i’d like to wipe it out
"But Natasha is the only one who mines her own vulnerability. She’s the only one who makes it into a performance. And there’s something radical in acknowledging that feminine vulnerability as a performative, as something fake we are taught to expect and to mimic. That can be our superpower. We can be strong in ways men never will be because we face bullshit they will never have to face. That’s not justice, but it is power. It is strength. It’s control."
this super great essay about black widow and feminism (via helio-phile)
(It’s really funny to me when excerpts from things I write get more notes than actual things I write. I’m real bad at the micro part of microblogging.)
captain-sherlock-mcdoctor-pants:
WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY
COOL GIRLS DON’T LOOK AT FLYING NORSE GODS.
I DON’T USE MY HAIR DRYER ANYMORE SINCE I MET FLYING NORSE GOD.
Jane Foster gets all Giddy, but Black Widow cannot give a single fuck.
shes all “what the fuck you lookin at? yeah thats Thor, no you can’t go on that ride, back off bitches.”
9 favorite pictures of Natasha Romanova/the Black Widow
Guys, hey, guys. Do you remember that time that Coulson called Natasha and she ended up forming the Avengers? Remember how she did that by digging up Bruce Banner and introducing Steve to him then was the voice of reason when Tony and Steve were bickering and then how she brought Clint back from being mind controlled so that they can be a team? Remember that? Remember how the Black Widow out smarted a god? Remember that time she kept her shit together when the Hulk attacked her, even though she was really scared? Remember when she knocked an alien off his flying scooter and figured out how to drive it despite it being extrateresstrial tech, then got her ass up to the top of Stark Tower, found Loki’s staff and saved the world from being invaded by turning off the machine?
Remember how she was the central character of the whole freaking movie?
Anyone else remember that? I sure do.
#and remember how they didn’t sexualize her #remember how she was independent and didn’t need a male crutch #remember how when loki implied that she needed a man she completely tore him down #remember how natasha romanov doesn’t take shit from nobody #especially not a man
All women speak two languages:
the language of men
and the language of silent suffering.
Some women speak a third,
the language of queens.—Mohja Kahf, The Marvelous Women
marvel comics meme | ten characters (5/10)
natasha romanova (black widow)
