https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1018930302037590016
The first look at Netflix and Dreamworks cartoon She-Ra and the Princesses of Power has arrived. More artwork from the series was also tweeted out by showrunner Noelle Stevenson:
https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1018926076389556224
It’s a little surreal that someone I used to follow on Tumblr for the funny drawings has since won Eisner awards for Nimona and Lumberjanes and is running the She-Ra cartoon now. But even more surreal are the dudes who seem to think the creators of cartoons for little kids are obligated to provide grown men with spank bank material. Wait. What’s going on?
We’re not going to link to a bunch of the complaints about She-Ra not being spank-worthy enough (because gross). But here’s one tweet that was especially popular:
https://twitter.com/Daddy_Warpig/status/1018331812857180160
So yeah. A small group of dudes seem to be in a dither because a cartoon for children isn’t sexually arousing them. Normal. Healthy. Great hill to die on.
Not surprisingly, people on Twitter are having fun joking about those guys.
https://twitter.com/RyanRibbity/status/1019412894461542400
i wish i had the energy of folks who can see a picture of a cartoon woman & get so angry about how they don't want to fuck it that they hallucinate the end of western civilisation
— Shaun (shaunvids on bsky) (@shaun_vids) July 17, 2018
"I demand you make this kids' cartoon character make me horny again" https://t.co/3zko68uiCm
— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) July 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/RachaelAtWork/status/1018752189853044741
can't believe all boobs everywhere disappeared after the new she-ra design was released. rip
— Jordan Gibson (@gibsonagogo) July 18, 2018
Gosh I hope this new She-Ra cartoon doesn't violate the purity of what it and the original He-Man were, mediocre toy commercials designed to manipulate children.
— Sean Thomason (@TheThomason) July 17, 2018
There are grown ass men in my mentions saying shit like “She-Ra is supposed to be the ideal woman” and like ignoring how creepy that is, does that mean He-Man is the ideal man. Y’all dudes gotta get bowl cuts and start dressing in fur lined boots ASAP I guess
— Cuteosphere (@kawaiiberpunk) July 17, 2018
"If She-Ra isn't sexy, how am I supposed to find something to fap to, here, on the internet?"
— Larry (@MistahKojak) July 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/Battlehork/status/1019236886198530049
https://twitter.com/MildlyAmused/status/1019394529949093889
yanking my crank to the new she-ra design just to prove a point
— Thomas ‘TomSka’ Ridgewell (@thetomska) July 17, 2018
"I CAN ONLY MASTURBATE TO MEMORIES FROM MY CHILDHOOD," part 347 https://t.co/573jxgg4up
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) July 17, 2018
Reboots of cartoons don't ruin your childhood. The fact that time exists ruined your childhood.
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) July 17, 2018
Am I doing the She-Ra fanart thing right? 🙃#SheRa pic.twitter.com/0KZjkchZiJ
— ren nolasco 🗡️ FIQ + POC CON (@ren_nolasco) July 17, 2018
So here's my problem with the "She-Ra should be sexy!" thing. It's basically saying that young girls can't have anything for themselves. Media aimed at them must first appeal to grown men. And that's insidious.
— Annalee (@LeeFlower) July 15, 2018
"As a grown man, I am angry this cartoon is geared towards an audience that is not specifically me." https://t.co/PSAgbMA41l
— Heather Antos 🔜 Cleveland FanExpo (@HeatherAntos) July 16, 2018
Imagine this being your oppression https://t.co/wglm6PVPeA
— Marcia Belsky (@MarciaBelsky) July 17, 2018
The idea that a female character would be there for any other reason than sexual decoration GUTS these men https://t.co/OHeLfzd7vn
— Marcia Belsky (@MarciaBelsky) July 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/scottEweinberg/status/1019321368213630976
https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/1019239818868355072
https://twitter.com/ejnoodles/status/1019232079668752385
Thinking of becoming one of those badass youtubers that alternate between making videos destroying feminism with cold hard logic and videos where I get steaming mad because some female character in Spongebob Squarepants doesn't have big enough tits
— Wild Geerters (@steinkobbe) July 17, 2018
Some people pointed out the obvious; the dudes mad about She-Ra now are probably the same dudes who would insult you for liking She-Ra in the ’80s.
As a Youth I literally got MADE FUN OF by other boys for preferring She-Ra to He-Man, so it’s pretty funny how those boys have grown up and now think they somehow hold domain over She-Ra??
wait not “funny” what’s the other thing?
profoundly sad and idiotic?
¯_(ツ)_/¯— Graham Stark (@Graham_LRR) July 17, 2018
Ok… asshole dudes screeching about She-Ra
You never liked the original, stop claiming you did
You wouldn't stop teasing anyone who said they liked She-Ra or my Little Pony or Jem back in the day, so kindly shut the fuck up already
— Baronesa ⚧ – baronesa1980.bsky.social (@Baronesa1980) July 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/plaguedaemon/status/1019270215295631360
if you told boys in the 1980’s that she-ra was for guys, they would have laughed at you
if you tell men in 2018 that she-ra is for girls, they scream about it on the internet— Heather Anne Campbell (@heathercampbell) July 18, 2018
This really is the darkest timeline.
Grown ass dudes calling a long-haired skirt-wearing girl children’s cartoon character “boyish” because she isn’t sexualised sounds like something you’d make up as a parody of reactionary nerds and their entitlement complex. And yet
— Cuteosphere (@kawaiiberpunk) July 16, 2018
But don’t give up hope, weirdos who want to crank it to children’s programming!
C'mon, straight white fanboys. You sexualized talking, anatomically questionable ponies. I believe in you. You can sexualize the new She-Ra, you just gotta try.
— B.K. 🦬🛼 (@brainconfetti) July 17, 2018
Dear men complaining about She-Ra,
The animation industry has heard your complaints and we’re taking them into consideration. We promise the Care Bears reboot will have tons of boobs. You’re welcome.— Kristen Gish – Available for Work (@KristenGish) July 17, 2018