GET MY RIDE ON GET MY FUCKING HOMICIDE ON

the erasure of the rape element in mythological retellings is so heinous it borders on misogyny

it’s the idea that because rape as an act is misogyny, that talking about rape or including it in stories is also misogyny. as if acknowledging that women were denied agency and dignity somehow further denies us agency and dignity. when really, acknowledging the ways women were/are denied agency and dignity affirms that we are entitled to these things. a feminist story isn’t just a story in which no bad things happen to women. bad things do happen to women. pretending they don’t, and especially trying to superimpose that conviction onto the past, just because it isn’t as fun to dwell on, is not a feminist position.

Literally every modern retelling that ignores Persephone was kidnapped and raped (and forced to marry her rapist). I can't recall even ONE story based on this myth that at least vaguely implies the actual rape element

Hi just because youre a gay man doesnt mean you can say whatever you want about women

a male character could be a serial rapist, torturer, and murderer of women....... and then suddenly identify as trans and dumbasses on this app will be like "wow....... she was just expressing pain at repressing her womanhood.....🥰 i relate to her so much........ unproblematic fave.....isn't she lovely...🩷 look she put on a bow........bow means girl 💅💅💅💅"