“why can’t female heroes kick arse in heels” because it’s not practical and will literally snap your damn ankle you can scream weaponised femininity all you want but first off, you need to admit that they’re not an almighty symbol of empowerment, and secondly that if you do a job with a lot of physical activity in heels you’re risking your own safety. all these women fighting in heels on tv are going to end up seriously injuring themselves.
weaponised femininity is a concept made up in an attempt to get us to embrace the industries created to hold us back/profit from our insecurities so that we can continue to fit into the male expectation of what a woman should be and not question why we are forced to spend thousands on our appearance every year
just a small anecdote. I had a friend who worked in theater; she was the stage manager and an actress came to her in tears one day because the director absolutely refused to let her do a choreographed fight scene in less than 3 inch heels because “they’re platforms so you’ll be okay.” My friend, who is a woman’s size 10, brought her own heels in the next day and DEMANDED the director put them on and try the choreography before the actress did it. He finally agreed to change it, without putting the heels on.
so like I know you might think of “all those women on tv fighting in heels” as fictional woman who WOULD hurt themselves in real life, but its fiction so its okay…except those women are portrayed by real actresses who are actually fighting in actual heels, being directed by dudes who have never worn a pair of heels in their lives, alongside men who aren’t expected to constantly wear things that make their stunts 2x more dangerous than they have to be. Just a thought.
If you want “weaponized femininity” then here’s yet another reason to love the Black Panther: have a look at the Korea fight scene where Nakia literally whips off her high heel to use it as a weapon, and continues the fight barefoot. Watch Okoye throw her wig in a dude’s face to blind and distract him and give her the moment of opportunity she needed to kick some ass – and then fly around like an avenging angel, or a freaking valkyrie, with her enormous spear and her skirt streaming like a crimson banner in the wind. The fight choreography is informed by the characters and who they are as people, and in the case of Okoye and Mania, their femininity and the costumes they have to wear to perform that on undercover missions absolutely factors into that. It’s treated as an external factor of the fight, like weather or terrain: something to be navigated around as necessary, and used as a tool, weapon, or advantage wherever possible. That’s the kind of responses femininity I am here for, and it’s so unusual.
Plus there were multiple scenes where the women spoke with each other and the conversations weren’t throwaway or trivial they actually helped move the plot along.
And each woman in the movie got an entire character arc, none of which were about ‘getting the guy’
Nakia: “I’m not Dora Milaje but I’ll reluctantly throw on this armor real quick just for protection. But nothing else because we are in an extreme hurry.”
Shuri: “Hold on, I need 10 minutes to do my hair and make-up to match my rockin’ battle outfit.”
Shuri:
If you look good, you feel good. If you feel good, you fight good. Simple facts.
if you look good you feel good if you feel good you fight good simple facts
^Haiku^bot^9. I detect haikus with 5-7-5 format. Sometimes I make mistakes.
I’m finally watching Black Panther and it’s a three screen feature. I’m crying.
It was AMC I think
Omfg
WHAAAAAT
It’s called 270 degree viewing, for future reference. I just looked it up and Black Panther is only the second movie to be viewed this way. There are only 3 movie theaters outside of Asia that have this viewing experience. 1 theater is in Las Vegas and the other 2 are in California. This is so freaking surreal. I would have lost my mind had I been able to see this. Just wow….wow.
ok but i’m just sitting here thinking about how fucking extra erik killmonger is like 1) he was all “ask me who i am” in front of the royals and literally waited until one of the council finally did before he did the Big Reveal in full wakandan 2) he made sure everyone’s eyes were on him during the challenge for the throne by not only stripping but also delivering the most Dramatique monologue of all time and 3) his first agenda as king was to saunter up the throne shirtless, titties out in full display while meeting with the council
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