they addressed the whole stupid schtick people do about super βgirlβ once and for all when they said supergirl isnβt because sheβs a girl who is a hero, itβs because she is a hero for girls
itβs about a movie that says to be a girl is to be treated as an object, a commodity, goods, and also says that girlhood is something that is murdered not grown out of, something stolen not softly kissed farewell at a beautiful coming of age, itβs something that can be gone at the age of thirteen while someoneβs full grown adult cousin can still be βyoungβ, Supergirl is a film about the grief thats held inside and the anguish at losing that girl, at her being ripped away by the cruelties of reality and the desperate ways we cling to the preservation of others, to protecting those who come next, because itβs a generational story across planets, across histories, across cultures
