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heartless guttersnipe (parsimonia) wrote in scans_daily,

Re: that's how we like it here.
Coincidentally, these are all also signs of weakness

It's funny how not being able to ask for help is also a huge weakness, but someone who doesn't ask for help always retains that veneer of being tough guy.

because it's a refutation of the idea that a woman has to be *like* a man, has to discard all things feminine

Yes! It took me forever to realize that if I liked or wanted to do traditionally feminine things, that didn't mean I was buying into sexism or sexist culture.

(I would even go so far as to say authentically feminine, to delineate this argument from the "women who don't shave" bullshit)

Not quite sure I follow you, there.

But I do think that "women who are heroes in traditionally masculine ways" are fairly well represented, comparatively, while "women who are heroes in traditionally feminine ways" are bare on the ground like snow in March, and we need Diana out there carrying that banner.

Agreed. Suddenly I'm picturing a superhero in a bright pink costume. Misfit could totally pull that off.

You know, I would really like to see a scene where Babs and Diana meet for the first time. Probably set during her Batgirl years. I can see a younger Babs being less of a feminist than she would become later on. I mean, obviously, she's not going to buy into anyone's "she's just a girl" bullshit, but in terms of dealing with other women, I can see there being a touch of misogyny on her part. I think it's the part in Batgirl: Year One, when she's at the costume store and the store clerk says he has a WW costume, and her reaction is a condescending "Please..." or something similar, that's influencing me on that.

Especially if they got onto the topic of feminism for whatever reason, I can see Babs being all "Psh, I took Women's Studies 101, I know everything about feminism." And then Diana would make some observation that would make Babs think twice and re-examine.