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Everywoman reveals + July media
So this was me! I actually matched on a different pairing but how could I not write Yelena&Natasha after seeing Black Widow?!
Vested Interest (2090 words) by NRGburst
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Black Widow (Movie 2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Yelena Belova & Natasha Romanov
Characters: Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Yelena Belova
Additional Tags: Missing Scene, background Alexei/Melina, Post-Canon, angsty ending, Assuming all of Family 2 got dusted, hence the major character death
Summary:
I only finished one book in July and it was mostly for research for a fic I probably won't write now. 😅 Still, it was interesting and informative and I'd recommend it for sure. All the historical details about menstrual products from the past make me very grateful for my cup, and not at all sure that any fic talking frankly about periods (and sex while on a period) would be well received at all. Like it still seems to be one of those taboo subjects, even though most fic authors tend to be people who menstruate. Isn't that weird?Like I literally cannot recall a period being mentioned, even in passing, in any fic I love except my own (Bound), and I put that in there because I thought it would be very tables-turned to see Gendry dealing with a period in Arya's body. In media, I can think of two fictional instances: Sansa in GoT being considered "a woman flowered" because she'd had her first one, and I know 50 Shades of Grey has a sexy tampon scene somewhere, but otherwise? It's never mentioned, even if the protagonist is female and the story takes place over several months/years? In nonfiction though, it's been in both the books I've read by Lindy West and it was one of the topics in Ali Wong's Hard Knock Wife (The segment is at about the 5 min mark in this Youtube clip). Maybe she's right and having a guy tell her he wants to "make a mess" with her should be considered the stuff of True Romance, but um. Don't other women in steady relationships just put down a sex towel and get on with it too? Why the fictional media blackout on this topic that is like,1/6 of every month for me IRL? Like, both my husband and I are always relieved when it comes because yay, proof I'm not pregnant again! Shouldn't this be true for other couples, especially young couples still not sure of how committed they are etc?
Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation by Elisse Stein and Susan Kim
Anyway, I was watching a lot of TV instead of reading, I suppose.
TED LASSO IS BACK AND AHHHH. SO MUCH LOVE. It got off to a weird start but I think it's hit its stride again after getting all the character arcs set up. I really need to GIF it and make icons! One weird thing in the last ep:it's implied that Ted and Sassy didn't use a condom? For a show that's so careful to put out anti-toxic masculinity and pro-emotional honesty takes, I thought "Unsafe sex is okay" was a weird message to have implied like that?
I also finished Loki last month and... it was okay? It didn't ever seem to really get great like Wandavision did, although I totally ship it and I'm thrilled they went there in the end. 😁
Also been watching a lot of documentaries like the various Explained series on Netflix.
Movies: Loved watching A Quiet Place Part 2, Black Widow and Luca last month.
Vested Interest (2090 words) by NRGburst
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Black Widow (Movie 2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Yelena Belova & Natasha Romanov
Characters: Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Yelena Belova
Additional Tags: Missing Scene, background Alexei/Melina, Post-Canon, angsty ending, Assuming all of Family 2 got dusted, hence the major character death
Summary:
Because sometimes a baby sister might need some help from the cool kids. (Or vice versa.)
I haven't had the mental/emotional space to do my usual rummage and rec from the fic collection, but I will try to remember to do a browse later!
I only finished one book in July and it was mostly for research for a fic I probably won't write now. 😅 Still, it was interesting and informative and I'd recommend it for sure. All the historical details about menstrual products from the past make me very grateful for my cup, and not at all sure that any fic talking frankly about periods (and sex while on a period) would be well received at all. Like it still seems to be one of those taboo subjects, even though most fic authors tend to be people who menstruate. Isn't that weird?Like I literally cannot recall a period being mentioned, even in passing, in any fic I love except my own (Bound), and I put that in there because I thought it would be very tables-turned to see Gendry dealing with a period in Arya's body. In media, I can think of two fictional instances: Sansa in GoT being considered "a woman flowered" because she'd had her first one, and I know 50 Shades of Grey has a sexy tampon scene somewhere, but otherwise? It's never mentioned, even if the protagonist is female and the story takes place over several months/years? In nonfiction though, it's been in both the books I've read by Lindy West and it was one of the topics in Ali Wong's Hard Knock Wife (The segment is at about the 5 min mark in this Youtube clip). Maybe she's right and having a guy tell her he wants to "make a mess" with her should be considered the stuff of True Romance, but um. Don't other women in steady relationships just put down a sex towel and get on with it too? Why the fictional media blackout on this topic that is like,1/6 of every month for me IRL? Like, both my husband and I are always relieved when it comes because yay, proof I'm not pregnant again! Shouldn't this be true for other couples, especially young couples still not sure of how committed they are etc?
Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation by Elisse Stein and Susan KimAnyway, I was watching a lot of TV instead of reading, I suppose.
TED LASSO IS BACK AND AHHHH. SO MUCH LOVE. It got off to a weird start but I think it's hit its stride again after getting all the character arcs set up. I really need to GIF it and make icons! One weird thing in the last ep:it's implied that Ted and Sassy didn't use a condom? For a show that's so careful to put out anti-toxic masculinity and pro-emotional honesty takes, I thought "Unsafe sex is okay" was a weird message to have implied like that?
I also finished Loki last month and... it was okay? It didn't ever seem to really get great like Wandavision did, although I totally ship it and I'm thrilled they went there in the end. 😁
Also been watching a lot of documentaries like the various Explained series on Netflix.
Movies: Loved watching A Quiet Place Part 2, Black Widow and Luca last month.
Ted Lasso's sex life
Re: Ted Lasso's sex life