Anyways idk if ive mentioned this before, at least in its own legit post, but something that’s always made me feel especially comfortable and safe watching brooklyn nine nine is that they literally use textbook empowerment language when describing women.
So like, what i mean here is that a while ago in class we had a guest speaker who was talking abt how one of the primary ways to change internalized and externalized objectification of women, and specifically how young girls view themselves and their bodies, is to use “empowering” language to describe women, rather than language that focuses on physical attributes.
A woman is “intelligent”, “tenacious”, “creative”, “determined”, “loving”, “incredible”, “enthusiast”, “strong”, “powerful” etc. And, when adjectives that could imply physical attributes are used, words like “beautiful” or “stunning” – words that encompass the whole of a person and not just their physicality, specifically their sexualized physicality – should be most prevalent.
And i didnt realize this until recently, but b99 literally does exactly this. Frequently. For many of the female characters on the show. And the language is used, even more notably, by BOTH men AND women, in both romantic AND platonic contexts.
And u know, I think that’s pretty cool.