this is also what I mean by vacuous, self-congratulatory feminism, a veneer of "girl power" over a core of fundamentally conservative views - in this case, about gender roles. to be drawn to "man saves ophelia" over "ophelia saves herself" as the way to rewrite the tragedy is... very telling

the other thing that really annoys me about that song is that it actually sounds good but I can't enjoy it while I'm seething about how the lyrics romanticise the very oppression that ophelia's role in hamlet serves to criticise

oh how so!! and hehe I knew you'd seen degrassi cos you're the reason I know about it, for some reason degrassi totally passed me by or maybe it didn't make it all the way to asia

shoved up against a lady absolutely drenched in pdm delina while my delicate respiratory system struggled to cope, my definition of hell

also I'm reminded once again of my 100% correct view that mx has the best rapline in kpop ❤️

so beautiful and so moving that I actually don't know what to do with myself now!!!