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any of gerda gottlieb’s paintings of her wife lili— must have meant a lot for a trans woman to be able to see herself through the eyes & subjective framing of someone who loved her
this weird martyrization of the living too is a form of dehumanization btw. (action towards) the liberation of the colonial subject & colonized land should not hinge upon a moral assessment of their individual subjectivity within a (colonial) framework of "civility"
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As much as i adore the whole cannibalism as love thing, i think this shows how people sleep on it as a metaphor for abuse and control.
The dehumanization of another to the point they are meat. Losing your body. Becoming part of someone else independently of your will. -
utena was no prince; she played the part of one— at a cost— but a major part of rgu was examining how the socially constructed & enforced gender roles presented through the lens of fairytale archetypes cannot be divorced from gender subjectification under the patriarchy
you people can't be normal about power, you either reduce her to a 'racist stinky brat' or sexy kawaii seductive anime girl when she's neither— she takes care of herself (denji & aki taught her to), & she wears cute outfits because she loves them, Not to entice sexual attention
. denji idealizes women (to a fault) because he longs for maternal affection & is repulsed by men as a trauma response. this ironically manifests as his embodiment of the masculine violence he's been hurt by (chainsaw man) being subject to control by his maternal figure
one thing i'd like skip and loafer anime-only watchers to keep in mind is that the story is kind to its characters & you should be too. they're teenagers, finding friendships & healing & dealing still with their own share of problems. no one is a villain & they are not malicious
csm 129 was so fun, i just read it & instantly felt better. there’s not much to chew on & discuss (other than the ‘save me chainsaw man’ makima/asa parallel, the third time asa has said an iconic makima line word-for-word), but it’s a transitional chapter so that’s ok (1/3)
i like that All chainsaw man characters (including makima, even) are pathetic messes. you can't name a single character who has their shit unrealistically together & i love the series for it (also makes sense for that to be the case in a society literally plagued by fears)
with the movie announced, i'm bringing up one of my favorite things about look back again: its title, a reference to oasis' don't look back in anger. a very apt song encapsulating the relationship between & tragedy of fujino & kyomoto. they loved each other.