actualmenacebuckybarnes:

angryanticolonialist:

chutzpadik:

warning signs a Strong Female character is only strong for the sake of the male gaze:

• (does something badass) ahahaa yeah i have like eight brothers
• aggressively into the mediocre self-insert white guy lead
• “MAN UP”

• “what are you, a girl?!” to her male co-workers

• super competent but still not the main lead
  
• the only woman in the group of all men
  
• has a random changing scene/half nude scene/sex scene even though none of the male characters show that much skin
• wears a form-fitting, impractical suit+high heels while the male characters get practical clothing
• fights the ~sexy~ female villain sidekick while the male lead fights the actual big bad
• has a scene where she is forced to act like a honeypot and walks down the stairs in a gorgeous/tight dress and the male lead is like “ahhhhh”