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stillnotanonymous:

feministinthetardis:

stillnotanonymous:

I took a deep breath and I watched the rest of the new episode of Bomb Girls.

I regret nothing. I might be a bit sensitive over the the day, but it was worth it. 

So worth it. 

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Two things

1 - I agree with you about Gladys. It did start to really grate me when she kept trying to tell Betty that “her heart wasn’t in it” when she was out with Ivan.

It almost feels like she judging Betty a bit for ~leading Ivan on. When, the fact of the matter is, Betty is doing what she needs to do in order to feel safe. To not feel like her job, her livelihood, everything she has been working towards, is in danger. 

I do like that the other characters call her out though, like when Betty said “don’t go telling me where my god-damn heart is”

Similarly when Kai asks her what Witham means. 

2 - about the whole “you’re the one who has to live with it” line. I didn’t see that as judging Lorna and her decision to have an abortion.

When Vera tells her “she’s the one who will have to live with it, whichever way it goes” it seemed to me to highlight that fact that, regardless of whether Lorna keeps the baby or aborts it, it’s her that is going to have to live with it. 

It’s her that’s going to have to raise the baby (or not as the case may be) so it should be her decision

And this was reinforced when she went to see Marco. Lorna tells him she is the one who has to live with her decision, making it clear that whatever he thinks isn’t important - it’s not him that is going to have to deal with the consequences.

As well as the way the whole abortion was treated as a women’s health issue, not a baby being killed issue

It seemed, to be, to be very pro-choice rather than moralistic finger wagging. 

that’s the way I saw those scenes anyway

Re: your no. 2, that’s a very fair point and on second viewing that does seem to be the case, especially with regards to the way the abortionist is shown to be treating the women. 

Still, I don’t like the whole “regret” thing as a narrative when it comes to abortion and not having kids in general. It’s very pervasive and not entirely accurate.

I have a lot of complex feelings about Gladys and Betty and that scene in the bar:

This is somewhere that Gladys’ privilege is really showing. Betty may be very ok with her queerness in her head, and with a select group of women (which right now is Gladys and arguably Lorna) but at the end of the day, she doesn’t want to be arrested or lose her job or security or safety. There were a few overtures of disdain and disgust from the other girls at the factory when she hesitated in “staking her claim” over Ivan. Not to mention the letter. 

Gladys, who has never had any of that on the line, thinks she’s being helpful. She’s fine with Betty being a lesbian and being in love with Kate. But she’s isolated from how the world treats women like Betty when the secrets come out. Betty, on the other hand, knows full well. 

I don’t think Gladys is judging Betty for leading Ivan on. I think she doesn’t understand the dangers of coming out. She’s the well-meaning ally who thinks that everyone should come out and that will solve everything. It’s admirable that she’s fine with Betty’s queerness, but ultimately it ignores the realities of the situation. Something that Betty can’t and won’t do - it’s her life and safety on the line.

stillnotanonymous:

Killshot Kono.

My fave.

Kono is the BEST. 

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actorswithactionfigures:

#Spoilers

This. Just. Broke. Me.

#Avengers #CaptAmerica #PhilCoulson

khaoskomix:

For Phil, Captain America.

This popped into my head after watching the movie and I just had to draw it. My first fan art in years.

</3 Phil.

*cries*

This needs no explanation. 

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