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I recently read an artikel that berkata Joss Whedon is not a feminist writer because he often shows his female characters emotionally vulnerable (it was phrased in a lebih patronising way, but that was the gist) and I didn't get it. For those who don't watch his shows he is known to tampil ALL his characters at times like that, not just the women. He focuses heavily on loss, tragedy and overcoming adversity, and I just don't understand why in shows that have every character facing vulnerability, pain and weakness it's un-feminist that some of those characters are women. I actually think the person who wrote that is being sexist against women, because it shows the opinion that for a woman to be strong she has to give much lebih than a man should to be strong.
There seems to be a surprisingly large amount of people who think the way to write a good feminist character is to make her perfect in every way. She should never make mistakes, never have the nerve to cry when she is suffering and never under any circumstances cinta her boyfriend (heaven help her if they split/he dies and she has the audacity to be sad about it). In my opinion that's not menulis a feminist, that's menulis a Mary-Sue. An insulting Mary-sue at that. As far as I can tell the people who think that are the type of people who think strong women are make believe. Why else would they see any sign of humanity as a character destroying fault? None of the people who say Buffy isn't really feminist because she suffers, gets passionate about her pasangan and sometimes screws up ever seem to focus on the male characters in the tampil who have the same faults, sometimes worse. Spike for example was completely dependant and needy in relationships, was injured and vulnerable for a fair portion of season 2 and lebih than once mucked up his plans. Is he sexist against men? Do his faults batal out his triumphs? No? Why not? Because he's a man, and for some people that apparently means he's allowed faults. They make him a richer character, but when anda give a female character the same depth it's weakness. It takes away her claim to strength.

anda tear characters down so anda can build them back up. Watch them overcome their troubles, learn a lesson and fight back stronger. It makes a character weaker if they never go through troubles, not stronger, because if they never face real struggles what is their challenge? How are they strong? If they are never in a vulnerable position (physically atau emotionally) then there is nothing for them to face, so how are they tampilkan their strength? Some of Buffy's most powerful moments were a response to being emotionally hurt, for example her fight scene with Angelus. If that hadn't been so heartbreaking for her it would have just been another generic vampire fight. No challenge.
Having human weakness doesn't stop a character being a good role model, it makes them a better one, who can relate to someone who never has bad times atau slips up? oleh akting as if the only women who are strong are the ones who are so far removed from real humans (of either gender) anda are basically saying to women 'if anda have ever had anything resembling a bad day, forget it, anda are weak' Is that a better message than 'if you've been hurt learn and come back from it stronger. Everyone falls, the strong get back up'? And why is it men are aloud faults and it's called depth but when women have them it's called sexism? When I'm watching a character, whether it's a man atau a woman, I want to see them at their best AND their worst. victorious and heartbroken, at their strongest and their weakest. I don't want writers to be afraid to give their female characters the same range of faults and emotions because they're afraid making a female character seem realistic and human will be labelled sexism, and I think the people who do think having a female character tampil the same emotional highs and lows as the men is sexist need to take an honest look at how they view strong woman. I hate watching weak damsels, but that doesn't mean I want perfect Mary-sues.

I just want to end clarifying that my issue is not someone who dislikes Joss Whedon, has problems with his work atau with people who do not think Buffy is a good feminist. I've heard people who feel that way explain why intelligently and in ways that make perfect sense, and while I personally disagree I felt their point was valid. This is an issue with people who think if a female character is shown having vulnerable moments, needing someone's support atau messing up she has lost her right to be called a role model. I have never heard anyone say that about a male character.
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Does their humanity and vulnerability stop their stregnth from counting?
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 Bethany Sloane, played oleh Linda Fiorentino
Bethany Sloane, played by Linda Fiorentino
Not-Your-Average Role Model

When I think "female ass-kicker," Bethany Sloane is not the first person who comes to mind. She's not physically as strong as Buffy Summers atau River Tam. She's not intellectually as strong as Temperence Brennan atau Hermione Granger. She's just a normal, lapsed Catholic who works at an abortion clinic.

In fact, the only thing that makes Bethany Sloane even the least bit extraordinary is the fact that she is the last blood relative of Yesus Christ.

That, in itself, shouldn't qualify her for membership in the "strong women" club. A person's lineage and situation doesn't...
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 The Women of Resident Evil
The Women of Resident Evil
I have realized in my life that there aren't that many hard-core female gamers out there. I wouldn't even describe myself as a hardcore gamer, although I might come close. Regardless, a feminist can't help but appreciate the steps the video game world has taken in order to elevate the status of women. And some may argue that, since the target audience of video games is men, the fact that women are portrayed with brains AND brawn in them is twice as progressive as the portrayal of tough women in film and television, whose gender audience is often membagi, split down the middle, atau targeted at women....
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An action-documentary about the evolution of stunt women from The Perils of Pauline (1914) and beyond. Narrated oleh Michelle Rodriguez.
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The incredible, true-story of Marie Skłodowska Curie and her ground-breaking scientific achievements that revolutionized medicine with her discovery of radium and polonium, ultimately changing the face of science forever. Starring Rosamund Pike.
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An inside look at the making of The Aeronauts, including how the project came to be, the inspirations of the characters and the vision of the filmmakers.
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I recently finished a tampil called Strange Empire, and I'm not really sure how I felt about it. The following rambling trying to disguise itself as a review is my attempt at sorting out my feelings.

I was in the middle of iconning a Western-ish series and needed background noise (something to half-watch while I edited stuff). I'd already gone through all the Western film Netflix had that interested me, so I decided to start a tampil called Strange Empire that had been on my watch-this-eventually daftar for ages. It fit my Western requirement, looked like it was about badass women, so why not?

It's......
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I just saw this movie and I loved it! Susan/Ginormica is a great character and a kickass woman. I thought the movie sent a great message about female empowerment. So I just had to add something!
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Interesting montage of Sarah Connor and Ellen Ripley oleh benoitforchamp
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