eg “not all men” weirdos
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Edit: to further clarify the example above since it set off some brainworms, this can be seen when people respond to discussions about patriarchy and the way it shapes toxic masculinity with defensive “not all men” statements.
When we discuss systems, we are aware that not everyone who has privilege within them internalizes it the same way.
Men are not somehow evil. Masculinity is not somehow evil. Feminism is about liberation of everyone from patriarchy. The issue is that you can wind up needing to “protect” or cater to very fragile expectations of individuals and that can sometimes wind up recentering discussion on purely men and their feelings about patriarchy.
That is an important aspect of the discussion, but it cannot be the only one. Given that one of the patriarchal behaviors that many men are taught is to talk over anyone who is not a man, space must be intentionally created for others.
Anyway, this would be better covered in a dedicated effort post on feminism and positive masculinity.
This is however a meme featuring Josie and the pussy cats with a comments section that proves the meme is accurate lol
I think the only way an Archie movie would be at all successful is if it’s some kind of ironic parody (like The Brady Bunch movie). Otherwise, Archie is just way too boring and sanitized to be at all entertaining. I’m pretty sure the only reason it was a thing in the first place was because of rampant censorship of pretty much anything not on the same level of wholesome (with the CCA and all that).
I haven't seen the Brady Bunch movie since I was a kid. That was ironic parody? It went totally over my head when I was like 5 lmao
Yeah, the main joke in that movie is how the family still wears stuff like 70s bell bottom pants and has goofy sitcom morality when it's actually 1995. Basic fish out of water nostalgia stuff, inexplicable 1970s style TV family in the real world decades later.
Eh, there's a market for clean entertainment. I honestly think a more sanitized movie about teens might do well because the weird sexualization of teens does make a lot of people uncomfortable, or the absurd way they show teen social interactions on TV. Just some guy trying to get to prom is still funny.