially in YA books, because it encouraged people to write individual characters in terms of things that were generally wanted or needed among female characters.

so reader A wants women who are independent, so I’ll make my protagonist independent. reader B wants women who are strong, so she’s also strong. Reader C wants women who are feminine, so she’s feminine, but reader D wants women who are not traditionally feminine, so she isn’t too feminine, and reader E wants women who don’t need a man, so we’re going to avoid focusing on romance, but reader F wants women who are sexually independent, so we’re still going to have her be sexually active and explicitly not give a shit about her virginity, and it keeps going and keeps going.

and what you end up with is a bunch of characters that exhibit a limited range of qualities because few people want to write women that strongly contradict *any* of the things people want from female characters, because we’ve been reading it like every single female character has to individually model what a Good Female Character should be like, and the majority of YA protagonists are vaguely the same level of feminine, independent, vulnerable, skilled, clever, and sexual, and it’s actually suffocating

overfedvenison

There used to be this concept going around called the “Galbrush Paradox.”

To find the original text...

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It’s a little angry, haha. But the point is there.

Basically: There is a perception that with female characters, a woman must be representative of women as an entire demographic. There is no such perception with that in male characters. And this is bad; out of well-meaning concern for women as a demographic, it stifles what kind of female characters can be created, and that in turn sort of pushes female characters further into specific niches

catgirl-catboy

Okay this is the best thing I've read all day thank you for showing me.

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sadhoc

there is a very real tendency of teenagers with anxiety disorders self diagnosing with considerably more stigmatized and impairing mental illnesses (e.g. schizophrenia, DID, personality disorders), but the best response to that isn't to get angry with them for "appropriating" lol. instead you show them coping resources for the problems they're actually having and deemphasize diagnostic categories in general. if an 18 year old is claiming to have alzheimer's, they're probably making an innocent mistake and are in genuine distress. be kind.

mariaalenkoshepard

Also I think this trend comes, at least in part, from how brushed aside anxiety disorders can be. If your parents and teachers dismiss you with 'oh everyone feels anxious', then inevitably you're going to start thinking that there must be something else going on with you

as-catolica

”You must feel very scared right now; let’s talk about how to help you personally, tailored to your symptoms” will always be more helpful than “stop faking (X) for attention”. If theyre that desperate for attention or an explanation, something is wrong.

caitas-cooing

And like, at least some of them are probably right. Yeah these disorders are less common than things like anxiety disorders, but they are more common than you think they are. Like, they probably shouldn't self diagnose without doing a reasonable amount of research and talking to a professional if possible, but not every single one of them is wrong, and being wrong about something is not the same thing as lying about having something you don't. Be nice to teenagers they're still learning

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Narcissus taking a selfie is the ACTUAL best.

simplyclockwork

These are REALLY cool

notallfay

These are art in themselves, in a some of them point out what lockdown was like for us, they’re expressed themselves in a really cool way. But I think these are going to be talked about in the future.

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delphinidin4

Narcissus taking a selfie is the ACTUAL best.

simplyclockwork

These are REALLY cool

notallfay

These are art in themselves, in a some of them point out what lockdown was like for us, they’re expressed themselves in a really cool way. But I think these are going to be talked about in the future.