Ellen Ripley is a Hollywood feminist's ideal character: strong, self-reliant and masculine in her role and behavior. But they still won't touch her because the wrong people like her.
Ripley isn't a feminist's ideal character because Ripley isn't a feminist.
Look at Scarlett Witch in the Avengers. She's ridiculously powerful, and fans like her. Compared to Captain Marvel, equally ridiculously powerful, but fans hate her. Which one is the feminist icon?
When a feminist says she wants a strong female character, what she actually means is a feminist character. What she actually wants is the division, the argument, the strife. She wants to piss off her dad. And her dad likes Ripley.
Ellen Ripley is a Hollywood feminist's ideal character: strong, self-reliant and masculine in her role and behavior. But they still won't touch her because the wrong people like her.
Ripley isn't a feminist's ideal character because Ripley isn't a feminist.
Look at Scarlett Witch in the Avengers. She's ridiculously powerful, and fans like her. Compared to Captain Marvel, equally ridiculously powerful, but fans hate her. Which one is the feminist icon?
When a feminist says she wants a strong female character, what she actually means is a feminist character. What she actually wants is the division, the argument, the strife. She wants to piss off her dad. And her dad likes Ripley.
If she even had one