tiny brain: fairy tales i.e. beauty and the beast, snow white, and cinderella are romantic
slightly bigger brain: fairy tales are sexist as fuck #WhatPrincessesTaughtMe
slightly slightly bigger brain: actually fairy tales are empowering for example cinderella is about a woman escaping her abusive home situation and beauty and the beast is about love between social outcasts
large brain: most of these stories are old as shit and reflect the gender roles of the time of their conception but whether or not they are intolerably sexist depends very much on the execution and interpretation of the critical plot points by the adaptation and you can’t paint every adaptation with the same brush
I was reading this article about how much work and heart hiromu arakawa put into writing fullmetal alchemist and Silver spoon and I’m honestly so impressed???
-she talked with war veterans and people with disabilities to accurately depict characters with those backgrounds
-she also researched military corruption extensively
-she fought to bring in more female characters with her editors who opposed it
-she has told her readers that there is no shame in leaving an emotionally toxic situation and you should never feel guilty for it
-she based the situation with the ishvalan people off of a real displaced indigenous group called the ainu people in hokkaido to raise awareness of their situation
-she criticizes the notion of self sacrifice being a noble thing especially since it’s such a prevalent theme in most shonen manga
-she worked on a farm with a lot of hardworking women and wanted her work to reflect just how complex real women can be rather than overdone anime stereotypes
-she has stated that she thinks there is value in not repressing anger in the face of injustice, and she thinks it’s good to use that anger in constructive ways
-she has emphasized in her story that you don’t always have to forgive the people who hurt you
-she worked on and alongside several other manga one shots, illustrations, character designs, anime adaptions, movie adaptions, and light novels all while having three kids over the course of her career
I don’t even think this is everything I read but hiromu arakawa is a goddamn badass
A custom project for @docholligay , who allowed me to list them in the shop.
Five flavors, three available with or without tints.
Tracer Here!: Tea with orange, untinted
Mercy On Call: Apple cinnamon honey, available untinted or with a rose shimmer tint
Winston to the Rescue: Peanut butter banana, untinted
Pharah Reporting: Cardamom coffee, available untinted or with a deep ruby-pomegranate tint. Made with my coffee butter lip balm base, not the standard soy base
D.Va Online: Sesame ginger. An unusual flavor, savory rather than sweet, flavored with toasted sesame oil and ginger essential oil. Available untinted or with a deep ruby-pomegranate tint.
The tints are strong enough to show on the lips. Also, they’re limited quantity; once the tinted balms sell out, only untinted will be restocked.
Find them here! https://www.etsy.com/SailorZeo/listing/579832910/beeswax-lip-balms-overwatch-inspired
I got these done from Zeo, and I cannot speak highly enough of the quality!! The scents are incredibly high quality, and the tints are basically everything I’ve ever wanted in a tinted lip balm. I am low-key obsessed with the D.Va one, to be quite honest.
Zeo was really easy to work with! I just sent in my scents for each character, as I had spent LOADS of time thinking about them (but I think Zeo could have helped if I hadn’t) and the ones I wanted tinted, and how. She TOTALLY did the labels after I gave her the names, she was great.
Again, I’ve spoken of the quality of her stuff before, and that’s all true still here–I can’t recommend it highly enough. If you want overwatch chapstick, go get some!
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