"Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'."
Thursday, May 23, 2013
bien dans sa peau
From Dressaday.com:
"Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'."
"Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'."
tubory
Tubory = a television memory which no one else remembers or cares about (leading you to wonder if it ever really existed) followed by finally finding a television clip of the same on You Tube (the link then triumphantly shared with everyone who still doesn't remember or give a damn).
Which brings us to Paulus the Wood Gnome & these haunting words:
She's out to get you,
Shes out to get you,
She's out to get you
Beware!
Paulus was one of my worst tubories. When I finally tracked it down, the relief was out of all proportion to the event (it's a brain worm, working away in the back of your mind..."She's out to get you, she's out to get you--argghghgh, what was that goddamn show called?")
After seeing it again, over thirty-five years later, I realize now what a little creepfest this show was: Paulus looks like he belongs on "To Catch A Predator", the animal puppets resemble fetish dolls made out of human skin and the witch is, well, a real witch. (All these years later, I have moved from fear to sympathy: she's not the patriarchal ideal of beautiful, so shit, yes, attitude will be had --between that, the blue skin and the ricket-like disease apparently overtaking her ankles--she has no choice but to turn to potions and spells for some sense of self. She's clearly just trying to survive in a gnome-puppet world--and maybe, just maybe, she knew Paulus was a child predator all along. And no one would listen.)
The other thing that struck me is how often the "ugly witch" shows up clad in non-white skin. The pretty witches are usually white, the rest are blue or yellow or orange or green. Misogyny and racism, in one handy little (supposedly child-friendly) package, with the same nasty message about women and power, whatever their skin color: she's out to get you, beware.
Which brings us to Paulus the Wood Gnome & these haunting words:
She's out to get you,
Shes out to get you,
She's out to get you
Beware!
Paulus was one of my worst tubories. When I finally tracked it down, the relief was out of all proportion to the event (it's a brain worm, working away in the back of your mind..."She's out to get you, she's out to get you--argghghgh, what was that goddamn show called?")
After seeing it again, over thirty-five years later, I realize now what a little creepfest this show was: Paulus looks like he belongs on "To Catch A Predator", the animal puppets resemble fetish dolls made out of human skin and the witch is, well, a real witch. (All these years later, I have moved from fear to sympathy: she's not the patriarchal ideal of beautiful, so shit, yes, attitude will be had --between that, the blue skin and the ricket-like disease apparently overtaking her ankles--she has no choice but to turn to potions and spells for some sense of self. She's clearly just trying to survive in a gnome-puppet world--and maybe, just maybe, she knew Paulus was a child predator all along. And no one would listen.)
The other thing that struck me is how often the "ugly witch" shows up clad in non-white skin. The pretty witches are usually white, the rest are blue or yellow or orange or green. Misogyny and racism, in one handy little (supposedly child-friendly) package, with the same nasty message about women and power, whatever their skin color: she's out to get you, beware.
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