Feminisms 1
If you can't see yourself in something, it probably isn't meant for you. That said it doesn't mean you can't engage with, enjoy, comment on or feel things about that media or situation. I am not saying the all female Ghostbusters can only be watched by the ladies, what I am talking about is the #notallmen phenomenon, the backlash to the all female reboots and why some women's survival of sexual assault is believed more readily. I suspect a lot of the animosity that comes from some men when confronted with stories that either don't involve them or only involve them as the bad guy comes from the fact that men have always existed in word where they are the good guy. No matter the circumstance in every story there is someone they can look at who looks, sounds and feels like them who is doing the right thing and saving the day or at least contributing to the story in some meaningful way. Women, People of Colour and non binary people don't have this. They are qui...