#and therefore worthless in terms of literary study when in fact it’s actually the opposite and the classical framing of victimhood is

[l0vefreak]

The THING about utena “massive trigger warning + changed my life” posting is the secondary characteristic of irony being deep truth. Like girlhood is dominated by allusions to and obfuscations of rape and the threat of rape. The impropriety of exposing young children to the concept puts them in greater danger. It happens to them but they don’t understand it. And this runs so deep it becomes fantastical - without direct language, children pick up on the taboo of the unsaid and apply otherworldly power to it.

#rape mention #maybe a little extreme but I was raised in kind of extreme circumstances #as a csa survivor myself my interest into the analytical and social nature of rape culture is seen as non academic but emotionally charged #and therefore worthless in terms of literary study when in fact it’s actually the opposite and the classical framing of victimhood is #actually working with abusive power structures producing rampant abuse #revolutionary girl utena #rgu #text