I think it’s your kind of show, too.

@akurashy

Hi!

I’ve no plans on courting her, and while I asked her e-mail she gave me an address that was non-existent. Perhaps I looked like a stalker, or something. I wanted to contact her to prove to her that I really used the interview for a post. Too bad.

@Barclay

HI! Thank you.

Yes, that’s a good point. She was very likable as a person.

@IKnight

I don’t know. Maybe I was mistaken, but that was just a shallow observation of mine regarding academics.

@ferdino

wat

@Lelangir

Yeah, but you have to recognize that the trend of using women as primary characters and protagonists is notable (at least, compared to the male-dominated heroes of the 80s). It may be elevated for entertainment, but at least something good comes from it?

@Susie Q

Thanks.

I like the aim for fairness. At least society is going somewhere, I don’t know.

“I think it is actually easier for men to look past gender (if they want to) because they don’t have to change anything about themselves, just how they see other people.” Oh no – I disagree there. When we view gender as simply male vs. female we forget about strife between males. There’s just as much struggle for power between men as there is between men and women. Maybe.

Yes, women have to put up with double standards, but so do men. Once again, focusing simply on the oppression of women diverts attention away from feminized men – hence the “plurality” of masculinity: the fact that there is more than one type of man, just as there is more than one type of woman (to go with the flow of categorization etc.).

@ Lelangir: Hmm I sort of agree about the wnba naming, but I’m not sure how else they could make a separate women’s group for that…but for the women novelists, are you asking “why do we have to categorize them as ‘women novelists’ instead of just novelists?” I think it has to do with, it is harder for women to feel like “just a person and gender doesn’t matter” because it is pretty much part of every interaction, however subtle. I think it is actually easier for men to look past gender (if they want to) because they don’t have to change anything about themselves, just how they see other people. but women kind of have to continually reconcile the “norm” of society where the default is male, with themselves and how they are different.

I believe the incidence of reverse traps in recent anime signals the shift from purely male-dominated anime (Fist of the North Star comes to mind) to a more balanced treatment of men and women. I applaud the shift: I appreciate women who think and act for themselves; I don’t, however, like women who act like doormats (which is why I disliked Hot Gimmick). I could actually add more to this post, but that will have to come later as I still have a ton of academic requirements to fulfill.

I disagree: “reverse” traps are only “re” in such that they’re female? It’s like the “female novelist” as opposed to the “regular” novelist who is a male – or WNBA as opposed to the NBA whose name is not gendered and signifies “normalcy”. As if the Women’s National Basketball Association were some crazy mutant hybrid of the “normal” origin of basketball associations. English, while not having gendered articles is still gendered in different ways. I think all this trap business is on a pedestal rather than egalitarian. It’s exoticized and elevated for entertainment

I’ve never known anyone to actually deeply ponder the plight of the trap, I did know a guy who fapped to traps, but thats beside the point

also i think the allure of fujioka haruhi was that she was good as a guy or a girl. She was one of those characters that is immediately likable. I’m guessing her dad being a trap helped that too

Oh well! glad you enjoyed the convention, i’ve never been in one since I don’t really have interest in going to one