Madeira Darling is a snarky mystic, devout Satanist, serious Marxist, laughing dominatrix, and writer from San Fransisco where they live with their boyfriend in a house full of altars to their various demons.
Frankenstein enters into a body building competition and finds he has seriously misunderstood the objective
FOR THE LAST TIME, FRANKENSTEIN WAS THE NAME OF THE DOCTOR
…a doctor who built a body.
For what is possibly the first time in the history of pop culture somebody actually really specifically does mean the doctor… and someone tries to correct them.
Just to be That Person…
Frankenstein wasn’t even a doctor bc he fucking dropped out of college to build a body
and just to be this person, IT IS PERFECTLY REASONABLE TO CALL THE MONSTER FRANKENSTEIN because we call Zambonis Zambonis and Tesla Coils Tesla coils.
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They were originally for cavalrymen to help them stay in their stirrups, so if you want your badass lady to be wearing heels, just put her on a horse and keep her there.
“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.
Men take “let’s see feminine women being badass” to mean “let’s see women impractically focused on their appearance in combat situations.“
That’s why I loved Black Panther even more Nakia took off her heels and used them as weapons and was running and driving around barefoot in that one scene
A number of stuntwomen have spoken out about getting injured on sets because the character is wearing heels and skimpy clothing that provide no protection or padding. It literally harms rl women.
The only way I wanna see a women fight with heels is if she takes them off and fights with them a la Mulan/Nakia style.
sorry i can’t hear the noise of male entitlement over the sound of Evangeline Lilly and every other woman sighing in frustration
They photoshopped the heels onto wonder woman. Not even Gal Gadot could fight in them, but it was so important to The Look™ that they frame by frame added them. Gal wore flats to the red carpet in protest.
I am a director and I have never once asked the women in my plays or films to wear heels. Ever. I also provide comfortable costuming, which is often up to them to choose unless it’s scene-specific. Doesn’t make a difference to my work, but it sure makes a difference to theirs.
No reason anyone needs to be in heels, especially for stunt work. None.
Picture below of two actresses, Linn and Naz, between takes in a stunt-heavy scene. Shoes are tennies and ballet flats, their choice. They did a rockin’ job onscreen, too.
This is why with my current Vampire character, who is constantly in heels, I repeatedly bring up the fact she’s specifically wearing shoes with removable heels, and she will unclip the heels before doing something physical.
Thoughts From The Peacock Angel 