Thissss! My goodness, the books are one thing. What about the songs? And movies? And commercials? I hear lyrics and see billboards and sometimes catch MVs that have me wondering what is going on. Do musicians have nothing better to sing? What's with the constant fixation with and sexualisation of women? Ads that leave me wondering what has a woman, -or even worse, an almost naked woman- got to do with this thing that you're advertising? It's awful to say the least, and the people (read as 'women') who see nothing wrong with it are the worst of the lot.
yes, unfortunately it’s embedded into our society and our media. it seems many people don’t know how to convey stories or messages about women without making it sexual or sometimes they sexualise women and it wasn’t relevant to their work. just like you said, the women who seem okay with it are part of this problem
Thissss! My goodness, the books are one thing. What about the songs? And movies? And commercials? I hear lyrics and see billboards and sometimes catch MVs that have me wondering what is going on. Do musicians have nothing better to sing? What's with the constant fixation with and sexualisation of women? Ads that leave me wondering what has a woman, -or even worse, an almost naked woman- got to do with this thing that you're advertising? It's awful to say the least, and the people (read as 'women') who see nothing wrong with it are the worst of the lot.
yes, unfortunately it’s embedded into our society and our media. it seems many people don’t know how to convey stories or messages about women without making it sexual or sometimes they sexualise women and it wasn’t relevant to their work. just like you said, the women who seem okay with it are part of this problem
Beautiful last line, "Maybe it is time to let the muse step down from her pedestal and walk away, free to tell her own story."
Reading stories with female voices written by men is too often done poorly!
thank you for reading! yes, they're often not executed well
this is all so true and i hope more people get to see it and have their eyes opened
this! thank you for reading :)
CHEF’S KISS. So well done. Thank you for writing :)
AWW thank you for reading :D
you articulated this so so well
aw this made me smile :) thank you for reading
so powerful and real. thank you for finding a beautiful way to articulate something so simple at heart, but has been made complex.
my pleasure :) it’s a thought that has been living in my mind and i decided to let it out. thank you for reading!