Feminism: Hermione Granger, The Cool Girl, and The Myth of Choice

🔹 Intro

• Meet Bud, the fairy godfather (or god-dog?) producer!

• Kicking things off with some… uh, light choking humor.

🔹 The Myth of Feminist “Choices”

• Feminism told us we could be anything… but somehow, it still feels like we’re catering to the male gaze.

• Archetypes of women in relationships: the Damsel in Distress → Gold Digger.

• Has the Cool Girl replaced the Tomboy? Or is she just a rebrand with hot-girl privilege?

• The evolution of the self-sacrificing mother: June Cleaver → The Trad Wife.

🔹 Pop Culture Deep Dive

• Who fits these tropes?

• Anna Nicole Smith: Gold Digger or Sugar Baby?

• Cameron Diaz in There’s Something About Mary: Effortless Cool Girl or… something more?

• Carol Brady: The Trad Wife we could actually respect?

• Leeloo from The Fifth Element: Supreme Being… or Born Sexy Yesterday?

• Hermione Granger: Smurfette or the real deal?

• Bella Swan: The ultimate Born Sexy Yesterday?

🔹 Feminism, Performance, and Authenticity

• Are we authentic, or just picking from a pre-approved list of standardized female identities?

• The “girl group categorization” phenomenon (Sex and the City, Golden Girls, Gossip Girl).

• Do men get to pick their identities, or are they just given them?

• What happens when women refuse to play the game?

🔹 The Ultimate Call to Action

• It’s time to flip the script. Let’s all agree to:

• Boo bad sex.

• Stop moving out of the way for men.

• Dismantle the male gaze in real-time.

• And most importantly: if you’ve ever strutted on a moving sidewalk at an airport pretending to be a Cullen, drop a 🦌 emoji in the comments.

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