Or, I wrote a mini-essay in response to a random meme slogan and now I’m turning it into a blog post For context, the slogan was “Cis-passing is not privilege, cis-passing is a survival tactic”. As you might realise from this blog post existing, i have Thoughts about this one. A brief discussion of The Cis To not clickbait with that title, I should probably do a brief explanation for those in the back who might not be familiar with uhhh “cis” people.

Or, Gwen Should Smooch Her MJ (real!) For later reference if the date of the post doesn’t make it immediately clear enough, I’m writing right after Giant Size Spider-Gwen #1 (2024) released but before Spider-Gwen: Smash #4 has released. Spoilers for the first three issues of Smash and for Giant Size if that’s something you care about The actual introduction to this blog post Okay so. I’m a lesbiab. lesbean. Gay.

Or, Actually It’s called amatonormativity for a reason dude 🤦‍♀️ As someone who used to not get demiromantic/demisexual and questioned the labels with “but isn’t that just how everyone is though??”, I feel like writing this out can maybe help other people understand who and what allosexual actually describes. And yes, I was partly inspired to write this after reading the comics where Gwenpool discovers her asexuality, why do you ask?

Or, I actually read the comics don’t @ me Gwen Spider-Woman slash Ghost-Spider slash Spider-Gwen is definitely trans though guys. Okay memes aside, I have Thoughts about the comics and they do partly involve the whole trans thing. And I guess like, there’s spoilers if you care about those. Getting the Bad out of the way Okay, I’m going to get the one thing that really pisses me off out of the way first so I can then do my more reparative reading.

Content Warning(s): mentions of transphobia and ableism I wake up. It’s Saturday, which means bowl of cereal on the couch and watching the kid’s shows. There are copious amounts of ads because it’s 2008 and kids actually watch TV still – the iPad is years away. So this is where to sell your plastic crap, apps are just a glimmer in the marketing team’s eye for now. There’s the boy toys – cars and transformers and guns and fighting, and there’s the girl toys – pillow pets, Barbie (not the 2023 movie), and dress up.

Or, Hey I haven’t hammered home the point about self reflection on why you hate things enough Would you believe it if I said that the original working title of my video about queer stories and reparative vs paranoid readings of media was “Digust”? The script for what ultimately became a video was titled “Disgust v2” but the original core of what I wanted to discuss got washed away by a different idea so now I’m going to actually unpack what I wanted to write but didn’t feel would make a great video.

Or, Feminism is Plastic, So Fantastic Okay first off, Hari Nef is super pretty and I am jealous. With that out of the way, I recently saw the new popular movie (And no, I’m not doing the Barbenheimer, unless my friends invite me and we grab dinner too). I think people maligning the movie for being funded and produced by a capitalist company under capitalism are not wrong, that is an accurate description of the movie and its context but it’s like, super ultra pro max paranoid reading and I think coming at it with a reparative lens is Cooler.

Or, “The Curtains are Just Blue” and its Consequences Yes this is a post about Gwen Spider-Woman being trans. It felt fitting as a first post for this new blog, sue me. Media (Il)literacy Before we can actually get into the why (because, I will, don’t you worry. I’ve seen the movie twice at the time of writing this post), we need to talk about the media (il)literacy-shaped elephant in the room.