kashira, kashira -- gozonji kashira?

History is very interesting! Especially American history. It makes me want to go up to people and say "Your ancestors were all total jerks! Did you know?" Why yes, I am reading A People's History of the United States.


In today's Things That Really Bug Me:

Star Wars is kind of really, really sexist? Somehow I did not notice this! But today I was reading a fanfic, and it was kind of annoying me that it didn't pass the Bechdel test, and then I thought Wait a sec. Did canon even pass the Bechdel Test? Did it even have enough women to pass the Bechdel Test with? And really, thinking back, it sort of didn't. In the original movies, the dynamics are dude-dude-dude-dude-Leia-dude-(bunch of droids that are apparently assumed to be male)-dude-(aliens of unspecified gender, possibly referred to as "guy")-Aunt Beru-dude-dude-dude-dude-dude-Mon Mothma. And also Jabba's dancers + one of the musicians, I think. We don't really see a lot of women(at least, who are obviously female -- note that we do see a lot of obviously male characters everywhere) in the background -- no female soldiers, no women having a drink in Mos Eisley, no female pilots, no female technicians. You only really see women in Star Wars if they're there to a) look sexy, or b) be someone's relative or love interest. Mon Mothma is possibly the only exception to this, and we don't see much of her.

It's really disturbing, to not even see women in the background of a canon unless they're doing something sexy.

(Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go watch some Seirei no Moribito to get my head on straight again.)

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Am failing to write my Yuletide fic (despite the fact that I am leaving for the Land of No Internet in less than a week and need to get it done by then) due to being overdosed on male characters. I need to write some LADIES, y'all. Or anyone who is not this particular dude (much as I love him). So! A meme, stolen from bookelfe:

Give me a character that I know, and I'll write 2-3 sentences about their experiences in Ohtori Academy and/or their experiences in Gold Crown Town.

There is no way this meme cannot be awesome. \o/