Lady love rules ok

So, the Pew Research Center is one of the highest quality, non-partisan, public opinion polling and demographic research centers in the world. And they have a fun new report: "Latinx Awareness Has Doubled Among U.S. Hispanics Since 2019, but Only 4% Use It".

Their findings include:

47% of Hispanic/Latino adults have heard the term "Latinx" in 2023, up from 23% in 2019, but only

4% of Hispanic/Latino adults have used "Latinx" to describe themselves, and only

13% of lesbian, gay or bisexual Hispanic/Latino adults use the term "Latinx", with usage in all other sub-groups falling in the single digits

In addition, among Hispanics who have heard the term "Latinx":

75% of all Hispanic/Latino adults say it should NOT be used, and

68% of Hispanic/Latina women say it should NOT be used, and

60% of lesbian, gay or bisexual Hispanic/Latino adults say it should NOT be used, and

And most sub-groups prefer either the term "Hispanic" or "Latino", including:

81% of all Hispanic/Latino people

82% of all Hispanic/Latina women

75% of all lesbian, gay or bisexual Hispanic/Latino adults

61% of Hispanic/Latino people people who have used "Latinx" to identify themselves

In summary, stop using language that the communities don't like/want! It is not progressive to force linguistic changes changes onto marginalized groups. (Particularly not when you are a part of the oppressor class.)

Reference:

L'Inverno (The Winter) (1890 - 1910)

wow so revolutionary. such a win for for feminism. i’m sure hairy males are crying and trembling.

•••❤︎🎀𝓜𝓐𝓖𝓘𝓒𝓐𝓛 𝓖𝓘𝓡𝓛𝓢🎀❤︎•••

I've been a HUGE fan of magical girl anime ever since I was about 10 years old - but as an adult, I struggle to look back on them nostalgically now that I'm able to see how dark certain parts of them are. like many other pieces of media - and noticeably so in anime - they each contain a concerning amount of rape culture themes.

Sailor Moon has many relationships with predatory age differences, Cardcaptor Sakura depicts multiple pedophiles, Tokyo Mew Mew has predation and a prominent sexual assailant, the girls of Madoka Magica are sexualized by the creators, and Princess Tutu features both a child predator and some... questionable design choices.

with the exception of Madoka, a magical girl parody aimed at adults/men, these shows are predominantly marketed as entertainment for young girls. from a feminist lens, I see this as a form of cultural conditioning & grooming - an attempt, intentional or otherwise, to normalize & romanticize rape culture in the minds of young girls, who often shape their understanding of the world through the culture & media they consume (before they are old enough to consume media critically).

instead of trying to defend these stories' unsavoury decisions, or uniquely demonizing them on an overly individualistic basis, I think the best thing we can do as feminists is remember that we can always change the way stories about childhood, puberty, romance & sexuality are told.

magical girls are often seen as a genre that seeks to empower girls. but girls of all ages deserve genuinely empowering stories - ones that don't shy away from grappling with dark, upsetting or educational themes, but send the right messages to girls: that rape isn't romantic, that their childhood bodies are not sexual objects, and that they can fight back against any person or force in their lives that tries to make them feel any differently.

But I have to be *that person* when it comes to my best favourite manga and point out how, in Naoko Takeuchi's original Pretty guardian Sailor Moon, the age gap between Usaghi and Mamoru is relatively small, and the one that increased it up to a predatory level for no reason at all is the male-made animated """adaptation""". Thanks as always, men! 🤢

That being said, it's interesting to note how heavily the original Card captor Sakura manga by CLAMP is filled with paedophilia apology from front to back, whereas both its animated adaptation and its comic sequel wisely decided to do without it.