Idk how else to say it. Wonder Woman clearly means something v different to girls who IDed with her than boys who liked her in "other ways"
-
-
Replying to @arthur_affect
I'm not even talking about as jerk-off material though that is there in his script and it is gross
1 reply 20 retweets 247 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect
I mean this whole psychosexual complex dudes have with "strong women". The weird sudden flipping of admiration into resentment
2 replies 93 retweets 536 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect
Simultaneous "I want to put you on a pedestal and tear you off. I want to prove I'm one of the Good Ones but hate that I have to"
1 reply 55 retweets 427 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect
Femininity as symbolic of everything good and pure and whole that he desires but can't have and projects onto his Dream Woman
3 replies 29 retweets 291 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect
That's, like, an extremely common Male Nerd Disease. Fuck, I plead guilty
2 replies 21 retweets 304 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect
That's why women being involved in the movie's development and the women-only screenings mattered
2 replies 32 retweets 426 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect
Like it feels like this kind of thing is a constant gravitational pull on any male-led project to portray Strong Women
1 reply 13 retweets 224 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect
And to not fall into it as a dude you gotta be checking yourself all the damn time
1 reply 12 retweets 213 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect
We can discuss how well Joss checked himself or surrounded himself w ppl to check him on other projects
2 replies 10 retweets 149 likes
But in this one bc it was a passion project there was no self-checking and the passion bleeds into the page. In a bad way
-
-
Replying to @arthur_affect
Like even the shit that's clunky and hacky. The world and the villains feel barely sketched in bc he's not thinking abt that
2 replies 8 retweets 180 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect
The script is completely actually about Steve Trevor's Massive Bundle of Feels About Strong Wimen
2 replies 23 retweets 374 likes - Show replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.