On paper, an adult cartoon created by a man where many of the female characters are voiced by men would look deeply misogynistic, and in many cases it is, but I feel like YOLO really stands out from that trend. The main characters are women and they can be loud, gross, and flawed, but in the same way that men in adult television have been allowed to be for years. Women can be funny and imperfect without being reduced to one-note sexist stereotypes and I think this show really displays that. Rachel's male VA does not attempt to put on a shrill, fake "woman's" voice but instead just captures her gruff and assertive personality. There's no joke about her or anyone else having a "man's voice," that's just Rachel and we love her the way she is. Similarly, Michael Cusack dressed in full drag in one scene and that wasn't portrayed as a joke either. Although there are still many men in the show, they are all supporting characters to the ladies' adventures, outright flipping the script on the many shows out there where women are relegated to supporting roles to the men's antics. It is honestly really refreshing.
Of course, above anything I advocate for more adult cartoons with women fully at the lead, like Tuca & Bertie. But I think Michael Cusack and YOLO set a good example of how men can create a good comedy without being allergic to showing women as full people. Sarah and Rachel are both funny and go through a lot of character growth, and Michael really seems to understand that women do not have to be written as a different species than men. It also helps that YOLO's production team is full of women, including the art director and almost all of the co-writers who work with Michael. Women are very much a key part of this show's storytelling and it shows.
Reremembered this fever dream of chaos is a movie that exists and it needed reblogged.
I know many people may not see this but. I am begging everyone who does to watch A Town Called Panic. It’s an hour-long, French, stop motion comedy and a wonderful thing to have on with a bunch of friends. It’s got one of the most erratic plots and is so stupidly well made it genuinely makes me mad. It’s on YouTube for free, and probably other places, just. Please. Get a few friends and watch this stupid movie I need more people to know about it and be talking about it.
Given the moral crisis that 12 was going through immediately after his regeneration, wondering whether or not he was a good man, I find it supremely interesting that the first and one of the only times he gets a flat acknowledgement of that fact is from a Dalek.
And the way it contrasts the scene with 9, another Doctor haunted by his past and the weight of his sins.
He gets told that he would make a good Dalek. He gives in to his hatred and if not for Rose, he would have lost himself in it. If hatred is what makes the Daleks the Daleks , then the companions are what make them the Doctor. That’s the only difference. A good Dalek and a good Dalek.
Doodles
“It’s literally impossible to be a woman.
You are so beautiful, and so smart, and it kills me that you don't think you're good enough. Like, we have to always be extraordinary, but somehow, we're always doing it wrong?
You have to be thin, but not too thin, and you can never say you wanna be thin. You have to say you wanna be healthy, but also, you have to BE THIN.
You have to have money, but you can't ask for money because that's crass.
You have to be a boss, but you can't be mean.
You have to lead, but you can't squash other people's ideas.
You're supposed to love being a mother, but don't talk about your kids all the damn time.
You have to be a career woman, but also, always be looking out for other people.
You have to answer for men's bad behavior, which is INSANE, but if you point that out, you're accused of complaining!
You're supposed to stay pretty for men, but not so pretty that you tempt them too much or that you threaten other women because you're supposed to be a part of the sisterhood, but ALWAYS STAND OUT and ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL. But never forget that the system is rigged, so find a way to acknowledge that but ALSO, always be grateful!
You have to never get old. Never be rude. Never show off. Never be selfish. Never fall down. Never fail. Never show fear. Never get OUT OF LINE. It's too hard! It's too contradictory, and nobody gives you a medal or says 'thank you!' And it turns out, in fact, that not only are you doing everything wrong, but also, everything is your fault.
I'm just so tired of watching myself, and every single other woman tie herself into knots, so that people will like us.
And if all of that, is also true for a doll just representing a woman, then I don't even know." -Gloria the barbie movie
this is it. this is exactly it oh my god.
Hearing constantly about gifted autistic kids and people seeing it as THEE autistic trait has completely disregarded those who aren’t gifted and made a HUGE divide in the community. Seeing constantly “yeah autistic people are usually gifted” is so annoying because a VERY large chunk of autistic people, aren’t actually gifted and media has just put the gifted people at the front because they’re more palatable. The “autistic gifted kid burnout” has become more so a trend than anything and I’ve seen a lot of people assume they’re autistic because they are the “gifted kid burnout person” when that isn’t even a requirement for an autism diagnosis. You don’t have to be gifted to be autistic. You don’t have to be!!
Start putting the people who struggle more in the spotlight. Those with intellectual disabilities, those with learning disabilities, those with cognitive disabilities, those who are just generally stereotypically “dumb” and embrace it!
We need to have a very big discussion about this as a community and it needs to start today.
This might be one of the coolest fucking pieces of art to find
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Reference: Jinx from Arcane S2
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Day 14: Favorite LGBTQIA+ meme
Fuck yeah.
I may be late and the party may end up being dead, but I only read the book yesterday.
the trauma compelled him to correct stanley's grammar
or I'm just incredibly tired.
Everytime I have heard bells today my brain decides that it's an ice cream truck.
The fact that Sally said "you're not broken" to Percy is a line to every nuerodivergent kid.
Because I know that there are so many of us who have thought that we are broken because we see the world differently and the world tells us we are.
And then we have someone like Sally Jackson to tell us all that we're not. That we are not broken, simply in a broken system.