I hate all the bullshit surrounding so calling feminist agendas in media or gender politics in casting. The very fact that it’s 2021 and it is still unusual for women to be the focus of a movie and not be overtly sexualised is wild. I hate misogyny, I hate misogynistic behaviour and I’m sick of misogynistic fanboys gatekeeping and kicking off about female leads.
Honestly, I would far prefer that these toads would just own their misogyny and say " I hate Captain Marvel because I have a problem with a story about empowered women" than bitch and moan about how Disney’s “so called feminist agenda” is ruining all that is sacred blah blah blah.
They won’t, because they are cowards, and if they did I’d still fucking hate them but I’d at least be grateful they aren’t trying to use a smokescreen to mask their heartfelt prejudices.
There are plenty of reasons to dislike Captain Marvel (I personally really enjoy it but it definitely has flaws that irk me as do most MCU films) but if your anger is steming from a hatred of a woman get wrecked you big dumb baby.
Feel free to replace Captain Marvel with the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Ghostbusters, Charlie’s Angels, Thor: Love and Thunder or any other female led project that has angered the great unwashed man-childen of the world.
Yeah. Sorry for the boast but I didn’t give a fuck about Rey’s gender from Star Wars when I saw it.
I also HATE when a man has a female friend, they’re expected to be in a romantic relationship, which is annoying as bollocks. This also applies to media, and dehumanises women MORE.
I also remember my rant on the sexualisation of women. I know men have been sexualised, but its more often women, likely due to the male dominated culture. And my constant whining about Bond girls was stupid because there are plenty of women in Bond films that aren’t sexualised.
And speaking of that, if there’s anything worse than casual misogynists, it’s radical feminists that give feminism a bad name, which is one of the main causes of modern misogyny.
By the way, growing up in a small town, with barely any friends, I always liked films with a male lead because it was more ‘relatable’. Luckily, I am no longer like this.