Allison Rose

This new version, rewritten specifically for the circumstances of this film, tells the story of Donna (Meryl Streep’s character all grown down) kissing a female teacher at school one day. * Around the time Donna’s daughter was conceived, Donna was being intimate with three different men, and is thus uncertain who is supposed to give away the bride on the daughter’s wedding day. In an age where people define themselves so prominently by their sexualities, I suppose the filmmakers are patting each other on the back right now for this gutsy plot twist in favor of LGBT+ representation (specifically B representation, if you’d like to stop lumping people together for a change). (and here’s where I’m a little uncertain), don’t bisexual people get a bad rap because they’re presumed to be promiscuous simply because their attractions aren’t limited to one gender?

Wearing a particular color or a flower to spite a handful of disgusting Hollywood deviants or empower marginalized communities isn’t going to protect ordinary women and little boys from daily horrors by ordinary pervs, or motivate ordinary discriminatory bigots to stop mistreating ordinary people. In fact, they’re so disgusted that they’re boycotting Stephen King’s books because his fiction writing must be just as “ Though I’ve never read Stephen King’s books (I’m too squeamish, and thanks to the ensuing discussion, I can now make that conclusion informed), I tried to argue that though political commentary isn’t apparently a strength of King’s, writing seems to be. Not all of them may be bad at it either, but it’s not their number one strength; it certainly isn’t the strength that gave them the privilege of a public platform to begin with.

Raven makes an interesting case for why Yang and Weiss shouldn’t trust Ozpin. Raven likes trying to come up with pretenses for people to join her tribe; clearly Vernal was given a compelling reason to stay as long as she has (assuming she is the Spring Maiden), but I can see Raven has continually “dressed down” She made Vernal return Myrtenaster to Weiss; she sent Vernal outside while discussing the “truth” with Weiss and Yang. Regarding Ozpin, I can’t help but wonder why he’s after the relics that correspond to each seasonal maiden; is it truly to finish the job of defeating Salem as he claims, or is he interested in unlocking each relic to add to his own power?

As a woman, I don’t feel like I am inherently vulnerable to harassment, though I am aware that other women and men of the world may perceive me as vulnerable, and the latter may thus attempt to harass women based on that perception. But some people are teachers because it’s a power trip being able to domineer over helpless children where they’d otherwise have no more power than most working adults; just like some people are bullies because it’s a power trip to make up for being treated like dirt by other bullies. Perhaps the kind of abuse of power varies from circumstance to circumstance, but it’s a toxic trait I’ve seen manifest among all the genders, because it’s not limited to gender. The sexual harassment of women (and men and young boys) we’re hearing about occurs in part because people in power abuse their position to the detriment of those they perceive to be vulnerable.