The second link pretty much sounded like a full-on description of Anita!
I was particularly struck by the part about how we're still apologizing for strong women. Even today, when they get praised, it seems they can only be so strong without being reprimanded, and being sexy is still the most important thing. I remember watching Van Hell sing and just gagging at what was supposed to be a strong female. The only decent part was when she stabbed the lady-vamp and said the line about her talking too much. And Anita...she's strong, but not in a positive way. She's villain-strong. She's pretty much what sexist jerks fear that a strong woman will be, and that's not empowering or advanced at all. Making women in power or sexual women evil is one of the the oldest tricks there is, and LKH doesn't even realize she's doing it.
I did not realize that this anti-blonde bigotry was rampant, though. I thought this was just LKH using Anita as a mouthpiece again and/or giving Anita a really transparent excuse to whine.
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I was particularly struck by the part about how we're still apologizing for strong women. Even today, when they get praised, it seems they can only be so strong without being reprimanded, and being sexy is still the most important thing. I remember watching Van Hell sing and just gagging at what was supposed to be a strong female. The only decent part was when she stabbed the lady-vamp and said the line about her talking too much. And Anita...she's strong, but not in a positive way. She's villain-strong. She's pretty much what sexist jerks fear that a strong woman will be, and that's not empowering or advanced at all. Making women in power or sexual women evil is one of the the oldest tricks there is, and LKH doesn't even realize she's doing it.
I did not realize that this anti-blonde bigotry was rampant, though. I thought this was just LKH using Anita as a mouthpiece again and/or giving Anita a really transparent excuse to whine.