Top Comments

Mistress Fortune
Mistress Fortune

in reply to Machu

Reminds me of that episode of Powerpuff Girls that tackled straw feminism. The criminal in that episode tried to make it look like a life of crime was empowering for her simply because she's a woman (and she only stole money that had women on them, like Susan B. Anthony coins, but yet when asked who Susan B. Anthony is she was all "well… she… I don't know… she was a woman!"), and briefly managed to convince the Powerpuff Girls that all men are evil. Ms. Bellum eventually told the Girls what old fashioned rational feminism is, like how it's about equality for all, and then the Girls confronted the criminal and called her out on her BS, and then sent her off to jail.

Lauren Faust says she kinda regrets making the episode because she feels feminism was too strong of a topic for an "all ages" cartoon, but honestly it's one of my all time favorite PPG episodes, and is what helped me realize the difference between strawman, radical feminism and old-fashioned rational feminism.

+32

+ Add a Comment

Comments (41)


Display Comments

Add a Comment


Hey! You must login or signup first!