Gothhandsewing666 - Useless Lesbian

no but NOT ONLY does the Dracula novel explicitly show that the men's well-intentioned but extremely sexist decision to exclude mina because she is a woman makes her more afraid and unhappy and also puts her at risk BUT ALSO it shows that after they realize their mistake and start including her again she is actually noticeably happier, despite the dire circumstances, less worried AND she is able to meaningfully contribute to their efforts as a valuable member of the group, thus making them all stronger

it's so striking. many of the characters display very typical attitudes for the time that the book was written but the narrative...kinda doesn't. yes it was written in the 1890s so it's still dated by modern standards, but it makes a very conscious effort to question a lot of traditionalist attitudes and views that would have been prevalent at the time. like, the male characters all think that it makes sense that a woman's nerves would be too sensitive to participate in a vampire hunting mission...but the narrative does not validate this and in fact shows them to be wrong. and only when they change their behavior are they able to succeed.

Also notable that Jonathan is the first one to be able to injure the Count, and is ultimately the one who kills him. And he is the least traditionally masculine and most gender nonconforming of the male characters.

tldr lowkey in the books dracula was defeated with the powers of friendship feminism and gender nonconformity and I think we should talk about that more

simon for ur inbox

Omggg he's so adorable also except for the white paws he reminds me very much of my elderly son

Instead of watching reaction videos of people reacting to stuff for the first time, I wanna see videos of neurodivergent people watching stuff for the thousandth time and dropping all the knowledge they have

wow i cant believe he said this

Cold weather is really kicking my ass (more than usually) because of my music hyperfixation. Was listening to mostly goth leaning during the summer but ass soon it gets cold another hole/ Courtney love obsession phase. My clothing style is heavy influenced by the music I'm listening to atm which is finne usually but not now when all I wanna wear is short skirts and more "sluttier (used affectionately)" things and it's fucking freezing. Also might be that I'm kinda bored of long skirts that I could make work with shear fabrics and layers when it was warm but now when it's usually my only option I don't feel like it. I'm literally so annoyed

I can now confirm that that's true. Wasn't intentional, so much sun and people 2 of the things i hate

Walk of shame at 5 am > walk of shame at 9 am (or just normal day time).

No sun to burn you and close to 0 people around, also get to be home when waking up tiered/ hungover.

Not feminist as in "women should be included in the draft" but feminist as in "being drafted is a violation of bodily autonomy for any gender".

The draft should not exist. Drafting people into the military is a violation of human rights. You should not be able to force someone to risk their life. If you can't find enough people who care about a conflict to keep it going then it simply shouldn't keep going. You can't even force someone to donate a kidney using government power, why the fuck can you force them to donate their whole body and life to a cause they don't agree with or don't care about?