#mugwomp

i agree! its better to not be an antisemitic conspiracy theorist

Yeah, I've been seeing these kinds of posts for years now. But I've also noticed that when there isn't some sort of ideological schism, it often just amounts to: "I love Star Wars but I can't understand why everyone gets so passionate about it."

Like, here are my two favorite movies from the past decade:

1. Mugwomp's Revenge: a great, goofy, over-the-top, almost entirely-silent movie about a childlike little alien robot who can only communicate in a language of his own invention (a kind of pop-surrealist nonsense that seems to make fun of some aspects of "child-like language use," in a way that works great for dialogue and is jarring at the beginning, but eventually becomes less jarring to you as a viewer, since you realize that the film is not mocking child-like speech).

2. The Princess Bride: a great, well-executed period fantasy movie, full of wonderful characters and charming dialog that's full of unexpected twists and surprises (you will laugh!).

If Mugwomp's Revenge was a feminist movie, I would be a feminist movie. If The Princess Bride were a feminist movie, I would be a feminist movie. The Princess Bride is a great movie because of its femininity. Mugwomp's Revenge is also a great movie, but it's also great just because it's great.

What both of these movies have in common with other feminist work is that they're great on their own terms. They are themselves. They aren't doing anything, they're just doing something. Their feminism doesn't try to be revolutionary or reify any set of ideas that are "feminism," it doesn't tell you how to "look like a feminist," it just tells you to be a feminist.