Winter Jerrica on Nostr: '...how can you make something like She-Ra and then go on to say “actually, I want ...

https://vexxed.org/o/GenderCritical/12043/noelle-stevenson-s-wife-fellow-author-molly-knox-ostertag-has-also-disavowed-wom

'...how can you make something like She-Ra and then go on to say “actually, I want nothing to do with womanhood”?'

Very easily, vexxed commenter. Stevenson's She-Ra had a non-binary character, and she approved of a fan theory that one of the princesses was a TIM. The main pairing was at least partly inspired by a toxic relationship Stevenson was in (don't know if her current wife is the same person). One of the main characters was also reimagined to be more like one of Stevenson's D&D characters. Despite the supposed leaps in representation the series made, it was basically an extremely self-indulgent fanfic AU. I found it unbearable, yet some still think it's peak cartoon.

Personally I prefer the 80s She-Ra which, while cheesy, also featured She-Ra diving out of an airship and punching a hole clear through an aircraft carrier with only her invincible body and gravity.